Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-12
THE SUGAR SEARCH.
Chapman 10 he Treated as the Journalists
Were-Rehner Reed.

NtTc-nouhtf AsNNo.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Sugar
Trust Investigating Committee has de-
cided TO report Broker Chapman's refusal
TO answer its questions TO the Senate.
and will probably not ask him to APP
pear again. The proceedings will be SINH
lar TO those In the cases OF Correspond
ents Edwards and Schriver. The commit
tes will report the facts. accompanying
the report with a full transcript of Mr..
Chapman's testimony, and a resolution
directing the Vice-Presldent to certify the
facts to the District Attorney. who Is
expected to proceed against Mr.. Chap
man by taking the matter before the
grand jury.
Henry X. Reed, of Boston. was the
principal witness before the committee to-
day. He said he was an owner In the
Sugar Refining Company, of Boston,
which had no connection with the Sugar
Trust, but was a competitor tie said
he had been in Washington the greater
part of the time since February In the
interest OF his refinery. He said he had
frequently talked with Senators McPher-
son. Voorhees,. Jones, Brice, Aldrich, and
Platt He said he had seen Senator Jones
more frequently than any other member
of the Senate and given the Senator, at
his request, a great deal OF Information
about the sugar-refning business. much
OF it relating entirely to the business of
his own house and OF a confidential
nature. This information was given, he
said to enable Senator Jones and the
Finance Committee to form fair esti-
mate as TO what would be equitable treat
ment for the refiners In dealing with the
sugar schedule-"as to what would mean
ruin and the reverse Of IT," He said the
House BILL IL IL should have become a
law would have meant ruin TO his busi-
ness. He had, however, used no other
argument in speaking to Senator Jones
or any one else. lie had said nothing
about any supposed Indebtedness OF the
Democratic party to the sugar rehners.
lie confessed that he had contributed to
the Democratic party, 'in a modest
way" for great many years, and ex.
pected 10 continue his contributions, but
not to ask favors on that account.
THE CASTOR MEETING.
Mr.. Reed said he had met Mr.. Have
meyer frequently while they were both
In Washington, and had met him in Mr..
Terrelrs room at the Arlington. but he
did not remember that he had been there
on the night of the 7th of March, when
Mr. CASTOR testified to overhearing con-
versation between sugar men and sena-
tors. He had, however, met Senator Brice
at Mr.. Terrells rooms, and he thought
he had also met Senator Smith there,
but he had never been there when Mr..
Havemeyer was explaining the sugar
question to them. However. the proposed
sugar schedule was the chief subject OF
conversation. lie was sure that nothing
was said on that occasion about Demo-
cratic campaign contributions.
MIR. Reed said he knew nothing of sugar
stock speculations by senators. He also
denied having been in the Capitol with
MIR. Havemeyer and others arranging a
sugar schedule on the Sunday before the
tariff bill was reported. He had. he said
been a frequent visitor at Senator Br'ce
house. but had never met other senator's
except on one occasion early in the spring,
when he met Senator Hill going out at
the door and found Senator Caffery In
the library.
When asked by Senator Davis whether
the present sugar schedule was In ac-
cordance with his views, Mr.. Reed said
IL was. except that he had advocated
larger differential duty on sugar above
ls Dutch standard. He thought II was
also in accordance with the desires OF Mr..
Havemeyer and other refiners. so far as
II adhered to the valorem system.
Mr.. Reed was then examined by MIR.
Allen in regard To the details OF the
trust. Mr.. Reed declined to say how
much OF the trust stock his firm owned,
but he said he understood that about
$50 900 600 OF IL was held In New England.
Senator Allen asked Mr. Reed great
many questions designed to develop the
fact that the sugar refRers were acting
in concert 20 secure tariff legislation, but
he persisted in saying that he had met
some OF the other refiners, there had been
no especial conference, and that ne mad
pursued his own course. Mr.. Reed also
said In reply to questions from Senators
GRAY and Lindsay that the arguments for
a sugar duty made during the present
Congress had not been different from
those made in 1880, when the Mckinley
bill was pending.
Senator Allen asked the witness num-
Der OF questions TO the division OF terri
tory between the different refiners. and
desired to know how 1t happened that
Mr.. Spreckels supplied all the western ter
ritory, but Mr.. Reed professed TO know
OF no understanding of this sort, and said
that II Mr.. SIreckels had monopoly In
the West ID was because the Rocky Noun
tains were a barrier To the eastern REIN
ers.