Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-12
From the New York World

From the New York World.
When Jones sat down at the breakfast
.able yesterday and opened his morning
nail the first envelope gave forth a gas
dill.
Moro money to he paid to Rockefeller
and Morgan" he remarked.
How So asked Mrs. Jones.
why. Rockefeller and Morgan own or
control the gas trust" he replied. land
svery dollar l or any ono else pays for gas
goes to swell their wealth"
The next envelope contained the monthly
Dill for groceries.
"Rockcfolcr again" said Jones.
why, surely Mr.. Rockefeller hasn't
gone into the grocery business" remarked
ais wife.
''Oh yes lie has. a few years ago Rookie
oilers money took that great firm with
which we deal, united a few minor con-
Germs with ii and formed a Joint stock
.ompany so all the groceries We buy re-
.irn Il profit to MIR. Rockefeller. OF
course YOU don't have to deal with this
firm. and if you don't want to enrich
Rockefeller You can buy from the corner
grocer, but even then YOU will be paying
some other rich man. for all of them are
controlled 10y trusts and the trusts are in
the hands of a few men.
That box of biscuit that J%ohnny's hand
s! in. from whom do YOU suppose YOU
FOUGHT it,
Il got that at the corner store"
Yes. and the corner grocer got it from
the biscuit trust, which is J. II. Morgan.
Ice" cried the ~ianitor UP the speak
ng-tube.
Rockefeller" said Jones.
What Asain?" laughed Mrs. j.
Yes, again. Besides Morse and Van
Wyck and a few others. Rockefeller is up
20 his neck in the ice trust. and il there is
as,. rot @n NO., I-AI. 49,, at1- !.
putting in the refrigerator Rockefellcr
gets his share of it.
An that sugar you are putting into my
coffee pays its tax to Rockefeller. as does
this cigar | am about to light. Thomas r.
Ryan gets a rake-off on the cigar also. but
so far as | have been able to learn Morgan
mas nothing TO do with it
The bell rang and Bridget announced a
messenger boy in answer to Mrs. Joncs's
.all. She ave him a package to be sent
by express to Il friend in the country, and
paid him % cents which was his fce.
More money for the big three" laughed
Jones. "Rockcfcller controls the District
Messenger company. and he. Morgan and
Ryan are heavily interested in the eXpress
companies. which are not rivals, as many
people believe. but working smoothly to-
gcther. dividing up territory and inter
changing business. Morgan controls one,
Rockefeller another and Ryan another"
Jones kissed his wife good-by and Went
to the elevated station in Brooklyn and
took the train for New York. The nickcI
he paid as fare meant a cent more 10
Rockefeller. On the station he bought a
New York morning paper which is owned
by j. l.. Morgan. At the Manhattan enc
If the bridge he took a car. with the re-
election that he was paying Thomas +
Ryan to bear him to his office.
AS he walked along the street he Dough,
at Il newsstand copies of two magazines
remarking to Il friend as he did so that h,
was sending more grist TO Morsan's mill.
"How sou asked the friend.
Morgan owns both these magazines,
replied Jones.
And he gets another rakc-of'. at that
commented the friend. For he ana
Rockefeller are among the men most
heavily interested in the paper trust which
sold the paper on which the magazines ar,
printed"
Jones accompanied his friend 10 the
Grand Central station to see him off 10
san Francisco. AS they stood in line al
the window of the Pullman company h,
said:
Your ticket to San Francisco enriches
Morgan. Rockefeller and Ryan and youi
Pullman ticket is bought from Morgan
and the Nanderbilts. The springs of the
cars in which YOU will ride are made by