Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-14

yer anu the total aDOlltlOn or corpora
ton paper money would have prevent
ed this, but it is doubtful now IL any
thing short OF government OWNERSHIP
OF all monopolies will cure the evil
Following are some figures showin
the number of men employed by tn
trusts. They are taken from Unite,
States reports and from state bureau
Vt labor. and are up to date:
FOOD.
No. mel
employed
Meats (the slaughtering and
dressed beef trust and pack
Ing combine) ........ ...... 1880
Flour (the -four trust and the
American Cereal company
U. s. Flour Milling company
and the Northwestern mill
ers' combine) ....... ...... 60,00
Fish, fresh, dried and canned
"a. Booth G. Co., with 40
plants, and the lobster, SAL
mon and menhaden trusts) 22,0O
Sugar (the American Sugar
Refining company, sugar
trust" Glucose Refining
company, and the Beet
Sugar company ........... 1900
Crackers, etc. (the New York,
and American, and Nation
al Biscuit companies COM
DlHe). ............ 3U,UU
Candy (the candy trust and
the Carmel company .... :. 5000
Baking powder and tartar
products the baking pow
der trust and the New York
Tartar company ...... -. 800
Condensed milk, cheese and
dairy products the New
England Dairy company and
the New York Condensed
Milk company combine) go. 500
Preserved fruits, vegetables,
and meats and juices; also
fruits (the Boston (banana)
Fruit company and the pre-
serving combine) ......... 200
Coffee (the Arbuckle syndi-
cate) ...... .......... ..... 800
Cooperage plants (for the
sugar and coffee trusts) 80. 1000
Lard (the dressed meats COM
Dlne) ...... ........ 1,O0
Starch (the National Starch
Manufacturing company) ann
Malt and malt beverages (the
American Mailing company
and the five big brewery
tTuSIS) ........ 3o,UU
Spirituous liquors the Amer
lean Spirits Manufacturing
company and the Standard
Distilleries and Distribut-
ing company, whisky
truSt) ........ ...... 500
Bottled beverages, alcoholic
(the bottlers' combine) .... 400
Tobacco. cigars, plug, cigar
cites, snuff, chewing Nhe
American and Continental
Tobacco companies, etc.) :. 1860
Ice (the Consolidated and
Knickerbocker combine) -. 1000
Salt and-rock salt the Ma
tional Salt company,the salt
trust") ...... .......... -. 500
Cotton oil american Cotton
Oil company ..... ........ 500
Total ........ ...... go. 612.OO
CLOTHING AND FURNITURE.
Collars and cuffs the Troy
collar combine) ........... 1000
Silk goods, ribbons, etc. (the
silk trusD ........ ........ 51,00
Wooden goods, cassimeres, etc.
(the wooden trusO 5000
Worsted goods (the worsted
trusD .......... go. 44,OO
Felt goods (the felt trusD. -. 200
Knit goods (the knit goods
trusD ............... $500
Print cloths, calicoes, etc.
(the print cloth combine of
New England) ............ $4,000
Dyeing and finishing (the
milling combine) $50. -. 20OO
Cotton ginning and compress
ing (the Southern cotton
combine, also the Searles
syndicate) .......... ...... HOO
Leather, shoe leather, moroc-
co, the tanneries, etc. (the
United States Leather COM
pany, the leather trust').. 10000
Rubber and artificial rubber,
mechanical rubber, etc. (the
flint rubber trust, United
States Rubber company :. 1000
Cotton and Thread the
Coates-Clark combine, with
headquarters in England and
Scotland) ..... ........ :. 1000
Carpet (the Philadelphia car
pet trust) $50. ........... 1900,
Mattresses (mattress trust) :. 500
Mirrors (mirror trust) ....... 200
Fvcniture, house and school
al.d church (American Fur
niblrp cOmpanv furnitura