The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
Dissolution Of the Trust to
be Sought
CASE SOON TO BE FILED
In Federal cOurt-Sceue Of Action Is
to Be New York-Similar in Many
Points to the Standard
Oil Case.

Washington, oct. The govern
ments suit for the dissolution Of the
American Sugar Refining company under
the Sherman antitrust act win be filed
in the federal court in New York City
ID about a week. The government Of
fcials have strong hopes of being able
T. bring the suit to successful ter
nination The action win 'be in many
respects like the dissolution suit now
pending before the supreme court against
the Standard Oil company. The govern.
ment papers viii point out that the
sugar trust, like the Standard Oil COM
panyi resorted first to the method or
trusteeing the stocks of the independent
companies and then, when the practice
was declared Illegal, organized a holding
company under the laws of New Jer-
sey. The government will alege that
the sugar trust now controls more than
seventy per cent. Of the output OF the
beet and cane sugar in this country and
will charge that the monopoly has been
established through rebates and unjust
determinations.
II was learned also that the federal
authorities have strong hopes of being
able to convict some Of the Chicago
packers who recently were indicted un-
der the sherman antitrust law. In adj
ministration circles, the prosecution Of
the beet trust indictments is regarded
Of the greatest Importance for it is be-
lieyed that this case will largely deter
mine whether the Sherman antitrust
law can ever be applied successfully
against individuals. Up 10 tais time,
the ease of the officers OF the so-called
licorice trust has stood as the chief ex-
ample Of the application of the Sher-
man antitrust law against individuals.
In the case OF the licorice trust, in
dictment was returned against the cor
poration and also against its officers.
4 jury in the federal court in New York
found the corporation guilty. but refused
to accept the guilt Of its oacers. The
government authorities believe they had
the strongest kind Of case against
the officers, and were inclined after the
verdict, to say that no jury, apparently.
would send the officers Of a corporation
I to jail for a violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. In the case Of the beef
/ trust. the government will have an op-
Iportunity to test this theory. They be-
! liCve that the attitude Of the average
I jury to-day viii be different from that
Of the jury which tried the officers oil
\ the licorice trust this because Of the
campaign of education which has been
carried on in reference to the violation
Of the sherman antitrust law. In the
case Of the beef trust also the jury win
4 have merely to consider the indictments
against the individuals, the corporation
not being included in the prosecution
So far as is known the sugar trust
snit and the beef trust cases are the
Only ones in which big corporations
are involved that the federal govern.
ment will undertake until the supreme
court hands down its decision in the
/ Standard Oil case The case against
the American Sugar Refining company
and that against the packers were con,
sidered SO fragrant that the department
OF justice decided to proceed against
them without waiting for that impor
tant decision by the supreme court.