The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-13

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Northern Is included in the table be-
cause Mr.. Hills road has recently
been joined to the B. & o. by COM
mon ownership, and its interests are
now identical. 1t is part OF Mr.. Nor
gan's trust
| Besides the actual operations of
railroads, the Morgan Vanderbilt COM
bine makes cars, owns and operates
tugs and other vessels; Gyms and op-
crates grain elevators and lighters at
New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chi
cago, Duluth, San Francisco and other
places; and it operates a line Of steam
ships on the great lakes
Altogether, there are 100000 per-
sons in the employ of the Vanderbilt
Morgan Railroad trust.
| Textile Manufactures.
The great textile trusts are the re-
cent corporate outgrowth Of trade
agreements which have been in force
for many years among the mill own
ers Of New England.
The oldest Of these Is the Print
Cloth combine, composed OF the man
ufacturers OF calico and other prints
There are employed altogether in
these print cloth mills 222,eo0 persons
and now they are under the warm
wing Of a trust
The Wooden Goods trust has taken
under it's protection" $4,000 working
men, women and children. Outside Of
the trust are some shoddy mills. The
combination is a very close one.
The Knit Goods trust was not at
first a 60 although there was q wom-
an in it. But an understanding has
since been reached, and $4,000 en-
ployes are now taken out of the list Of
competitive industries.
The Silk Goods trust includes the
makers of silk ribbon, and employs
an aggregate of $1,000 persons. Some
Of the New Jersey mills, 1t is said, are
to be closed in the near future.
The Worsted Goods trust embraces
mills which employ $4,000 persons.
There is a Felt Goods trust, en-
ploying 1000 persons.
Dyers and finishers have come to
an agreement, owing to the formation
Of the Silk and Textile trusts, and
q, 900 persons are directly affected.
The cotton and thread Industries
have been converted into trusts under
the lead of the Coates and Clark syn
dicates, and these two trade combina-
tions in one have put 10000 employees
into the trust category.
There is a Carpet trust, too, Of Phil
adelphia origin and habitation. 1t en-
ploys $4,000 persons, and in certain
grades of carpets and rugs 1t is mo-
nepoly. The entire carpet trade Of
Philadelphia-the mills of Manayunk
and Kensington-have been in a close
trade combination, it Is said, for
yearsL
| Control Of Foodstuffs.
| There are many trusts in food.
First in point of notoriety is the
Sugar trust, which employs only about
10000 persons. The Sugar trust closes
one refinery and opens another as it
pleases, and its employees are helpless.
There is Sardine trust, and there
are trusts in Holsters, salmon and
menhaden. A. Booth & Company have
been consolidated with 43 planta Al
together there are $4,000 persons en-
gagged in those fishing interests which
| have been consolidated.
There is a Candy trust and Cara
mel trust, involving $4,000 employees
There is a Baking Powder trust,
headed by the Hoaglands, and it is a
monopoly employing 2,00e persons.
The New York Tartar company Is in
the trust.
A Condensed Milk trust has been
brought about by the Gail Borden in
terests There is also Dairy trust,
represented in part by the New Eng
land Dairy company, and in both COM
binations there are 5000 employees.
The California Fruit Growers asso-
| citation in the west and the Boston
Fruit company banana monopoly
in the east, demonstrate the ever
spreading tendency toward trusts, To-
gether they represent 10000 employees
There are combinations among those
who put up preserved and canned
fruits and vegetables, involving 5000
employees,
| There ia a Coffee trust between the
Arbuckles and the Havemeyers, with
5000 hands. There are two Ceoperage
| trusts one for whisky barrels, the
other for sugar barrels, and they take
In 5000 persons.
The Lard trust employs 1000 per-
sons. There are FIVE large Brewery
trusts. The Whisky trust employs
5000 persons.
All Natural Products.
The Tobacco trusts, three in mum
ber, but soon. in all probability, to be
consolidated or else absorbed by the
StaRdard OIL trust, enjoy an entire
monopoly OF the manufacture of chew
| ing tobacco. cigarettes and snuff. They