Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-02-12

Mr.. Havemeyer. Competition / chang
ed since then"
Senator Lexow Il r. d g. tn part
of Mr.. Havemeye tie 4mony at that
time in " ch he id the company had
been fol med t. co troll GU put and
price of refined sugar. n. Havemeyer
said that no doubt that was the way he
looked at 1t wher he gave that testi-
mony
1T was certainly organized to control
the output and price of brown sugar"
said Mr.. Havemeyer.
They Control the Output.
You really do control the product and
price of refined sugar In the United
States, do you not?" asked the senator.
I'VE undoubtedly do" replied Mr.. Have
meyer emphatically. 1--WE turn out be-
tween 70 and so per cent of the whole out
put of the country And l want to say"
Mr.. Havemeyer went on, raising his
voice, that when we controlled IS per
cent of the output the supreme court said
1t was perfectly legal to do So"
DO you ship sugar west of the Missou-
ri in competition with Mr.. Spreckels?"
asked Lexow. NO"
Did you enter into an agreement with
Spreckels not to compete with him west
of the Missouri" Certainly not Com
petition with him there is not possible. IT
is purely question of geography. Where
the sugar would cost us ~ cents there, it
costs him half a cent"
Senator Lexow wanted to know about
Arbuckle Brothers relations with the
| American Sugar Refining Company.
They never competed with u.s." he said.
| ''They are wholesale grocers and handled
| our products. We took back their empty
| barrels at 20 cents, and Moltenhauer Of
fered them y cents, so they shifted their
trade from u.s.
| "Why did you organize coffee com
pany within day or two? Do you think
the coffee business as alluring as the SUI
gar business?" Eyes. I propose to carry
on the coffee business just as we have the
sugar business. and that isl state 1t here
In open court without fear of contradic-
tion-to the advantage of the consumer
/ The margin between the raw and refined
sugar now is three-quarters Z cent
| Concentration of large blu. ness under
| one management, with its consequent
economy, allows us to put sugar on the
market at less price than separate con-
Germs could afford to do. My going into
the coffee business has nothing to do with
Arbuckle taking his trade from us; that Il
| pure nonsense"
| Arbuckle Was Called.
Senator Lexow then aroused interest
and surprise by calling John Arbuckle to
| the stand.
Mr. Arbuckle testified that after he hat
determined to build a sugar refinery, q
director of the American Refining Com
i pany. in speaking to him about said
"How would you like us TO go into th'
4 coffee business?' II felt" said Mr.. Ar
buckle, that 1t was an implied threat"
James M. Harvie was called He said
Lowell NJ Palmer of the American Su
gar Refining Company came to me ant
said: If you start refining sugar. we will
| go into the coffee business, and the Have
myers have more millions than the Ar
buckles" Mr.. Harvie went to say: III
f. Mclaughlin of Chicago, a competing
/ rooster came to me and said: Il have au
thority from one high in the sugar trus
to say to you that If you do not go int
the sugar refining business they will sta
out of the coffee business
Mr.. Havemcyer jumped to his feet an
exclaimed: "I deny most emphaticall
that any such proposition ever emanate
from us. We are going into the coffe
business regardless of the Arbuckles.'
The committee then adjourned until tc
, morrow.