The sun., 1897-02-14

7p""ered DecimHis Through nim-Then
Ran Against Three s.ear R-oner. whs
Were Real Experts-Tbey Testified That
| Supply nnd Demasd Fix tho Prize, or
Hnw Sugar. md That sometimes They
Lick the Ronaera and somet,mss the
Renners Lick Then-Thnr. Businesa
| At the antitrust Investigation Yesterday bv
tho Lerow committee. In the City Hall, It devei-
\ oped that the price OF raw sugar was not axed
| by the American Sugar Refining Company but
| was hxed by the law Of supply and demand;
| that the price did not depend wholly upon the
| demand OF this country. but on the demand OF
the whole world; that the American Sugar Re-
| nninr Company was ruled by this Inexorabie
| law as completely n. Is the smallest merchant:
| that the company when II wanted sugar had TO
| 20 into the open market with half dozen other
companies here as well rs the companies OF the
rest OF the world; that sometimes In these COM
petitions 1t won and sometimes II lost.
The pack OF monster hunters started the
chase early. They went over hedges and fcnces
across the rolling meadows. and through
swamps and brambles after the game but alas,
| they came back empty handed. They were A
| enthusiastic as ever: the game they hunted was
stu the Sugar Refining Com pany, and when
| the days sport was over they said confidently,
oh. we'll get them Monday; Just walt TIL
Monday"
The crowd was bigger than usual when the
| hunters started ON the chase Just before 10
O'CLOCK. The United Stntes Rubber monster
the American Tobacco monster. the W all Paper
monster, and some other monsters lurked In the
shadows. all bestuok with subprnas As for tho
individuals there. there were among others.
MI Charles X. Flint. William NJ. WINS. Joseph
! +. Auerbach. James b. Duke. Josiah Brown.
James B. Ford, NJ. c. Martin. James S. Connell.
| T. ;. Beardslsy. Joseph Turner, James IL. Post,
george Moiler. Henry Byrne. Samuel A. Max
well. and Enos Is. Smith. II looked like n held
DAY whom Chairman Lexow called the roll Of
| witnesses and received answers of " Present"
from 30 many. He told the Rubber monster
that 10 could TO away until Tuesday; the To-
oacco monster. he said. need not be around until
Wednesday. ana the Wall Paper monster would
haves u Lease OF life until Thursday. Then he
asked: rs Mr.. seArles here? ~
grin spread around the room as n youth
a'epped to the front and said:
"Slr. Chairman and gentlemen. he is not.
M. seArles is absen, from the city on an i'm
he returned TO oblige this committee he left
commi,,.. %. ,h-or.h d. -, '"s
-, .rouRh win MIN ne started out
structed to say TO you that he will be v.,v ,,.a
% .nn..r 49,. -. '.. WI. 20 very SiAu
any day that the committee sees at to set II
you vtsh to servr n snhnc.o. on IT., a, -. -
served through his attorney. Mr.. John E. Par
soma The service Will be acknow iedged As a
personal service AsarpunA will b waived.
however. for Mr.. searles 10 anxious to appear
before this committee and to tell II All tbs. 1, 4.
IN hn power 70 toll regarding the matter thas
The hunter, looked yerr s.x.r.,v -, ,,,.
younr ma, II c,,., ,h., ,n.r a., ~.
'""s 'ne' "'u not Hke
thought
Searles was again In contempt Chairman
LeIow' however. seemed to understand. and he
asked whether the young man had brought
WIN MIN 'he documentary evidence that the
eoni"'''oo "an'eo MF. searies 10 produce The
young man shook his head. He said that he
did not think Mr. Searle, had exnec,as ~ n.
called again All ,h, conr,t,,s. rs,s,,
.A''eu Nt.u Al Tn. oonmI'tee exclaimed At
the same time that Mr.. Searles fully UNDER
s"n oou ,, "aen 'ne commit Aa,ournea lsst Mon
morning. The young man mum bled something
about an understanding. Tho committee
standing except tha, one that he WAS 10 be tSsse
Again Chairman Lexow stepped in and SAID
cagements he Thought that very i'm civ The COM
mittee would excuse him provided he wopiS h.
ona hshS S,Ins Tn xaS m s'S saa.p and
can sugar Refining COMPANY and The dncn
montary evidenee that the hunters wanted. The
Tho books. but that Mr., Scales gonid he on
hand all right 40 the matter was dronped Ana
the hunt itseif began. 0' '~
"Will Mr.. Moller take the stand p~ said Chain.
man Lexow
~
iNih"' Al VI "As Abo'r oAs-
Mr.. Mo!lsr had arisen when Samuel II. Ran
uA,I. W,I. ,si Tno ssu s no represeh'ea .ne Wsst sdS
fsit tha, An eninently A. subject fnr tbs wnns
stc- hunters to take up was the vns monstcr
The me I'M bers OF the ommittee locke ed a iittic
startled; some OF them seemed TO think thst
Mir Randall was getting personal. and wanteS
10 intimate that the hunters should turn ana
hunt them selves. Mr.. Randall saw the dim
Guilty and hastened 10 announcs that the aas
monster he wanted the COMMITTEES To iooE afer
WAS III. "combination OF The gas comnaniss
Of New York lie said that tho club had every
reason TO believe THAI the gas compnnies had
com bned and forme a monster as 6ad as Sics
Itself He read a resolution which his club had
nassed declaring that the gas trust now sxisf
Ing was trAmpIing upon the rights Of the peo-
nie and recomm mending that the bill 10 re3nc.
The price OF gas o5 cents A thousand shouid Ss
nns.ed "
Chnirman Lexow told Mr. Randall that ths
gas monster already had two commIttees after
n one from the senate and one from the AZ.