The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-02-16

~AZNrican Farmer Amanac. > Read
a. Investigate the iicts.
HARVEST TRUST.
Vt the plans If the International
Il sylvester Co are successfully carried
ONT vhc farmer in this country will in
az probability he compelled to buy
a, tiei- implements from IA Trust
/. &.e course u two or three wears.
81 zen thi. combine OF the Meteor
u,seI, D,rring, Piano, Champion
a. milwaukee, cumpauies was FORM
81 2 %rw Jersey ia the TALL oi 1902,
g. reatel ,rasatinn throughout the
GEO nary, especially among the farm.
e-s he implement dealers, the in.
,N5r, ntrnt observation-disclosures
- vas irared that this gigantic
!, Il, uoO,Gnu New Jersey corpora
q = should not only control she
r.N.~ pS'iry ua'hin" output of the
: :, Try, but that il would follow
tj.t Usual Trust methods by gradual
Y owing other factories. adding
abe lines and 80, King the control
81 ',le entire industry as to its own
Ia sloel ;iald
Cas promoters oi the Trust at
T. p,cj to allay this feeling Of lear
H. spreading broadcast through the
laG,., by means Of the Associated
E,;' SIS, statements to the effect that
TIE .9mbine was formed FOR the sole
pr :, ose OF avoiding an advance in
tir price OF harvesting machinery to
talH farmers. 1T is claimed that the
IN sr,gin of profit Of the separate
,.CeJ panies had been reduced to such
M extent 10y the increase OF raw
INA verial, expensive competition, etc,
UEs' z, the prices OF harvesting ma.
chirsrr would have necessarily been
II. euced AMI that the combine had
t.tys been forced upon them by cir.
~ instances
Ti,.se statements were accepted
w1tio smile OF incredulity which time
hsar1iully justified. The fears OF the
V~shole were we'll grounded. The
II scyester trust Is now boldly reach.
fnr out after the entire industry.
The trust wants the farmer to buy
al 1heir farm implements from the
Tf-sst when the time comes, and it
WI! II they are successful, there will
vii be no competition left and the
TG-l st can dictate to the farmer on
eyss-y implement he buys as will be
sFs wn in this article. First the
Try2,t has already secretely bought
tire additional harvester plants, viz.
j.. III. Osborneman & Co., Auburn,
y i; Altman & Miller Co, Akron,
CIVIC, and the "Minnie' harvester
Ilsalt ut st. Paul, MINI. This gives
it control Of a large share ci the
n 49, esting output. 1t has also ad-
tA-. 10 it's original line OF manufac.
tar. 80 that instead OF combining
it-aAS 80 harvesting machinery alone,
j. ..a - aes harrOws, cultivators,
ug-.-a and fertilizer drills, and seeders,
bsh.:ng presses. hay rakes, hay
tsE<J5ce, corn huskers and shredders,
cns.z narvesters, manure spreaders,
gnssohne engines, cream separators,
uii.age implements, farm wagons,
exc.
\ lmost 100 per cent OF the regular
1u&D ,snent dealers OF tie country
G2-.tle harvesting machinery. As
Ias .rlst now makes about. 90 per
c.. .. the harvesting machinery it
fcj ows that % per cent OF dealers
;Ly-. trust agents. A dealer who has
h.sy. died a certain line OF harvesting
Ina, ,hinery for a number OF years can
ln&r dly afford to give it up. His
res,air business is increasing each
year, it brings him trade in other
Lines, it is a trade mark and an i'm.
pIcment dealer regards a line of
Harvesting machinery almost as a
Isscessity.
This gives the Trust a strong hold
ey11 the dealer and this is The way it
liz used. In 1903, the record year OF
ftS organization, or really the first
y,ar, the Trust slipped into the Eek
cI=siye clause" OF their agency con.
tract the word ebay rakes," thereby
hInding the dealer to sell only Trust
nag rakes and further fining him IS
k< each hay rake he might sell not
eff the trust make.
Hn 1904 the Trust reached out