The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-14
GAMBLING N GRAIN
To be Investigated by the In
duStrial Commission
ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS
Prof. Mas Gives the Glucose
Trust a Left Hook.
ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS

Washington. D. c. June E.-The Indus
trial commission has extended the duties
OF its sa5-commlssioa. consisting Of Sena-
tor Kyle ard Commissioners A L. HaTris
OF Ohio and Eugene D. COnger % MiShi-
gan, 50 as 70 authorize Il 20 take testi-
mouy upon the agricultural conditions in
the northwest. The Inquiry VIII Be largely
As 10 the contrO. OF the prices Of agrioul-
tural products BY combinations Of rail-
ways and elevator companies. Another
special sub-coTpmission nas been authogiz-
ed. TO consist OF Commissioners NJ d
Ratchford Of Indiana. ex-senator Lee
Mantle Of Montana and Representative
john - Bell Of Colorado. It's inquiry viii
be devoted 70 mining conditions in the
states west OK the Mississippi river. Mr.
Ratchf5rd was selected 20 preside and 10
direct The Inquiry. The probability Is that
| the sub-commission viii begin its work IA
the early part OF july. The commission
/ has also selected Harvey VI Friend q
/ Washington % make digest o. testimony
/ and bills In congress touching fictitious
/ dealings in agricultural products
| Professor Ernest Mas II New York for
merry chemical expert o. the Glucose
| sugar EeHAing company. OF Chicago, testi-
/ fed before the commission today that
/ when he refused 10 sign a protest 20 con
/ gress against the passage Of the Mason
/ pure food bill the company stopped bis
! salary. though he had a five-year contract.
1 81 did not consider" the witness said.
! that il was the duty Of a chemist 20 at
/ tempt 10 influence legislation, aud / did
/ not find myself prepared 20 say. as I was
/ requested. that glucose was Is desirable
/ a food as sugar that rourine Is IS good
| as wheat n1ur or that the corn oil substi-
/ tute for rubber is as good a. BraIiiian
/ rubber
! After making hts contract with the COM
/ aany be had assigned al his processes for
( corn oil refining u the company, and soon
/ after his salary ceased he found that
! patent had been taken out covering the
/ process. Mr. Mas expressed the convic-
/ ton that the glucose trust was a branch
/ Of the sugar trust. and that the price ~
| glucose had doubted as soon as the trust
/ had been formed. az had also some OF The
bv-products. such as corn oil. He esti-
mated the plant OF the glucose trust 20
( b. worth $500 90. whereas II - oapitai-
lied AZ SO 0Oo 90. He said the substitutes
! made were not as good as the articles FOR
which they we're used Corn OIL be said.
| was frequeutIy blended with. o. suhsti-
I tuted for. Others oils such a. cd liver.
( olive. Irseed. poppy and cottouseed ola.
/ cheapaniuE an of them. Nulcanlzed. Il
was used for rubber.
! As ca remedy against trusts he suggested
! governmental Inspection and an h'iern@
/ revenue tax on the subject
/ Claus Doscher Of Brooklyn, the proprie-
] Tor II an independent sugar refining estao-
/ ushmtnt with a capacity % 400 barrels
/ dav testified thst be had begun business
/ last November ard that previous 10 tnat
! time there was "a margin % FROM ~ 20 ~
/ cents per 100 between the prices Of -"
/ and refined sugar. Since he had begun
/ Operations the margin had been feoat"d
/ so that II had ranged from - 70 y Costs
/ A margin of between @And % cents Was
! necessary go order % render ne o1fiHts'
! profitable. and as corsoQNen-e 81 TO-
/ auctions the business had not Decl pfoili-
7 ab-e NJ. Daseher said rho pr1co - Fuaaf
/ wa azed ty thc American Sugar Refining
/ company. ana he had been told that To
/ reduction wa made % drive MIN oui q
I b1slresE Mr.. Doscher SAID ne hso never
( made cut go prices. bat bad followed ie-
/ dsetlras made by other rcdners. He F.Vfs
,r. ame rebate 20 wholesalers tns' sc
/ America company does. Mr.. Doecher saia
+ DO had been engaged IN sugar refining be-
7 fore rho trust wa formed and ihAt f.a
+ aosas had gone into the trUrt BE vas
san sfo1Eho5ec iH fhr trust n1t &C.
e.iref 20 state t1s amount ~ he a'as
ha.4 By him. Since ss had begun blsi-
ness On BITS own account be had received
DIVIDENDS On his trgst stock az ne Tsta
{ u u per cent per arrgul