Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-06
SUGAR TRUST
TO Be BUSTED
GOVERNMENT PETITION DE-
MANDs DISSOLUTION OF AMER
IcAN REFINING COMPANY.
LONG EXPECTED SUIT TILED
Attacks Methods of n. 0. Havemeyer,
Deceased. - Prosecutor Charges
He Got 100000
as Gift.
LONG EXPECTED SUIT TILED


American Sugar Refining company, Ia
miliarly known as the sugar trust as
lawless combination, the federal
government filed it's long expected
suit for the dissolution OF the corpo-
ration. The petition was filed by
Henry A, Wise, district attorney, in
the United States circuit court Tor the
Southern district Of New York.
One of the allegations is that the
late H. o. Havemeyer, long head OF
the sugar combine, received 100000
600 common stock of the National
Sugar Refining company of New Jer-
sew as a gift at the time the cor
poration was formed to take into the
combine four independent concerns,
the National Sugar Refining company,
run by B. II. Howells. Son 4 Co.; the
New York Sugar Refining company
of Long Island City, n. Y, operated
nv Claus Doshern; the Mollenhauer
Sugar Refining company OF Brooklyn
and the w. j. McOahan Sugar Rein
ing company Of Philadelphia. These
companies up to 1900 were lndepend-
ent and, it is sad, the American COM
pany was determined to acquire them.
Under a plan inaugurated by MI.
Havemeyer, John E. Parsons and Jas.
II. Post, the National company was
formed and took over the four plants,
Mr. Post obtaining options on them
When the new stock was delivered
the petition sets forth, Post delivered
100000 shares OF common stock, the
entire issue. with a par value OF $40,
100000, to Mr.. Havemeyer.
The government also alleges that
when the American company took
over the four Philadelphia companies,
the Franklin Sugar Refining company,
the SprecEles Sugar Refining company,
the Delaware Sugar House and the e.
C. Knight company, Mr. Havemeyel
and his brother, Theodore Havemeyer
bought As per cent of the stock OF the
Spreckles company and then sold it at
a large profit to the American COM
pany, of which both were directors
In general the petition charges that
the defendants "for some time past
had been and now are engaged in an
unlawful combination and conspiracy
to restrain the tade and commerce
among and between the several states
and territories OF the United States
and with foreign nations, III raw sugar,
sugar beets, refined sugar, molasses,
syrups and other by-products of raw
sugar and sugar bcets, and to mon
OpoliZe same. Such unlawful COM
bination and conspiracy is the result
and outgrowth Of series Of wrong
full acts extending over a period of
many years and participated in by
defendants, respectively, in the man
ner and to the extent hereinafter more
fully set forth. In participating in the
various acts, agreements and cOmbina-
tons hereinafter described all of the
defendants have been actuated by
wrongful intent to restrain said inter-
state and foreign trade and commerce
in raw and refined sugar and related
articles, and to monopoliZe parts there
Of"
The government charges that the
American has obtained unfair advan-
tage over competitors by obtaining
money on imports by customs frauds,
by receiving rebate from railroads and
by working in harmony with wholesale
grocers associations throughout the
country and keeping up the price of
sugar.
A considerable portion of the petit
tion is devoted TO the acquisition by
the combine of the beet sugar plants
when that industry began to grow
formidable. In 1901 all these com
panies, except the Spreckles company
which was beet sugar concern, were
independent.
At present, according TO the peti
ton, the American company and it:
subsidiaries control y per cent of tho
total output of refined sugar in tbs
country, which is said to be enough t.
permit it absolutely to control Prices
after meeting a certain amount CT con-
petition.
Illinois Growth Is Steady.
Washington, Nov 29-The popula
ton of the state of Illinois is . Cos,
sol. This is an increase Of &l7,0t1
or 1863 per cent over 1871 l51 IL 1859
The increase from 1890 10 tgg0 Wa!
995,199 or 26 per cent. The popHl1ttci
OF Cook county tChicagoJ is 80, 2333