The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-04-22
r IST eleven common commodities

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.. not under the control Of inrorl'nl
nlrtl trusts or wide. trace HTlrr-
mems will lie Irft for The people t"
buy when the prlImr trust. the buggy
whip trust, and the trust IN derby
hats. NOW being formed. are cnn|,!rt
ed. Consequently. p'opr who ar" con-
,rmpIuIiny the ing OF Il boycott
Of their own nuin>1 mutlrrn concern
irntion of capital must make up their
minds whether they can get along
on those. art rlcS, which are the only
ones Of tIlilvg use whose sale is UIim-
pcdrh. and the prices of which are
left to fix themselves according to The
constantly fIuctualin" law of supply
and demand.
All others but the following are
controlled by trusts: Cut flowers.
spcctarIcS. millinery, coffee and TEA.
vegetables, fruits (rNrrpt prunes).
pies and cakes. eggs, butter and
cheese. poultry, and game. watches
and jeweIry.
All the others are controlled by the
trusts. The man who would make mp
his mind to be independent of them
would have TO be Il vegetarian, or else
depend on poultry and game for his
meat foods. He would have to give up
oatmeal and milk. all kinds OF tobacco.
rs we'll as beer and whisky. He would
have to furnish his house unprrtrn
tiollsIy or he would come in contact
with the Furniture Dealers ;SSocin
ton. He could not even wear false
foot. or else pay The price of The
leather trust. And the chances are
that before long ,he would have to do
up his own shirts and collars. for a
laundry trust is in progress Of forma-
ton, and there are strong prospects
that several Of the eleven commod-
itics now free from the trusts will
soon hc under control.
\ man might live ON these cummod
flies that are still free from the
trusts: but his tastes would be much
restricted On the other hand the
average citizen helps the trust almost
every time he raises a spoon to his
mouth at the breakfast table. He puts
on trust underwear and hosiery when
he gets up in the morning. for the
American Knit Goods company pl1lc-
.tically controls the Trade. His shoes
are made expensive lrcnlISr the
United States Leather company com
trolls the leather market. lie puts
trust coal into his furnace and strikes
Il rus, match to Iigh, the gas owned
Ivy a trust. (Thr gas trust docs not
apply to DuIu,h.)
When he sits down to breakfast the
spoon with which he eats the products
Of ne oatmeal trust. is made hy The
silver trust. II he eats a cracker he
pays tribute to the National Biscuit
company. THE price of sugar is con-
1rollrd by the sugar trust. aud if he
prefers beet sugar. the American Beer
Sugar Refining company. If he pre-
irrS glucose or cane sugar. he mas to
pay the price set by Il trust. If he
enjoys Il SirlOin Steak. he has 10 pay
~,
ion. The wall paper he looks at
comes from the wall paper trust. The
the salt he puts ON his potatoes. His
morning paper is made more r<prn>-
i've l''ralI>r of a trust in print paper. |
He can NOT eat Il brnilrI whi;rfiSh |
without helping 10 pay the dividends ;
OF $lo.n0n,nno worth of stock of the
American Fisheries company. lie can
drink coffee W hose value is fined h\ |
'> quality and no, Ivy any 1ru>t--bur
if he lives in Chicago the big milk =,
dealers have Il combination that keeps ,
mp the price Of cream he puts in il
ana he must use trust sugar and drink !
cat of II trust cup. unless he $ able
~ bay imported china.
II in the bi" eastern cities he must i!
hay Ice cream of the ice cream trust. |
II ne buys an eye opener in the mnrl- |
ing he must drink trus, whisky. and !
II he has beer ut noon h. prubuDl> F:
Will buy lrIl>' beer. The filters hv !
which he keeps the microbes our of
his drinking water are made by il
trust. His ovrr~h,'r> are, made Il luz
n'N hN ihr rubber trust. and if his !
wife wears rihbuEs hr must help pay
'h" di>iIrnd~ on TIE 81 >,ooUnuO capital ,
of the rlnDon manufacturers trust. ,
If the new laundry trust puts up the !