Wichita eagle., 1889-04-17
DESPITE THE LAW.
The Sugar Trust Still as Active as Ever
It Was.

NEW YORK, April l6.-The Herald says:
THE sugar trust has gone to smash, but
its soul is still on earth under new condi-
tions. The information is given upon the
authority of a gentleman who knows eX-
actly what he is talking about, but whose
name is withheld from publication at his
particular request On February Is, 1888.
by a resolution of the state senate the SEN
ate committee on general laws began an
Investigation relative to trusts. and Gen
eral Roger a. Pryor was appointed coun-
sci to this committee, more generally
known as the Ives committee Long and
tedious examinations and Investigations
followed, and suit was brought at the in
stance or the committee against the North
River Sugar Refining company, one of the
corporations forming part of the trust, on
the ground that the company referred TO
had violated the law, and therefore for
feited its charter, by joining the trust.
Judge Barrett, after careful considera-
ton of General Pryor's arguments, de-
cided that the North River Sugar Refining
company had violated its charter by join
ing the trust, and a receiver for the COM
pany was appointed. This victory caused
the trust TO tremble, and look for some
means of lodging the law, for it was APP
parent that similar action could be taken
against the other corporations forming the
Sugar Refining company. as the trust IS Of
ficially known.
Suit was recently brought against the
American Sugar Refining company at San
Francisco in the name of the people and
upon the same allegations that were used
by General Pryor IN the action against the
North River Sugar Refining company, and
then it was assigned to Theodore O. Have
meyer, Henry o. Hayemeyer and Charles
f. Sneff. Under these circumstances the
case of the people in san Francisco musn
fall through. for having no property by
reason Of the asst gnment, a receiver CHE
not he appointed, and the company VIII
possibly Be run quietly by the two Have
MEYERS and Mir Sneff The people of this
state have an action pending against Bns
Havemeyer aud Elder company, and Gk4
case was to have been tried in May, bur ri
despair at tue tate of the North Rivsr
Sugar company, and In view If the taut
that the American Sugar Refining cotJ-
pgny has assigned for obvious reasGnes,
practically to the Hayemeyer's, personally
TO the association, that all the corpora
items in the trust have also assigned, pos
Sibly TO the same people as the American
Sugar Refining company, and thus tie
hope to escape prosecution Is founded IL
fact. The success OF the action against
the North River Sugar Refining company
was based on the fact that the action was
brought against that concern a. a corpor-
alton. but the result might not be the
same If the action were brought against
Messrs. Theodore A. Hayemeyer, Henry
O. Havemeyer and Charles +. Sneff.. for
instance as individuals. Naturally the
gentlemen representing the trust Interests
had nothing to say when questioned as TO
the truth or untruth contained in the,
statements, but Ii was admitted that a.
great change had taken place among the
corporations forming the Sugar Refining
company. At the headquarters Of the
trust, 1l2 Wall street, q very lively days
business was done Throughout the after
noon clerks and Others were rushing in
and out exchanging old certificates for
new ones but the amiable treasurer MIR
John +. Searles, would pot even make
any comment upon the curious disclosures
made IN san Francisco az the trial of the
suit against the American Sugar Refining
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