St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-18
SUGAR TRUST METHODS.

ISOLATION, having for its object the regu-
lation and contrOl OF the price of sugar,
has gone to pieces. the story of it's rela-
ton with the sugar trust, fragments of
which have come to the public knowl-
edge, is fully told in Chicago Herald
letter from New York. The competition
among dealers resulted in the formation
as far back as 1883 of the wholesale gro
GERS of the country in a national or
ganization the purpose of which W as to
maintain more uniform rate in the
wholesale prices in sugar.
The sugar trust had been formed the
year previous. with Mr.. Havemeyer at
its head, aud Included most of the re-
fineries of the country, those OF Phila-
deiphia still remaining outside. A
committee of the grocers' association
Was sent 10 confer with Mr. Havemeyer,
VINO explained to them that further
action was necessary, and in order to
control and regulate the price the for
eign sugar must be kept Out. The out
come was an agreement by which the
trust was to allow sugar brokers who
dealt with it alone a commission or re-
bate of one-fourth of cent pound.
The elections of 1855 assured the con-
troll of congress in both branches to the
Republicans, and the trust began its
operations to obtain the control of the
American market, while getting for
itself its raw material without tax. 1t
accordingly directed each member of
the Wholesale grocers' association to
correspond with his representative in
Washington urging higher duty on
refined sugars. In addition. the more
influential were asked to go to Washing
ton, where Mr.. lmbuSch, OF Milwaukee,
who originated the idea of the as 5ncia.
ton, directed their movement. 1t WAS
announced at the time that they had
met Senators Allison aud Sponner and
Representative Mckinley and other
representatives. and had succeeded in
securing the protection Of half cent
pound and the freedom Of the raw ma
terial.
Having used the association to secure
the control of the American market, an.t
also TO compel the Independent refineries
in Philadelphia to succumb, the trust
had no further use for this national as
ISOLATION, and c0olly turnedEit down, in
augurating the state associations in its
place. 1t proceeded to regulate the
sugar dealing in the United States. re-
fusing to sell to any wholesale dealer
who would not subscribe to its terms
and regulations. On Sept. 12, 1892, the
trust adopted and sent out the following
notice: ION and after this date the
American Sugar Refining company will
attach to every invoice of sugar sold by
them to any part of the United States a
certificate as follows. which the buyer
must sign in order to obtain rebate of
one-eighth of one cent per pound"
This is the certificate which every
wholesale dealer in the United States
had to sign and send back to the trust
with his remittance for sugar pur-
chases: I'VE hereby certify that we
have hOt sold, nor will we sell, nor has
any employe. salesman or agent of ours
sold, either directly or indirectly, any
of the sugars tor which we are now re-
hitting for less than your daily quota.
tons, nor on more liberal terms as to
credit or cash accounts" The sugar
trust not only had the wholesalers and
the consumers of sugar Of the country
by the throat, but. as we have seen, was
SO influential in the senate as to be able
to prevent the Democratic party from
giving the people free sugar, although
it could not prevent reduction of its
license to rob from half a cent poun d
to an eighth of cent pound.
From Its office, the account says, at
III Wall street. cable messages fly daily
to its agent III Cuba. fixing the price Of
raw sugar there. To San Francisco dis
patches go announcing Cuban parity"
at which arriving Hawaiian sugars are
to be valued. TO Louisiana the dis
patches 60, telling the planters what the
trust condescends to offer for American
sugar, and tolts representatives all over
the world dispatches are sent, giving
the limit at which they can PICK up
Javan, Philippine, Brazilian and other
sugars when these are temporarily de
| pressed in price.
In an adjoining room the quotations
at or above which tine suLservieut
dealers throughout the country are per-
mite to sell sugars are daily settled,
anu, through the brokers of the trust,
are wired out to the dealers all over