Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1888 — A Review of the Trosts. [ARTICLE]

A Review of the Trosts.

Here is a list of some of the trusts that exist in the United States in consequence of high iff1. The Steel rail trust, buttressed by a tariff tax of sl7 per ton 2. The Nail trust, by a tariff tax of $1.25 per 100 pounds. 3. The Iron n.t and washer trust, by a tax of $2 per 100 lbs. 4. The Barbed fence wire trust, by a tax of 60 cents per 100 pounds. 5. The Copper trust, by a tax of $2.50 per 100 pounds. 6. The Lead trust, by a fa.. of $1.50 per 100 pounds. 7. The Slate pencil trust, by a tax of 30 per cent. 8. The Nickel trust, by a tax of sls per 100 pounds. 9. The Zinc trust, by a tax of $2.50 per 100 pounds. 10. The Sugar trust, by a tax of $2 per 100 p rnnds. 11. The Oilcloth trust, by a tax of 40 pe? cent. 12. The Jute bag trust, by a tax of 40 per cent. 13. The Cordage trust, by a tax of 30 per cent. 14. The Paper envelope trust, by a tax of ?5 per cent. 15. The Gutta percha trust, bv a tax of 35 per cent. 16. The Casto.' oil trust, by a tax of 80 cents per gallon. 17. The Linseed oil trust, by a tax of 25 cent-* per gallon. 18. The Cottonseed oil trust, by a tax of 25 cents per gallon. 19. The Borax trust, by a tax of $5 per 100 pounds on borax and boracic acid, $8 per 100 pounds on crude borax and borate lime, and $4 per 100 pounds on commercial boracic acid.

12. The Ultramarine trust, by a lax of $5 per 100 pounds.