The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-05
TOBACCO TRUST
ON THE RACK
Independent Manufacturers and
Retailers to Make War.
HEaLQU, RTERS AT CHICAGO
cos,niiCn 10 Arrange Community Of 10.
tersslS Will Be Held In The
Mar tutura.
HEaLQu aTERs AT CHICAGO

Chicago Nov 5.--Concerted action by
the retail cigar dealers and independent
manufacturers OF the country 10 break
the power OF the tobacco trust is the pur-
pose OF two conventions. which have just
been called TO meet in this city at an
early date.
The agency through which the Amer-
can Tobacco company and its affiliated
corporati tion, the United Cigar Stores
company are TO be stranghed Is the Cigar
Dealers Association OF America. AT
meeting OF the directors of this associa-
tion here last night final arrangements
were made for general plan OF cam
paign.
These are the methods OF operation
adopted by the directors:
Members OF the association will deal IN
goods manufactured by independent con-
Germs and will discourage the trade IN
trust rade goods so far as Their indi-
vidual interests will admit
CHEF DEPOT OF INDEPENDENT
GOODS
An independent distributing house IN
this city, which has held out against the
trust will be made the chef depot for
the distribution OF independent goods.
Other distributing houses which, while
handling both independent and trust made
goods, have discrlm mated against the in
verted'' by the powerful argument or
business interest TO cease this discrimina-
ton I'm the future or throw II in the OPP
poste direction
A bureau for the dissemination among
the retailers of trade news will be estab-
lished. This bureau also will furnish de-
tails and plans OF the operations OF the
association in Chicago 10 retailers I'm otn-
er cities who may want to sinaugurate
a similar movement The association will
admit To membership similar organiza-
tions in other cities and towns.
Members OF the association are bound
by community Of interest only. and
there will be no consolidation OF stores
within the membership. thus preventing
the association from ever or itself be-
During the last three weeks the local
dealers have been sending communica-
IL tons to the retailers In every other es city lily
merchants, position regarding the
American Tobacco company.
THE RETAILERS MOVEMENT.
The retailers movement is In charge Of
Thaddeus n. Howe. president of the
Cigar Dealers Association OF America
which originated here. Its policy has
been adopted I'm other large cities where
the United Cigar Stores company has
appeared.
building" said Mr. Howe, will be the
centre OF the fight against the trust. We
have already communicated with the
leading retailers of the country They
are practically all with us I'm the work"
While the independent manufacturers
have no organization. one will be per-
fected at their convention. Many OF
the manufacturers are being crowded to
the wall by the trust and the cry has
gone up in all sections OF the country
that unless an organization is formed
and an aggressive campaign started they
will be unable TO continue in business
The manufacturers are being stirred
up by r. w. Gailbraith who has been
operating an antitrust factory here. He
has been touring the east gathering sta
tstics on the work OF the trust. and has
formulated a scheme of battle He has
sent circulars 10 the independent manu-
facturers and asserts that their replies
give him no doubt as TO the success OF
his efforts
The dates for the conventions have not
been set. The meetings will be within a
few days of each other. and arrange
ments will be made TO have, their officers
and executive bodies work In harmony.
The International Cigar Makers union
will be represented In these gatherings,
will the National Retail Druggists
association.