The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-19


Nsv Activity In The ssr.wth ~ trusts Peas
New srusts a. - Ones asd sstgh srotscs-
I've battles "a Help Them -Trnsss. Like
Mckinley. Dn Not Want Cheap Tsmes-
Trust-making and tarifi-making 20 on
with equal force. While tho high tariff
carnival advances in Washington pro-
tscted manufacturers are getting To-
gether" 70 reap the full benefit that the
new tariff law will give them.
The most recent case Is that Of the
satinet manufacturers who met In Wor-
cester. Mass. representatives being
present from nearly all the important
mills In the country. At this meeting
action was taken TO devise plan OF
consolidation similar 70 that adopted
BY the card c othing makers" 1T Is
hoped" the dispatch goes on to say.
"by close combination TO reduce the
number Of commission houses and lessen
competition"
The second new trust II that OF the
card clothing men. which will be known
under the corporate title Of the Amer
lean Card Clothing Company. There
are fifteen firms associated together in
this trust One Of the objects of the
trust is. as stated by one OF the men in
II, TO fix up . reasonable scale Of
prices They are materially aided in
this venture by the higher protective
duties given them by Major Mex inley.
who says: I'VE want no return TO cheap
times in our own country" The trust
and Mckinley are OF one mind on the
subject OF keeping up prices
A third trust is getting ready for
operations Not long ago four OF the
six manufacturers OF fax Irvine in this
country met in New York ITO consider
the question Of uniting with the whole
sale Irvine dealers in order to maintain
a scale Of prices and to prevent cutting
that has hitherto injured both parties
An agreement was reached. which is to
go into effect as soon as ii is signed by the
two manufacturers who were absent.
One Of the manufacturers VINO was pres
ent said that these two firms would
withoutdoubt agree to the arrangement
in very short time. as the conditions
were 50 evidently to their advantage"
The fourth trust Is the tableware glass
trust. News comes from Findlay, O..
that all the tableware glass factories in
the country-th rty-three in number
have completed arrangements with an
English syndicate giving IL the control
Of the entire glassware business in the
United States One OF the first things
to be done by the synd cate, IL is an
nounced will be to shut down NUM-
Der Of the factories in districts where
fuel Is costly. This trust also had the
way smoothed down for it by the good
Major Mckinley. lie put largely in
creased duties on table glassware.
The Senate cut these down in some
cases TO the present rate. and in other
cases allowed an increase somewhat less
than Mckinley had given
This seems q very appropriate time to
pass Senator Piumb's amendment to
the Tariff bill for the admi ssion At half
duty OF all articles controlled by trusts.
Senator Sherman ought to support that
amendment No longer than last Octo-
Der he said:
The primary object Of : protective tarsR ID
20 invite the fullest ccmpetit on ~ Inaivid- :
uals and corporations In domestic produc-
tion. IL such individuals or corporations
combine to advance the price Of the domes-
tic product and 10 prevent the free result ~
open and fair competition. would. without
. moments hesitation. reduce the duties on
foreign goods con petinx with them. In order
60 br,.ak down the combination Whenever
free competition 10 evaded or avoided by
combinations OF indy iduals or corporations.
the duty should he re iuced and foreign com
petition promptly invited.
One OF the standard arguments for
protection IAN argument reiterated to
the point Of disgust by protected manu-
facturers before the Ways and Means
Committee at Washlngton-is that pro-
lection will bring about competition
among domestic manufacturers and in
this way goods will be made cheaper.
but here, in four separate cases and
within week or two apart protected
manufacturers combine TO prevent the
very competition that they pretended
70 desire. 1t only goes 10 prove the In
sincerity OF those pleas from interested
parties 1t is against human nature
that manufacturers should wish to have
their goods made cheap and the combi-
nations TO prevent cheapness these
trusts. give the ''lie direct" to the sham
philanthropy that these men talk whom
they get before Major Mckinley.