The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-29
Croker and the Trusts.

New York, lone of the
most encouraging signs of this great
political fcht is the intelligent ac-
tivty of young men. They realize"
the head Of Tammnny goes on to say,
that continuance of the Republi-
can policy means that their future
employment will depend on the will
Of the trusts. They must choose as
their master either Mark Hanna or
the men he dominates on the one
hand, or a government elected and
controlled by themselves on the other.
Trust government means nOn-employ-
ment, distress, beggary and despair,
and will inevitably result in the loss
of our liberties. I advise all young
mon, irrespective of party affiliations,
to read, think. talk and act 1t is they
and they alone who are to decide
whether they will live under a trust
controlled empire, or republic found
cd on tho consent of n free people"
Coming from one of the principal
shareholders in the Tammany ice
trust, this will no doubt make deep
impression on intelligent young men
who read and think. That Combna-
tion. it will be remembered. bought
ice in Maine at $3.50 ton and re-
tailed it in the tenement districts of
New Yor}; at 60 cents the 100 pounds,
equivalent to $12 n ton, double the
price of coal and six times the price
charged for Maine ice down in Saw
annah, Ga. The reason the Tammany
ice trust could charge such highway
robbery prices was because Tammany
controlled the docks OF New York city
and would not let competing ice come
in. For the benefit Of young men in
Ciined TO read and think we reproduce
the names of certain high eXemplars
of Organism who We're stockholders
In the Tammany Ice trust:
Robert A. Van wyck, mayor-lOl75 shares.
Augustus Van Wyck, brother of mayor, Dem
ocratc candidate for governor, 1s9s; New York
member Kansas City platform committee, and
author Of the antitrust plank-7OOO shares.
j. Sergeant Cram, dock commissioner.
Charles +. Murphy, dock commissioner.
John Whalen, corporation counsel, delegate to
KaESaS CITY convention.
s.,
lighting and supplies
George V. Brawer park commissioner, Brook.
lyn.
Randolph Guggenheimer, president Of council.
Joseph f.. Ncwbcrger, judge general sessions.
Martin T, Mcmahon judge general sessions.
Rufus b. Cowng, judge general sessions,
Among the other members of the
| judiciary either of the Court of Cen
eral Sessions or of tie Supreme Court
whose names We're found on the regis
| ter Of stockholders We're the follow ing
| Democratic judges; George c. Bar
rctt, George l.. Ingraham, James Fitz-
| gerald, II. A. GilGersleeve, Edgar L.
| Fursman and Edward Patterson. But
more illustrious names than theirs are
to follow. Richard Croker, the Demo-
| cratic boss who led the New York
delegation in the Kansas City conven-
tion and deputed Augustus Van Wyck
I" act as a member of the platform
committee, is down for one thousand
shares, and the names of several mem
Lcrs of his family also appear on the
list of stockholders. John f. Carroll
the dcruty boss, who acts in Croker
absence. and who was also one OF
the delegates to tEe Kansas CITY con-
vention, is down for 1880 shares.
If trust government means non-
| employment, distress. beggary and
despair and will inevitably result ir
the loss Of our liberties" we advise
the reading and thinking young mar
to think twice before voting to extend
Tammany control from New York tC
| Washington.