Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-28
to restrain said interstate and foreign
trade and commerce in raw and refined
sugar and related articles. and to mo-
nopolize parts thereof"

nopolixe parts thereof
Court Asked to Issue Injunction.
The government petitions the court te
decree:
That the defendants have been engaged
in unlawful combination and conspiracy
to restrain and monopolize trade. and
that their officers. directors. stockholders
agents and employees be perpetually en-
joined from doing any act to carry out
the purposes OF such unlawful combina
ton.
That the court adtudge that the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company, the Ma
tional Sugar Refining Company of New
Jersey and the Western Sugar Refining
Company is each in itself an unlawful
combination in restraint OF trade, AND
that each of them be restrained from
engaging in interstate or foreign COM
merce.
That the court adjudge that the shares
of the capital stock of each defendant
corporation heretofore acquired by any
other corporate defendant were unlaw-
fully acquired. and that each such hold
er be enjoined from continuing to hold
such shares. and that the issuing corpora
tons be enjoined from permitting the eX-
ercise Of rights incident to the holding of
such shares, and that they be en5oined
from paying dividends to the holders.
That the shares of capital stock in the
Idaho Sugar Company, Great Western
Sugar Company and Continental Sugar
Company formerly held by the late III.
o. Havemeyer were unlawfuliy acquired
by him and are now being unlawfully
used by the executors and trustees
under his will, who are made defend
ants in the suit. The government asks
that the executors and trustees be en-
joined from further using the powers
incident to the shares 50 held by them
as to bring about cooperation between
the issuing companies and the other de-
PENDANT corporations.
That the defendants be enjoined from
continuing to carry out the purposes Of
the unlawful combination and conspira-
cy and be required to withdraw from all
connection Herewith
That the court grant such general re-
lief as may be proper by way of in
junction, receivership or otherwise.
The Original Combine.
The original sugar combine. the petit.
ton sets forth, was the Sugar Refineries
Company, which was formed in August,
1887 under the lead of IL. o. Havemeyer,
and embraced companies which together
carried on 80 per cent of the interstate
and foreign sugar trade of the country.
Within two years after the formation
of the original company, il Is cnaI ged,
the combination closed twelve rennenes-
In 1889 il OBTAINED the Independent Cali
fornia Company, leaving outside the COM
blnation only the four Philadelphia con-
Germs. The state of New York attacked
the arrangement in a suit to Dissolve the
North Sugar Refining Company, which
was one of the parties to the agreement,
and the court held the combination to be
illegal. Thereupon the present American
January, 1891. and continued the bust
ness of the combine.
From $50. to 1900. 1t is said, independ-
ent refinerleS started up and others tried
to. One company built q plant in Bal
timore, but before it could operate the
American company bought its capital
stock and never allowed 1t to operate it's
refinery. The same thing happened to
the United States Refinery. It is said,
in 1896, when 1t built a plant at Camden.
y. j. The suppression of the Pennsyl-
vania Sugar Refining Company. which
was brought out in q suit against the
American company some years ago, Is
also referred to. The California and Ha-
wall Sugar Company, controlled by Ha-
waiian planters, was put out of business.
it Is alleged, by means OF an agreement
whereby the combine was TO pay 100000
a year for three years provided it retired
from the field.
Alleged Fraudulent Methods.
The government charges that the Ameri
can has obtained unfair advantages over
competitors by obtaining money on i'm
ports by customs frauds. as was brought
out in the government recent suits; by
receiving rebates from railroads. and by
working in harmony with wholesale
grocers' associations throughout the coun-
try and keeping up the price of sugar.
A considerable portion Of the petition
is devoted to the acquisition by the COM
bine of the beet sugar plants. when that
1901 all these companies, except the
Spreckles company. which was a beet
sugar concern. were Independent. The
American, it Is charged. began its cam
paign by sending into the middle west
large quantities Of sugar ON which it had
obtained rebates and free storage during
the summer. In the fall, which is the
time the beet sugar companies began to
sell their products, the American Is said
to have cut its prices to less than cost,
injuring the business Of the beet sugar
companies. In 1902 having weakened and
discouraged these companies, the petition
recites, the American company began to
buy them in. in some cases exact!ng a
tribute for all sugar sold by such COM
panies. The American Beet Sugar Com
pany, it is charged. was forced to pay 4
cent per pound on all sugar 1t sold.
Long List Of Defendants.
At present. according to the petition, the
American company and its subsidiaries
control - per cent Of the total output of
refined sugar in the country, which is said
TO be enough to permit it absolutely to
control prices. after meeting q certain
amount Of competition.
The defendants are the American
Sugar and Refining Company, its directors
and officers. and all cane and beet sugar
companies in which it holds stock or over
which 1t has control by the holding of
stock in them by companies which in
turn are controlled by the American. The
companies made defendants In addition
to the American Sugar Refining Company
are the American Sugar Refining Com.
pany OF New York, the Franklin Sugar
Refining Company of Philadelphia
Spreckels Sugar Refining Company OF
Philadelphia. Western Sugar Refining
Company Of San Francisco, California
Sugar Refinery of San Francisco. National
Sugar Refining Company Of New Jersey
National Sugar Refining Company Of New
York, New York Sugar Refining Com.
pany, Hol'enhauer Sugar Refining Com.
pony OF Brooklyn. w. ]. McCahau Sugar
Refining Company Of Philadelphia, Cuban
american Sugar Company of New York
Colonial Sugar Company Of New York
Alamoda Sugar Company of San Fran.
cisco. Union Sugar Company Of San Fran
cisco, Spreckels Sugar Company of Sar
Francisco. Utah-Idaho Sugar Company @,
Salt Lake City. Amalgamated Sugar
Company Of Ogden. Utah; Lewiston
Sugar Company Of Lewiston, Utah; Grea
Western Sugar COmDany If JerSay (s;tv