The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-11

thread nearly uOuDfeu. Even Tue price
of salt is controlled by trust.
1t might be interesting for the voter
to peruse carefully list of the incor-
poratcd trusts which are existing in
the United States at the present time,
that is, if the columns of the ordinary
newspaper were long enough to hold
it, which they were not A complete
list of the trusts would occupy pages.
In order that the voter may have some
idea of the number of trusts that do
exist Mark Hanna, Notwithstanding,
we present the following list tabulated
under the letter "a" There are al
most as many trusts tabulated under
the other letters of the alphabet, Y, Y,
u alone excepted, but the list of trusts
commencing with the letter GA" how
ever, may be sufficiently numerous 10
open the eyes of any one who may not
have taken the pains to acquaint him
self fully with the trust situation.
Alabama Consolidated Coal and
Iron Co, five properties.
Anralgamated Copper Co., six prop
critics.
American Agricultural Chemical Co.,
Twenty-Five fertilizer plants.
American Automatic Weighing Ma
chine Co, three companies, all in the
United States.
American Axe and Tool Co.. sixteen
plants.
American Beet Sugar Company,
properties in Nebraska and California.
American Bell Telephone Co.. fifty.
one companies, with S153, 324.516.
American Bicycle Co., fifty-six com
panies.
American Book Co., school books.
American Brass Co., three mfgrs.
sheet brass.
American Bridge Co., twenty -four
principal concerns in the United States.
American Car and Foundry Co.,
railroad cars.
American Caramel Co., consolidated
two firms, almost whole export trade,
of the United States.
American Cement Co., mills, etc, in
Pennsylvania and New York.
American Cereal Co.
American Chicle Co., six large chew
ing gum companies.
American Clay Mfg. Co., twenty
seven pipe mfgrs. Of Ohio, SO-S5 per
cent. of all.
American Cotton Oil Co., 1913 proper
ties in the South.
American Edible Nut Co., peanut
combination.
American Electric Heating Corpora
ton
American Felt Co., nearly all in the
United States.
American Fisherias Co., fifteen to
eighteen menhaden oil oompanies-or-
ganizing.
American Glue Company, plants in
many States and cities.
American Gramophone Co., consoli-
dated three companies.
American Grass Irvine Co., consoli-
dated three companies.
American Hide and Leather Co,
thirty-fye companies So per cent. OF
the upper leather output.
American Ice Co., companies of New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New Jersey.
American Iron and Steel Co., several
companies of Lebanon and Reading,
Penn.
American Jute Begging Mfg. ca.
American Linseed Co., all principal
linseed oil companies in the United
States.
American Lithograph Co.
American Loom Co.. three compa-
MES.
American Mailing Co, thirty-seven
companies, nearly all in the Unfed
States.
American Ordnance Co., guns, pro-
jectiles.
American Pastry and Mfg. Co., near
ly all pie bakers of New York.
American Pneumatic Service Co..
consolidated four companies - con-
trolls patents.
American Preservers' Co.
American Radiator Co., four compa-
MES, 40 per cent. OIL Jlle ChiISd oloIS'
product.
American Sash and Door Co., thirty
two mills in Chicago.
American Screw Co.
American Sheet Steel Co., owns 16O
mills out of 215 mills in the United
States.
American Shipbuilding Co., Ship
building, etc, on great lakes.
American Skewer Co., nearly all in
United States.
American Smelling and Refining Co..
controls many big companies.
American Snuff Co., 80 per cent. Of
product in the United States, controlled
by American and Continental Tobacco
Co.
American Soda Fountain Co.
American Steel and Wire Co, con-
trolls these industries in the United
States.
American Steel Castings Co., sixty
seven plants.
American Steel Hoop Co., sixty
hoops. tie and band companies.