Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-04-30
THE TRUSTS
HARxERswIIIHE rHEeAIsERs
Excessive Masoz csnesEn czz Looss
Frun CenhiaaiiOa to Raise
Priesa

r-,m sae Ma-ae EzQaseean Pee - ~
There gsas bsen : psad deal q dis
cussson q ate ahs1as trusts Ths e1ti-
meuf zxzinss them b. those not il The
cantra q o1e aseas 10 be pretty HHan-
lasoa2. a trszst s not ca EARTH for Us
health. neither ) i hsFc 90 : FasszE-
thr0pse mission. We ali agree that q
trust Is 20 Be o1ademned Is inJUrto1s
10 legislative enterprise But TIE man
wEsssakeS a ssand against them B re-
garded as somewhat f0nlhaFdy-tbey
are . strong; il IS supposed theg gov
ern everything sgrtn gnyeEnisg and
have preferred Options On the Balance
Cf the earth
OEb1e In > whiIes b1Heyers : trust
runs against . Snag. This vas The case
-with The IrterEailonal Harvester Co
.of America when il asked c A. job
s.n-she wel kDowu implement dealer
OF Mzeoa-to FeneE his yearly contract
this month T0z ChampiOn, DeeFing,
McCormSek, Mflwzukee and Piano
osmpanies have been merged Iato the
international Harvester Co ThsoOm-
bsnation will gradually raise prices on
harvesting machinery and impose re-
|stnctlons Of undue severity upon the
men who il thinks will be compelled
70 deal with it.
Nj. JObson IS an antitrust nan II
principle. Consistent with hisoonvic-
tious he promptly returned unsigned
the contract rendered By the Inter
national Harvester On He viii repre-
sent a concern that turns Ogt superior
machinery and believes in giving
every man a chance
The farmers Of Macon county viii
undoubtedly appreciate this move On
the part OF Mr. Jobson They know
he dIdn't have to renounee the trust
company unless he wanted to- They
paid him well for representing them
and be had no particular kick coming
on that score But he found that d.
". Osborne & Co, Of Auburn. New
York, was an independent faetoTy that
was strong enough to meet and sur
pass ever indUcement offered by the
comblnation-
II am determined that my custo-
mers shall have the highest grade farm
machinery manufactured On this con
tinenta at prices that will ft their peck
etbooks,s said Mr.. Jobson in refer
ence to bis declInatlOu Of the trust o.
fer. ut was only after a thorough and
careful Investigation Of the policy o.
The international Harvester Co. thai
/ decided it would be impossible. undel
the contract II presented, 10 offer M
customers the protection and guaFran
u they had been accustomed 70. !
have therefore discontinued the sai'
OF the Champlan machinery entirely
and have perfected satisfactory ar
rangements to handle afull line Of tn
goods manufactured by d. NJ. Osborn
& Co. The line comprises Grain Bind
en, Mowers, Hay rakes, Tedders- etc
SD. VI. Osborne & Co. Is the larges
independent manufacturing eoncerI
for harvesting machinery In the world
/ have taken some pains to satisfy my
sci as 10 the quality Of It's output am
/ feel perfectly safe in placing my per
sonal guarantee alongside Of ever.
machine that l send out from them
The Osborne plant is located at Au
burn, n. Y, and includes a large roll
ing min, mzlleable iron wOrks.cOrdag
factory, immense ware CONS ant
material houses. II Is not dependen
in the slightest degree upon any out
side manufacturer for any one Of tn
parts that enter into the construction
Of its machines The Osborne Co. ha
been manufacturing harvesting ma
chlnery for nearly half a century. am
it has a reputation not only in Amer
lea, but in foreign countries for keep
ing closely in touch with every prac
ticaI product Of inventive skill AM
adopting it where It's value has beel
demonstrated"
Mr. JobSOn has recently placed a ca
load order for Osborne machines AM
viii soon have samples in his spaciou
warerooms on Rubey street. He vii
also carry in stock a large and com
plete line Of repairs and will beable u
furnish any part that may be requires
for any machinery that the Osborn
Go. has ever built.