The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
TO DISSOLVE SUGAR TRUST
GOVERNMENT NIT To NE FILED
~ ABOUT I WEEk.
OmcIals Have strong HSpes Of Prose
cutting % successfully GONernmen'
win Charge That = Monopoly Has
Been Established Through Rebates,


win Charge That q Monopoly Va
Been Established Through Rebates,
| WAsHINoroS. Sept - The suit OF
the Federal Government for the dissolu-
ton 81 the American Sugar Refining
Company under the sherman antitrust
law will he filed in the Federal Court
in New York city in about a week. II
Is understood that the Government ON
clals have strong hopes ~ being able %
prosecute the suit successfully The
case will have many points in common
with the dissolution suit now pending
before the supreme Court against the
Standard Oil Company. The Government
papers will point out tina, tn" sugar
trust. like the standard oil Conmpay.
r-sorted first To- the method of trusteeing
the stocks II the independent companies
and then. when the practice was de-
clared illegal. organized a holding com
pany under the laws of New Jersey
The Government will all-gc that the
sugar trust now controls more than 20
per cent e the output 81 the hest and
cane sugar In this country and will charge
that IN" monopoly has been established
through rebates and unjust discrimina-
tons
II was learnei to-day also that the
Federal authorities have strong hops
of icing able Ia convict some 81 the Chi.
| cago packers who recently were indicted
under the sherman antitrust law In
Administration circles the prosecution 81
, the beef trust indictments il regarded d
/ the greatest Importance. for 10 Is believed
that this case Will largely determine
whether the sherman antitrust law can
ever be- applied successfully against
individuals. Up To- this time the case u
! the officers 20 the SOFA He'd liCnriCs trust
| has stood a. IN" chief example ~ the
Application ~ IN" sherman antitrust
! law against individuals
In IN" case ~ the lcorIce trust IudiCt-
/ ment was returned against IN" corpora
ton and also against it, officers. 4 jury
| ia the. Federal court m New York found
| the corporation guilty. but refused to
accept IN" guilt ~ it, officers
! The Government authorities believe
I they had the strongest kind ~ case
against N" officers and wer" inclined
= after the verdict 10 -av that no jury APP
par"r'ly would rsud the ufficer- ~ q
! corporation To- jail for violation ~ the
Z sherman antitrust law Ia the case
- tn" beet trust the Government will
: have an opportunity to test this theory
. ! hey believe that the attitude of the
/ ayerag. Jury to-day will be different
from that Il the jury which tried the ON o
GERS Il ~" hcUriCe trust this because
of rha canpal gn IT educAtinn which has
/ bean carried on IN reference 10 the vio-
lA'Ion II the sherman antitrust law
/ In the case - the beef trust also the Jury
will have merely 10 consider the indiCt-
m.n'- against the individuals. the Corpo-
ration not heing included ia the pro-ecu-
ton
~ fas a. - known. the sugar trust
~ aud the. hssfal fTtIaf the only
one ia which big corporations are in
volved that the Federal Government
will undertake until the supreme Court
hands down It- decision IN tho Standard
on case Tn" cas-" against the Amsri-
can Sugar Refining Company and that
AGAINST the packers were considered 80
fragrant that the Department 81 Justice
decided 10 proceed against them with
ont waiting Tor that important decision
by the Supreme Court