Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1901 — • NEWS•BULLETIN• [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

• NEWS•BULLETIN•

NEW YORK-' TINIAN TRUST FORMED i TO RAISE PRKES. \ '

All tip* tin can factories throughout tin- t'nifed States are to be controlled by a new combination to have a capital of $15,000,000 and tvill include nearly 100 concerns. The deal is being promoted by James 11. and Win. H. Moore. The trust ii» expected to become effective on April 1. all the leading manufacturers, it is reported, having already signed the agreement. The new trust will control the entire-output of all the factories from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Not an independent concern of any importance in the country will be left outside the combination. An immediate advance in the prices of the product of the new trust is anticipated.