Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-14
work Of TIVE BRiBE.TAKERS.

The Bride Takers Union. formerly
called the Legislature Of Illinois, has,
at the behest Of the Gas Trust, given
to our people heritage Of woe.
1t was at the request Of the Gas
Trust that the Bride Takers Union
passed a law at Its last session per.
hitting corporations to consolidate and
to form trusts.
Trusts were formerly forbidden by
law in this State, because they were
contrary to public policy.
This law was a very inconvenient
one to the gas companies, which were
anxious to combine SO rs to squeeze the
people out Of big amounts at the least
expense to the Trust.
So the Gas Trust went to the Bride
Takers Union and the result Of Its
conference with the Union was the In.
famous law permitting the formation
Of Trusts and forbidding for all time
any new gas companies to start in bus
mess in Chicago.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
a few facts about the Gas Trust.
The Eagle will continue to educate
the people on this monstrous iniquity
until they rise in their might and over.
throw 1t.
The legislation bought with Gas
Trust money is working harm In other
directions.
1t has allowed the formation of other
trusts.
Thanks to the Gas Trusts influence
with the Bride Takers Union, the Ice
Trust Is now In existence.
And In consequence, Ice will be high.
er In Chicago this year than 1t Il In
Havana.
The ice trust has given notice to hos.
pitals. hotels, salOOn-keepers and other
large consumers that the price Of ice
Is to be raised 10 cents a hundred
pounds this season. A combination Of
saloon-keepers Is being formed to resist
this advance, and It Is said that cool.
Ing and Ice machines will be used ex.
tensively for rcfrlgeratlng purposes. al.
though It may cost considerable money
to install them.
The Knickerbocker Ice Company has
secured control Of all the natural Ice
that will be delivered In the city this
summer. Everybody will have to pay
an increase for dis ice. The price to
saloOn.keepers Inst year was 10 cents q
hundred pounds and to consumers 40
cents a hundred. The notices given an.
nounce that saloon.keepers will have to
pay 20 cents hundred pounds. It Is
expected that private consumers will
not get OF with less than 30 cents a
hundred, and the price may be raised
even beyond that.
The formation Of the Ice pool, II IL
said. IL for the purpose Of making up
for the losses Of year ago. The Gas
legislation gave It its chance. Then
there was IN Oversupply, and much Of
the ice product Of last season Is still in
the houses, the KnickerbOcker com.
pany being one of the largest holders.
No contracts are being made ut pres
ent, although Ice Is being delivered by
the different companies ut the price Of
last year. 1t IL said that about May !.
or when the warm weather comes, the
patrons Of the various companies In the
combination will receive notice that the
price Of ice has been raised.
The main sufferers from this new
combination, II IL admitted, will be the
hospitals. hotels and salOOn.keepers.
An additional 10 cents a hundred
means a great deal to them, for the rea- |
son that they use large amount Of ice,
especially In the downtown district, |
where cracked Ice Is needed for mixed |
drinks.
II IL understood that the Ice wagons
will 60 out this year with the same
labels that they carried year ago, but |
the Ice they deliver will be the property
Of the trust. A few small ice concerns
have refused to come within the fold, |
hut the combination expects to "freeze |
them out" before the season Is well ad. |
vanced.
The trusts folsted upon our people by |
the Gas Trust will work harm to the
whole country.