The Washington times., 1905-09-03
GERMANS STRUGGLE
WITH BIG TRUSTS
Do Not Submit to Corpora
ton Demands.
KAISER HELPS THE MASSES
Meat Trust and Milk Trust Objects Of
Popular Attack-Wilhelm Is
Much Liked.
KAISER HELPS THE MASSES

BERLIN, Sept. THE people of Ger
many are getting a taste of trust con-
troll OF the necessaries of life; but, un-
like the wonderfully patient people of
the United States, they are submitting
with very Ill grace, and it is only a
question of time when they will rise
and crush their oppressors.
They have fought valiantly against
the Tobacco trust. and they forced the
government to frustrase the plans of
the Coal trust, but their antipathy
against these two monopolies was as
nothing compared to their present fury
against the set of men who are attempt
ing TO get control of the meat and milk
supply
For months there has been a great
scarcity Of meat in the country and
prices of beef have gone up so that for
some time it has been impossible for
the laboring class to buy any meat
whatever. but in spite OF all the money
behind the concern which is trying to
create a meat monopoly the people viii
conquer, and this will to no little ex-
tent be due TO the personal efforts Of
the Kaiser, who in all questions of this
kind invariably mas taken sides with
the common people.
BY doing so has taken the Socialists
thGnder away from them and many
times made the leaders sigh for the re-
turn of the old tines when the oppres-
slons of Prince Bismarck added, scores
OF recruits to their ranks every day
Kaiser's Great Help.
in response to the hundreds OF petit
tions from ali parts of the empire. the
Kaiser mas given his ministers orders
H..
prevented the import OF Danish and
Russ an cattle and made a meat monop-
oily possible.
With The aboIisIment OF the duty on
live stock the backbone of the meat
trust VIII be broken, and the Kaiser
viii have added thousands 10 the al
ready great number of his admirers
TIE milk trust has been active only
in the city of Berlin, but its end Is
near. mainly because of its Unsuitable
greed Organized at first ostensibly to
give the people OF Berlin pure milk. IT
was at first greeted with Joy, and real
y dij good.
But soon its directors became dissat-
isiied with the rery reasonable profit
they were making. and. having driven
all competitors out OF business 50 that
the farmers had no others to sell their
mix 20. they suddenly told these that
they could only pay half of the usual
price FOR the milk
Farmers Defiance
They had expected instantaneous sub
mission. bat IN this they were disap-
pointed. To a man the farmers refus-
Cd to sell. and with wonderful re-
sourcefuincss Immediately began 70 turn
all Their milk into cheese and butter.
The ,rus. directors were dumfounded.
and for some time there was a dearth
OF milk here. until the trust. which
would not give in TO the farmers made
arrangements TO get milk from Den
mari.
Then the supply again became normal,
but Il was noticed Inst there followed
a decided increase IN the infant NOR
1aiity.
The Milk trusi attributed tn s to the
unusually hot summer. but one medical
authority after another came out with
statements denouncing the Milk trust
and saying that he increased mortaIi-
" was due solely to the Danish milk,
which was trree days old before Il
was placed or sale. and the trust has
now been forced to open negotiations
with the German dair.es. who now
however. are organizing themselves
and are encouraged in this by both press
and public. and il looks as II the days
of the Milk trust were numbered.