The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-06

fAs prsssz: sugar c7-auanv. NJ Have
Fss@y@r sass thss SIX - ss< original dir@et-
o.. wfts Tie addition % Wt8a- Pa
s11z. wzre ssEH II t1e directory bard o
tns American Sugar Rs9ns-T Company
Azsa1 wasEe ~ ertg8nAl 6sesTzaent 2,
agreement vas. Mr.. E4E~-zsyer Sad -
I'D ret ks5w. an4 doubted is sxists-lcs
now
Ths American Sugar Rsaagng Company.
q New IeTs@y Mr. HaTe-eysr sst1. took
Ice pace IL 1881 q tie ro~Eer so-ea-lea
Guzf. * was dons through purchase. T1s
nsN company acquired Al tns property
ewned - Ere trust and 70 more.
al4 AS csptfalszed frsE a. So 80.
afterwards Increased 20 81 go TIE
greater part q the g. asss sse Increase VAS
'assa Il ne purchase cf The F'ails6e-p tsia
property
l. saz~sr 20 direct questions. M Have
meyer denied estesarfea-iy that ais com
p4BF contTosisd TIE sugar market in he
cn4tea States Axea the price % refined
sissars controlled tas vr0a.ex q sugar. oz
mat u had an agrseEleat wtta me Mol
lesns user eoneera. TIE National Or the
st. Louis
Senator L@xow called Mr.. Haveneyer's
attention % the fact that re had testified
In 1855 before the Uni;ea states senate
committee that the company controlled
tae sugar market W 70 The importing
point
:, That vas true al that time replied
81 haFsmeyer. Competition aas chang
- s4ace t1en.'
Dc yea snip sugar wes. q the Mis-
sour n GoEnp petition with M. Sprecke4s.'
asked senator Lexox Ne"
Die YoG enter info al agreement with
SpEcs ksts not 70 compete wftn aim west Of
ihe Missouri certainly not Compe-
tttiOn with hln there i nos possible 1t
= psrciy question % geography. Where
ne sugsE would cost us ~ cents there.
* COSTS him half a cent"
Senator Lsx3w wanted 10 know about
Arouckls Bros relation. with the Amer
leaA sugar Refining Company.
Aaey never competed with as" he said
lhey &Fs wholesale Frocers and handled
our pFoaacss Ne took back their empty
barreAs a. - cents and Moasnhagser Of
!sfed 70 taem = cents 50 they shifted
their Tads from US"
ny did toa organize a coffee COM
coffee business as alluring as the sugar
business
Yes 1 propose TO carry on the coffee
business Just as We have the sugar busi-
ness. and that isl state IL here in open
court without fear Of contrsdic:ion--to the
advantage OF the consumer. The margin
between the raw and refined sugar nov is
three-q arsers OF 4 cent. Concentration
OF large business under one management
Win lis consequent economy. allows us 10
put sugar on the market az a less price
man - haf ate concerns E0NAG AEGFJ 10 DO.
Green coffee declined cents in iSs~ but
ArbuckIe has lowered the price OF the un-
nnished product only cents. thus taking
3 cents pound more than his legitIma 70
proht oat Of the consumer"
Mr.. AFbuckle testified that after ne had
determined 10 build a sugar refinery. a d.
rector Of the American Refining Comps-
ny. In speaking 10 him about e. said:
How would you like as to 20 into the
coffee business ?"
Il felt, said ar, Arbuekle. that it was
an implied threat"
james y Harvie was called. He said
Lowell VI. Palmer OF the American Su-
gar Refining Company, came to me and
said:
" II you start refining sugar we will go
into the coffee business and The Havemey-
ers have more millions than the Ar
buckles
Mr. Havemeyer arose and said; Low
ell M. Palmer had no authority TO speak
for the Hayemeyers or the American Su-
gar Refining Company II he did speak.
Mr.. Palmer Is at the head OF our COM
pany's operating department. Ia is not
a director OF the company"