Stove Founders Fix Prices
A short notice of an early price-fixing agreement among stove manufacturers, a small window into 19th-century industrial cartel practices.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 10, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readTROY, July 6.
The Troy and Albany Stove Founders' Association to-day unanimously resolved to make no change in the prices of stoves during the present year. This action regulates the price of stoves throughout the United States.
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