The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
nousroN, TUESDAY, JuIy !. isoo.
TWELVE PAGES
THE EVIDENCE STRENGTHENS.

The evidence Of prcsiden. Dove. o, n,
Commercial Travellers National I.qasuc.
as given before tbs industrial commission
some days since, furnished some strong
ana convincing arguments aeains, trust.
aud monopoles. and his statements haN,
been widely commented upon
Fer some time this gentleman has bern
collecting statistics concerning The rela-
iions OF these combines 10 drummers. and
the results Of his research are simply
startling Tho Nashville American gives
the following as condensed statement of
bis findings
lilo haes that tS.eo ,rAvalgar sal sHea have
hssh iAfowa gsi % work tg tao oresnlzafinn
o. trglsts- aad h5oat = esH oiserg have pfea
reduced Ia satisfy. lie estimates thaJ by this
means yhe tras'd. ;AkeE taseher. base effect
81 80 e1HuSi s1ytnE 90 siiAAsA 3D. ~ Whlea
setHtie4-1 - The 4o3s at h4laFtre, s&tr,ro .Nfi
y iae loss ~ ,he railroads "a fares aad The
fqsi ~ q Transporting excess - baEsaSe and
39s.is1hfs Is the loss 10 hD;elg Hc csieg.nsrs
that u tAs fo.m1giaa o. tT4bts euatiaGrs. the
ssry!ees Of orc hait thn commercial travellers
siil BE- dlsDeasai with. % Ubisa event Tho
loss 10 salaries alone VIII be slS .oel.WQ and
The itss 20 the railroads S3speA go. Ia refer
Tsns 70 ile disehssse 81 travelling saicsInsn.
NJ DaWe Wen, into spec heasinns. Toe rrcst
senneco coMhiaes dieornsed ~ltn 5000 sales.
men the baking n1Ndeg trust has retained
onir halt d0sen the hicycle srust viii throw
.rgst has dtspcnsn8 wish so, the saEar ana
tQfise trusts have thrown oat itol. the tin
plate combine has got rid Of about NINETY out
Of eyerv loo saiesmen-aud 30 On
Like shrewi business man, Mr.. Dove
has gone ahead Of the trugts in his inves-
LEGATIONS. he forcsaw that they would
give as their excuse for aiseharging ali
these men the s;r!ugsney Of the times. and
claim that The consumers OF those articles
would get the heueat Of what the combine
saves in the way OF arummcrs' eoumos-
slons ard salaries, 8r Dove has knocked
this out on the first round" however lie
says that they have raised the price of all
their goods from 10 10 leo per cent in near
~ every case excepting alone sugar and
coffee lie tells OF these advances;
Iron nine. more than 100 Der cent
I3HWaso and 1namelhd ware, 81 per cent.
hYAss goods. ~ per cent
Chair trust. Just formed. will advance prices
% cor CENT
Rubber overshces United States Rubber
c6mpanYi II prr cent
American Tia Plato company 90 per cent.
Newspaner. L 70 " cent a pound. further
advance In nrosn0ct
Book papers. and 30 ner cent an advance
Is expected IN writing paper.
Common Foap - cents To 20 cents box,
lohhcrs and manufacturers OF clocks have
advanced the wholesale prices. on account OF
the advance OF metals ca per cent.
All metal goods have been advanced.
Pines and brushes l2ts ner cent.
Ribbons, ~ Der cent,
School furniture has gone up. as we'll MS
paner hare and wrapping pan-r.
There is no reasonable excuse that can
be given for this increase OF prices. and 1t
has been done simply 10 augment the
profits OF the trusts They can not claim
that raw materials have advanced, for the
people who produce these materials have
realized no advance In the prices OF their
products. and have not received the slight.
est intimation that they would at any time
soon.
The truth is thar the trusts and com
hines of various sorts have tho country in
their deadly grasp, and the only hope OF
relief Is in democratic legislation.