Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-14
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lr.5r LsZOW'S Trust Investigating
Committee

Senator LsyOw'S Trust Investigating
Committee
Sill at Work on the Sugar Trust.
e-5kers on the Stand who Evil
5ea-.v Want to Shield the Trust.
ar Albany Wholesale Grocer
who Has Been Forced Out of
business by the Sugar Trust.
Committee VIII Sit All Of Next
W.ak-Wau Paper Trust Likely
FL. be Touched Up Next.
N yo-k. February 13.-The legis-
u Joint committee on trusts re-
.~.l It's situngs in this city. Before
mp the thread of investigation
shore f.. was dropped on Monday, an
ment was made that William
wins would be questioned as TO the
1us of the United States Rub
Company. George r. McDougall
John b. Searles were both absent
ing business as an excuse, and
given until Monday 10 appear.
a-ge n. Faller. for thirty years a
-r reduer Of williamsburg, was the
witness examined to-day. As
ary of tie North River Refining
. NY he had received from JOHN
r -eres. the check for the sum for
that company sold out to the
American Sugar Refining Company.
wlat was the price paid?' asked
Chairman LeNow.
.I don't remember"
.vas it a fair market price,
sWe thought so or we would not
have made the transfer.
Witness admitted that his company
was competing with the Havemeyers.
f-a did not remember that the price of
SUGAR went up after the trust was
formed.
N-. lIoUer was excused, and Mr..
lawson W. Fuller Who placed the
value of the refining property, said
.hat ne was in the sugar business from
1884 TO 1913. and was in the real estate
hrsfuess when the sugar trust was
formed Mr. Fuller knew very little
ebout the value of the individual
plants. and Mr. LeXow labored with
him for a long time without extract
ing information. Mr.. Fuller said that
. the five years after the trust was
.-maf the price of sugar was raised
o.. cent a pound. This, he de
had cost the consumers 81
during that time. Mr.. Fuller
based his figures on a circular price
issued by Wellett & Gray, who, he
s.. was an authority.
-..ri j. Duggan of Albany. whole
grocer. had been i'm the sugar bust
for twenty years. He said that he
We known as factor for the sugar
-- Before the trust was formed he
f iuv sugar anywhere. but after the
.-- went into operation he refused TO
the wholesale grocers' association
then ne could not buy any susar at
...ra- reason was given for that
Hrey said that I was cutting prices.
was then forced TO buy imported
sr"
was said 10 you2"
H.bort S. Russell of this city told
r- Hat I must buy my sugar from the
-.au company.
rust." said Mr. Duggan, has
rI me out of business and 1 am about
.-. out The factor gets rebate OF
.ea,s of q cent a pound. A grocer
.... live unless he is "a factor. You
r.-- make am affidavit that YOU viii sell
--..r qt "a certain rate before you
HH. rebates.
N.s.. callahan. q broker I'm imported
took the stand next He would
admit chat the trust had controlled
nro. of raw material for the last
.r.. r..r-'
4 not the American Sugor ReHnnE
Company the only purchaser of the raw
u This country,
ae.y 3D. large purchaser. The com
.ruot control the market
s.t he had sold the truss S''.'
saslr-oue-g quarter of their p't-
U. admitted THAT "some people
hunt hv tha way the trUs' manpul1-
market last year," but added th2t
.r..- was mo-, responsible for that
said that the brokers could per-
speculate iu the future demands of
company. but it practically has the
sDecula,or i'm It's power aH the
r.rIsi,a was theu called. Ho is
SUGAR broker. Hs said that there
..ur...,ion in the raw material and
.le names of several competing
Tie sells the trust about one
.t tho raw material &c purchases.
.r4, the trust did not fN the price
country chat it was fixed i'm Eu-
and fair competition.
mn LeXow said that owing 20 the
N- Se5rlcs thc committee
ourr until Monday M 20 "a. M.
..I chat mo- did nos care 90 change
OF INVESTIGATION untd DE had hn-
r-lr Inquiry
committee viii s.t every day next
been announced that the commit
o1 Thursday enter upon an inves-
ot ,ha so-caued wall paper trust
Burn. president of The National
Paper Co.. has been subpoeu5ed TO
".-L MANUFACTURE ROOFING.
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