The labor world., 1899-10-07
other cigar trust, with $15,000,000 capi-
tai, has been incorporated in New Jer-

other cigar trust, with $15,00O,O00 capi-
tai, has been incorporated in New Jer-
Sey.
A demonstration in London on Sun
day against British aggression in the
Transvaal, under the auspices Of So
cialists, trade unionists and peace So
cities, was broken up by roughs and
patriots, who were egged on by capt.
talistic newspapers and politicians.
Still the ''cockneys" sneer at the anti
Dreyfus mobs in France.
Socialists granted charter t. new
section in Burlington, vt. 4 vote is
now being taken by the party gener-
ally on the question of suspending the
old national executive committee.
Many more small sections have begun
to order their supplies from the tenn
porary national executive com1aittee at
1874 William street, New York.
New York papers state that the lead
ing pugilists Of the country are organ
izing themselves into trust, the cap
italistic promoters having already
done so, ito place the manly art on a
business basis.'' What with tneatri-
cal trust, circus trust, a base ball
trust, and now a pug" trust, there is
no reason why the dog-fighters and
cock fighters shouldn't get together.
Now the meat trust is securing con-
troll of the great cattle ranches of the
Southwest During the past few weeks
Swift & Co. purchased $4,000 acres Of
ranch land in Texas, and the plan
seems to be to form gigantic monop-
oily in cattle raising, which will be con-
trolIed by the Armour<Swift combine,
and to send the price OF meat upward
to get back the millions Of dollars they
invested to secure the monopoly. The
wholesale and retail meat dealers in the
East appear to have ceased struggling
against the combine. p 49, ~
The Amalgamated Society of Engi-
neers will build its own block for head
quarters in London at a cost of $43, 500.
The union is also sending 81, 400 a week
to, Denmark to assist the workers who
were locked out, which Is more than all
America sent over all told. This is the
organization that has declared for So
cialism and that has for its general
secretary George N. Barnes, an avowed
socialist, and has just elected as It's
American organizer another staunch
socialist in the person of Isaac COwen-
The union has membership of $4,000.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dako-
ia. is wiser than most of his colleagues
wien he says that Congress might re-
wise every article and section: Of the
tariff law carrying a protective, duty,
and it would not make the slightest
difference with the so-called trusts" )"
The proof of the truth of this state
ment is found in the fact that free
trade England has formidable monop-
olistic combinations and syndicates,
while the international trust would
simply take the place Of the national
trust, as is the case today in some In
dustries. =s6 .S$S
A Pittsburg dispatch says: "The ta-
Bile glass concerns recently consoltdat-
ed under the name zof the y ssiional tl
Glass company, have issued orders to
their statesmen directing them to return
home at once. 1t is said the trust will
establish central selling agency and
do away with the services Of several
commercial travellers. It is
said the National Glass company will
withdraw all present quotations and is
sue a new price list which will be an
advance over present prices. The trust
was organized less than week ago"
Many drummers, therefore, will have
an excellent opportunity in the future
to give the subject of capitalism their
most profound consideration. ~
The great lockout in Denmark. which
has terminated successfully for the
workers, it seems did not end day too
soon. 1t now leaks out that every un-
ion in the little kingdom went bank
rupt and not a farthing remains In the
treasury of the socialist party, which
also heavily mortgaged
all of it's property to procure funds
with which to carry on the fight. Dur
ing the last weeks of the desperate
struggle hundreds of women and chill
dren were removed to the country dis
tricts," where they could be supported
by friends and sympathisers. The
workers were effectually stripped of
every cent and now have got to begin
all over again. That's capitalism.