Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-17

tering monopoly by granting special
privileges to the warehouse men. lie
said in part: "The grain trust in Chi.
cago, as represented in the public ware.
house men, Is one of the most gigantic
and harmful trusts In the world. The
great public warehouses are now under
the management of men who derive
their power from the railroads. Prior
to 1885,, before these men obtained their
power. there was free competition on
the floor of the Board of Trade. At
that time the public warehouse men en-.
tered the grain business In competition
with dealers who were forced to pay
three-fOurths Of a cent month for
storage In the warehouses. The public
warehouse man Is a licensed servant
Of the state, and owing to the advan.
tagc he derives from not having to pay
this storage toll, he Is enabled to con.
troll prices. The warehouse man can
also sort the grain stored in his Gle.
vator, remove the best and obtain Is
cents a bushel more for It. Great quan.
titles of grain stored by dealers in these
warehouses IRE boarded for storage
charges. The market Is 'beared' until
prices are such that the warehouse
man can buy the grain ut low price,
besides reaplng the storage profit. The
present methods are an announcement
to bucket shops. and bucket-slop gem
bling serves the purposes of the ware
house men In bringing the price of
grain down below the cost of produc-
ton. The warehouse men are virtually
the railroads. who reap the profits"
The Ice trust. a menace to everybody.
Will come In for u dose that will shake
1t to the foundations.
There are several other trusts Just as
bad that will receive much attention.
Rumors as to bills to be introduced In
the next Legislature IRE already cur.
rent. II Is said that the Illinois Dairy
Union, which secured the passage of
the antl-butterlne bill by the last Leg.
lslature. will cause to DC offered a bill
providing for the appointment Of a
State dairy inspector and the apprO-
prlation Of sum of money to secure
the enforcement Of the antl.buttcrine
law. 1t Is probable also that n bill
amending the law may bc introduced.
and 1t is certain that n bill repeating 1t
will be offered. The present status of
the antl-butterine law Is not satisfac.
tory to the farmers. The attempt to
enforce 1t by the arrest Of several but
terlne.makers was practically n fail.
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by the court on wrlts of habcas corpus.
The farmers will have to make u
strong fight In the coming Legislature
IL they wish to keep the law on the
statute books. 1t Is said that one of
the gas bills. but whether the frontage
or consolidation bill, ,hc man who told
| the story could not say, has been fOurd
defective by the companies attorneys.
A bill to cure the defect will he intro.
duced, 1t IL said, soon after the Lcgls.
laturc meets. A dozen or more bills to
repeal the Case gnrnlshment law will
be introduced rs soon rs members can
catch the Speakers eye at the first SEES
sion. and nearly every Democratic
! member from Cook County has ready q
bill repeating the civil-servicc law.
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| Senator =. 4. Chapman, Of the Fifty
first District, was In Chicago Tuesda!
| to attend a railroad directors meeting
Incidentally he announced that he wa.
In charge Of "I,umbOat" Joseph King,
candidacy for assistant dOOrkeeper OF
the House OF Representatives, ana ht
managed TO gather In number Of Cook
County pledges for the quaint Egyp
tlan. X.Representative j. \. Ander
son. Of Henderson County, has put W
q lightning rod rs a candidate for ser
| geant.at.arms Of the lower house. HI
had that job in the XXXlXth General
| Assembly.
| Every honest member Of the Leglsla
ture should vote to repeal the infamOu,
warehouse bill passed ut the last SEES
sion.
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The Legislature at the coming SEES
sion proposes to regulate the prices OF
upper" aud "lOwcr'' sleeping cal
berths.
A well.knOwn member from the cen
ter Of the State writes to The Eagle
that he will move for the appointment
OF a committee TO ascertain all the facts
a., al
the Infamous warehouse bill last SEES
sion.
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The corporation attorneys are already
preparing TO buy up all opposition t.
their ncfar!Ous schemes.
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| The big Chicago trusts will have q
barrel of money on hand to buy legis
latiOn.
Corporations and corruption are be-
ginning TO be synonymous terms.
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Some of the Senate bills that Were
killed by corporation Influence In the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly Will bt
reintrOduccd In the coming session
This win give the bribers n chance.
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