New-York tribune., 1896-12-29
DEFYING THE SUGAR TRUST.
HOW THE ARBUCKLEs WILL UTILIZE
THEIR AUTOMATIC MACHINE FL"
THIS PURPOSE.
SUGAR TO BE WEIGHED AND DONE 'r '>
AGES IN TIE SAME MANNER AS IhN'
PREPARE coFFEE-TRUsT TO RE
TALIArE BY SELLING COFFEE


rALIArE BY SELLING COFFEE
Ar LESS THAN COST
r,. hard,bcod OF the Arbuckle brothers IN pre-
parine 10 compete with the American sugar H''
a.. C.onnanv in the refining of sugar, and thus IN
vitng against themselves not only p ,
sugar. but also one in their principal prou"1'
fee has been n subject for not little o'scus''o''
and wander The real explanation OF the app"'e"'
daring exhibited by the Arouck'es III Wv"
venture came out yesterday when Afternoon
called to the fact that they ere goihe 10 uev III
preparation OF sugar for sale to me re'"'' -
th. same Weighing and packing machines "n'on
they have for number OF years use" WIZ"
success in handling coffee .,,,.
The knowledge that II had 10 meet coi''pe..'o''
that was IN "A much better posi'on 10 a.,
goods attractvely to TIE retail Uao" e..
accounts for the urusual exertiors "hiVh t"r .s
Trust 1. making 10 crush its would-be riva'. hi'he'
"A IN stamping out competition the Trpst mas ''
lied upon Ito enormous production l's conf.
ere raw product and the economy OF It's me'"o"''
and a cut tc less than cost to crush ou' co"r
tion In this case II has not reiie" on '''s ' ,.u
but In addition has prepared itself 10 co''P't W.
the Arbuckles In the preparation ana safe Vi 'o'
fee also ,o,;ro
Tho Arbuckes saw they control the only machhe
.vn,ch car automatically weigh sugar. conee anu
.,ner things and nut them In packages reao! '
.h,nmen, 1 member % the firm sald ids' ms
+hot tho na,ents controlled by the firm covered ,ne
whole process and that It was therei''c ,"'
$or a com,ettorsto meet them al 'h's po'"' $40
eve feel" he said that this macmne kF'' 20
- ,an,ayo. over competitors. Everything
.. t.nd,rc NOWADAYS toward package Soous' an"
ANYTHING which supplies economy IS sure ~ =.
euccessful II 1t has merit The grocer Is e'"O ~
purchase package goods, because II saves ",''' ""
expense of paper. twne and the LABOR anu ''','o
49,, % do I'M n package. Besides. when the
grocer weighs In small quantities. ne always I'D"
some loss OF goods. Where he hanoies U,'. pa, -
goods there is no such loss as the wes"' !"
exact" .oh,r.
,,.od bv the Arbuckles was invented by H. r.
smvser of PHILADELPHIA eight or nine years aso'
yvne Arbuckles bought oil the rights 10 '''e .'"
chine aud Mr.. Smyser Is now IN tneir e"po!'
Since the invention was first made there ""'e ''e'
many improvements , -
The machine IL n complicated one. FOR many
years II was used in weighing and packing conee
alone but years ago the idea occuricu VI uS."e
Il also for sugar. Such changes were Haoe III ' ~
machine as were necessary One point was una. II
was necessary to dry the seams more rapidy io'
surar and another that the package mad 10 DC
tighter because of the finer granues in sugar. ror
something like eighteen months the hrm mas oee''
using several Of these machines IN paeKy of
the sales have been confined to a limited territory
Sn5 sns dd Paeh to help branch
inE out into competition with the great sugar
The paper of which the bag Is to be made @ Is nd cut
before being fed to the m onn Of these pieces Of
paper and places It over matriS from S whide Se.
after ,hs ssffs me 'ns pase Is applied TO
seams and bottom Then the empty bag Is passed
to sm pScfe' m sTse These
slowly and the bag passes steam ,,, c0,l blf ,,S
seamn minue sse 'T'sa Tss aryiDs
the fact that sugar aSsoros ei,ion where it re-
ceves it's fll of sugar from the scales. ,,,,,o ~,
a. ns su!@%ac n measuns M I'd device which
It into portions of fifteen and half ounces each f.
s1 the hs ssssr seas the i
its contents dropped into the scales More sugar sugar
into the scales steadily but in small quantities
When the scale has the fun weight Of one pound nd
the exact pound without the loss of grain Is Is
sealed ns oS TrRs sns an
opersor who Is ready to paes ,ne WorH
sarapidly that they have capacity OF 6lOoo pounds
sugar day II will thus be seen snat MAJ sc 1~entE IN
ef the 5oo barrels which is the daily output of the
new refinery which the Arbuckles have planned;
vbss hey ksye paeked ro@ and
distributed i through their wholesale grScery srdr IN
in packases at prices no higher than is nov paa
maosinsry D & Of distribute on which they IN get
ting their packages OF coffee into the namds OF
and sheir agencies n all the large cities they
think that their advantages OF automatic packing
vantages which the American Sugar Refining
Company has in the cheap system or reininS Inc
Arbuckles nave employed experts TO assist them IN
making their plant as nearly perfect as possible
that Is coming, rather has already come.
Tho Wooson Spice Company, of Ohio, which is
The second largest embarrassing concern In the
country, and which is now controlled by the Sugar
Trust. has made two cuts in the price of conee,
and IL now said to be selling below cost. Dis
patches from Chicago say that the trust Is negoat-
Ing for the purchase of the firm of w. +. Nc
LaughIn & Co. the third largest concern in the
country.