Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-07-18
m PROSECUTE
the TOBACCO TRUST
CONTROLS L,coR,cE INDUSTRY
eeow ths Great American Tobacco
1cnee MADE TssWss with ~ British
cssposeSoor-csNsumss Over Hall
- YaAaeeo produeed In y. Q.
(epeciai Correspondence)

q T,bases prsdsesd Ia y. Q.
Especial correspondence)
Washi,ston, D. c.. July l7.--After
- sbout . year Of preliminary
lnvsseioatioa the Government made
n peomised move against the
1sseeeo trust. This legal dsht Will
- iuesrsstips In . number Of ways.
r win Be against Q trust almost as
yrovsrful financially a. the standard
a Conpany. and II ssccesaful It prob
anly yin b the Ars& u the producing
snnooeol1ss 90 Witch the Government
I'm ~ ths rsceivsrship plan Of dis
1p,sejos. TITS nSht against the trust
,soeps9 follows q sumber Of prelimi
nSy sa1ymishes In which the Govern
oeae AAs Won. II discovered soon A.
- ~ investigates OF the trust had
1900 that there were moro things
- eeaeceo controlled by It. 1t had
- eaatrol OF the tinfoil. and more
antsrtans still II haA the absolute con-
- q he hcorics Industry. without
va1sA n y impossible to make chew
- ooboeco. The hcosice monopoly
voa DrouSAt g it, attention by the
soaaDaaanss o( some small producers
- ~ bsen sha.slally run out Of
taaonsas b. the cAafactesistic trust
1sGAo1s. tovit: that ~ trust would
~ ~ % them Or allow anyone else
q sell - them II thsy dealt with in
1tosnAeut noosScs Arns.
~ Dsslininasy lieor.ce fight was
vsa, ~ then caee The assault on
- xain trust citadel II will be
. aaenA6s Asht. tor the nation's tobac-
@ IN b larger than tn liquor bill.
A., ~ Anesican trust IL connected
vosy sassssy with The Easiish tobacco
0NGE u = . Qasstioo what effect
- Anssican prosecut1oa viii have
. THU. bat the way he two came
@ - eonbased 10 interesting enough
@ ee6S rslat1ng. It was In 1908.
vAsn ~ soealled American CONNER
~ iuvasio6I Of England Vas proceed
~ tlas the tobacco trust decided II
ullghe % veil set share OF the
0ol1s. u aceordinsly started In. and
bseuse tAs British public realized II
~ boaght up one Of the oldest and
s0ose wtaely advertised tobacco manu-.
,1oeensies n the United Kingdom. 1t
~ planned % buy . number OF
eeAses, but there Vas . howl Of indig.
ana3pa thas swept over the country.
IA Britain h saoiid and long suffering
~ ves % the man who interferes
Sah hia tobacco or his beer. There
vas Immediate and patriotic opposi.
gtseo % ths trust The Britain lmper
~ ToAacco Company vas formed.
! aaA tha& resulted In England having
q eDoaeco trust q IT. own before 1t
hSu q. The war between tie Ameri-
- ssvse end ths local trust va. long
- bsttss. The Invading trust fol-
! lUWe1 the usoal American line OF
usu0buno and bonuses. and before
~ ~ tAF0ugh we're giving away
aDreoso3 W1tA each Avscent package
g eioaRseAas. o. some such matter.
7Ao 1gAt vas TOO bot to last. 1t was
costing ~ Invaders Z fortune. and
~ home manufacturers were actual
: b lasting Doosy. which Is an awful
thing for ~ English tradAsman.
Thomas y. Ryan. who was not the
ovsgusasting figure In the financial
world that he II now. was brought
over anA. 6isDaacing J. w. Cobb. led
The American fight. But Ryan soon
found that b had an expensive fight
O his hands and that It would be
moro peo0table for all hands to com.
promise and take It out Of the public.
This they promptly did. The British
Imperial Company and the American
trust coaleoced. each electing its own
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