PX-1998 — Phoebus cartel — 1924 agreement, 1925 testing standard and the fine schedules

Phoebus cartel — 1924 agreement, 1925 testing standard and the fine schedules

Origin

A Geneva archive

Dated

1924–1939

Extent

96 pages

Status

accepted

Redactions

None.

Chain of custody

Photographed in a Geneva archive that answers letters. Nothing here required a source, a leak or a favour. The accompanying US judgment — United States v. General Electric Co., 82 F. Supp. 753 (D.N.J. 1949) — is free online and 74 pages.

Held by: Public archive; copies held by They Buried

Excerpt

SCHEDULE OF FINES · LAMP LIFE EXCEEDING STANDARD
  over 1,000 hrs but under 1,200 ..... rate A per lamp
  1,200 to 1,500 ..................... rate B per lamp
  above 1,500 ........................ rate C per lamp

  members shall submit lamps for test quarterly.

Transcribed by the data desk. Line breaks follow the original. Bracketed matter is ours.

Editor's note

A fine schedule for making a product too well. The best-documented conspiracy on this newspaper's beat, and the one our postbag never mentions.

Phoebus cartel — 1924 agreement, 1925 testing standard and the fine schedules

Chain of custody

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Editor's note

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