New-York tribune., 1909-12-18
NAY HIT FEDERAL.
To Seek Settlement zcith IRde-
pendeRt, Ii Is Sad.

The next OF Ihe big sugar corporations
which II said 10 be likely To have the
chance 10 square its accounts with the
United States government or 10 thrash out
the matter in The courts is The Federal
Sugar Refining Company, ana I II fol-
lows the example o. the American Sugar
Refining Company. .Arbuckle Brothers and
the National Sugar Refining Company the
government Treasury may soon be en-
Tlcled by SUM approNlmating what Al
buckie Brothers have already paid over 10
settle their dues for shortages IN sugar i'm
portations-about S7G60GU
on Gals .ef tbs Federal company which
has been regarded as the real simon pure.
independent sugar refinery Of the lot, with
out any affiliations OF trade agreements
with the trust, were rather positive yester-
-cay u The statement OF their belief that
the company owed the government nothing
Tor duties on short weights Of sugar. which
III has been importing since Claus Augustus
its head. started 10 buck the
tTust ten years or so ago. by establishing
q refinery in Yonkers. At least they said,
they had as yet received no Information
from the government thai the iuyesJiga-
-ions of its books had not stood the test Of
comparison with the Custom House rec
ords. Nevertheless. with the hurried de-
parrure Of the company's counsel, Ernest
a Bigelow. for Washington last night il
was learned that carelessuess in weighing
- sugar had spread 10 The docks Of the Fed
-eral company, and II may be only d short
time before the government figures out
that il ought 10 receive in back duties
from the Federal an amount that will run
into the hundreds Of thousands Of dollars.
As in The case Of the National which has
alrealr announced that il was looking for
z Dill from the government which Il is will
ius ro settle. tle amount has not been ex-
Rctly determined Il is said that on an
average The Federal does as large bust
ness approximately IS ArbuckIe Brothers
one OF the officials said yesterday that the
capacity Of the plant Of Yonkers was about
SIX thousand barrels Of sugar a day-about
tie same as that Of ArbucEle Brothers
The refinery Of the Federal company was
established about ten years ago bv Claus
Augustus Spreckels. son OF the late Claus
Srreckcls. of san Francisco. after that
Inagnare had fought the invasion OF the
Pacific Coast sugar trade by rhe Sugar
Trust and had retaIated 10y establishing
refinery ia Philadelphia To meet the East
eru competition of the company. Later an
agreement was entered into by which the
trust agreed 10 Confine lis operations 10
re-riJory otner than rne Pacific SLOPE and
the elder SprecIlcIs sold his refinery -
Philadelphia 10 tie American Sugar Rein
ing Company. The sugar magnate then
Turned over the San Francisco refinery 70
his Two elder sons. RUdolp'I and John D.
= no shortly afteT enraged MIN By disposing
OF large part Of their interest. ia it 10 the
Trust.
The younger claus SpreckcEs Wac has
rot been on the most intimate terms with
his brothers one oC whom. Rudolph put Up
T1ost Of the none for rho prosecution Of
the GRAFT casss ID San Francisco which led
- The conviction of Boss abe" Ruef and
ex-Mavor Eugene r Scnmirz started the
Toukers refinery about ten wears ago on lis
return from Paris. where Dee had lived for
some ears
since 81 began operations the Federal
has had 10 meet with The competition II
the Sugar Trust. and II has fought sue
cessfuIIy even against The combined op-
position af some OF the big trunk lines
ccuiriuS here About two years ago IL
arpeal led 10 the Interstate Commerce Com
mission TO compel the railroads 20 refund