Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-01
ANOTHER COMBINE.
The Envelope Manufacturers
Now Talked OF.
Worcester Men VIII Not Deny Nor Affirm
Stories About the Combination.

The next addition to the already long
list of trusts and combinations will, in
all probability, be the envelope trust.
Like the wire trust, SO recently consum-
mated, the envelope trust will include
most of the large envelope manufactur-
ing concerns of the country.
Worcester VIII be not without repre-
sentation in the new deal, There are
two large envelope manufacturing es-
Establishments in this city, those of the
Logan, Swift & Brigham Envelope Com
pany and the Whitcomb Envelope Com
pany. Both, it is said on apparently
good authority, are interested in the new
trust. None of the officials of either
company with whom Spy representa-
tive talked Friday evening, would, how
ever, admit that fact.
1t has been very generally known in
business circles that during the past
few years, a number of efforts have
been made to induce the larger enve-
lope manufacturers to consolidate. All
these attempts in the past have, how
ever, proved futile. Now it is said ON
good authority that the trust is either
a reality OF will be in the course of a
very short time, and that it is only a
question of time when all the facts in
the case will be made known
The Spy man, after talking with those
in a position to know, Friday evening,
was convinced that the rumor was far
from being unfounded. While the gem
tleman would not admit that such
trust had been formed, they would not
deny that such a thing was possible or
| even probable.
James Logan OF the Logan, Swift &
n Vs4r rlapar@
porter at his home on John street, Fri
day evening, said he would prefer to say
nothing upon the subject. He did, how
ever, volunteer the information that talk
OF an envelope trust or combination was
not new. That every little while some
body attempted to get the manufacture
ers to combine. Further than that he
was silent.
Treasurer G.. Henry Whitconlb was
seen at his office on Grove street by
| Spy man and he too was not inclined to
| be laxative on the subject. Like Mr..
Logan, he said that envelope trusts had
| been talked of for years, 'sBut there
isn't one in existence yet, is there?" he
asked, as If to make the reporter think
there was no more in the present rumor
than in similar ones of the past
II there is any sort of a deal' he
said, 1T will be nothing more than a
combination. There will lie no trust
There may be a combination in the
next six months and there may not be.
For my part, I hope there will be-
! Have any papers looking to the or
gantzation of what you term a conbi-
nation iseen signed yet, ar. Whit
| copb?" the Spy man asked.
Not 50 far as | know was the an
ever
| II don't see what there is myself to
publish about an envelope combina-
tion," Mr.. Whtcomb continued. Those
who know would only laugh at it and
deny it,
Then the reporter mentioned to Mr..
| Whitcomb that up to the very day that
the wire trust became a reality, those
most interested had denied that such a
! thing was in existence or was even
| thought Of
| 10 this Mr.. Whitcomb only replied:
You know that sometimes great things
are accomplished in a single day.
But by his manner 1t was evident thar
Mr.. Whitcomb knew more about a
combination" as he termed it, than he
was willing to disclose.
There are likely to be some very in
teresting developments before long.