The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-28
SUGAR TRUST FIGHT
BUT BARELY BEGUN
Attack on Tariff Joker in
Senate Yesterday Just
a SkirmiSh.
KANSAN VINDICATES
STAND TAKEN BY HIM
Calls Attention to Rise of Com
pany's Stock-Has, Article
Read.
By J. C. wELLIvER.

The fight against the Sugar Trusts
tariff joker Is not ended. despite the de-
feat of yesterday afternoon.
On the other hand, the struggle of
yesterday is regarded as merely skir-
naish, The real battel is to come when
the bill comes into the Senate. Senator
Brist6w, leader Of the fight. announced
10 the Senate today that he would re-
new the assault when the bin in before
tho Senate, and then consented that the
para graph involving this amendment be
accepted.
There was sensational incident when
the long and lank Kansan with the
fgating face and the gestures of
windmill got up and announced that he
has vindication Of his position al
ready provided.
4 desire simply to make the state
ment," he said that yesterday after
noon, Immediately following the vote in
this body oy which the color standard
of sugar testing was -etained, sesck in
hte American Sugar Refining Company
went up points on the market
Il call attention to this incident be-
cause il is Illuminating as TO the oues-
ton of who is interested ia and would
be bffected by the dropping of the
Dutch standard"
Article Read.
Senator Bristow then sent to the desk
an article, which he asked to have read.
concerning the capitalization Of the
American Sugar Refining Company, the
trust. It set forth the facts as TO the
present inflated capital, and traced It
from modest beginning The trust
had about $4,000 worth OF property in
rehneries when it was first organized
It's property acquisitions have been un-
important compared with its increases
in capital; the capital represents In the
main the moQ1peaistic power 10 control
the sugar nl@EGet
Eass Senator next sent-lIp an article
from the Wa'l street Journal, and had
It red The article set forth that ths
recent custom house frauds IN sugar in
New York present a situation IN which
it is absolutely necessary that determi-
nation be reached as TO the Identity and
responsibility OF the men higher up.
1t was set forth that there are still
In the directorate of the American
Sugar Refining Company i've men who
were directors during all or a part of
the time when these custom house
frauds were in progress. 1t declared
that ii is tnconceiva Bile that this elabo-
rate scheme to defraud the Government
for the benefit Of the trust was organ
lied and skiifully carried out for many
years by mere underiings who could not
have received even the poor pitt@ace
which was given them for their part in
the fraud without the knowledge and
approval of somebody higher up.
IL urged that II these five directors
are innocent 70 all knowledge and re-
sponsibility, they should be the first
men 10 come forward and insist on
nearing and vindicatiOn: and IL they
DO not do this. then proceedings should
be taken by the Government 20 de-
teTm1nc the real responsibility md 70
punish the ultimate Wrongdot IS. no
matter now high up.
Public Not Fooled.
The public is not innocent enough to
imagine that this whole scheme of fraud
does not reach up TO somebody whose
brain conceived it and whose authority
was sufficient to authorize it,
With the conclusion of the reading
Of the article. Senator Bristow said:
Il suppose the Senate had had about
all the sugar discussion it wants. for
the present at least. ] shall there
fore, offer no more amendments at this
time; but when this paragraph comes
before the Senate, I shall again press
my amendments of yesterday. and hone
that | will be able to present evidence
which will leave no doubts as TO where
lie the merits and what are the in
terests in this matter"
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma then Ere
sented an amendment to reduce the
duty on refined sugar to 1 cent per
pound. In favoring this amendment he
made a speech IN which he alluded IN a
highly cOmmendatOTy way to the
articles that have from time TO time an
peared In The Washington Times on the