Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-23
KARTELL TRUST
Has Forced Price of Sugar Down in Germany.
ONE THIRD OF WORLDS SUPPLY

VI SuSar IS NOW Produced Ill G"r-
 many-The Kartell Will Be an Ob. ject for Discussion at the Brussels Conference.-The Chamberlain De- 1 nounced for His Utterances About l the Czar-Financial World of Eng land Would Like to See Him Mug | zled.
 London, Nov 23.-The British sugar magnates assert that their inycstiga- tions have revealed the existence. iil Germany of q great trust called the "kartell," which has been ill existelc,s about year, and that it is chiefly ow- I ing to it's agency that the price If sugar has been forced down in Eng land and other countries to the low est point ill the history of the industry and that Germany to-day is enabled to dictate to the world the price of I that commodity. The extent of the 1 "Kartelf' was discovered. they sax, only recently. The magnitude of it's operations supplies the missing fac tors i'll the present alarming condition of the sugar market.
 l The abolition of this organization Will be one of the chief objects of the nations other than Germany attendins. the forthcoming Brussels conference Already British firms have entered into negotiations with leading Ameii- can sugar interests, and tables are now being drawn up showing the transac- ! tions of the "Kartell'' with a view OF submitting them to the authorities at Washington, The British government will be urged to empower it's represen- tatlyes at the Brussels conference 10 threaten retaliatory countervaili:ll. measures unless the 'Kartell'' IS broken up or, at least. modified.
 The latest figures available in Lou2 don show that Germany now produces one-third of the worlds supply of beet sugar, ot which she exports no less tnah l,2oO,OOO tons after completely supplying her own population. These 1 exports, which are almost one-fifth of the worlds supply. are sent out at l loss to German manufacturers: bnt. thanks to the ''Kartell,'' plus the boun- NV, they are able not only to make uD Tor this. but to reap handsome profif. n addition to gaining absolute control Of the sugar market
 The "hartell' is run very secretly. put rom confidential reports shown lo q representative of the AssociataJ Press in London, it is learned thai it | consists of an ironclad combination se almost all producers and refiners to keep up the price of sugar in Germany 1 HIS IS done so Successfully that the German consumer to-day n,vs 4 thflce as much for sugar as the Briton does Tor the same article imported
 from Germany.
 The members of the "Kartelr, bind
 themselves to buy from and sell An 1 only those affiliated with the combine.
 ms has worked so satisfactorily. lhat
 The "kartelP' now includes practicable
 every factor of the German sugar in. 1 tefeSts III Germany, from the agricul- I tufai producer to the refiner. The Inf. Ter agrees always to pay 12.T5 marks per hundred weight for the raw arfi.
 cle. though natural conditions migh+
 ordinarily allow him to buy tbrce
 marks cheaper This. however. in. l sures a permanently high price to inc 1 consumer. The enormous profits con- sequent upon these methods are pooled 1n the ''KartelF' and are divided upon an elaborate and ingenious scale and the surplus product in disposed of at q slight loss in other EuroDean and 1 American markets. though even this deficit is often made up by the bounty that Germany provides.
 British sugar authorities are anOfed l with saving that the German '.Ear-
 tell and bounty combined will within l two years ruin the beet and cane in- dustry in other countries. especially in Cuba and the other West Indies.
 London. Nov 23.--Publc interest in
 the hearing of the charges against Theodore and Laura Jackson has been surfeited by their reiteration and
 there were only a few people in court
 when the hearing was resumed to- 1 day. The child, Daisy Adams, was l recalled and sharply cross-examined by the female defendant with the view
 of showing that her alleged intimacy
 with Theodore was not her first ex- perience in vice.
 London. Nov 23.-Once more has Joseph Chamberlain the colonial sec-
 retary, proved his right and title to
 be the most thoroughly hated British statesman. The storm now raging ill 1 Germany over his animadversions on 1 the Prussian army has had a powerful
 reflex ill Great Britain, where regard
 less of party ties, Mir Chamberlain has 1 been severely criticised for uSelessly putting llOS lOOL lltO It. On dll SlueS
 may be heard expressions of opinions
 by English business men and politi-
 clans, who. while they, perhaps, be-
 lieve Mir Chamberlain was correct ill what he said, denounce the uttering Of
 such sentiments. It is recalled that
 Mir Chamberlain's utterances regard-
 ing the czar and Anglo o-American-Gc Ger
 man alliance have been the causes of
 the only serious outbreaks of anti-
 British feeling on the continent ill re-
 cent times. 1t is no exageration to say
 that the financial world of England
 would be delighted to see Mir Cham
 berlain muzzled when intending to
 speak on English foreign relations.
 As might be expected. MT Chamber
 lain himself takes the whole affair
 with his usual cynic indifference. He
 is staying quietly at Birmingham. and
 is not exhibiting any particular in-
 terest in the storm which he has
 raised.
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