Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-21
WORK OF THE 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 ut the request Of the Gas
Trust that the Bride Takers Union
passed q law Mt 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 very inconvenlent
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 iniqulty
until they rise in their might and over
throw It.
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
Will, the Bride Takers Union, the Ice
Trust IL now In existence.
And In consequence. Ice will be high.
or In Chicago this year than 1t Is In
Havana.
The Ice trust has given notice to hos.
pltals. hotels. saloon.keepers and other
large consumers that the price Of ice
Is to be raised 10 cents n hundred
pounds this season. A combination Of
saloon.keepers Is being formed to resist
this advance. and 1t Is said that cool.
Ing and Ice machines will be used OK.
tcnsively for refrlgeratlng purposes, nj.
though 1t may cost considerable money
to install them.
| The Knlckerbocker Ice Company has
L
that will be delivered In the city this
summer. Everybody will have to pay
an increase for his Ice. The price to
saloon.keepers last year was 10 cents n
hundred pounds and to consumers 40
cents u hundred. The notices given an.
nounce that saloon.keepers will have to
pay 20 cents a hundred pounds. 1t Is
expected that private consumers will
not get or with less than 90 cents a
hundred. and the price may be raised
even beyond that.
The formation Of the Ice pool, It Il
said. is for the purpose Of making M
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 IL still In
the houses, the KnlckcrbOclier com
pany being one Of the largest holders
No contracts nre being made Mt pres
ent. although Ice Is being delivered by
the different companies at the price OF
last year. 1t IL said TINT about May !
or when the warm weather comes, the
patrons Of the various companies In the
combination will receive notice that tho
price Of Ice has been raised.
The main sufferers from this new
combination It Is admitted. will be thu
hospitals. hotels and saloon.keepers
An additional 10 cents n hundred
means great deal to them. for the rea
son that they use a large amount OF Ice
especially in the downtown district
where cracked Ice Is needed for mlxe'
drinks.
1t IL understood that the Ice wagon
will go out this year with the sam
labels that they carried n year ago. bu
the Ice they deliver will be the propert'
Of the trust. a few small Ice concern
have refused to come within the fold
but the combination expects to "freex
them out" before the season Is well ad
vanced.
The trusts fOlsted upon our people d
the Gas Trust will work harm to tn
whole country.