Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-06

trust was formed in 1887 they were worth
| together only SIS, 900, COO while today their
joint riches aggregate nearly $50, 600, 00O
| This means that in seven years these two
men have triplcd their wealth.
For the privilege OF controlling the sug-
| ar output of this country and of dictat
| ing the price %, 600, 600 people shall pay
for that necessity the Havcmeyer brothers
elected themselves, respectively, president
! and vice president of the American Sugar
Refining company, alias the Sugar trust,
| and then incidentally elected themselves
each salary of S75, 600 a year. OF course
| the trust has other salaried incumbents on
its books, such as, for instance, John 4.
SearlcS, tho lord high chancellor of the
trusts cxchcqucr, who, together with one
Mr.. Stusburg. the kings chief buyer of
raw sugar, draw each just tho salary we
| pay the president of the United States.
| The daily wages of the workmen in the
rcfincrics who make the sugar averages
| just $3.50. Two years ago they struck for
| more. The trust answer was, ''We can't
afford it," And the next day the trust
declared % per cent dividend.
Down at the Sugar trust building, at the
foot of Wall street, arrives the sugar king,
Henry o. Havcmcyer, every day. He comes
by the New Haven road from his country
| place at Stamford and thence on the ele-
noon. This particular morning he came
at 10 clock. He had crawled out of the
claws of the senate investigating commit
tee only the night before, and n formida-
bic accumulation of mail lay on his desk.
1t was n hot day. All the windows and
doors were open. happened to he sitting
on n window scat in the outer office wherC
l could sec the sugar king. III. o." per
spircd profusely AID wiped away the hot
I -
around his neck like a bib. He pulled his
cigar mcditativCly, enjoying every Whit
of it despite his wrestling match with that
awful mail. His face is like n full moon,
and it bctokcns good health. He is in
clincCl 10 badness, but wears short stub
by muStachC. He always drCsScs plainly
This morning he WAS attircd in a very
light suit, the kind becoming to the
blond type of man. His eyes are two
scarchlightS. They are gray and large, anC
they look directly into yours.
The king looked over a mass of suga
market reports which he receives ever!
day from all over the world, did a littl
figuring. and then an electric bell clicked
, and William hastencd to the king. vii
liam is lord high warden of the outer Office
and you've got to pass him before You cal
get to the king.
Send Ornonde here said the king.
Put up the price of refined onc-quarte
cent he ordered when Ormcnde came in
Now, OrmOnde is the trusts Pooh Bah
He has desk down stairs, and he's tn
man who sees the people" Five min
utCs later n bulletin in the counting room
down stairs announced the put up.
Brokers clerks came in, glanced at tn
bulletin, then hurried away with the news
That was at 10 O'Clock. At II the kin
I again summoned Pooh Bah Ormondc
Put that sugar back again" An
= again the bulletin was changed.
? Then l called upon some of the suga
Q brokers roundabout. They were cOnsigr
ing the trust To pcrdition in anything bu
the most delicate language. Every tim
his majesty changes the price of sugar hi
= whim costs the brokers' Just those With
two blocks Of the throne, $3.50 for telI
grams One broker alone sends ESQ tel,
grams at n time. This morning 1t wa
computed by an authority that at leas
$500 had been spent for kilograms, an
all for nothing
j why did H. o. do this:' asked
prominent broker.
No earthly reason at all. just pure Gus
- sedness.''
Does it happen often:''
HE changes the price, of course, ever
few days. 1t all depends upon his stomach
- His stomach is the Thermometer of Il
} sugar market. When sugar goes up OF
point he HIS dyspepsia; two points, bee
up late; three points means he's off for
short vacation"
King Theodore Interviewed
William took my card in to King Hem
o. He was too busy to see any man.
;. So sent William to King Theodore, wi
received nrc cordially and kindly.
e Now, in his official capacity n king mi
u not be exactly lovely, and all that. b
when you como to talk with him as n pl
III vate individual it's another matter.
found Mr.. Theodore Havemeyer just
- courteous and unaffected as IL he hadn
been u king at all, but just an ordinary, we
:. bred gentleman. He shook my hand al
laid down his pen and gave all his attic
ton to a poor devil of an interviewer ju
as though he hadn't a hundred other f
more Important claims on his time.
You want to interview me abol
sugar" he said. But now If you'll ju
read my brothers testimony before e
It, senate committee''-
NO. interrupted. II want to ia
about your career"
He wheeled round in his chair, faci
me, and spoke with refinement, even G
gance. He Is inclined to badness a
looks very much like his brother exc'
that Theodore wears iron gray side wifi
crs- his OeSK was lllUSFeu Will phpc
ii. but he sat there in shirt sleeves, looki
. cool and quite satisfied with things g
- orally. But let not any man persut
b, himself, therefore, that Theodore Ha
meyer is not a busy man.
My career has been quite uneventfu
II. he protested modestly and added: II
to not care for newspaper notoriety. Il
simply this way: was born in New Yo
educated here, learned the process of SUI
refining In our Brooklyn refineries, Il
ca went to Germany and learned the Germ
way, returned here and took charge of
n own refinery and have been work.
u, talking, fighting. dreaming about
sweetest thing in the world ever since
Your brother Henry's career has b
just the sames"
"Just the same"
ibid you care for the sugar business
firstf Was 1t congcnialf''
q. 'sCouldn't help 1t. A fish born In
water, you know, is bound to swim"
- .sAre you q college mani'
"No; there was no time. ] was
pared for college In q private school
town, but the sugar business had e
learned"
"You went right into the refinery, o.
alls and allf"
yes went In a. boy; did eyeryth