The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-16
AGAINST TRUST IDEA
DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN BY THE
LEADING MILLERS OF MIN
NEAPOLIS
WORD CABLED TO LONDON

In the Face of Local Opposition 1t
Is Not Believed the English
stockholders VIII Attempt to
Force the Consolidation - Mr..
Mcintyre AbandOns His Efforts in
Minneapolis and Leaves for East.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15.-The pro-
jected flour mill trust is a failure.
Thomas A. Mcintyre, Of New York,
who conceived the idea and who has
been in Minneapolis endeavoring to
bring the local mills into line, has
abandoned the attempt. AS it is not
likely that a trust can be organized
without the big Minneapolis mills, the
prominent flour men Of this city believe
that the project has been given a blow
from which it will not recover.
Mr.. Mcintyre, in company with Fred
J. Middlebrook, of New York, his conf
Dental man, and Thomas Shackleford,
Of West Superior, left this evening for
the East.
John s. Pillsbury, seen at his resi-
dence last night, said:
There are some things about the
efforts Of Mr.. Mcintyre that should, in
all fairness, not be published. But one
thing is sure, and that is that he failed
In his mission here. He came to Min
neapolis to secure the Pillsbury inter-
ests and did not get them. We still
have our old stock and a little bit
more. Of course there are a number
Of things I can not mention for publi-
cation. Mr.. Mcintyre was very anxious
to get the Pillsbury stock. If he had
succeeded the Pillsbury- -Washburn
mills would have become part Of the
consolidation, Even now he may have
thought to ensure some kind of con-
solidation, but if he had got ours he
would have made consolidation on
large scale sure. I always opposed
consolidation, both when I saw MIR.
Mcintyre in September and on his last
visit here. AT one time I might have
personally been inclined to slip out of
the business, as I could have disposed
Of my stock, for all it cost. I could do
so now but have changed my mind be-
cause I was utterly opposed to consodi-
dation. I told Mr.. Mcintyre that I
was utterly opposed to selling. I did
not like the idea Of sinking our inden-
tity. He told me that he had secured
some mills-the Consolidated and the
Washburn. Mr.. Bell denied that he
had done this. He may have secured
the Washburn interests, but am salts
fed he did not get the consolidated.
I admitted to him that he may have
secured the European stock, but told
him he could not get control of the
II,Io ;,o+O Onf1 ~ ,i0aJ
Definite action against the projected
trust was taken at a meeting held In
the rooms of the Pillsbury- -Washburn
company which took the form Of
secret conference over the Mcintyre
proposition, ard 1t was attended by
the leading members Of Minneapolis
three big milling companies-the Pills
bury -Washburn company, the Consoli-
| dated Milling company and the Wash
burn Crosby company. The result was
that the Mcintyre proposition was re-
| jected. The prominent men Of the
| trade were in the meeting-ex-Gov J.
| S. Pillsbury, Henry Little, A. G. Lor-
| ing, George H. Christian, James S.
| Bell, W. H. Dunwoody and others. The
discussion was thorough, and when ad-
| journment was reached every miller
had announced his opposition to fur
ther consideration Of the proposition,
and word was flashed over the wire to
| London, the message being backed by
the milling companies Of Minneapolis.
There was a little wavering at one
| time in one OF two quarters, but as the
discussion proceeded all expressed the
view that the -four trust was not a
move to be considered from either busi-
ness or local reasons.
1t is not believed that Mcintyre will
be able to make further progress in
London, should he decide to go thither
from Minneapolis to take up the fight
as ain. The Minneapolis millers are
committed against the proposition
They have already taken steps to bring
the London holders of Pillsbury- Wash
burn stock into touch with the situa-
ton in all it's lines.