The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-20
VS.. LABOR.
!. iAsoR IS CRUSHED THAT
c,o,ces MAY BE ADVANCED.

I'm the Record of Lockouts and
,s.% reductions Made in Order to In
!. Profits to Owners Of Idle Mills.
y ALLOWING from the speech of Sen
vast of July 20, and printed in The
r,sssiona! Record of July 81, is good
,nce of the effects of trusts, com
: etc,. upon labor. In a previous
II the senator had printed the list
,o tariff trusts as prepared by Hon.
ne Witt Warner for the New York
Ia As written there the main OBJ
was TO show that tariffs foster trusts
|,bat trusts invariably advance prices
. least rc!ard their natural decline.
object Of the new matter introduced
konstor Vest is to show that trusts by
(inr mills idle throw men out of en-
[ment and by increasing the number
Cmpetitors for each job of work tend
bwer wages:
Fordage Trust Including binding
n. cable. rOpc, Irvine. etc.)-Tariff:
linz Irvine. Z cent per pound: other
\, 90 cents per pounC: hemp cables
rordage. 81 cents per pound: other
|, and cordage, ~ cents.
The Corlage trust, which was formed
rtobar. 1881, furnishes Il good illus
hon Of the way i'll which trusts affect
n, IS the trust gained control Of
70 factories it not only was enabled
INIT production and advance prices.
had power to dictate terms to its
b~,ovees. 1t was not until 1890, when
tust was rcorTalized and when it
rrel control Of eleven cordage fac
es in Canada, that its power over pro-
tion and labor became supreme.
De from the maintaining of high
les. which Of itself Limits the use OF
lagc anil therefore the. demand for
BY. the present condition of the mills
he'd and controlled by the trusts is
6cient evidence of the devastating eff
Is upon production and l&bGr Of this
Ii. which has the following record of
kOuts and wage reductions III order
Insure sufficient profit al the mills.
running To pay dividends to tn"
hers Of the rest thus hired to stay idle.
an average it takes about 100 en-
Eees to attend to 100 %spindi"s; thee,
tne binder Irvine mills. are mostly
and in cordagc and Irvine mills
Billy boy. and men,:
tchcr d Carter Curdagc company. Brock
GU spindl"s. Not running full. but little
Iac; averages perhaps 300 spindlrs.
Waterbury d Co., Brooklyn, ;U or SW)
ldles, Running most of time.
lillian Walls Sons, brooklyn. 40 or jHi
dies. Entirely shut down in May, lSF.. aud
Of all the time.
thsbctL COrdagc company, New Jrrscy.
kDilile-, Burned our in 1921 and not sirct.
trge c. poolcy & Sons, Buffalo, - spin
Closed part Of the time.
MIA Irvine and Cordage cOmuany, Ohio.
%spinllcs. Probably running most of the
E'uek's Sons, l~.aston, iL.. =, spiu..
Dably running regularly.
Eron Iwinc and Coruagc company, Akron.
81 s%piELIc'. Recently r,~o.d to former
traot no" ia the trust.
t,orlt tordage company, Dayton. Ky, IL
dies. Probably running regularly.
T. Lewis Co., Philadelphia. ~ on ~ spin
Has been shut down some time.
Engardncr, Woodward d CO.. phllalvi-
1spindlcs. Was dismautlcd 10y rru.i.
iork oordage cOmpany, >c,y York. g;
GeS. Was diSmantled by trust.
has Cordagc company, New Oor!can.. -
Fdes. Wa, dismantlcd by trust.
RhdalI, Goodale d Co, Boston, 80 spindle
been shut down for some time.
'tal d Day tOrdagc company, Boston. ~
pdle'' Probably running regularly.
N'oh C0rdage company, Boston. 700 spin
MT running; closed more than one
lth ago.
taala'l Cordage company Boston, -
paes' Not running; closed more than on,
hth ago.
ag'o?dagc company, Cambridge, Mass, Gl
ccGnN. Dismantled by trust.
"Iam Decring d Co., Chicago, 40 spin.
riobably running regularly.
pen Cordage company, Nenia, o., 1910 spin
Closed recently.
IIaLsOurg Binder Irvine and Coriagc ror-
Sohio, 20 spindles. Closed three week ,
sNy2'on Rope and Irvine company, Texas.
phuies. Closed since June Il.
unTh Cordage company, Boston, 800 spin
Running regularly.
Itru mile I,,,,.. A, =. 1
trust.
a%Hef Cordage company, Pennsylvania,
k@Hules' Closed indefinitely three weeks
midtown Irvine company. Ohio, lj0 spin
el0sed recently.
NY cordace company, Nenia, o., 100 spin
UOsed july ..
neuiord COrdage company, Massachu-
~spindles. Not running since June l..
"tnce Rope works, New York, 40 spin
Running.
"a oordage company, Indiana, 100 spin
r.rUan Manufacturing (baCgingJ cOmpa-
"" iork, go spindlcs. Not running since
,%n Cordage company, Ohio, 100
~ Recently acquired by National Cord
"npsny and closed July /.
" 'he eleven concerns in Canada be-
[sng TO the National Cordage trust
puaoiy only about two-thirds are run
/. d. all regularly. There, a here,
am enables the trust to keep up
'es and make sufficient profits to pay
uvidends on idle mills and to pur-
a'exorbitant prices establishments
threaten to undersell the trust. The
- also controls by agreement the
t,',ies OF w. l.. Boone, Jr., Brooklyn,
Joseph l.. Podd, Paterson, manu-
Iiers OF binding Irvine and cordage
;lery, 30 that these companies,
u control and hold valuable patents,
y' sell cordage machines to non.
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