The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-06
COAST REFINERS
MUST TESTIFY
Spreckels and RoIph to Make
Dispositions in Sugar
Trust Case.

San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. Is
John D. Spreckels, president of the
Western Sugar Company, will probably
be called upon Saturday to give his
deposition in the big $30,000,O00 dam
age suit recently instituted in New
York by the receivers for the Pennsyl-
vania Sugar Company against the
American Sugar Refining Company,
owned by H. o. Havemeyer and his as
soeiates, which is commonly known as
the sugar trust.
The suit is brought at the direction
of the United States Circuit Court of
New York and j. w. Hutchinson, coun-
sci for the Pennsylvania company, is
taking the dispositions of various local
sugar magnates, under an order from
the court which gives him the power of
compelling the testimony of witnesses.
acting as commissioner.
The suit against the Havemeyer com
pany is both for conspiracy and for a
Under this law the receivers for the
Pennsylvania concern are asking dam
ages, asserting that the trust is acting
in restraint of trade; that it forced the
Pennsylvania company from the sugar
industry, and controls over 80 per cent
of the cane sugar output of the coun-
try.
In this connection the president of
the Western Sugar Refining Company
will be questioned by Attorney Hutchi- |
son as to its relations with the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company. He will !
be asked how much stock of the West |
ern company is held by the Havemey-
ers, and incidentally, it viii be the at
tempt of the attorney for the Penn
sylvania people to get the sugar mag
nate to admit that there is an agree
ment between his concern and the
American Sugar Refining Company by
which it divided up the business so
hat HavCmeyer does not compete with
he Western concern and the Western
refinery is to leave the cane sugar bust
less east of the Missouri river entirely
II the hands of the trust.
Yesterday Attorney Hutchinson took
he deposition of George NJ. Rolph,
manager of the California and Hawai-
an Sugar Company. an Independent
oncern having a refinery at Crockett,
md controlling many sugar fields in
he islands, not owned or leased by
he Western Sugar Refining Company.
tolph s testimony brought out the fact
hat his concern Is not affiliated in ,
ny manner with the trust. 1t con-
rolls the output of about two-fifths of
he cane sugar used on the Coast, and
is refinery produces about 300 tons
day. The balance of the cane sugar 4
on the Coast, Rolph said,
$ by the Western Company. and its
utput, he stated, was about 10000
ons a year.
The deposition of ". H. Hannah,
ecretary of the Western Sugar Rein
ne Company, taken Tuesday, brought I
ut the following facts: That the
american Sugar Refining Company
WINS 1850 shares of the 10000 shares in
he Western concern, and that this
tock is held jointly oy IT. o. Have
leyer and clerk in his office in New 4
,ork.
After taking the deposition of the
resident of the Western refinery At
Orney Hutchinson will return East and
eek additional evidence against the
lavemeyers there. He said last night
hat his sole purpose in taking the =
epositiOns was to be able to show that
ne American Sugar Refining Company
as a trust in violation of the Sher-
ian law. He viii make no attempt to
onnect the Western Company with any Y
cts of that concern. 4
hutchinson also said last night that a
here was much evidence of some sort &
an agreement between the Have &
levers and the local concern as to
hat territory each would take.
Since those who control the West =
n company retired from the Eastern v
ED 1T is very clear that one concern =
as operated entirely East of the Mis-
'uri river he said, ''and the other .
'nfned itself to the territory west of
lat. This will undoubtedly be ex- g
aimed as a mere matter of freight
ties by which the consumer benefits, II
1t there is much room for doubt as to
neither the sugar people are not do
& business in restraint of trade. I'M II
II the meaning of the law - III