Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-22
SUGAR -COFFEE HIGHT.
Assucxlt AND THE BIG SWEET" TRUST
How lie startcd 10 TO wage War Against
Il and How " isctaiiatcd-A"i iattic
to the Death"

Inquiry at the lmce u a Salt Lake
sugar broker today brought out some
Interesting Information with reference
90 the upward tendency of the price Of
the local a. well as the general sac
caharinc product. Dc stated that there
was ~ doub. that the price would con-
iinuc upward. and that competition
would force the market into an un-
steady and uncertain condition Tor
considerable time 10 come.
For the bench, or "Ncws" re,dors. h.
narrated briefly the cause OF the pres
ont disturbance. Speaking u II he said.
III i simply a fight Tor supremacy be-
tween Arbuckle. the coffee. king. and
the great sugar trust. which II mas
queradlng under the NOR. uphonlous anu
less deceptive title of the American
sugar refining company Two 0r thrco
yettA ago Aruucl,iu started out. deter
nllhgd " no longer submit g. the In
Justice that was being perpdira.ed upon
nun ~ the trust. lie asked fnr cer-
tam Connections from the trust. which
u refused. II was ihtu that b. decided
70 90 into the SUGAR huslntrs On his own
accord. aud run o. in connection with
hla pig coffee plantations and packing
houses. Tie Immediately SGT go work 10
construct a big sugar refinery, with me
intention " r1ing into she open marke,
TOT ne raw product. buying it from
VINO ever would seil. This put the sugar
trust on ia msttic. ana last year n pr8.
ccedsd 90 rvialiale by going ln,o the
..n'e buAlncHH ln competition with
Mr Arbuckle. ~ purchased The liz
Woolson Spice company's works I'D no.
ledu, ohio, which was manufacturing
inc Lion brand % Cpifce. and which IL
FOUND on our suit Lake market. and
forthwith cut the price ~ coffee from
" cents 70 10 cents a pound. This com.
petition has continued ever since b..
u VIII end. no man knows
"on August nth last Afhuclie gave
notice that havoc H. shcd hla imfnrnss
sugar refinery he would On tho Il. al
september bugin marketing his =, finsd
product. lie kepi his pwmlse where.
utsh the SUGAR trust Immediately cur
me price ~ huElr y % cent por
pphhi. Three days later 10 made another
cut Il an eighth w cent. rhl nexi week
u made "a further reduction OF g.s ~ 4
ctrt per pound, thia meaning an aba,.
lutc F1H O. rchnrrH on every pound Of
sugar made at thu riscc. In ihr moan.
time the stock uf raw sugar IN Inc
h9gds " tmpliscra became exhausted,
ara sugar b. Ean o. arrive ftnm foreign
boris and advanced IN price from I and
..lt cents por pIuri until nov q ls
iF.lS ct9tH per pound
rms htuatpn forced the rsfners 90
euNahcr their price Cor the refined
product, III 80 nov tho price VI nusaf
w New York 4 W4ihia 2 OF ccrsi ~
Nnat " Nns selling Tor before she COM
p'lltNc war begun. igg the loss % the
iefnerH " Just a. great because of tho
increase - price owing "a the fact that
lhey org compelled 10 pay Tor the raw
ourio cal market = IN sympathy wi,h
The rituniin IN Now York. ana pelpl'
VINO az. ven p'f.ci on she situation
cli!in fhh further ndyunrss can be-
looked Tor 10 the near fniure. tn
tuglr product - today a. cdmpire1
with yhlt - last year u short nearly
lisi - million tons. agRrfrltinE NOR
nan forty.nve million dollars In yiiu.
There u an 1hrllute nsH 90 - Ger
on eveiy ioo pounds 81 sugar nov b .ng
/ manufactured"
wlllsi a Giay'a Weekly satls,lo,'
Sugar Trade Journal, ihs best uuthurl.
" on fasar To- ne rufed states, says
that The prH.frs Nlriirc 10 simply "A
preliminary fklfmlfh Go .h0 ErUtt bat.
iio TIA, VIII he WnEdi 90 the death be.
tween The two big trusts. and adlf
that " VIII he a long time before any
seNlcmcrf, grthnxemTnt, or oihsr mode
" H'npplng FREQ competition Wlli hr ur.
rived HI The HuEir Alr his scarce.
ly hfvim," "nut," continued lhs bfuk.
~. "ar are oui ~ III zone VI this ugh
IN Utah and VIII nei runfr from iht
tayazfs ~ tho uattFrn gruti after nor.
mai ooHdl,lliA have been rpaehtd. or
course. wc may SUMO some frlm tho
wtrsrrn ncAtlon ~ thr trust which
recently dpmped two mi boa POUNDS N
trust sugar upon thf lGn maFkrs
mus In my opinion that Wli be all
/ Suslr whploriiea N ttHh tlfiY 40 81
pr 100 bounds. 10 rlld lr about
/ 1915 before me wur commenced M New
York some wcehs ago, 49, / have ai.
/ ready Indicated"
Commenting on 90 sugar war Wi.
lett . DraY's sugar Journal, which
olme 10 0aud today, BAYS;
"fotlNtng the fftagstic mnvn 81 the
American sugIr Ronnlng company. on
the Pacific rIatl ana ia the Hawaiian
isandH, W. may mrnuun chat the
American Hugar Refining company urt
active nt ihr South In securing pofsrs.
ION under fayliu.b.s proposals. 90
planters o. "a large amount of lne Loul.