The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-05
The Trust Question in Barre.

Editor, Barre Daily Times: In a let.
ter to The Times OF Feb 20, James Nc.
Donald calls attention to the statement
made by Mr.. r. b. Ward of Tip-Tor
! bread fame. who asserts that before he
Is through he proposes to control the
! business of the United States, through a
chain OF bakeries, in which vast quaint
/ ties Of bread can be turned out by me-
ehanical appliances and shipped to every
I town and village in the United States
and sold cheaper than any small baker
can possibly make bread and get a live
! lihOod.' We already know the Ward.
Corby bread is being sold in almost
every town and village in New England
! We also know the same company manu-
! features their own yeast We will %
further and say the same interests that
are back Of Tip-Top bread are also back
Of the railroads. the big Minneapolis
flour mills and also the big trust-owned
wheat farms II would therefore be
preposterous to imagine the small ba ker,
who has to pay profit TO the different
firms that handle the material for bread
making, to make bread and compete
with concern who will harvest its own
wheat, grind its own flour, make its own
yeast bake its own bread in its own
bakeries, ship the product over its own
railroads and sell direct to the people.
King {. Gillett tthe razor kingl in
his book "The Worlds Corpora ion"
published in 1910, said in ten years the
moneyed interests would control the en-
tire retail business in the United States,
through a system of chain stores In
Barre it is only starting, We have the
five and ten-cent store, the Tip-Top
bread and ReXal remedies just a word
on ReXall remedies. the following from
news item: "'Rie Rexall drug stores
have united with number Of other
chains OF stores of the same nature, into
a combine, capitalized at Sl5,000,000.
John Flagler, one of the STANDARD on
men, is to be the president The local
merchant is only acting as agent in
carrying line of trust goods, until such
time as the trust puts their own chain
stores into operation The p-Top
bread is to big proposition for the
bakers of Barre TO handle, under present
conditions. Do You ask why? Look,
for instance at the Tennessee Coal X
Iron Co. that was capitalized for more
than a billion dollars When the steel
trust went after them they were glad
to sell for Sl7,Q00000. The Colorado
Coal & Iron Co. that practically con-
trolled the state of Colorado. just lasted
20 DAYS before the attacks of the Stand
ard Oil Co. The Barre merchants would
last against the interests behind Tip
Top bread about 30 minutes and look
like 80 cents. Yes; this is only be.
ginning Of the chain stores in Barre.
King G. Gillett published his book two
years ago: that leaves just eight wears
for the chain stores to "gobble up' Barre
as well as the rest Of the United States.
You can expect the Child's grocery stores
here next. and the merchants who handle
Tip Top bread are helping to start the
trust stores in the bread line The
following chain stores are already in
operation in other parts of the country,
and will arrive in Barre III due time,
drug stores. grocery stores. cigar stores.
dry goods stores. candy stores. clothing
stores bakeries. restaurants and hotels.
The merchants will be changed to agents.
the agents to clerks Mr. K. b. Ward
has already warned the bakers He will
sell cheaper than they can make bread
and oct a living. The other chain stores
work on the same principle Is it not
about time You small merchants were
getting into the Socialist party2
The Socialist party wants government
ownership Of all these industries, to be
operated and used for the benefit of all
and not for the benefit Of few multi
Yours respectfully.
The Barre Socialist Press Committee.
J. I. Calaghan,
VIM. Nicol.
Bert Phillips.