Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-15

benefit Of the legislation It bought and
paid for 30 dearly?
Did the Gas Trust frame and pay
$25O.OOO for the passage Of a law per.
hitting corporations to consolidate
without obtaining any benefit from II
itself?
Hardly.
Every trust that is now depressing
the people Of Illinois Is a product Of
the Gas Trust consolidation law.
The Ice Trust, the Flour Trust, the
Elevator Trust. the Egg Trust have nll
been formed on the strength Of the Gas
Trust consolidation bill, paid for with
Gas Trust money. In consequence
Ice has gone up,
Bread has gone up.
Eggs have gone up,
Provisions Of oil kinds have gone M
In price.
1t is unreasonable to suppose that
Gas will not go up. :.
Gas will 60 up.
The Gas Trust paid $25O.OOO for the
passage Of the infamous Consolidation
and Frontage bill.
1t will reap its reward by the income
II will net from the raising Of the price
Of gas.
Chicago Is at Its mercy.
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Can Gas Trust money beat the new
revenue law?
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The new revenue law seems to have
been designed especially for the rich
and against the poor.
Under It's provisions the notorious
Gas Trust. which cleared nearly 81.
100000 last year by robbing the people
of Chicago, will escape taxation almost
entirely.
Last year the Gas Trust beat the PEG.
pie Of Chicago out of $4,000 In taxes.
This year II will beat them out Of a
clean half million.
The deficit caused by this robbery
will be made up out Of the poor.
Everybody's personal property Is to
be taxed.
Stock In building associations IL 10 be
taxed.
Savings bank deposits are to be
taxed.
Industry Ii to be taxed.
Frugality Is to be taXed-in order thu,
the Gas Trust may grow richer Mt the
peoples expense.
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1t Is whispered at Springfield thu,
three well.known persons have made
the necessary arrangements to kill the
Gas Frontage and Gas Consolidation
bills, pocket the coin and adjourn the
Legislature April II, whether the
"cheap members of the House" like Il
or not. rs one Of the three expressed !,
the other day.
The Gas Trust mlddlemen and 20
betweens who operated at Springfield
two years ago are said to have made
a nice sum by "holding out" on theI;
victims, the brlbe.taking legislators
Many Of these only got one.third the
sum uiIotteu " tueus
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Clubs to fight the Gas Trust have al
ready been organized In the 2Sth, 18th
14th. Goth, 2ist, 10th, and 18th Wards
Let the good work 90 on!
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1t 10 said that the majority of tho
men who voted for the gas consolida
ton bill ut Springfield only received
$3.50 each. Cheap enough.
The Legislature will have a chanc,
to show Its hand when the bill author
lzlng the city Of Chicago to sell electrI,
light to private consumers comes VI
for passage. The city now has an Ell
Client electric light plant, and II tn,
Legislature gives II the necessary per
mission, Chicago people will be able 4
get light independent Of the Gas Trust
Pass the bill.
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Mr.. James +. Meagher's Gas Trus
railroad, the Calumet Western, shoult
be sat upon hard by the City Council
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Anti.Gas Trust Aldermen SHOULD
vote against the Calumet Western or
dinancc.
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Calumet Western ought to attract tn,
attention Of Aldermen whom a Ga,
Trust magnatc called 800 skates.
When the vlllalnous gas frontage ant
consolidation legislation Is wiped of
the statute books by this Legislature
the City Council can grant franchise.
to five or six new gas companies. Ant
with healthy competition the peopl,
will get 5O-cent gas!
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How much of the money put up b!
the Calumet Western will reach tn,
City Council!
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Calumet Western Is a good name TO
bad proposition.
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Men who handled brides for elevate
ha, T. 4.