The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-14
THE COFFEE-SUGAR WAR,
ARBUCKLEs CARRY1HE FIG nj ryro
THE ONO co URTS
Compnny They Ask for n Hec.I,,-
on the Ground That the e,n..
Trust Il Mismannrjnu tbe u.

Company They Ask for n Rect
on the Ground That the Suga.
Trust Is MismanaGinR the Bushes.
TOLEDO. o.. jan. l3.-At noon to-day John y
Kumler and Alexander smith. attorney. 70.
Thomas j. Kuhn of Cleveland and Arbu,.,
Bros. OF New York. minority stockholders aca
a petition before Judge Morris. asking ,mr
receiver for the Woolson Spice COMPANY and
an Injunction that practically ties up the .n,,.
plant. Judge Morris caused a Temporary t..
straining order to issue, and will hear n.
motion for the appointment Of a Receiver an
Jan. 25.
The petition names the Woolson Spice nm.
pany, Its directors. and the American Sug,,
Refining Company as defendants. and SAYS tia,
tho amount of the stock OF the Woolsop spic.
Company Is $500, 900. OF which 800 share. -.
outstanding: that Thomas J. Kuhn and Ar.
buckle Bros, Jointly, own one share since March
90, 1903, and the latter sixty shares since Doc,
81, 1906; that the American sugar Rcanip,
Company controls the price OF sugar in Nh,
United states; that the Arbuckles have been In
competition with the woolson Company In m.
coffee business, and they also sold sugar bou,bt
from the so-called trust.
1t 10 further stated that early In 1896 the A..
buckles started q sugar refinery in BrooslyE.
and that thercupon the trust went into the cot.
fee business, equipped an idle factory, which
proved. Improbable without a trade name;
stock but siAty.one shares of the Woolson Spic,
Company, and announoed that IL would o.tt.
the american Sugar RAsnninS co9p aaSyte' H. %.
y Is alleged that the trust gave out, in %purchss.
Ing the Woolsop stock. that II was to he used
bncties and thai as aeon nc ,ba, IT, in' Ar
been accomplished 1t would be sold back to ils
TEnn,inn niT n y shs nasI,Ion raue. ,,..
directors OF the Woolsoh Company having r.
anneai'tn tkst in ths Sac. o. 49, ~ a. =, 70 va
trust has made n REDUCTION Of two CENT. ~ ,,Wss
nna,a I" y y = ~ n ~ p.sn 10 NO" ue'hs
rThs ganr, h ss. I'd ~ ,yes, r " ~. o.t,rd.a,.
,ron gs,ns ! 1so sha ~ ,ests'etinE lLs
votIno the sams and from ,sfps,ny :, I'm
,ia,nti ~. nsn - $500 !he
NNna ansuane,s E,nnp u opoas Oh We
In snpoint n rscsiy.r Tor the pron.rtv
"p'o'"' f'e''ef property
.ur .,.a. N ,,.,, ~ ~
~. on,,.. u. .hss ~ hroHcEis
bp.S'nersi .ho ~ Sohee usa.eis oi bfooH'yh,
the WPol:on Spice Company OF that city.
pns.oi Va a. pglweeh We
not unslpscted. The war was started u;
tn aae ovnr y, Sssr boysrs IN ne npics 81 ' .ne aurSi'
chased from the American sugar Refining ON:
pany; Inc 9a,is LOT ibis attempt gre" outof
peouiisr cohdltions. when were Tue reau'io tie
Years ago w6sn the AfSacEis. Mere gro.
cers In flttsourgh they round a WAY 10 MAKE
Which Ia. been roasted, il left exposed /, 'I IL.
actioD OF the ar, raploly loses lts Strength W
the evaporation OF ITS essential oil. Ky coating
this effect was stayed. Acting upon this idca
Inc eo AroISslH' p Sssn are Ss ef smS nR . i4s' feT ,S Ssn S%
tali TRADE, anu IN eourso % years their ttAae
E,e w.. ue eean ~ prs snd Is 81 . Is the 10 1A rsesss oi rs s StGt
oneLnith OF the whole saies OF conees VI a certain
grade IN the Onited states.
In 0ATAlOnlnR this DuHlnehn they had a lot OF
machines made which automatically weigh out
and pack the coffee into paper packages. The
Of, having, goods OF various kinds done upi ia
selling packages was SO attraotiveths MS way
portions hat today about 90 per cent. Of even.
thlng = grocer sells Is Done up reauy 10 hAhi 10
his customer. This insures an undefst,oL
and waste over the old way.
As natural development the ArouekIes be-
trade, doing IL up BY means Of their automatic
machine. In packages OF such sizes as ~ere most
sSe cbs1 ! small 10, ss sn,s, thai ihs AIsse Vi WEI w.rs
able 70 sell the packages OF sugar az ABOUT me
usual barrel rate. and the result was that their
the biggest single customer hat bought OF The
sugar Trust u,.,, g., ..
upon thi. assertion, the ArouSkles applied se,.
rss,n,,nn ,n AgG npics sS ~ ,rus' bs gop What
other se', persons On we were e'i payi Il, Tse Sugar fra.s
people replied that Their principal claim 10
business support lay In the i4ct tnat they KEPT
their prices low and treated All their customers
alike, and that they would not make any con-
cessions even to the ALbuckles.
III that 10 the case" the Arbuckles are sad
to have replied. then We will build our own
sugar works and do the refining ourselves
Go ahead" said the sugar peoole.
Rumors of this threat OF the Arbuckles gained
last summer. but there seemed no Ger,
tainty that the Arbuckles meant business u1'll
about q month or SO ago. Al that time there
appeared an advertisement signed BY then, say
ing that they wanted a practical sugar renhe''
Then II was announced that they had %honGhts
plot OF ground in Brooklyn and were about -
build q sugar refinery capable OF refining 1000
barrels OF sugar a day. This seemed TO mean
real war. and the sugar Trust, led by the Have
meyers, were not idle.
Presently II became known that the trust
proposed to carry the war right into the A.
buckle camp by going into the coffee business,
Woolson Spice Company OF toledo was ono
OF the biggest OF the Arbuckles competitors 10
the packing and selling OF roasted coffee About
the time that tue Arouckles made their hr,i
move toward building a sugar refinery II De,
came known that the sugar people had secured
by purchase the entire capital stock oi We
w ooisoh spice company. with lhs eIceptIon Oh
sixty shares- Ihis gave them more thah a con-
trolling interest In the company. and a. soon as
they got possession that TACT was MADE eNiueht
~ q reductlon OF - cent a pound; "hleh 'ns
Woolson spice company made IN the price ol
conee. THIS reduction was met Al once ny
anOther the next week OF the same amount