Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-08-16
TRUST PLANK A FARCE.
Administration Placed on the
Defensive.
FARMERS ROBBED By MoEoPOLIEs.

A'ElSG OF A'&rht A-EooEcts A<oNSk AAA~AaA
IN 1890 = Prices of Commodities
Controlled by Trusts Arc Boosted
Up - Facts which Appeal TO the
Minds of the People.
In this campaign the administration
Is on the defensive all along the line.
When its spellbinders have attempt
ed TO show that the Declaration Of In
dependence Is back number and that
the money OF the people should be
controlled by the banks they have had
to explain why the party has enthusi-
asticany cultivated and assisted the
trusts, aud why every trust magnate
is pouring his money into its campaign
fund
Here are a few of the increases of
prices accomplished by the trusts dur
ing last year:
The linseed oil trust raised the price
from Al cents on Jan. to so cents on
Dec. 80
The menhaden trust raised the price
on menhaden oil from % cents on Jan.
/ to 2715 cents on Dec. 80.
The Standard Oil company raised the
price on petroleum from $3.50 on Jan.
Z to $3.50 on Dec go
The sugar trust raised the price on
graduated sugar from 4.94 cents on
Jan. to 51s cents on Dec. 30, and has
raised it twice since.
The chemical trust raised the price
of ipecac from $3.50 per pound on Jan.
7 to S3.65 per pound on Dec. 80. The
same trust raised the price of camphor
from 3s15 cents on Jan. to 5115 cents
on Dec. 80 The same trust raised the
price of quinine from u cents on Jan.
I to 80 cents on Dec. so. The same
trust raised the price Of sal soda from
621a cents on Jan, : to 20 cents on
Dec. 80
The calico trust raised the price Of
calico from ~ cents on Jan. 7 to 3A
cents on Dec. 80 for print cloths. and
from cents to Az cents on indigo
prints.
The jeans trust raised the price on
Jean cashmere from 27515 cents on Jan
Z to 40 cents on Dec 80.
The iute trust raised the price on
jute hemp from 27s cents on Jan. 7 to
3as cents on Dec. so.
The tin plate trust raised the price
on tin plate from So box on Jan. Z to
1926 on Dee. 80.
The cement trust raised the price of
resemble from 70 cents on Jan. to
50 cents on Dec 20. They raised the
price during the same period on port
land cement from $l96 to S225.
The nail trust Increased the price of
nails from S110 on Jan. 4, 1899, to
$3.50 on Jan 3, 1900. The same trust
increased the price of wire nails from
$135 TO $500 during the same period.
The Structural Iron company in
creased the price Of structural angles
from S1.15 on Jan. 4. 1899, to 1925 on
Jan. 3, 1900.
The coal trust increased the price Of
anthracite coal from 1915 on Jan. 4,
1899, to 1920 on Jan. 3. 1900.
The glass trust increased the price
of glass from $2.57 on Jan. 4, 1899, to
$3.50 on Jan. 8. 1900.
The rubber trust increased the price
of rubber from 94 cents on Jan. 4. 1899.
to SLAB on Jan. 3, 1900.
The prices of boots and shoes con-
trolled Us the leather trust show an
increase during the year 1899 on mems
grain shoes from 81 cents to SLIP, on
Creedmore splits from 50 cents to $1.10,
and a like increase on all grades of
boots and shoes.
The price of cotton goods increased
so per cent. White sheeting on Jan. II
sold at $3.50, and on Dec. 20 at $23.
All lines of building material, iron
steel, wooden goods. cotton goods, leath-
err and other lines controlled by in
dustrial trusts. although showing a
great Increase in price during the
years 1897 and 1898, showed even a
greater increase during the year 1899.
The only prices TO fall were those
of farm products. The year book of
the department of agriculture for
1900. which las recently been is
sued, shows that the farm products
and farm animals in 1889, although
vastly Increased In quantity since
1890, had fallen OF in value 10 the
extent of $706,969.9T1. ThiR only
counts as farm products corn, wheat.
oats. barley, rye, bucksvhcat. pota-
toes, hay and cotton. If the farm
products of 1900 had brought the
same prices as did the same prod
ucts Ia 1890. they would have
brought more than they did by the
sum of s2.0oe,437 .5s4.
Facts like those go straight to the
minds of everybody except the owners
of the trusts. The farmer under
stands them. and the farmer Is to be
reckoned with by the Republican party
in Kansas and Nebraska. in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. in North and South
Dakota and Minnesota, and Wisconsin
and Michigan and IN the Pacific coast
states.
The Republican party stands for the
trusts. and the people whom the trusts
are robbing viii hit the Republican
party between the eyes.
We walked across Porto Rico ON
carpet of flowers spread by the con-
fident enthusinsrs of the inhabitants