The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-12-07
TRUSTS NOT TOUCHED
PRISING SMASHER OF TRUSTS
TO OPERATE IN,
Few Industries Are Now Outside, and
the People Will Soon Consolidate
All in One Under Government
Ownership.
(Southern Mercury

(Southern Mercury
The clause of the Sherman antitrust
| law relating to trusts reads as follows:
Every contract, combination in the
| form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy
in restraint of trade of commerce among
| the several states, or with foreign ma
tions is hereby declared illegal.
ANY person who shall engage in any
such contract or engage in any such
combination or conspiracy shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanOr, and on
| conviction thereof shall be punished by
fine not exceeding $4,000, or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year, or
by both said punishments, at the discre-
tion Of the court"
It was this law which was appealed to
in the case of the United States versus
the Joint Traffic association, which has
been declared by the supreme court to
be illegal. However, in view of the
great number of trusts operating in vio-
latiOn of the antitrust law other than
railroad trust, the decision of the SUI
preme court and why the former are
permitted to exist in violation of the
law, is a subject for the serious consid-
Grafton of the public.
This table shows the title and capt.
estimated in many instances
because it is impossible to get at the ex
of IN, ted
ence and fit subjects for suppression by
Attorney General Griggs and the United
States supreme court, under the Sher-
man law, as now interpreted by the
highest court.
Five large trusts are now In process
of formation. Meetings have been
held and it is expected that consolida-
ton will be completed before the first
of the yea.. These proposed trusts alone
will be capitalized 1T $24OO0O,O00
Capital
Acid Trust (forming) $50 ,O0O, 900
*Alcohol Trust ............ 5,OOO,O0O
*American Corn Harvester
Trust 5O,0oO,O 600
Anglo American Thread
Trust 10000
*Anthracite Coal Combine,
PENNSYLVANIA ...... ..... $4,000, 600
Asphalt Trust ............. 3,140,OOO
AK Trust ........... 15,OO0,0 900
*Barbed Wire Trust, Chi
cago ....... ............ 100000
Biscuit and Cracker Trust. 100000
*Bituminous Coal Trust -. 100000
*Bleachery Combine ....... 10,000,0O0
*Bolt and Nut Trust ...... 100000
*Boiler Trust, Pittsburg, Pa. 100000
*Borax Trust, Pennsylvania 100000
Brass Trust ..,.... 10000, 900
*Broom Trust, Chicago. -. 100000
*Brush Trust, Ohio ........ 2,OO0,0OO
Buckwheat Trust .......... 100000
*Button Trust ............. 100000
*Carbon Candle Trust, ,Cleve-
land ........ .......... 1900, 900
Carnegie Trust .......... 25,O0O,0
*Cartridge Trust .......... 10000, 900
*Cash Register Trust ...... 10000, 900
+Casket and Burial Goods
Trust ........ ..-... 1000, 900
Castor Oil Trust, st. Louis. 100000
Celluloid Trust ....... S,OOO,O
Cigaret Trust, New York.. 25,000,O 900
*Clothes Wringer Trust. 80. 1900, 900
Colorado Coal Combine -. 100000
Condensed Milk Trust, ILL.,. 100000
"Confectioners' Trust ...... 1000, 900
cooper Ingot Trust ...... 10000, 900
Cordage Trust ............ $4,000, 900
Cotton Duck Trust ........ 10000, 900
*Cotton Press Trust ....... 5000, 900
Cottonseed Oil Trust ..... 10000, 900
*CrOckery Trust .......... $4,000, 900
Cutlery Trust (forming)... 100000
Dressed Beef and Provision
Trusts (two) ........ 100000. 900
*Dye and Chemical Combine 100000
Electrical Combine, No. g.. 1900, 900
*Electric Supply Trust -. 10000 900
Envelope Trust ............ 100000
Fish Trust ................ 10000
Flint Glass Trust, Pa...... 8,OOO,00O
Flour Trust (forming) ..... 10000, 900
Fruit Gamers Trust ...... 100000
*Flint Jar Trust ........... 1,0OO 900
"Fur Combine ............ 10000 900
*Galvanized Iron Steel Trust,
PENNSYLVANIA ,,..... 800. 1000 coo