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Trust Profits.
An interesting article is printed
by the New Ycrk American,
showing how the tras*s use the
tariff to piotect labor. In this
article, significant fafcts relating
to the recent cut in wages by the
the steel trust are presented as
fellows:
Amount of wages paid by steel
trust in two years, exclusive of
high officials’ salaries, $225,000,
000 .
Profitsof steel trust applicable
to capital in two year3, 8255,000,
000.
Profits, 111 per cent of wage
cost.
Percentage of profits to wage
cost before the organization of
the'stee 1 trust, 10 per cent.
The enormous profils made by
combining advantages with wage
cutting is shown as foil ws:
Total wage cost of producing
100 tons of plates, 817 42
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$ 50 , 000.00
CASH GIVEN AWAY to Users of
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In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums
ToUSDOtO*
tlow , WOOL&ONS.
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2139 people get checks, 2139 more will get them in the
Presidential Vote Gontesf
Five Lion-Heads cut from Lion What will be the total popular vote cast
Coffee Packages and a 2 = cent for President (votes for ail can¬
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you November 8,1904 ?
the regular free premiums) to In 1900 election, 13,959,653 people voted
one vote. The 2-cent stamp cov¬ for President. For nearest correct esti¬
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your November 5, 1904, we will first
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both World’s Fair and Presi¬ IO Prizes— 100.00 . , 000.00
correct on our 20 Prizes— 60.00 . 1 ,
dential 50 Prizes— 20 00 “ . 1 , 000.00
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..
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Clerks. (Particular* in each case of Lion Coffee.)
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Difference between tariff duty
on slabs and duty on plates, $6
.72 a ton.
Labor cost of converting a ton
of slabs into a ton of plates, 27
cents.
Tariff to protect 27cents worth
of labor, $.62.
Total wage cut, from $42.IT to
$27.42 a ton.
The manner in which wages
have been affected by he steel
trust is disclosed by this showing:
Total number of men employed
in the steel industry of the ecun
try, 350,000. Received in wages
last year, $250,000,000. The av¬
erage reduction in wages to date.
60.000. 000. Families affected,
300.000. Persons affected. 1,500,
000. Increase in the cost of liv¬
ing, 35 per cent.
The stock watering secrets are
revealed—Capital stock of shel
trust, $1,477,239,058. Actual
worth of property of steel trust,
808,328,646. Total of watered
stock, 668,910,412.
To pay dividends upon nearly,
seven represented hundred by nothing million dollars j
but the
rapacity of organizers of ttie
steel trust, it has become neces
sary to scale the wages of-all
steel workers to the lowest possi¬
ble point.
Suicide Prevented.
The startling announcement
that a preventive of suicide had
been discovered will interest
many. A run down system, or
despondency invariably precedes
suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that con¬
dition which makes suicide likely.
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Is at the Depot.
am here lo furnish to the Public
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Hunter, Pearce & Battey,
Cotton Factors
Naval Stores Factors.
Over 30 Years' in Business.
Experienced and Expert Handlers of
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One of the largest factorage concerns in the South.
Each commodity handled in a separate department. Strictest
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Liberal advancements made on consignments. Money loaned
to Cotton and Naval Stores Shippers on approved security.
Shipments Respectfully Solicited,
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