The Detroit times., 1911-05-29
By w. G. SHEPHERD.

BY w. c. SHEPHERD.
BOSTON, May 29.-The lease
which Sidney W. winslow, president
OF the United Shoe Machinery trust,
forced manufacturers to sign, was .
model of merciless monopoly control
II provides that the manufactures
must not use any other machinery In
his shop than that furnished by the
trust.
winslow made what is call In
unionism closed shop
Men of Winslow's stamp cry out
that employers ought to be at liberty
to hire whom they please, union man
or not.
Another clause makes the manufac-
turer buy his findings, such as nails,
wires, eyelets, etc. from the trust. he
pays the trust its own price for
broken parts, and in some cases also
pays taxes and insurance on the ma
chimes.
1t was brought out in a legislative
hearing In Boston that the trust
charged 21 cents a pound for tacks
worth only Z cents and that Its
charges for repair parts were sx-
-orbitant.
Must Go on Paying Royalty
Another clause OF the contract pro-
vides that shoe manufacturers should
never question the patent rights OF
the trust.
This means that. even after the
trusts patents expire manufacturers
must go on paying the royalty for
ever.
Another clause provides that II
manufacturer violates any OF the
clauses the company may instantly
remove from his factory all its ma
chinery.
Makers of shoes have actually gone
before legislative bodies attempting
to pass bills against the shoe machin-
cry trust and told them that the trust
was fine thing! Such COMMITTEES
appeared before the Massachusetts,
legislature In 1907. The legislators
were convinced chat the manufacture
ers we're being forced to defend the
trust
They are afraid to hit at the
trust said an attorney. When
man finds that his arm Is in lions
mouth and that. II he angers the lion,
! II Is likely to swallow him. he won't
strike at the lion. But you can be
sure that, all the time, he Is wishing
some one would shoot the lion
The legislature tried to shoot the
| lion" Ii passed law similar to the
one now before congress, rendering
the trust form of lease illegal. pro-
viding $4,000 fine for each lease
made theFeaftef,"
But the leasing continues in the old
form No one has been arrested. No
shoe manufacturer has the nerve to
offer evidence against the TRUST
Begins War on Competitors.
With this lease Winslow began to.
crush out the few competitors who e
mained. He went to court with lnXi
suits; he hired attorneys to fright91
competitors. He forced three wou>1
TO sell out a good eyelet business ~
the trust. He discovered that Henry
II. Rogers owned shoe-tack con,
pany He went to 26 Broadway.
Il want to bny your tack-making
company" said Winslow.
Il won't sell it. And what's more,
I'll own your shoe trust within q few
years" said Rogers.
mo. you won't" growled Winslow.
."I'n drive you out OF the tack making
business"
Full details OF the stormy scene
were never told. The tack business
wasn't large, but Rogers was not
man to be crossed. Winslow barred
the Rogers shoe tack from the shops
OF the manufacturers. Rogers found
that no one wanted his tacks. He In
duced a shoe machinery company TO
come over from Canada TO compete
with the trust and create demand
for his tacks. i
Within few years a set OF shoe
machinery, entirely non-trust, was be-
Ing made In the United States. But
Il wasn't being used. Manufacturers
were afraid to use II. Henry III.
Rogers had lost to Sidney w. Win
slow.
Before long. winslow had frighten-
cd the makers Of shoe findings into
line.
Manufacturers did not dare to com
plain. They made the public pay.
That was what Winslow expected
them 10 do. Tacks, eyelets, wires.
buttons. etra pieces for repairs--all
these brought the trust an immense
income.
Whenever the trust brought up the
rights to a rival machine, they retired
tContiaued ON Psxe sixJ
FIRE Loss Is $500.
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