The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-07-14

Yer and the total abolition Of corpora
ton paper money would have prevent
ed this, but it is doubtful now if any
thing short Of government ownersh;
OF all ~monopolies will cure the cvi
Following are some figures shown
the number of mel employed by tn
trusts. They are taken from Unite
States reports ard from state bureau
OF labor, and are up to date:
FOOD.
No. me
employe,
Meats (the slaushtering and
dressed beef trust and pack
ing combine) ........ ...... HlS.OC
Flour (the -four trust and the
American Cereal company
U. S. Flour Milling company
and the Northwestern mill
ers' comDine) ......, COCO
Fish, fresh. dried and AIMED
"a. Booth & Co.. with 43
plants, and the lobster, sal
NOR and menhaden trusts) Goo
Sugar Uhe American Sugar
Refining company, sugar
trust Glucose Refining
company, and the Beet
Sugar company ........... 1909
Crackers, etc. Ohe New York.
and American. and Nation
al Biscuit companies COM
'ihe). ........ ............ 5000
candy (the candy trust and
the Carmel company 20,Oc
Baking powder and tartar
products (the baking pow
der trust and the New York
lartar company ...... So. 900
Condensed milk. cheese and
dairy products tthe New
England Dairy company and
the New York Condensed
Milk company combine) -. SOC
preserved fruits, vegetables,
and meats and Juices; also
fruits (the Boston (bananal
fruit company and the pre-
serving combine) ......... zoo
Coffee (the Arbuckle syndi-
cale) 1000. .......... ..... soc
Cooperage plants (for the
sugar and coffee trusts) 80. cO,OC
Lard (the dressed meats COM
oiue) ...... ........ ...... OF
Starch (the National Starch
Manufacturing company . 80;
"
Malt and malt beverages (the
American Mailing company
and the five big brewery
trusts ..'... ........ -. 3J,Oi
]spirituous liquors (the Amer
lean Spirits Manufacturing
company and the Standard
Dl%stilleries and DISTRIBUTE
Ing company, "whiskv
trust ..... ........ .... & m
Bottled beverages. alcoholic
1.-THE bottlers' combine) go. 4oi
Tobacco. cigars, plug, cigar
cites. snuff. chewing the
American and Continental
Tobacco companies. etc. . 1860
Ice the Consolidated and
knickerbocker combine) -. 900
Salt II rock salt (the Ma
tional Salt company. the salt
... ......... 3 M
Cotton oil (American Cotton
Oil company ..... ....... 5O(
Total ....... ...... 80. 612.0(
CLOTHING AND FURNITURE,
Collars and cuffs (the Troy
collar combine) ........ 10 a,
Silk goods, ribbons, etc. (the
silk trust) ........ 81 o,
Wcolen goods, cassimeres. etc
t. wooden trust) 8 q
Worsted goods (the worsted
1 " ......... 49,. 44,0'
Felt goods (the felt trust)... 90
Knit goods (the knit goods
.us3 49,. 60
Print cloths. c~alicoes, etc.
(the print cloth combine Of
I'VE" Hhgiand) ............ 22C.o'
Dyeing and finishing Nhe
milling combine) . % q,
Cotton ginning and compress
ing (the Southern cotton
combine, also the Searles
syndicate) .......... 11o(
Leather, shoe leather, moroc-
co, the tanneries, etc. (the
United States Leather COM
pany, the leather trust").. 1906
Rubber and artificial rubber.
mechanical rubber, etc. the
flint rubber trust, United
States Rubber company . 1906
Cotton and Thread the
Coates-Clark combine, with
headquarters in England and
Scotland) ...... ........ 1Oo OF
Carpet (the Philadelphia car
PCT lAuSlj ..... ........... l5,Ot
mattresses lmattress trust) :. 8,0t
Mirrors (mirror trust) zoo
Furniture, house and school
and church (American Fur
nlture company, furniture
makers combine) 800. 80. 1896
Total $50. ........ ...... 773.0(
PRODUCTS OF THE EARTH
Brick, cement, tile, granite for
paving and building Gamer
lean Brick company, cement
trust, tile trust, granite
trust) ........ ............ 25,o(
Borax (the borax trust) ...... 100
Carbon (the carbon trust) 80. 2,Ot
Pottery. crockery and kaolin
(the pottery trust) ........ 21,Ot
Clay pipe for sewers (the clay
nino z M