New-York tribune., 1899-06-14
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONS WORK.
NEW INQUIRIES UNDERTAKEN-THE SUGAR
rprIsT INVESTIGATION.


TRUST INVESTIGATION
,,-.. ,,,o The Industrial Commission
-. ox,ar6ed tho duties OF It's sub-commissioh' con-
y,s,,rv NJ Senator KYLE and Commissioners harris
n, Ohio and Conger OF Michigan, so as 10 au.'o'
,ze II TO take testimony on agricutua' ' :,
in the Northwest. The inquiry VIII w 'a' ~,
the control OF prices Of agricultural Prouuo "
combinations OF railroad and elevator oo'p'so l".,
The sub-commsson will probably Sit IN August anu
- ,,rossos n, different places In the section In
dicated. ,, -, NJ
Another special sub-commission. 10 con.'s' VI ~,
D. Ratchford OF Indiana; ex-senator Ma".'e VI
Montana and Representative Bell or Coiorauo' "
boen authorized. II will inquire into cohuiuois ;.
tho states west Of the Mississippi. Mr.. Ratchford
was selected TO preside. This sub-comh'sS'o" W."
probably begin its work early In July.
Professor Ernst Mas, OF New-York, Formerly
chemical expert OF the Glucose Sugar REFINING com
many OF Chicago. testified before the COMMISSION
to-day that when he refused to sign pro'est W
Congress against the passage OF the Mason Wv
Food bill the company stopped his salary thousn ~
bod n 6ve-year contract. IL did not consider' "e
aIa "thot I, was the duty Of a chemist to attempt
~ Influence leg Station. and did not ma m'seh
nrepared TO say as / requested. tha' su00''
was as desirable a food as sugar that fou'i,'e 80 - 90
good as wheat -four. or that the corn OH sur
for rubber is as good Brazilian rupOer' i'e 90
pressed the conviction that the Glucose Trust was
glucose had doubled as the trust nau ,s ueen
formed as had also that OF some or the
such g corn oil He said the substitutes Hiaue W.
moi as good as the articles for when tnty W. w.
used and he believed the time Woulu come ~r,em 49,
sugar would be brought into the United states Ioi ~
Inc West Indies and sod as cheap as gIuc99se -
now AS n remedy against trusts he suggesteu so'
ernmental inspection and an internal revenue ''N
on the product. Ill.,, 49, rro,rietor of an
independent sugar refining establishHieht, WIN a
gan business last November. and previous 10 'hat I'M
there was margin OF from 70 TO q cents hunarea
between the prices Of raw and refined sugar So
he began operations the margin had been reuuceu
40 that it had ranged from 80 to 81 cents margin
Of between 80 and GO cents was necessary III oIuti
to render the business profitable. and as conse se
nuence OF reductions the business had not Paiu.
Mr. Doscher said the price OF sugar was hxeu Dy
The American Sugar Refining Company, ana ne mad
heen told that the reduction was made 10 drve MN
ont of business He received no rebates from the
railroad companies. but they did give MIN free
storage facilities. -, ua a.,
Mr. Doscher said that he had been engaged IN
sugar refining before the trust was FORMED ana
that his house had gone into the trust. He thus
became a stockholder in the trust and was sun
SUCH but ne declined TO give the amount OF tne
stock held by HIM. There had been no pledge re-
oured that he should not go into the business again
Since he had begun business on his own accVuh. IL ne
had received dividends his trust stock al the rate
OF " per cent a year.