The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-06-04
BETWEEN TWO TRUSTS.
SAD PREDICAMENT OF THE Shoe MANUFACTURER
IN THE united STATES

The American Magazine for June Miss Ida NJ Tarbe in an article
hee Shoe Pnched marsha which indicate the logical
steps process the gradual absorption of the industries
During tariff hearings the president of the Wholesale Saddey
Association of the United States protested against the duty
and expressed confidently the opinion that present the
leather advances with the strides during next
fen wears that during the past five not only will the beef
packers control the manufacture of the leather they will likewise
control by ownership the shoe harness betpg and other leather
dusies."
Only recently leather manufacturers declared they are fight
ing very and that the tariff be retained hides
tv will have to close their plants Hides for tanning it is said
"co 25o per than they did years ago. and per
cent has been put within the past thirty days by the Beef
Trust than this Miss Tarbel shows the absorption
Of largest gone steadily until the united
control fully thirty of these If the Beef Trust the hides
why not them? became the immediate question does the
tanning why make leather goods When Mr. Mckinley dis
posed put duty hides nearly twenty years ago. Mr. Blaine
an emphatic letter. asserts Miss abe in which he said
at will yield profit the butcher Beef Tst only the last
that needs it. The duty was then prevented but Mr. Dny gave
The Beef Trust however only combination is ION
trail Of the shoe Another keeping with meas
ured steps The power that controls shoe machinery and linen
thread has the main chance In 1901 the New England
Shoe and Leather Association gave evidence OF some ALARM as %
lows ,
the machinery the production OF shoes would be quite
easy and enormously profitable create trust which would be
monopoly in the shot manufacturing business
But little suspected about the strength OF the
which used in stitching shoes 1t not be known
by general public since the Mckay sewing machine the first
practical sewing machine shoenang others rapidly followed
until the many operations performed by machinery At first
these made and handled by different companies until
1899 when the important combined
into trust and became United Shoe Machinery Company under
the laws of New Jersey 1t capitalized at S25oooooo %
dnq to the last report O190S he capital of the
saws Miss Tae chad in eight wears from S1725OOO0I
nearly S32 100000 surplus from S1355914 to over
600 and the earnings from 177o1O to over S9ooooo Inns
S certainly doing we'll
The Shoe Machinery Trust controls the shoe manufacturing
business method peculiar itself 1t does not sell IT'S
rents them to the for term OF years charging
royalty each shoe made The shoe machinery combine
by Inheritance this then proceeded to tie together Its
machines system, insure the practical cono o W
continuity of operation in passing along the shoe from machine to
machine This resulted in increase OF output Tor the anu M
and increase of earnings for the operative but put the s' ~ m
position whereby it could rent its system IN - tt fbe
machines To protect this idea lease devised requiring
method tying together shall be maintained in bottomng au M
"g, and if any ousde machine introduced IN any par u m
company 'he right take out the remaining
making lessee liable for damages Tor using ouu
In the of certain machines like metallic fasteners 30 -
made by the Shoe Machine Company but pay IS secure T
cudng prices of findings as tacks eyeetS' -
the like which required to buy OF e
In 1901 arranged that the manufacturer coud ~ m M al @
side machine with metallic fasteners by paying " p
for his material t;
But what is the relation of linen thread to ne sne G &
control Thereby hangs the Linen thread enters INTO te
The Linen Thread Comnanv enjoys high proecve tariff on aN
and thread continues advocate IN ordef - been
fant industry" of fax raising although there never IDS
raised in this country "Aax suitable making linen thread
port of the Bureau of Plant Industry for March, l9o9 SHOWS
fax here grown not for fiber for seed tor making III
spite of fhe fact saws Miss Tarb tat have been
paying from $40 $22 undressed max o1 @ on
linen thread induced English manufacturers years dso d
branches in this country in order enjoy tariff proeco Oh
which they had been exporting One branch was bv the
e1ooicO / of
arshas of Leeds other places IN the country. of
the tariff protection is the Linen Thread colPdy' T,r
which William Barbour OF Paterson president and a. n GU Gu
ner, yice-predent, and both also directors OF m - M
Machinery Company, according to the directory % % to and
Barbour is said be tle largest owner OF len le
also "a large individual stockhoder of the United ooe
Miss Tarbel asks this pertinent question: an yo 1d C
such relation has not been of Importance TO the Linen ct #
pany securing per of the linen thread % S Ma
contros When it is considered that the UIeo bnerv
chnery company owns more 80 per cent OF the S seen
the country the bearing this alliance IS more
Mr. Barbour of Paterson identified with many e 81 @ United
Statnc. T1,rner