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Show It IT V Till SI! Riv cf tbo great flouring mill of California, under the name of Ihe Hperry Flrur Company, hate Joined ttgetber, aud lieuiefuraard will l operate! as one rctiijany. This la dcue. It Is said, to reduce ix ens. sand give tlio general ibllo better terms. That Is what tl u Heading coal combine com-bine said list j ear, when tho whole anthracite coal out ut of thu country came under one management, but cosl has gone up one dollar on the ton since the ccmblnu was accomplished, and now Congress has taken ttej to lu vtstlgata tbe mailer. Tbe California mills In Ihe trust or combine, or whatever It Is, have an nggrrgieto caiaclly ot (1,000 I arrets if Hour dally. According to the UirvAtcle the new corporation Is caplUllud nt $10,000,000, ond hsa $5,800,100 ol I eel J up capital. Tbo formation of this monopoly Is becoming nn issue le. tween Hei-ubllcsut an Democrats lu California. Inasmuch as Hour cannot lajniperly Included In articles need Ing rolvc lion, the formation of a trust In thu nrtlole Is adduced as an argu inetit that rotectlou docs not create tiust. Wheat flour, It Is true, Inputted Into the United Htstrs Is subject to a dut) of 'i er cent ad valorem, but very little. If nny, Is Inq orted. The Dctnoc'retlM en tho ether hand, ask "What Is the need cf rottctlcgau article tint reqiilirti uo ) roucHon?" Hut thu Hepul Items ftnsw er, e'Hy ro lection we dlscouragb wl cat growiug on our Canadian bcrJtr, nud lu other I laces. Wbeu foreign farmers know the) can't sell to us, they will not grow wheat." And so the quarrel goer, while tho facta iltow (list truits and combines are formed lrreseetlvo of pirllcs and under both 1 ruleellon and freu trade. |
