The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

dog IS entirely gray and, if it were not
Tor the Sign on the cage, might be east
iy mistaken for a wolf.
The Zoo is soon to receive a large
consignment of wild animals from Eu-
rope, a number almost big enough to
make a ships cargo
There will be eighteen lions and
tigers in the shipments and in order
that they may be accommodated, work
is being rushed on the new $4,000 lion
house.
This is only one of dozen houses
that are being built or have just been
finished. Others are the bear dens, the
reptile house, an aviary for cranes,
house for small mammals, bird house.
and an elephant house.
In a short time the Zoo will be
lighted at night by its own electric
plant. lust at present the score of
watchmen have to depend on lantern
Illumination while making their
rounds.
An intimate friend of John Ar
buckle, the coffee king, who is now a
resident of this city, the other day told
how the latter's bitter war with the
Sugar Trust was precipitated. While
part of the story is already public
property, it is well worth repeating in
estlng facts that the friend has kept in
his possession for years.
This much of the story every reader
knows That the $50, 100000 struggle
began over a little mechanical contriv-
ance capable Of expeditiously packing
coffee in cloth bags for the retail trade;
that Mr.. Arbuckle, after he had found
that the machine worked satisfactorily
IN his coffee plants. conceived the idea
OF putting up sugar in bags; that he
secured favorable rates from the trust
Tor large quantities of sugar to be
packed by him and sold in bags: that
after while the trust realized that
Mr.. Arbuckle was making a mint of
money out of the sugar so handled and
abolished the discounts: and that the
war resulted. But the public has been
in the dark concerning the most impor-
tant step in the events leading to the
great commercial conflict and here it
Is now told for the first time.
1t appears that when the Havemeyer
people discovered that bag sugar was
finding a. ready and constantly widen
ing market, they became somewhat
perturbed, especially in view of the
fact that their sales of loose sugar
were gradually decreasing in the terri
tory covered by the Arbuckles. So
the sugar trust sent a confidential
agent to MIR. Arbuckle to ask him what
price he would take for his packing
machine and its right.
zone hundred Thousand dollars "
was Mr.. Arbuckle's uItimatum.
The trusts agent threw I'D his
hands. why, 1 don't dare to carry
back such a figure to my employer" he
protested.
THAT or nothing" was Mr.. Ar
| buckles laconic response; and the
agent departed for New York.
A month later the agent sought out
| Mr.. Arbuckle.
We've decided to accept your offer"
he said The next moment he was
non-plussed when he heard Mr.. Ar
| buckle say:
The machine is for sale now for
I $E50, goo and not a. cent less.
But you told me you'd sell for a
hundred thousand" weakly exclaimed
| the trust man.
That was a month ago." answered
Mr.. Arbuckle. I'm the meantime its
monetary value has increased"
Again the agent declared that he
could not close the deal without a con-
ference with the Havemeyers, and he
came back to this city
Two months passed and no word wa G
received by Mr. Arbuckle from the
trust; then one day in walked its con-
hdential man.
We've decided to take the machine. .
he announced.
You can't have it unless YOU nav
half million" replied the coffee king.
When 1 set a price it is not supposed
to hold indefinitely, and the machine
is worth more to me now than ever
before"
The downcast and surprised agent
departed for another confab. In an
other months time he once more ap-
peared before Mr.. Arbuckle.