The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-01

IeduIn8 m6nuIdcIurerS OF envelopes
In the country are united in this or.
ganization. The few who are not in
the combine an small makers OF
those who turn out very inferior
goods. The terms OF the agreement
; are in brief, that q fixed standard oil
prices Is to be maintained: that nc
rebates or cutting under is to he al
, lowed, and that each member of the
trust is to put up $1,000, which il for.
feited rs a fine il the member il de.
tected in cutting rates or violating
the agreement In any way.
The combination also includes all
the machinists who manufacture en-.
velope making machines, who are
pledged not to sell under a certain
price and certain conditions.
TIKI STRAW BOARD COMBINATION.
The makers OF straw boards
heavy pasteboard SO extensively used
in the manufacture Of paper boxes
have one Of the strongest pools in
the trade. Ninety-seyen per cent Of
the straw board makers belong to
the pool.
The straw paper men have also an
organization. 1t was recently per.
fected at a meeting I'm this city under
the name Of the Straw Paper Asso-
ciation OF the United States. Its
very first step was to advance prices
ten per cent.
PAPER BAGS TIED TP.
The paper bag manufacturers who
use what are called the Union paper
bag making machines, shave the
strongest kind Of q combination.
There are only eight houses in the
country in this line-fonr in the
Eastern States and four in the West.
They are all very large and wealthy
concerns and they work together a.
one man in maintaining prices and
regulating production.
IN BLANK BOOKS.
The blank book manufacturers
have o new trade organization. Its
first object is to prevent the cutting
Of prices and to maintain uniform
sizes and grades.
THE LARD TRUST,
A recent development i'm the Pro.
duce Exchange in New York was the
formation Of q lard trust. All the
New York lard gmen except Wilcox
and Popham are said to be in the
deal.
MICA. TOO.
There Is going to bs trust to con-
troll mica, or isinglass. All the mine
own ers are anxious to 90 into q
scheme for the purpose Of exercising
4 cast iron despotisln in the matter
Of prices and production.
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT TRUST.
It was stated that cooperative
carbon factory IL likely to be organ
lied for the protection OF electric
light companies.
II this means an eleceric light trust
II will be q big one.
It would seem that some people
cannot touch pitch without being de-
flled morally. For instance, all the
pitch used in roofing and paving il
said to be controlled in this country
by q pool or combin alton, at the
head Of which are Widener and Ell
kins the PHI iladelphia spectators,
who are applying the trust system to
gas works and street railw avs In sew
..~l large cities. Not n pollnd Of
roofing pitch,' said the Chicago
Tribune in September last, mot q
yard OF felt roofing paper and not q
gallon Of paving pitch can be obtain
in this country unless Widcner and
Elkins raise their fingers and give
permission for it's sale,.' The duty
on the pitch Of coal tar is twenty per
cent and that upon roofing il the
same.
In school states there ID q close syn
dictate, The manufacturers have
formed a combination which con-
trolls the business: and this combine
ton has raised prices seventeen per
cent since May 1st. The duty is thir-
ty per cent.
How much progress toward the
formation OF . salt combination has
been made we do not know. Ameet-
ing was held in September, and it
was reported then that the arrange
ments for union Of sixty-thrce CON-
panies had been completed.
The western manufacturers of lin
seed oil have formed . pool or trust
to control the Western market. The
average duty paid last year on i'm
ported oil was 54.70 per cent.-Con-
densed from the N. Y. Herald.
Next week the National Bank trust,
the monopoly that controls and regu-
lates ell other monopolies with its
rottenness, extortion and methods OF
robbery will appear in the PLAIN
DEALER.
A White Robin.
On Thursday unorninn NJ n w