Show GREAT CRACKER COMBINE II Capital 25OOOOOO and Controls the Trade of the Country New York Dec 10It is more than possible that within the next few days I the great bulk of the cracker and biscuit bis-cuit establishments of the United States 1 will be controlled by a combination of the three corporations that now share 1 the trade among themselves These i three corporations are the New York I i Biscuit company the American Biscuit j Manufacturing company and the United States Biscuit company The I last named company is Incorporated in Pennsylvania and has its headquarters headquar-ters in PIttsburg The other two are incorporated in-corporated In Illinois and have their headquarters in Chicago I is generally supposed that the New York Biscuit company will be the head as It is I said to have been chief promoters of the combination This company has for years been quietly absorbing its rivals The other two big concerns have not I been idle but have been working industriously indus-triously to maintain position of equality equal-ity with the New York Biscuit company com-pany Each has acquired smaller concerns con-cerns In Its territory The threefold process of absorption has gone on un t these great companies now stand I without rivals except among themselves them-selves The combination now forming will put an end to the limited rivalry I and there will then be one biscuit concern con-cern that will control the entire trade of the country Its combined capital I will be J25000000 or 30000000 i |