Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1890 — Black List of Tariff Trusts. [ARTICLE]

Black List of Tariff Trusts.

An excellent little book on the tariff question, by N. H. Chamberlain, has recently been published by DeWolfe, Fisko & Co., of Boston. It is written in the formed a story, in which a manufacturer, who has been ruined by tliedariff, argues with his protectionist workmen and others against our existing revenue laws: It deals in hard facts rather than in theories. The author prints the following interesting table of tariff trusts: r§ Name op trust. “’SSLS’® o a a 4!* !aa ><9o « ® SL o 2 -3-2 h g .J. 38, SJ& a, < ch Salt trust 50 $33 $25 Earthenware trust 56 36 40 Bessemer-steel trust 84 46 9 Plow-steel trest 45 33 29 General steel trust 45 33 29 Nall trust 45 33 22 General Iron trust 45 33 25 Copper trust 24 22 22 Zinc trust 52 28 25 Tin trust 32 24 21 Lead trust 74 43 65 Glass trust 55 36 45 Soap trust 20 19 8 Linseed-oil trust 54 35 5 Kubber-shoe trust 25 20 24 Envelope trust 25 20 11 Paper-bas trust 35 26 15 Cordage trust 25 20 12 Average S3O | $24