| Show THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY r OU E IJ T. T j I Side Sll for Tribute J Last years Ears tobacco crop crOP in Lu the th United United Unit Unit- ed States estimated at I pounds valued at Three Three- quarters of or a million milon acres of tobacco uc to co 10 were Werl planted and 3 people peo pee 1 lilt are arc estimated to depend for a alvIng allY allY- alv liv living ing Ing upon th n of If the leaf In Inthis Inthis Inthis this country Seven S years euls ago over 1 0 acres were planted The falling off of of Ir acres I Is one une re result ie- ie sult o of the thc operations of the thc tobacco to i. i trust u t Not ot ot only in the United States State hut but In Hawaii ali HawaI and amid Cuba Cu I Is the price of or tobacco to both oth to the planter r and aTHI the consumer fixed by the trust trust 1 Its power hOVel in II Great Britain is little less ss Ic than a dictatorship Half Hal the other I countries of Europe la pay i It I tI-ll tI te by indirectly joining In Its Is operations by y accepting its is dictation In iii II the purchase c Df if lr tobacco to Despite the tile monopoly of or Standard iIi Dil DI there ar are independent oil 01 refineries refiner the The rite ies lea of or large size in country he steel tru trust t cr creation alon of or Carnegie and Schwab has not entirely wiped out Independent makers of steel wire win nails nall and rails rans James U. U l Duke head henU of DC the tobacco trust has been more rotc thorough tw and more relentless In his methods Today though the machinations machina machin o of him and amid his creatures It 1 I Is Impossible for r I a man maim mal to 10 engage gc In Inthe In Iii Inthe the tobacco business in iii II this country countr from the time growing of the plant In the u grol ground to the soiling selling of tie time the finished without paying tribute to him S Begun in 1890 with wih a capital of oC 2 5 5 ii I 0 0 Ii 0 t the it c A American men ca mi Toba co company u of New cw Jen Jersey Y the thit fn father her antI and mother of oC f tho lie tru trust I tola today controls controls con con- allied companies representing a total capitalization of or According to their own statement to the New York Stock exchange l' l they have made mad per cent on their heir In Investment In- In vestment ever every ilO 0 days das since e th they hey y began hegal be he- gait gan gal th the business q of or plundering the American people ruining the tw Independent Inde Imle- pendent tobacco manufacturer anti and nOI dealer anti and beggaring and amid degrading the once prO prosperous and happy happ co planters of the country St. St Paul Until Pioneer Press PIlS |
