The age-herald., 1901-11-24
GERMANY DICTATES PRICES OF SUGAR Great Trust Formed Called the
 "KarteIP FOREIGNERS WILL FIGHT II Germany Now Produces one-Third of the Worlds Supply of Beet
 Sugar-InIurlng cuban's
 Cane Industry.
FOREIGNERS WILL FIGHT 1T

London, November 23. The British sugar magnates assert that their inves- tigations have revealed the existence in Germany of a great trust called the Kartell," which has been in existence about a year, and that it Is chiefly owing to its agency that sugar has been forced down to the lowest point in the history of the industry, and that Germany today Is able to dictate to the world the price of that commodity. The exact extent of the ''Kartell' was discovered, they say, only quite recently. The magnitude of It's operations supplies the missing factors in the present alarming condition of the sugar market
 The abolition of this organization will be one of the chief objects of the na- tions other than Germany, attending the forthcoming Brussels conference. AL ready British firms have entered into ne- gotiations with leading American inter ests, and tables are now being drawn up showing the transactions of the "Kar- tell'' with view of submitting them to the authorities at Washington. The Brit ish government will be urged to empower AbS ACPA CoCAldllNS5 at luc oIuSStlS COH- ference to threaten retallatory counter vailing measures unless the "Kartell' Is broken up or at least modified.
 Exports 1,25o,ooo Tons.
 The latest figures available In London show that Germany now produces one third of the worlds supply of beet sugar, of which she exports no less than $1, ,25O,- 900 tons after completely supplying her own population These exports which are almost one-fifth of the worlds avail able supply, are sent out at a loss to German manufacturers but thanks to the "KartelP' plus the bounty, they are able not only to make up for this, but to reap handsome profit in addition to gaining absolute control of the sugar market
 The kartelf' Is run very secretly, but from confidential reports shown to a rep- resentative of the Associated Press in London, 1t Is learned that it consists of an iron-clad combination of almost all the producers and refiners to keep up the price of sugar in Germany. This is done so successfully that German consum CTS today pay thrice as much for sugar as Great Britain does for the same article imported from Germany.
 Trust Works We'll.
 The members of the "KartelP' bind themselves to buy from and sell to only those affiliated with the combine This has worked so satisfactorily that the 'Kartell' now includes practically every factor of the sugar industry in Germany from the agricultural producer to the re- finer. The latter always agrees to pay l275 marks per 100 for the raw article, though natural conditions might ordinar- fly allow him to buy 8 marks cheaper. This, however, insures a permanently high price to the consumer. The enormous profit consequent upon these methods are pooled in the ''Kartell' and are divided upon an elaborate and ingenious scale, and the surplus product is disposed of at a slight loss in other European and American markets, though even this de- felt is often made up by the bounty that Germany provides.
 British sugar authorities are quoted as saying that the German "Kartelr and bounty combined will within two years ruin the beat and cane industry in other countries, especially in Cuba and the Tx.1