The citizen., 1902-08-22
AND MARK HANNA SAID
THERE WERE NO TRUSTS"

According to the Republican Cam
paign Text Book the value of the trust
made articles was only l. 10 per cent
of the total output of the manufacture
ing establishment during the year 1900.
A study of the records of the United
States Industrial Commission reveals
the fact that this statement is abso-
lutely erroneous. 1t is found that in
all the large industries of the country,
agriculture, Of coulse, excepted, the
trusts control on an average 80 per
cent of the manufactured products, as
the following extracts from the records
of the commission will show:
On page l07 of Volume of the
records Henry o. Havemeyer, presi-
dent Of the Sugar Trust, te-tifes that
the output of the trusts is about 80 per
cent of the entire output of the county.
On page $50 of the same volume,
President Reid, of the American Tin
Plate Company, testities that the Amer
lean Tin Pate Company controls about
90 per cent Of the tin plate business in
the United States.
On page 1905 of the same volume,
John w. Gates, chairman of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Company, testifies
that his company controls about 50 per
cent of the steel rod business, aud 10 per
cent of the nail business, and that they
had a monopoly on the manufacture of
barbed wire.
On page 81 of Volume Is, Mr. E. II.
Chapman, president of the American
Smelling and Refining Company tes-
titled that his company controlled S5
per cent of the entire smelling business
of the country.
On page 81 of the same volume, Mr..
G. r Flint testifies that the Rubber
Trust controls from SO to go per cent of
the rubber business of the country.
On page lOl of this volume, Mr. E. R.
Chapman testities that the Pittsburg
Coal Company has practically mo-
nopoly of the coal trade of the Great
Lakes.
On page 455 of this volume, Charles
NJ. Schwab, pr sident of the Steel
Trust, testified as follows:
Q. "You spoke of the per cent of the
steel industry that the Carnegie Com
pany controls. Could you give the
commission about the per cent of the
whole steel industry of the United
States that the United States Steel
Company controls?"
A. "Well, yes; think it is between
65 and 75 per cent. 1t will vary with
times. | think in very prosperous
times the percentage will be small; in
dull times it will be very much larger"
On page 1873, Mr.. Hugh j. Chisholm,
of the Paper Trust, testified that the
Independent Print Paper Mills produce
only 80 per cent of the total output,
while the other 20 per cent is the pro-
duct of the Paper Trust.
On page 34S of this volume, Mr.. L.
r. Hopkins, president of the American
Thread Company, testified that they
produce nearly two-thirds of the sewing
thread of the country.
On page 299 of the same volume, Mr..
John Pitcairn, president of the Glass
Trust, says: 1--WE control only that
which we produce which is about 724
per cent of the production of the
country"
On page 249 of the same volume, Mr..
A. S. White, president of the National
Salt Company, says: II should say
that the National Company controls
between So and 80 per cent of the evap-
grated salt made east of the Rocky
On page 800 of the same volume, Mr..
Henry Burns, president of the Wall
Paper Trust, testified that there was no
question but that they cont trolled over
half of the business in their line in the
country.