Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-23
GERMAN SUGAR TRUST
British Maenates Assert the Ex-
istence Of a Great Trust.
Called ''Kartell."
Controls the Market and Makes
Price Of all Sugar in
Germany.
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II Is a Secret Combine and Its
Operations Are Very
Intricate.

London, Nov. 23.-The British sugar
magnates assert their investigations
have revealed the existence in Germany
of the great trust called "kartell,
which has been in existence about a
year and that it is owing to its agency
that sugar is forced down in England
and other countries to It's lowest point
in the history of the industry That
Germany is enabled to dictate to the
world the price of that commodity. The
exact extent of the .Kartelp' was dis
covered, they say only quite recently.
The magnitude of its operations sup
plies the missing factors in the present
alarming condition Of the sugar market.
Abolition of this organization Will be
one OF the chief objects of the nation
other than Germany attending the
Forthcoming Brussels conference. AL
ready British firms have entered into
negotiations with the leading American
sugar interests, and tables are now be-
ing drawn up to show the transactions
OF the .Kartell'' with a view of SUBJ
mitting them to the authorities at
Washington. The British government
will be urged to empower its represent
atiyes at Brussels to q conference to
threaten the retaliatory countervailing
measures unless the tKartelf is broken
up or at least modified. The latest fig
ures available in London show that
Germany now produces one-thira Of ne
worlds supply of beet sugar. of which
ho IN q
after completely supplying her own
population. These exports, which are
almost one-fifth of the worlds ayailable
supply, are sent out at a loss to
German manufacturers. but thanks
to the .Kartell," plus the boun-
ty, they are able not only to
make up for this, but to reap hand
some profit in addition to gaining abso-
Lutte control OF the sugar market. The
"Kartell'' is run very secretly, but from
confidential reports 1t is learned that
it consists of an ironclad combination OF
almost all producers and refiners TO
keep up the price OF sugar IL Germany,
This is done so successfully that Ger
man consumers today pay thrice as
much for sugar as Britain does for the
same article imported from Germany
Members of the "Kartell'' bind them
selves to buy from and sell to only those
affiliated with the combine. This has
worked so satisfactorily that the "Kar-
tell" now includes practically every fac
tor OF the sugar interests in Germany.
from the agricultural producer to the
refiner. The latter agrees always to pay
1915 marks per hundred weight for the
raw article, tho natural conditions
might ordinarily allow him to buy three
marks cheaper. This, however. ensures
permanently a high price to the Ger
man consumer. The enormous profits
consequent upon these methods are
pooled in the "Kartell'' and divided up
on an elaborate and ingenious scale, and
the surplus product is disposed of at
slight loss in other European and Amer
ican markets, tho even this deficit is
often made up by the bounty that Ger
many provides. British sugar authori-
ties are quoted as saying the German
"Kartell" and bounty combined will
within two years ruin the beet and cane
industry in other countries, especially
in Cuba and the West Indies.