The evening world., 1888-02-16

Ruinous For the Public and should be Done
Away with-Tho Rise in Price strongly
Felt in Restaurnnts-Man Poor People
Suffering for Want Of the Staple-Groceru
who Want Raw sugar Admitted Free.
The Sugar Trust is a topic which Is dis
cussed in many n tenement. The effect of
raising the price was SO widely felt and there
seemed SO little to prevent the ring of monop-
olists from making another increase, that il
became n serious question with many q fam
lily how long they could afford to buy sugar.
Public opinion has been aroused, Congress
and the Legislature have been called upon to
act and the sugar conspirators find it advisa-
BILE to remaln quiet for q time.
The unanimity of public opinion may be
judged from the following interviews:
+. Hoffman deals in all kinds of groceries
at GO West Third street. THE Trust has
had a very damaging effect OIL my business"
he remarked. MANY of my customers have
given up buying sugar. 1 do not care, in
fact, if l do not sell a pound of sugar q day,
because there is no money in it for me. am
| glad to see The EVENING WORLD manifesting
such a lively interest in helping the poor in
this fight against monopoly"
Robert Hewitt is the proprietor of a large
grocery store at POI Third avenue. There
is absolutely 10 profit to retail grocers in
handling. graduated sugar.. he said. II
pay about seven and one-elghth cents q pound
for it, and sell it at seven and q half cents.
That very meagre profit is swallowed up in
transporting and handling the sugar. l am,
of course, opposed to the Sugar Trust, and
think that Congress ought to take hold of the
matter. Furthermore, raw sugar. should be
is doing q great good in exposing these mo-
nopolists."
j. Weymann's grocery store is at 1862 Third
avenue. MIR. Weymann said " l am down
on all trusts, including the grasping Sugar
Trust. make no profit on sugar, and only
handle it because l must accommodate my
customers. Congress should look after the
trusts. l am. glad to see that The EVENING
WORLD is voicing the cause of the people,"
At the grocery store of Carroll Bros, OF
1853 Third avenue, a member of the firm said
of course, the Sugar Trust is.an imposition
for grocers in sugar. and if the price goes up
still higher l don't know what we will do"
"Fredk. Hoops has a grocery store at 251
East Twentieth street. His opinion is that of
all other intelligent grocers-that the Sugar
Trust is ruinous for the public and should be
done away with.
At the ~well-appointed grocery store of ].
G.. H. Kramer, 227 Third avenue, the pro-
trusts should not be allowed to continue in
existence. Congress ought to take a hand in
suppressing them. Sugar is sold almost at a
loss by the grocers at the present time. The
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up still higher, and then the public will have
to suffer still more. Sugar, like all other
food products, ought to be admitted free of
duty, am glad to notice the position H
A. B. Miller deals in fancy groceries ct
241 Fourth avenue. He sells a good deal of
sugar. To an EVENING WORLD reporter he
on the public. 1t should be done away with.
There never was much. profit in sugar, but
now we are handling it for nothing. Con-
gress should look after corporation which
grinds the pennies out of the public by. grad
ually pushing up the price of sugar. I also
believe that sugar in the raw state should be
admitted free of duty"
grocery store of William M. Beekman, jr. Mr..
Beekman was positively enthusiastic over
the exposure of the Sugar Trust by IN
EVENING WORLD. 1T is q very gratifying
ING WoRLD again champion the people in
their crusade against the Sugar Trust. I
hope that Congress will fatten out that
grasping monopoly. l am compelled to sell
profit for me. Let The EVENING WoRIp's
good work go en-
Mr.. Slattery was found in his restaurant at
) 527 Sixth avenue. He was emphatic in his
the few men who controlled the sugar mar
1 ket. In a restaurant the rise in the price Of
such an article is strongly felt, +" he said. II
| agree with The EVENING WORLD and hope
r that Congress will grant us Justice"
The grocery store at lis West Thirtieth
j.. street is in the poor quarter of the city. 1t is
kept by E. A.. Nadermann. The rise in the
price of sugar has greatly decreased the sale
and Mr.. Nadermann is ready to stand by the
trade and fight the monopolists. He is now
selling sugar at eight cents per pound.
+. W.. Saltzsiecler, of $50 Sixth avenue,
said THE EVENING WORLD is right in OPP
posing the monopoly, of sugar. 1t is an arti.
Gle that is needed by oil and for want of
which many are at present suffering. Let the
fight be strong"