The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-19

NEW YORK, Feb. Ex-senator Lex
ow and his legislative colleagues win
know definitely to-day whether or not
the much talked of books of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company will be
| produced. The directors OF the sugar
trust met yesterday and the question
Of Obeylng the mandate Of the commit
tee on trusts was discussed.
The rulnor Is that the directors de-
cided TO Ignore the order of the commit
tee, and that the stock certificate book
and minute book Of the company, about
which 80 much has been talked, VIII
not be removed from the safe deposit
vault In New Jersey. SubpoenRs were
issued yesterday, It was said this morn
Ing, for the Individual members OF the
board OF directors Of the American Su-
gar Refining Company, with the in1unc-
tlon to produce the books.
Charles r. Flint, treasurer OF the
United States Rubber Company, and
some OF his business associates We're
early on hand and awaited the ar
rival OF the chairman. who was late as
usual in arriving.
Mr.. Hayemeyer was attending Mr.. St
| Johns funeral, but was expected later.
"The directors OF tho American Sugar
! Refining Company met yesterday after
noon," said Mr.. Parsons, "and at the re-
quest OF the committee that they fur
| nish agreements In regard to the ptir-
chase OF the Philadelphia refining con-
Germs and certain figures regarding la
bor and the amount OF taxes paid by
the company In the state OF New York
was considered.
II was authorized by the directors,
and, now present the agreement In re-
gard to the purchase Of the Philadelphia
concern and the information regarding
labor and the taxes paid by the compR-
NY"
Mr.. Parsons handed In the document.
When Mr.. Flint took the stand to-day
he admitted that the United States
| Rubber Company owned all the stock
| Of the Brooklyn Rubber Company, but
did not know whether the smaller plant
| had been torn down or dlsmantled Wit
ness denied that the SetRuket concern,
employing 600 and 1000 hands was ren-
dered imperative Mt the instance OF the
| United States Rubber Company.
ut is n going concern and lg only shut
down at present for needed repairs" he
said.
Witness did not know whteher or not
the United States Rubber Company
would be likely TO advance money to
smaller concerns aud refrain from con-
/ LIUlllllk kUElT output EAE HSAlA NAAl
Brookhaven concern was bought mere
| ~ because II could be bought cheap. but
he did not know what its stock sold for.
He added that othei purchases OF plants
were In contemplation.
Concerning the purchase Of the Set
auket plant, witness said labor there
was paid twenty-five per cent less than
in the United States Rubber Company,
Senator LeXow asked II this was the
Cnse why the trust had bought and
closed the Setauket mill.
The witness did not give q direct an
| swer to the question. but entered on
| an explanation showing that the Uni
ted States Rubber Company. had paid
and was now paying higher wages
than was any other concern In the
rubber business.
When President Havemeyer had ta-
ken the witness stand, he was asked a
number OF questions covering ground
heretofore gone over.
DO you know where the original
deed OF the American Sugar Refining
Company ls?" finally QuerIed Senator
I1exow.
no, sir, I do not" was the reply.
Mr.. Havemeyer then said that the
figures showing the distribution OF the
| original stock OF the company, were
cut out by Mr.. Parsons by permission
| OF the Arnold committee at the time OF
the Investigation Of the senate commits
tee.
DO you mean that?"
';Yes, sir, I say that the figures were
cut out at the time OF the Arnold In
VestigatIon by Mr.. Parsons without re-
gard to anything before or since. The
Hgures were not replaced to my knowl-
edge
ated trust deed?"
"Mr. Parsons.
why was It that you and your as
soCIates were so sollcitous to conceal
these .ngures?"
"a hundred people agreed to have
| that done. ! am not reSponslble; the
deed should have been destroyed"
"It should have been destroyed be-
cause in my Judgment, It was that
deed that caused all the trouble and
hostile legislation and this persecu-
tlon."
You mean prosecution, don't you?'
no. / say persecution. All the fuss
has been over that deed. II that deed
had not been In existence the invests
| gators would have been fighting the
| air. All this thing has been swept
aside by the supreme court"
what do you mean by that?"
ooh! / thought you were cOnvergant
with things that have gone before in this
matter by former investigation. mean
that we have had this investigation be-
fore. and that one Judge has ruled that
the we were criminal monopoly. and
another fudge that we were not The
| supreme court swept all this aside by
declaring we were not a monopoly, inas-
much as we did not Stile competition" "
Alderman Warner here asked about the