The United States Leather Company (1893[1]-1952), was one of the largest corporations in the United States circa 1900, and one of the original companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was often referred to by contemporary sources as the "Leather combine"[2] or "Leather trust".[1]
- ^ a b "The Big Sole Leather Trust," The New York Times, May 3, 1893,
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- ^ "SURE TO BE A GO. Sole Leather Combine No Longer In Doubt. All But Two Of Large Eastern Tanners Are Agreed. It Is To Be Capitalized At $75,000,000. Control Of All The Hemlock Bark Secured. Western Packers To Be Given The Cold Shoulder." Boston Daily Globe, March 23, 1893, p. 8