The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-12
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To THE EDITOR oF THE Ms It strikes
me that the Lexow Investigating
Is wasting q lot of valuable time and energy.
It is undoubtedly barking up the wrong
tree" see no reason to condemn n corporation
simply because IL IL a trust. THE proof OF the
pudding" &c. Let US render to every man
according TO his works" II the great sugar
corporation Is n trnst, what fault have we to
ind with II? Granulnted sugar 10 Ietailed
nearly every where at 4 cents u pound. 1t was
much dearer before the trust was formed. The
trust. we are told, controls tho production and
price OF 90 per cent. OF the sugar made east OF
the Rocky Mountains, and IL is now nearly "a
cheap as -four. Who IL complaining OF i.iis7
II this 10 the result OF trust operations the gem
tlemen OF that trust now or recently on the
rack should be receiving tho congratulations
instead of the attacks of senator Lcxow.
The operations Of the so-called coffee trusts
the woolson Spice Company, tho McLaugh-
lin. and the Arbuckle-are unfortunately con-
fined principally TO tine West. l say %unfortu-
nately advisedly, becaurv | snow that ..-'-
coffecs are equal In merit to those usually sold
Ia the East and much cheaper. All these COM
panies put uD their ~coffees. roasted and I'M
ground. IN one-pound packages. and they. supply
shs esiK E or t aver pf tcn xsar usep have IN s' been usipn
those package cofees In kansas, where they are
re,siled at from fogr to seven and generally At
trust COMPANY coffces TO be fully equal IN quail
ity to what now costs mo 80 and a5 cents =
City eIu"r n 'a DIS s,a rot of F saa ) J , hHs' IN, he me msr chant:
advertise those coifees at ak pounds for 81.
who are charged with making 100 per cent.
proht, and with growing fat on the necessities
% Siss' at H' RDif' the the p prSSsi charge. ss,,tps sy 'G msfe n aas
not Of the trust IN New York city. IL strikes
would benefit their constituents by inviting
those coffee trust companies to ofor their pack
ege %eoffees for sale to The people of the East.
viduals TO go into business solely for philan-
thropic motives: nevertheless. there 10 no req
public as is the Individual operator. Some Of
them may he so. but. being creatures OF I'M
guidance viii bring them into the paths Of
maximum usefulness and of minimum danger
ii. however. tho legislative trust hunters de-
sire q game worthy OF their candle let them in
vestigate the great cofnn or casket trust. This.
lions. whose tcntaclcs reach every hamlet in tho
United states, They manufacture all the cof-
what they please. The undertaIers are strictly
under the thumb OF thi. trust and dare not
conins 81 other make under penalty OF being
promptly frozen out OF the business. A recital
OF their profits and dividends would be .ug-
in Monte Cristo; y but il is Improbable that It
will ever reacn publicity. While the operations
or the well.to-do being largely in the nature OF
an Inheritance Tux. they fall with crushing
weight upon the poor, Any md srtaker could
employ one OF tho hundreds of idle carpenters
and from q dollars worth of hard pine and
another dollars worth of trim:ninRs make .
colin that he could proftably sell for four or
i've dollsrs; but this would mean war With the
trust, and he will not dare TO do IL. For such .
comm the poor must now pay the trust from SIS
to SIS. No matter how they obtain II. IL must
DO paid IL they would preserve their dead from
the indignity of the Potter's Field. Here, In
deed. 10 an opportunity for philAnthroplc wealth
to benefit a great number OF human beings and
TO save much misery by establishing a factory
Independent OF this trust where collins will he
mad. aud sold 10 tho poor nj q little more than
cost Of production. Jso. J. CAss.
Ala E~vERoREES AVENUE, BRooKLYs. Feb. 10.