The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

~ must now pay $115o for
Y. anne necessaries and COM
= pl.atliul. The supply Of raw
q i oil kinds was never larger
~ manufactured products is
\ that In any previous years.
,spatural manipulation these
a, you'd cause decrease in price
~ increase.
me forced the increase upon the
~. are going up and the Is per
.sa which the heads Of families
y ior nscessaries goes directly to
sddsuds for largely over-capital-
...Msstions. 1t Is claimed that since
" i, there has been general in
Il N pay of the wage-earner of 10
~ Thus the worker earns 10 per
". 81, pays is more to live.
w Butchers are making ready to
~ n, price Of meat two or three
pound, forced to this by the greed
Nv trusts
Il ,ar.ace probably will come here
,ha August %.
~ tlts has been hxed In order that
rtukn Of the Retail Butchers asso-
Al might be notified.
A suss the formation of an Ice trust |
rnAhng to do with the action of the
sam, for they expect to have to pay |
4 h, Ice, but the main squeeze comes |
q Il, beef combine in Chicago.
NJ, Wagner, president of the Retail
srsts association, said: Chicago
,,h today for two cents pound less
r,,ud than in this city. The beef
,su.rols the New York market. Its
a ay cattle cost more and that beef
Y " higher"
hn.enpt Is also being made to form a
IL uust and If this is accomplished
nyI 80 higher yet.
. Nlrh u last the National Salt COM
Il JH Incorporated under the benefi-
Ehvs Of New Jersey.
ID company controls 80 per cent of
talt plants In this State and Michl-
kar the formation of the trust the
~ fine salt per barrel of 800 pounds
tE cents. A few days after the or
rna'n Of the trust an increase in
= vas made Of SO per cent. Since
there have been several additional
na'a and today the price OF a barrel
lhs. salt is $780,
nas 70 whom the increase means
esang are the farmers, who purchase
klus Of the coarser grades of salt
Z naf cattle; also the meat packers.
y tler ~ not much worried, as they
r.auit The farmers and housewives
Wy ne formation OF the National car
aaA tnere has been a gradual In
. prices until now the purchaser
Ma psr cent more than he did for
hi -
Aay pei cent of the carpet mills in I
: wen and Middle States arc con- {
q" Inc combination. Outside of l
n 'uses the carpet making industry 1
IVA wv ilah and the trust has the busl- S
ue whole country fairly within
~ palucuiarly as 1t operates In O
u, -ssi Win the wool trust and kindred t
!, ~ nas been an increase In price of 6
\ ~, ss,silals used by carpet makers. due a
," y Of the concerns controll-
!, t.srlais, but this increase is y
N naeIion Of that charged by the n
i ...sIole' recent improvements in $
1, m..a used In carpet making more n
4 s m,s.s me Increase In the price of !
N, -s.,.als, but the purchaser never Z
~ p.w " per cent more tn , he did ;,
Z ssa'e class of goods. Y
Il. 'se mead of family bias paid, u
=, "'ue attention to the formation c
INDUSTRIAL combinations as the p
-sS'N nail trust. the chemical trust p
s'' trust and the iron and steel ~
us that they do not affect CT
- Pays indirectly share of the in s,
4, Nv which each of these combi- Sc
NJ N 4a made upon the commodity it al
~ ~''auee, the large dry goods or de- ca
i ,., i.o'es at which his wife buys
4 ,.,s o. cloth il forced to charge ia
!, ~ more because of tie opera G,
we trusts above named. 1t vi
\, n, s'ae and disconnected stretch til
hon s,s ssfds OF cloth purchased and It
hal t," sel' nail, wire. lumber and ca
ID i " .a but nevertheless they all al
n a SEND up the price. to
,,s.ss place, the chemical trust We
/, eolsc Inc prices of the dyestuffs he
ae0oring the cloth st
MI trust has added its mite ar
.rIIns " pine boards out of which III
d ls case In which the cloth is m
~ = constructed.
eo,t us " trust has added something So
n. ~ the nails with which the -,
lakes .s.ehed together. The nail eN
Rs6t ma Ass increase partly for its A.
q b. ~ partly to cover the increase ~
wv steel trust for the raw ma Nv ~
lsiipsS a a which are. nailed around 80 -,
lore ,Sa se 10 strengthen 1t cost 80 80
Il n. man they formerly did, be- ~
III chang u increased price for the raw AZ
4''sed by the iron trust. re'
editlon IA 49,. is
i, - 7" these the operations of ~
~, cotton mill trust have con- co,
- y, !. snare toward raising prices. lat
! wv trusts in existence in the RAJ
b almost in every instance opl
,os.n aown that in some way the TN
f helps to swell the profits sn
SsSth market is three quarters m.
PpAsSiuusr per yard this year than ter
4 Sls,.s. al the mills OF the New pei
Incrsa are controlled by a trust, DIS
i,Ss particular combine. '' iol
~ a. uses which contributed to dei
u es, me price Of cloth also al 4
hlsker w Cotton, however. is an
Y sr.v Inan last year. An effort Fee