Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-08-03
JOIN FLOUR TRUST.
Giant Corporation Absorbs Mills
In Missouri and Kansas.
is AFTER ALL The BIG MILLS.
The Trust Proposes follower the Price
Of GAOur- CONTROLS AN hnorniOuS
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OapitAL

Kansas City, Mo-, August 1.-The
United S,ales Flour Mlnng Conlpu'
ny, when rs Represented IN hahsas
Guy by j. H. NYo"s MerrlIh ana 10
on The point OF 1uKlng IN ali the Ds
Hour M,ns Of Alssou,i ana Aalisas, 10
probably The blgges, hour trust IN
Vne word. II IL c"pllallAed lor S2OU,'
OOO,UUO, aud lts toldi output is NOV
over 100000 Dalre.s u nlvLNn. jacob
Amos, Of syracuse, y. A., wee pfesi-
dent and general manager oI the
great slnulca,e, tina, mdnulacluI,a
tAvLAll nyur 10 iced nation, wrV'e
10 Lil. merrill Yesterday!
"Uur Mao iast Nte" Manulae iured
and sold zOU,UUU lOarlrIs ~ "Uur. 90
you can Sc wna, mas hesnS,"
N seeMs, said 49,. At..nh THAI
the output OF HE synu,cate VIA DC
about lv,oJO,UvU Dalreis ytal. ms
average prce OF The nour Is "a II bar
rel, and each uarrel coh,Ulus four
and one.hdil bushels Of wheat. 50
that the syndica,e's annual safes wlll
amount 10 Sdb,OOO,OCO, represen Iing
N,60O,0O0 busnele OF wheat
A telegram from Mr.. Ames TO Mr.
Merrill yesterday directed him 10
quote -four AZ 10 cents a barrel
cheaper, and MIR. Merrill points 10
this and TO It's direct cause as great
argument In support Of the trust.
''rhe trust" MIR. Merrill said, for
4 don't object TO calling II trust Az
all, is saving just $4,000 month
by reason Of It's being trust. Out
OF this saving II can afford TO de
crease the cost OF -four to the con.
sumer and MIR. Amos informs me that
he proposes TO continue decreasing
che cost OF -four In proportion TO the
amount saved In this way, When a
score of big mills were recently abb
sorbed by the trust, all the head Off.
GERS were at once dispensed with.
Only the workmen and their snperln-
tendent were retained. The pres'
dent, vice president, treasurer and
secretary were abolished and their
functions assumed by the head man
agement at Syracuse. AT Duluth
alone, 100000 year in salaries Of
high priced officials, was thus saved.
One Of the officers who received ST.
500 year and is now out OF job,
visited me few days ago. Similar
savings are now made at the follow
ing mills recently taken in:
Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit,
Milwaukee, Duluth, Superior, and the
three leading mills of Minneapolis;
the Hecker-J ones-Jewell Milling Com.
pany, and nearly all the leading milla
of Indiana and Minnesota. The syn
dictate represents 80 1-3 per cent Of
the output of the United States. IL
has nearly all the big mills, and
doesn't care about the little ones.
II used to cry about the trusts as
loud as anybody" continued Mr.. Mer.
.rlii, ibut I'm persuaded that II they
decrease the cost Of bread to the poor
and employ just as many laborlng
men as the separate institutions em.
ployed, 1t is q good thing. I repre-
sented the Minneapolis companies
now in the syndicate when the SYN
dictate was formed. When the man
agement notified me to continue In
my position / telegraphed my resig-
nation, saying: i want nothing to
do with trust They wired back:
wait for letter. In that letter they
showed me all these facts about the
ability and readiness OF the trust to
diminish the cost to the consumer,
and since then / have said nothing
against trusts. They are greatly mis-
understood"
A'Ln decreasing the cost, will the
trnst not drive all the small millers
out of business?"
mo. 1t doesn't care for the small
millers. All 1t wants is the big ones"