Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-19

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written in expressive language by q mas
ter hand, probably that of Augustus Van
Wyek, the New York member of the plat |
form committee, who is an expert in the
subject of monopoly and trusts. He is
one of the largest stockholders in what
Is popularity known as the TaHnmany Ice
Trust, which the leading denlulratic
newspapers of New York City recently
described as "a conspiracy to coin fever
and thirst into dividends"
The ice trust was organized to control
the supply and to fix the price of one of
the prime necessaries of lire, to consum-
ers in the great city of New York. 1t
was organized by democratic politicians.
many off whom are office holders, whose
official authority could he and has been
used to promote it's prosperity and swell
it's profits.
Immense as We're the financial re-
sources of this unlawful monopoly it
could not expect to control every source
of supply. Both Divine Providence and
human science forbade that. but it could
virtually prevent the necessity of life
from reaching several millions of con-
sumers except through the channels 1T
provided and on the terms 1t demanded.
This was easily lone through the conniv-
wan WA
trolled the dock privileges of tine great
city, two of whom were DOCK commission
ers, and another the mayor. This hav-
ing been accomplished the trust advanced
the price of ice which cost it one dollar
to one dollar and fifty cents a ton in it's
delivery wagons, to three and four dol
lars a ton TO its wholesale customers
and sixty cents the 100 pounds, or at the
rate of twelve dollars a ton double the
price of coaD, to small consumers. AT
the same time it proclaimed that there
after no sales Of ice in five cent pieces
would be made, thus virtually d%epriving
of this prime necessity of life all per-
sons who We're too poor to buy more
than five cents worth at one time and
all who We're not able to indulge in the
luxury of refrigerators or ice chests. the
two classes together numbering several
hundred thousand persons in the great
city which this democratic trust holds
by the throat. Later, the TRUST was conn
PEELED by force of public opinion to make
a partial concession to it's poorer GUS
TONERS. which 1T did with an insult by
compelling them to show that they We're
actually too poor to buy more than a
half-dfme's worth of ice at a time.
All these things We're done this year by
llllS III II uSt, oiIo ohC SlA NoAAS
today, when ice is furnished to consum-
ers in Savannah, Georgia. lat the rate of
5 cents for so pounds.
Who compose this monopoly? Among
it's stockholders were the following dem
ocratic officeholders and politicians, a
few of whom may have disposed of their
| stock on account of the exposure of the
infannies of the organizations:
Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor-10,175
shares.
Augustus Van Wyck, brother of mayor,
democratic candidate for governor, 1898;
New York emb Kansas City platform
communication shores.
J. Sergeant Cram, dock commissioner.
Charles #. Murphy, dock commissioner.
John Whalen, corporation counsel, del
egate to Kansas City convention.
H. S. Kearny, commissioner public
buildings, lighting and supplies.
George ". Drawer, park commissioner,
BROOKLYN.
Randolph Guggenheimer, president of
council.
Joseph E. Newberger, judge general
sessions.
Martin T. McMahon, judge general ses-
sions.
Rufus b. Cowing, judge general ses-
sions.
Among other members Of the judiciary
either of the court of general sessions or
of the supreme court whose names were
found .on the register of stockholders
were the following democratic judges:
George C. Barrett, George L.. Ingraham,
James Fitzgerald, H. A. Gi.dersleeve,
Edgar L. Fursman and Edward Fatter-
son.
But more iHustrious names thai theirs
are to follow. Richard Croker, the DEM
ocratic ''boss," who led the New York
delegation in the Kansas City convention
and deputed Augustus Van Wyck to act
as a member of the platform committee,
is down for one thousand shares and the
names off several members of his family
also appear on the list of stockholders
Indicating that his presents to them do
not all consist of 'fbuM pups" at $4,000
apiece. John F.. Carroll, the deputy boss.
who acts in Croker's absence, and who
was also one of the delegates to the Kan
sas City convention, is down for 10, 250
shares. A good deal of ice lis brought
from the rivers of Maine, which We're Wis
tied by Mayor Van Wyck and John F.
Carroll some weeks ago, with an eye to
business, and en- the list of stockholders
of the ice trust it was not surprising to
find the illustrious name of Arthur Sew
all, OF Bath, who was one of the tails tt
Bryan's kite four years ago. The names
OF two democratic of New
~York-Hugh u. Grant and Thomas F
Gilray-were found on the same list.
CURIOUS AEGEAN SEA.