New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

HOW THE MAYOR AND CARROLL'S HOBNOB
BING WITH MORSE is INTERPRETED

John F. Carroll. leader of Tammany Hall while
Richard Croker is absent, and Mayor Van Wyck
are up in Maine enjoying themselves the guests
of Charles w. Morse, president of the American
Ice Company, which recently absorbed the Con-
sodated Ice Company and which is better known
the Ice Trust. Tammanys fellowship with the
Ice Trust and copartnership in that business has
been frequently commented upon. 1t has been said
that the Ice Trust. through the favor of the Dock
Department, of course controlled by Tammany
Hall, has enjoyed exceptional privileges. 1t has
also been said that John F. Carroll and other
Tammany leaders have received stock in the Ice
Trust and been benefciaries of lis favor in other
ways. Recently, however, the Ice Trust has been
doing certain things in the way of raising prices
that have turned the hands of many people against
it. This close association and comradeship between
the head of the Ice Trust and the two chief rep
resentatives of Tammany Hall would indicate that
Tammany approves heartily of the recent actions
of the Ice Trust and some add. has proited by
these recent actions
The last winter what cemen term an open
winter. The crop of ice was not large as usual.
and the shortage was manifest some time ago TO
the Ice Trust, but the consumer realized 1t only
recently when the price of ice put up from
% cents to 80 cents a hundred pounds. There was
a fine and delicate discrimination in this advance
in price, however The big brewers. hotel men and
large consumers of ice, who rich and powerful
and could make trouble cut off buying ice alto
gether by establishing ice plants Of their own
affected The advance related only to the
small consumers who buy five ten cents worth
of ice a day. The poor. who live in the hot, swell
tering tenement houses, and to whom ice is
cessty come in for the burden, and the big brewer
and the big consumer escape almost scot free.
When this price was quoted there was a protest,
but Tammany did nothing. Tammany loves the
people" Tammany works for the people" Tam
many is the government that has the best interests
of the people" at heart. Yet, when the Ice Trust
advanced prices TO- the poor and did not charge
to the rich. Tammany said not a word but
two of Tammany's chief representatives go blithey
to Maine and enjoy association with the
chief executive of the company that put up the
price of ice Tammanys dear friends.
An effort is being made to form an indepen-
dent company to manufacture ice In competition
with the American lee Company, and Melancthon
J. Briggs who is organizing this opposition to the
Tammany trust said yesterday that he had received
sixty-nine replies the 100 circulars sent a
week ago large consumers of ice-saloon, hotel
and keepers and butchers. Nearly all
of these replies favorable.
IL has been remarked that If the company
proposed to rely for support upon the saloonkeep
ers il was bound TO fail; for the latter. who sub
nit Tammany backmail, would not be likely
to complain because the Tammany trust charged
them double the market price for ice. Mr.. Briggs
said the replies received from others than liquor
dealers were generally guarded. They said they
would back him up but wanted their letters kept