Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — MERRY DAYS FOR TRUSTS. [ARTICLE]

MERRY DAYS FOR TRUSTS.

Merrily the wheels of pros" perity are humming, set in mo" lion by the Dingley tariff Merrily hum thes? wheels, grinding out Ihe livisof the people. But is not prosperity a good thing, and did not the spell" binders of the republican par" ty promise prosperity while seeking votes for McKinley? Assuredly However, these same eloquent gentlemen for" got to state that the prosperi" ty they proposed to establish was a prosperity for trusts, monopolies and combines—a prosperity that should make the necessities of life dearer and the wage of the workers cheaper. Merrily hum the electric wires bearing news of more combines, more trusts, more monopolies. Among the re" cent organizations of capital to corner products are record" ed: 1. Wire nail trust, capital *70, 000,000. 2 Machinery trust, capital $60, 000,000 3.. Enameled ironware trust, capital $10, 000,000 4. Beer trust, capital ?60," 000,000. 5. English thread trust, cap* itai $50.000,0u0. 6. Cotton hose trust, capital *2 5,000,000. 7. Biscuit trust, capital ?30,s 000,000. . Tinware stamping trust, capit I $25,000,c>00. 9. Rubber goods trust, cauital 50, 000.000. There are more to follow Standard Oil and Sugar are no longer the only combines in the field. The price of nails, of thread, of hose, of tinware, of rubber, of beer, of enameled iron kitchen ii" tensile, of machinery, of brea \ will soon be advanced. Pros* perity is on th > way. Congress is worried over the currency. It lias trouble with civil service. Hawaiian an" nexation annoys it, bu! legislation to control trusts lingers. And the Dingley law, which promotes, fosters and makes possible th* se trusts is lobe let alone.