New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
TAMMANY CALLS A HALT.
THE PRICE OF ICE NOT TO BE RAISED
BEYOND THE 60 CENT MARK.
THE SQUEEZING PROCESS ovERDoNE-
CARROLL EXPLAINS HIS AND THE
MAYORS TRIP TO MAINE.


least not carry out the threats OF raising the
Price Of ice 70 s. a huadredweight President
Morse told Tribune reporter yesterday that his
company would not ask more for ice at any time
this summer than tt Is doing now-60 cents a hun
dred. This is exactly the opposite Of statements
made BY the company men who sent TO
solicit orders. To those who have kicked against
me 100 per cent rise ID price which now prevails
mary cf these c2rvaSsars have uttered threats that
Il -hey did rot make contracts in May they would
have 70 pay 81 a hundred in July. This quick
change OF policy on the part Of the trust is be-
Ieved BY many be due 70 the Tauuany poll
r-csz1s who hold Ice Trust stock urgently warning
the directors TO be contented with The magnificent
profits which they are at present squeezing from
the people icsr Tammany be turned out OF power
and rhe Dock Department he conducted in such a
manner that other ice concerns would have a
chance 10 CO business here also
Bur the masses are not likely be blinded in
THIS way 10 the base manner in which their pro-
fesseG friend TamEany Hall has betrayed them
.uto the hands or The trust The recent visit OF
MAYOR Van WycE ard Johnny Carroll 10 the ice
houses Of Maine as guests OF President Morse
was 50 reckless piece OF defiance OF public opinion
-rar uas stirred Up usually thoughIess voters,
supporters Of Tammary TO bitter resen -nlenI and
y the warm personal allmosity Of q great host Of
such people could have any visible effect upon the
..cs OF the greedy corporation, its profits might
u7'- away as quickly as the product il has cor
AN OBJECT OF DEVASTATION.
oug-ly throughout the city.
The native grain merchants Of India who refuse
% oleE ghe doors o. their bulging warehouses un-
jess rrey receive relatively enormous prices for
-1eir rice ard riller watching with unmoved hearts
tHer less providenr fellow men starving and dying
around them IT thousands. are held up al the
civilized world as objects OF oatEi1g and unspeak-
a1le contempt but how do they differ. except in the
r.-- 9f their victims, from the controllers OF
monopoly which without any adequate excuse
-E-z rrF- . In H0f -1,-r1 T,ar cent
10 ne poor Of this crowded city, A National
calamity, dr0utA. gave those eztortoners OF India
tie urper aaud q their fellows. Lack Of freezing
vea her il this STATE o.I the same for the Ice
Trust according 10 its own pretence- Men and
women III InCia are dying daily by the thousand
for want Of what IS the cheapest kind Of food in
ordinary years. Babes and inva-ids among New
zork-s poor viii soon n dying by the hundred
whose lives might be saved in the dog days were
those VINO care Tor them able 10 procure ice at
rhe rates prevailing in summers which follow nor
ma winters. Even in the heathens' warped con-
rspt.on OF the hereafter, hercer wrath IS re-
served for such grind the unfortunate and
squeeze unusual profit from their nelghbors' tenn
po-a-y r-isfortunes.
\ CHANCE FOR SOCIAL OsTRACIsM
What kind Of q man can he be who could enjoy
he ownership OF money so acquired? many are
asking. Mountains CT contuulely have been piled
upon those politicians who collect revenue from
abandoned women OF the town, and men OF proper
said fo- those shameless ones that the tax they
collect Is levied OF voluntary victims. and the only
penalty OF refusing 10 pay IS being driven in,o
some respectable method Of gaining a livelihood.
10 such excuse Is pleaded by the ice monopoly
It's tax must be paid. The penalty Of refusal IN
hot weather Is illness, consequent loss o. s-4!poS
Tneut. auC- IN thousands OF cases, death llSel1.
ing he 1Ia1 5f social ostracisrn' advocated re-
Gently ny college president, here would seem 10
be adeqlate proEQcation Ior ITS e1ereiseii s-
~ -Iss5weyr9sr and virf1lellv rob its victims by
h1rr irs
sneak thief 70 its infamy Short weight IS me rue
What car they save from their wagonload n the
course OF days mean cheesepaTing. lying. cheating
and broVo ting they can readily SCI Ior the oeneL
% their own pockets, and they Work tls gratt as
they call il. indusrriousiy as they dare Ihe
poor have 10 scales 10 WelEh the I1IPs OF zee Ell 4g 2
receive. ana not one out OF hundred can tel oy
bIEer weighs his own ice when he receives it, and
pays only for what he gets Many Of these pay
The trust only = cents q hundred The small
5o11 q II The I5rger cons9naer dared to sell 10
the smaller his contract would be cancelled
a QUESTION FOR THE TRUST.
II view Of the fact that the trust has cornered
the natural production and that artificial plants
cannot oe established 10 compete with it inside OF
ter twelve months, many careful students Of the
situation are asking. What should govern business
men who find themselves temporarily in a position
squeeze rhe last drop OF blood out OF their fel-
.7VF without mourning any legal penalty and too
vel protected by the love OF public order which
those same squeezed fellow men possess 10 fear Il
lsgal reJr-5UJ:on, no matter how well deserved al
any retribUtiou would be2 And the answer
seenls 10 be plain business common sense and
foresight" Why insperiI say conservative men, the
future OF great business by stirring up such
amount q public hatred that ones customers VIII
choose u enter the aeId2 why invite a universal
sn5 have been reaIe5 troqgf selling al a fair and
IeAsonaoe price, Is i wise TO set the brains of
Nl04e city actively 10 Work plans 10 overthrow
G-5 6esD0l a business which otherwise might con
c-lle y thout opposition for years and years on an
e9lta1le basis May not hoggishness, by tattening
Iae hog 70 degree where he positively demands
TIE er52
CARROLL MAKES HIS EXPLANATION.
John T. Carroll. the Tarnraany leader, was ap-
parcrtly much disturbed yesterday by talk among
t2e politicians 10 the effect Of his trip 10 Maine
wiki Mayor Van Wyck and the president of the
-1e Trust He allowed himself talk 10 news
paper rlen or the subject. most unusual course
-7T Him 70 follow. and he gave + 10 be understood
ttat ne was talking for Mavor Van Wyck well.
as me Mayor hed his rule not 10 give interviews
about anything Mr. Carroll was quoted as fol-
lows.
The Mayor and went on q pleasure trip with
D. Morse, president Of the American Ice Com
sheds o.. The Penobscor and Ke1nebec rivers. The
p.ce Of ice was not discussed.
Mayor Van Wyck was tired out from hard work
-et - I-e many hearings ne has given on legsla-
--6 e vance &c q lew days rest ana did not
unIl NJ Morse came along He Iold M Morse
Morse invttsd him 10 be MS guest on the inspec-
sLeTe ls 70 Il Dir. Morse ana the Mayor old
As 70 my connection with the increase in the
The American Ice Company and had nothing to
good field for rival 70 start in The business Of
selling ice, and now is the time 10 begin.
President Morse said yesterday that neither
Mayor Van Wyck Carroll held stock in his
company. and that the only reason they visited
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