The sun., 1910-06-05
TO DISSOLVE SUGAR TRUST
GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN A
NEW SUIT AGAINST IT.
Has Been Gathering ENidenee Tor ga
Months 70 show mat n Il NsSRSpSIiE-
me the Trade sf the Country n sugar
m VIolation of the sherman Law.

Suit against the American Sugar Rshn-
ing Company for i,s dissolution a. a CON-
binatiOn in violation Of the sherman
antitrust law Il was learned to-day
that the Government has been gathering
evidence on this phase Of the sugar trusts
Affairs for almost siE months and that
il IL about ready now to move.
With the Standard Oil and tOhacca
trust cases pending before the Supreme
Court the proceedings against the sugar
trust will be the third great suit Of this
character that Attorney General Wicker
sham will have on his hands Il was
expected that the Attorney General would
wait for a final decision IN the STANDARD
Oil and tobacco trust cases before NOV.
ing against other industrial combina.
tons. but II is understood that the ST.
against the sugar trust vii he filed with
out waiting for the rcargumsnt of th~s
important cases.
The suits to be begun against the sugar
trust will he entirely independent of the
prosecutions growing out Of the case Of
George u Earle IT,. a. receiver Of ths
Real Estate Company Of Philadelphl
against the American Sugar Refining
Company Nor will the new suit have
anything TO DO with the prosecutions
on account Of violations Of the customs
laws
The Government will contend that the
American Sugar Refining Company 10
engaged IN monOpOlizing the entire
trade and commerce Of the United States
in refined sugar aud that the offence for
which il has been indicted in the pro-
ceedings brought at the instiEation Of
Receiver Earle was merely one incident
in its effort TO obtain such a monopoly.
The Governments efforts 20 obtain
evidence against the sugar tFuat have
extended over ak months and have taken
agents from New York 70 Colorado and
even out 30 the Pacific Coast. II has
sntailed the examination Of the corporate
history Of nearly one hundred corpora
tons. beginning in 1887 with tho original
trust agreement between eighteen Of
the then twenty -one sugar factories in
the United States. The inyestiEAtian
has Included an examination into the
acquisition by the trust Of each and an
independent Oans sugar reaneries from
iss7 up 10 the present
| The Government brought suit under
the Sherman antitrust law against the
American Sugar Refining Company in Ispa
when the trust acquired the Philadelphia
factories. This sdit went against the
Government. but the Department Of
Justice holds that IL was AbOrtive and
bungled. They look for a more favor
able outcome 10 the suit which they will
fle
The steps which the Department Of
Justice has taken 20 Obtain evidence that
the American Sugar Refining Company
Ia a combination in restraint Of trade
are ST forth in a report which the A.
torney ey-General has made 90 the Presi-
dent and which Mr. Taft has sent "
AhANsI l1l lAa llAAbFAAaNlhN w INAaFA
20 the progress of the Government
investigation into the sugar trust IN
that statement the Attorney General
explains that sugar trust people resisted
the service % subpRnas and other OBJ
structions we're placed Ia the Govern
msnts way through Efforts on the part
/ Ot the directors to obtain immunity.
A. d a l. a.
In mind a possible criminal prosecution
Of the responsible parties and not being
willing to afOrd immunity. he had re-
sorted 20 the method oi issuing subpRnaz
I duces tecum. ADDRESSED to the corporation
a. such. thus requiring officers of the orr
pOration 10 appear in court or before ths
Grand Jury with the books and records
of the corporation The Officers oi the
/ corporation resisted this move. hut the
Court upheld the Government This
according 10 the Attorney General. ss-
tAblished IN effect novel practica
which will In the future he of vast benef'
20 the Government In such prosecutions
The corporation declined ~ first N
comply with the Courts decision, was
adjudEed In contempt. fined $500 and was
Immediately informed that IL would bs
subpunAcd hourly and fined ~ frequently
until Il complied Ihis brought the
corporation around and produced
the papers called Tor
Ths investigation IN Colorado IN a'd
Of the proposed suit under the sherman
antitrust law. it Is disclosed. "Ss b.
fore FEDERAL Grand Jury. An AssistAnt .