Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1891 — How the Trusts Operate. [ARTICLE]

How the Trusts Operate.

George H. Gray, fformeely a glass moldmaker at Fostoria, Ohio, Mils how the glass used .theincreased duties on glass given them in'the McKinley tariff. Mir. Gray says: “About six months previous .to the introduction of ithe McKinley bill .the glass companies sent .out circulars .to their employes, in which they begged ithemito -sign a petition uor a higher tariff on glass, as it would Increase their wages .and give them steadier employment. Well, with such tempting promises .put (forth, every man .engaged in the business feigned the petition. The .tariff was raised and the (profits of the manufacturer were increased, butlhowwas the promises of the manufacturer kept, do you suppose? Why, it was aot eight weeks after the passage of ithe McKinley bill that one fii»e morning we moldmakers were told that we were uo longer needed, and in one hatch 200 men were itbrowin out of employment and their wives (and children left in want The passage of the McKinley bill was followed toy the formation of the United States glass trust, which at onee cut down production and threw ns out of work. ”