The Truth About the Trusts Four Hundred and Forty
John Moody notes four hundred forty trusts with twenty billion dollars in floating capital. Seven big industrial trusts in sugar steel tobacco amelting oil coffee and linseed oil hold 2.5 billion in stocks and bonds and dominate 1,500 plants. Steam railroad trusts top nine billion in capitalization with 1,040 represented companies. Electric light railway gas and telecoms total over three billion, 1,236 firms. Fraudulent issues inflate half of capital. promoters may face prison. Read these billions and get rich or be a Jacky.
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John Moody
Sugar
New Jersey
United States
Rhode Island Politics and the Big Four Food Price Fiasco
A critical column denounces Secretary Wilson and Attorney General Moody over beef price manipulation by the Big Four, linking state corruption in Rhode Island to Wall Street control of the Senate. It portrays Rhode Island as an oligarchy with voter corruption, franchise lengths, and law bending aided by Aldrich.
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Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Big Four
Moody
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Steffins
McClure
United States
Congress
Kansas
Aldrich
Wall Street
Senate
Rockefeller
United States Senate
Burton
Kelly
Dayhoff
Burrow
Tariff on steel retards southwest bridge building
A. A. Trocon asserts that a steel tariff slows bridge construction in the southwest. He notes Mexico can build with Pittsburgh steel 30 percent cheaper, steel prices rose from 28 to 32 per ton, and Carnegie’s era saw $20 steel. He argues the steel combine funded campaigns, raises prices across goods, and links 1896 politics to tariff policy. A New England hides and leather association seeks removal of hides duty, claiming it harms tanners and manufacturers and benefits trusts.
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A. A. Trocon
Southwest
Mexico
Pittsburgh Steel
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Steel
America
New England Hide and Leather Association
Congress
New England
Unworthy of Respect and Political Corruption
The writer denounces boodlers in the United States Senate and city councils as traitors to the country, arguing corruption is a predatory force attacking free institutions and proliferating through party machines across states. The piece emphasizes disdain for hypocrisy and warns that government branches suffer from widespread corruption today.
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United States Senate
Saint Peter
Heavenly Homes
Eve
Political corruption exposed in campaign fund rewards
A critic denounces a government run on campaign contributions, calling it damning and urging that those responsible face penitentiary action. The remarks frame fund rewards as a dangerous practice undermining governance and accountability.
Toward Rats and Rising Bread in American Diets
A columnist cites F W Hewes in Pearson's Magazine noting Americans eat far less meat now than in 1850 and 1900 with 94 sheep 118 hogs and 25 beeves per 1000 in 1850 vs 50 sheep 43 hogs and 20 beeves in 1900. The piece argues meat costs push urban families to reduce meat while bread vegetables and fruit consumption rises.
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F. W. Hewes
Pearson’s Magazine
Hewes
United States
Evidence in Peabody Adams contest highlights witnesses
James T. Smith Democratic election clerk testified he knew ninety six of the disputed voters in a Denver precinct. Republican and Democratic judges vouched for election honesty and signed a certificate not filed by Chairman Griffin. Other witnesses identified ballots and argued about illegal voters marked by Peabody experts.
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Griffin
Ul Peabody
Freticts
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