Infamous Trusts Review of Monopolies and Sugar Ring
A New York Times review outlines major trusts and pools shaping prices for necessities. It details the Sugar Trust with a $60 million inflated capital, ten directors, and key figures Havemeyer and Searles, noting how a sugar price rise could yield $15 million to $30 million in revenue and how tariffs and production cuts bolster their control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York Times
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Atlantic
Gulf
Havemeyer & Elder
Matthiessen & Weichers Company
Brooklyn Refining Company
Dick & Mayer
Boston Refining Company
Standard Refining Company of
Boston
New Orleans
Harry O. Havemeyer
J. H. Searles
Charles O. Foster
Captain Thomas
New York Tribune
Trust
Boston Commercial Bulletin
New England
Middle States
Maryland
Virginia
Cleveland
Stove Manufacturers’ Association
Cincinnati
Association
Hill
Siehlaway Hill
Hin
Mary Hill
Imay Hill
Behind Rail and Iron Price Rings Across Industry
The article details a wide network of steel and iron price schemes involving the Steel tall syndicate and four dozen small mills, with rail prices rising from 27 to 40 per ton due to foreign duties and output control. It cites executives like William L. Scott of Erie and mentions major firms, unions, and proposed pools across beams, pipes, nails, and stoves, plus wage cuts at key tube factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Tall Syndicate
William L. Scott
Erie
Pennsylvania
Mr. Scott
Pittsburg
Carnegie
United States
Iron Steel Company
Iron and Steel
New York Tribune
Board of Control
Lackawanna Company
Bethlehem Company
Agricultural Cooperatives and Rising Prices Under Steel Rings
A long report outlines how steel suppliers and tool makers formed rings to raise prices, forcing farmers to pay higher costs for plows and other implements. It notes associations among threshing machine, reaper, mower, and binder manufacturers, and describes tariffs and paper bag and slate industry combinations. It highlights the New York and Chicago actions and questions tariff impact on domestic vs foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Chicago
United States
The
New York Tribune
American Paper Bag Company
Canajoharle
New York
West
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Standard Oil and
Cotton Seed Oil Trusts
Linseed Trust
Castor Oil Pool
Mississippi Valley
Ring
Gogebic
Menomine
Stephen W. Dorsey
John E. Burton
Dorsey
Crucible
Bessemer
Mayer Hewitt
Philadelphia
National Tubeworks
McKeesport
Continental
Georgia
Landreth
the Farmers’ Drug Store
Americus
the Farmers Drug Store
W. F. Hill & Co., Proprietors
Louisiana
Bantwang
Opleeby
Pres
Louisians x
Pierre Ux
State
Nati A. Baldwin
Carl Kohn
Union National
Anos
Ora Capital
Dalley
Foo
Rae
PHZO
New York Exchange
MW. A. Dauphin, Washington
D.C
National
U. New OK
Benurega
Ruty
Parma
Tnstitution
Ones
Th Co
Newark
Wea
Nplea
Augusta
Maine
New York and Company
Paveral Ral
Tegunion Mational
Liebig Company
Feol Ealehalee Press
David & Co
Cour Ly
James Fricker
Americus, Ga
EI IL
D. B. Hill
Court House Square
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