The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-27
Hideous Thing They
Call a Trust.
MOTHER GEiES ITS HEAD EAST
Upper Leather Comslns with .
Capital stoek Estimated at
$50. ooo. 900.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. March IL
The name has been chosen Tor tho
upper heather truat. and every.
thing 10 nearly ia readiness 60 SO
ahead. II VIII be known "a tho
American Hide and Leather com.
rAny and will. IL 10 said. have
capitalization Of tia.eea 90. Mii.
WAakse has been a stumbling block
IN the way Of the enterprises. OWNS
to the fact that one Of the blsaesi
concerns Ia the country refused To
enter the combine. While this has
not been removed. II has been dsoid-
ed 90 so ahead. the following arBas
having. u Is aald. signed the aeree-
ment.
The william Becker Leather COM
pany % Milwaukee.
The George Martin Leather COM
pany os Milwaukee.
Conrad Iiros. of Milwaukee,
White bros & Co. 81 Boston.
Bernard a Friedman 81 Boston
and Little Faiie. y. \.
J. =. Barnett a Co.. Tinsinn.
The Mathew Robson Leather com
pauy OF Salem.
william Tidi q CO. Of Hosson and
stoneham.
A.. {. Cottie 4 sons at wohurn.
watuTa Tanning company 81 Bus-
ton and Tennessee.
walker-oaklcy company Of Chi
Caao.
Lambsas Leather company OF
Chicago.
W. u. Elsendrath 4 Co. Chicago.
Gray. Clark = EngeL Chicago.
Pred. RsupinE Leather company
Of Fond du Lac. wis.
6. r. Rosnitx Leather company
Of shebayEan. Wis.
W. Il. Allen = son Of Kcnosha,
Wis.
II. I.oeseher a Co. Of Chicago.
while the facts are not positively
known. report from a source that
appears 20 be altogether reliable.
adds the following names to the
list.
James Skinner Leather company.
woburn. MaHa.
Middlescx Leather company. We
burn. Mass.
Boswell. Hubbard q Co. Boston,
Mass.
The large concern that has ahso-
iutciy refused to sign the agreement
Is the i'nster a NOEel company Of
this city.
4 man who has been Interested in
the formation Of the trust said to-
night that the purposes OK the COM
pany. according TO the articles Of the
agreement. are to buy hides, regu.
late the production and selling price
OF leather. 90 receive leather on con-
aiEnment from the various subscrih-
era to the agreement. 10 purchase
leather outright. and TO transfer all
kinda OF business incidental 10 that
OF leather commission house and
hide purchasing agency. The articles
OF agreement further specify that
the head office or the corporation
shall be in boston. although branch
stores may be opened In Chicago,
81. outs. or other cities deemed to
be desirable leather markets"
The nineteenth articles In the
agreement is as follows. The man
agcment and general conduct Of tho
tannerics whose owners have here
unto subscribed shall remain and
rest M heretofore existing, provid-
ing only that In ease this company.
under It's charter. should vote to
lease or purchase any such tannery
the managers thereof must then be
elected by the board Of directors"
II Ia said that an application has
been made for charter, and that
many New England leather manu-
facturcrs and merchants, supported
by New England bankers, are be-
hind the movement.
Already a rival organization Is be-
ing talked about, and IL is said that
those most prominently Interested
in this are George II. Allen and u.
". y. ELLIS OF Boston.
Gallun n Son, Of this city, while
report persistently connects them
with the trust IN which the other
local firms are said to have identi-
fed themselves, deny that they have
signed the agreement. This Is u
large and important concern, with
property worth several hundred
thousand dollars.