The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-24
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Dpszatloss OF Our Irvine Tre.s IN IN
Frse<s out the Hemp Dealers In A..nfla-
An Extortson1ts Monopoly Meets with
stern Opposition and Threats OF Lsnoh-
Law.
The latest consular reports give SONS
facts about the operations of our hemp.
monopolists in the Philippine Islands
In view of Senator Davis attack on the
binding Irvine trust in his speech in the
Senate, and in view further OF the vote
of fifteen Republicans with the Demo
Gratis to put binding Irvine on the free
list this report from the Philippine
Islands is of special interest At this
time
In his attack on the trust Senator
Davis said: The entire busiuesA in
GLIDING the sources from which thas
commodity is supplied is governed by q
combination of all Tor substantially
afI) the manufacturers of cord
sge and binding Irvine. That
combination controls absolutely thS
raw material (sisai, jute. etc., in the
places where it is grown, and also limits
| the product of the manufac tured article
and fixes its price. That combination
consists of forty-two manufacturing
companies in the United States. aruA
seven or nine in Canada These coua-
| panies are banded together by the CO.
| hessye force of q common interest
They are superior to all law. In the.
| Philippine islands they limit and con-
| CrOl the price OF One-n3at OF JnS raw MA
| teriai. and in Yucatan they control the
other half They have one man in New
York to purchase for them all, and q
| committee of three to limit the output.
and to fix the price"
The Senator also stated that the.
profits of this trust are 40 per cent, and
| that this represented 81, 600. 900 profits,
| as the amount of Irvine used on this
| years crop was SO, 900. 600 worth; and he
| added that yet they came to Congress
and said that they would shut up their
mills and cease production unless they
| received the additional protection of ~
cents per pound
That all-comprehending, nnsatisfied
and extortionate monopoly"-such was
the blasting epithet with which the
Senator finished his denunciation of
the trust
Now let us turn to the Consular re-
ports and see what the trust is doing in
the Philippine Islands These islands
belong to Spain, and are situated to the
southeast of China The chief town,
Manila, gives its name to the manila
hemp. largely grown on these islands
and extensively used in this country
and in England to make rope and twine-
The commerce of these islands with the
United States is SO impor tant $50. 40o, 600
worth of hemp sent US in 1880 that our
Government maintains Consul at Ma
Mia This Consul is now Mr.. A. R
Webb.
In the Consular reports are printed
three reports from Mr.. Webb in which
there is some interesting news about
the operations OF our ''all-comprehend-
ing, unsatsfed, and extortionate mo-
nopoly" in those distant islands. Mr..
Webb reports undertake OF April 1, that
there was an almost complete blockade in
the hemp market Tho local dealers had
SO. 600 bales of hemp in storage which had
cost them from IS. 81 tai $40 90 per 100
pounds The National Cordage Com
pany, of New York, had two English
vessels in the harbor which had been
lying there for three months at total
extra cost of $50. 900 to the trust because
it refused to buy, in the hope of beating
down tho price and compelling the local
dealers to sell at loss. One American
| vessel had been lying there since Do
| cember g. and another since anuary A.
{ all holding out for decline in prices.
, In this way the shipments to this coun'
} try for the first three months of the
: year were only about one-third OF the
4 amount for the same time last year.
n On April % the Consul sent a second
( report to the State DEPARTING Mt showing
: that tho blockade still continued He
= said that many of the local dealers
l will undoubtedly be ruined unless they
: can hold out until the American and
S English syRdicates Vii pay th'
pr.co askei.". rep at l1a' bccf
k in circula ton in tho Isl In'ls u the Of
d feet that. the syndicatess. have untolC
e millions at their command and that they
l. are determined to refuse to buy hemI
Il until the price falls to SIS per 100 pounds
:. This report says the Consul, he vividly
g affected the entire business -cESmmunit,
8 and had aroused chivalrous sentiUen
g in behalf of the weaker party to thu
d fight among those who had no direc
> pecuniary interest in it
a Accompanying the Consuls report is a
ayfr ac.. "a ma n
o nila This paper describe,I how tn
II united syndicates had beats n the pric
g of hemp down by 81. Al per 100 pounds
is and then says: ITO the fore e of attacl
II the force of resistance, oppose
% itself, and never was it more on
1t duty than now to remind the Amer
10 leans of their famous lynch law; but il
10 order TO obtain the force of Resistance
d cohesion and resolute will are neces
is sary, and syndicate of buyers must b.
y met by a syndicate of sellers, and be
l. fore our ruin that of our adversaries
n, vino in this have have taken the init
to alive" The Manila paper invents
IS new term of condemnation for our trust
it calling it the dismal and clever com
g bination of those. who. for their owl
IS private benefit, threaten with ruin thu
IS production of the hemp raiser
re- Consul Webb sends third report un
lg der date of May IA. saying that tn
IS larger portion of the 100. 600 bales @
ir hemp in store at Manila had finally beel
ID sold at ten dollars per 100 pounds Thi
" report is accompanied with n secon'
ai article from the paper already quoted
ar The article betrays considerable sore
ne ness of feeling over the acts of ''suci
n prejudicial enterprises as the America
n syndicates"
b. Ia IL ConstItationais
40 In an article on the tariff questio
is Edward Atkinson. the well-know