The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
SUGAR AND COFFEE.
Fight Now on Attracts d Great
Deal of Attention.
War Between Arbuckles and the
+ Sugar Octopus Promises to Con-
tinue to Spread Indefnitely-Ru-
NOR Upon Rumor Piled Up.

Chicago. Dec. "a morning paper
says:
The war between the Sugar Trust and
the Arbuckles has invaded Chicago terri
tory. The trust, it is said. has APP
preached the officers of one of the large
coffee roasting plants of the west with
a proposition for the purchase of the
same. and the war between the two big
concerns appears destined to spread in
definitely.
The first intimation received in Chi
cago outside of the immediate parties to
the negotiations for a Chicago plant,
came yesterday in a circular issued by a
New York sugar house which is con-
sidered of the highest authority in sugar
circles, and which stands close to the
trust. Coming from such q source. the
statement is considered reliable, and as
undoubtedly emanating from within
trust circles.
THE STATEMENT.
The statement was as follows:
There is very considerable talk
about the American Sugar Refinery
company having bought the control
ing interest in the WoolSon Spice
company Of Toledo, the second
coffee roasting plant in the United
states. and there are rumors of ne
gotiauons for the purchase of ne
Plat. w. f. Mclaughlin d Co.,
at Chicago. the third largest plant in
the United States. These purchases,
IL made, are no doubt caused by the
acton of ArbuCkle Brothers who are
reported to be pushing forward
plans and contracts for the erection
OF Il 1000 capacity sugar refinery in
Brooklyn.
The statement was shown w. f. Nc
Laughlin yesterday. He would not deny
thar such negotiations had been
preached by the sugar trust people, but
stated. that he was not in a position to
talk about ii. He said, however that his
plant was not for SALE as he considered
that he could make as much money out
of ii as any one could. He concluded the
interview with the significant statement
that, of course, figures altered cases, and
that while his plant was not for sale, he
could imagine circumstances under which
some color might be lent to such d state
ment as appeared in the circular of the
New York sugar authority.
Wholesale grocerS of this city are
absolutely in the dark relative to the
movements of the opposing forces in this
fight as they have no direct dealings
with those primarily concerned. How
ever, the trade here is wondering which
side will prove the stronger, as the fight
incidentally unsettles the entire condi-
ton of the sugar trade.
WILL BE A GREAT GAME.
A special from Pittsburg, says: Since
the announcement was made that the
sugar trust has gone into the coffee bust
ness as a retaliatory measure against
Arbuckle Brothers < Co., for going into
the sugar business, the PittsDurg firm
will make the game worth the powder.
William A. Jameson, the New York
head of the coffee-Droducing concern,
has arrived in Pittsburg and said the
battle will be to a finish. He added:
We do not believe the trust should
have complete monopoly of the sugar
trade, and started in the business the
same as we would go into any kind of
trade. We have a new machine for pack
ing coffee or sugar and could find use for
it only in the coffee business. We
offered to sell it TO the trust to pack
sugar, but the offer was not accepted.
Then we decided to utilize it ourselves.
I'VE have purchased a piece of land on
East river, Brooklyn. The buildings on
the property are now being RACED and
we win begin the erection of our re-
hnery there Jan. .. Our intention was
10 build plant that would produce from
=. 900 TO $500 barrels a day. The action of
the trust, which bought a controlling in
terest in the Woolson Spice company of
Toledo, and then began fighting us by
the price of coffee. changed our
plans. Instead of producing 1000 or $500
barrels per day, we decided TO change
the big coffee mill into a sugar re-
barrels per day. We expect to put our
SUI on the market in July The trust
Will not scare us out of the trade
TO SPEND TEN MILLIONS.
1t is said the new refinery will. cost
s. 600 600. The trust officers arc reported
as saying they will spend Sl0,000.00O TO
keep the Arbuckles out OF the business.