The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-09-12
CINCH
Enjoyed by Machine Trust.
Affects Cincinnati More Than Any
Other City in the Union.
Chairman Jump, OF the Cincin-
natl Commercial Travellers
National Committee,
Talks OH Shoe
Machinery.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
zone of the greatest monopolies
in the United States" said James
w. Jump, Chairman of the Nation
al Democratic Committee of Com
mercial Travellers, at the hesdquar-
tors at the ST Nicholas Hotel, to-
day, "utfects the shoe manufactur-
ing interests
at ia known as the United Ma
chinery Company, and is II consoli
dation practically of all tho ma
chinery used in the manufacture
of shoes.
"The consolidation of these COM
panies, of course, put out of en-
ployment many agents of the in
depent concerns and reduced com
petition to 30 low an ebb that prao-
tically no travelling statesmen were
required to introduce or place the
machines
This company does not sell its
machines, it merely leases them;
but the price paid by the manufac-
turer is so great in each instance
that it includes large profit upon
the manufacturer even if the sale
we're mado outright.
"The manufactures not only docs
not own his machine after he pays
for it, but he pays very subslnn-
tial royalty upon every process,
nearly, the shoe goes through from
where the leather is cut to the de-
partment where the shoe is turned
out in finished product
NO ONE ESCAPES THE TAX
"The burden of this excessive tax
has not been so noticeable because
it has been uniform, all manufac.
turers paying the same for their
machines and the same royalty;
recently, however, the United Ma
chinery Company has been threat
ened with opposition, and this has
led it to show it's teeth after the
true monopolistic style, and if the
scheme which that company now
has on foot prevails the shoe man
ufaoturers of this country will be
reduced to mere agents of the trust.
"They (the trust) have now is
sued new lease which they are
commanding their customers to
sign. These leases contain two
features which arc remarkable.
In the first place they require that
the lessee of their mac!inHry shall
practically take all of their system,
or not use any part of it.
"To those familiar with the
modern process of shoe manufaot-
ure, this is very significant. A shoe
in it's journey from the cutting room
whore the parts are cut out with a
knife, to the finishing room,is sub
iected to many different operations
requiring the use of numerous
pieces of machinery. OF course, if
any of these machines are out the
system is imperfect and shoe manu-
faoture by modern methods i'm
possible
Now, while there are many
machines made by other manufact-
urers of shoe machinery which are
capable of doing certain operations,
the United Machinery Company is
the only one which controls COM
plete systems.
THE TRUSTS CINCH
"In their new leases they stipu-
late that the lessees shall perform
no operation with any of their ma
chimes upon work which comes
from a machine made by an out
side company. In case the manu-
facturer should do this he forfeits
his lease and is liable to have all
the United machines taken out of
his factory It will thus be seen
that the manufacturer has no
obOioo v,bofovar of mocbinac He