New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
TELLS Of THE SUGAR WAR
Son of Claus spreckeIs Tells OF
Battle with H. 0. Havemeyer.
THEN CAME CONSOLIDATION
Prophet" Smith, Followed by
Curious Feminine Spectators
Made His Appearance.
From The Tribune Bureau'j

from The Tribune Bureau'j
! Wash,no,nn - oc-Tbe story OF the
trade agreements Of sugar Krss "o"
dead was related to-day TO the co''',',eo
Investigating the Sugar Trust WIZ" 49,
ID. Spreckels. son Of Claus sprecHe'''
o; the pioneer sugar manufac'u'e'''
on the stand.
| Mr. SpreckeIs president ~ the "iea'
Western Sugar Company and the oPIe' 30
Sugar Company, furnished narra'''o y,
the fierce competition among the cane anu
| beet sugar manufacturers In the BUS anu
early COS, which continued until his tather'
| Claus Spreckels. and Henry o. Have'neye,,
| both now dead. effected coiip'o''''0
and combined their interests
The testimony Of Mr.. Spreckels was TEN.
porarily interrupted by the appear a"oe "
Joseph f. Smith. president OF the MO. '''o"
Church and head of the utah-ldaho "'s"'
Company. Expecting that the MORMON
president woul testify. the commute.
room, for the first time since the heai3
began, was invaded by curious FEMININE
spectators. A dozen elderly women WEI
on hand when the committee met ine,
craned their necks when Prophet Sniit"
entered. with Senator Smoot ana b'Shop
Nibley. Of the Mormon Church. lhey "e's
all interest again when Mr. Smith ieaIl'eu
that he would not be called upon to-ua!
and left tho room as suddenly rs ne Id"
come. The women soon followed 49,,
Tho president OF the Mormon Church VIII
take the stand tomorrow to tell what az
knows OF Mr.. Havemeyers acqu'si''o"
interests In the beet sugar Industry III
ctet1
numerous members Of the Church oe''e'
qualified than he 10 furnish the details.
John d. spreckels was examined py hep-
resertative Madison.
when Claus Spreckels met Hehiy ~
Havemeyer in that old sugar war ashea
Mr.. Madison, ut was contest OF uFeeN
against Greek. was It not?'
1T certainly was a fight
"your father was masterfui man IN
the sugar industry. was he not! ne was
70 the Pacific Coast what Henry O. Have
never was to the Atlantic wasn't he-a
monarch over the sugar industry?
in n lawful way. he was, said MI
SpreckeIs. I'VE always aim 10 carry OF
our business in lawful manner.
Mr. Spreckels then described how. during
the sugar war, his father Invaded the
Eastern territory and erected great cane
sugar refinery in Philadelphia ina'
brought about the elimination or the neh''
"yho was the first of those two masters
IN throw up his hands," Mr. Madison re-
sumed
Il think It was Havemeyer, said MI
snreckele. when we entered the East In
that fight, Of course both my father ana
Mr. Havemeyer realized that they were los
ing money. They came to their senses, and
in short. came together, ana conciuueu
that such fight was OF no use. II resulted
in a consolidation of the plants IN inc
Fast and the formation OF the western
Sugar Refining Company in California
which took over the American sugar Re-
fning Company plant and our plant there,
The American plant in the West was closed
down. Each side took a half interest IN
tho now company In the East the entire
pbiIadolnhia Spreckels plant was eventual
Il, cold IN the American Sugar Refining
company. That was. think. In 1892.
"After that there was never any COM
re,ition between Spreckels and Have
never. was there?" Mr.. Madison inquired.
40. bat there has since been plenty or
other competition"
Mr. sprecllels also described how Mr..
rIavonoever became associated with them
in 1897 in the Spreckels beet sugar company
in the erection Of the largest beet sugar
plant in the world.
Ie further related the history ~ An
agreement in 1903 between the Western
Sugar Refining Company and rival con-
Germ. the California Hawaiian Sugar Com
panv. whereby the plant Of the latter was
leased by the former and shut down TOT
three years Eventually II was turned
hack 10 the original owners, and is agaiD
n competitor. This transaction Mr..
snreckels said. he was advised by counsel,
was not a violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The witness declared that. IN his opinion,
frea trade in sugar would ruin the beet
sugar business. and he prophesied that with
III, tariff on sugar let alone the state OF
California alone could furnish enough
sugar from beets 10 supply the entire
United States. snd TO warrant the tariff
protection Of the industry.
In answer to questions by Representa-
tive Kinds Mr. Spreckels declared that the
American Sugar Refining Company did not
have a monopoly OF the sugar business OF
the country.
"If their motive In coming 10 California
was TO monopolizs tho sugar business. they
did not succeed" Mr.. Spreckels declared.
Well the American Sugar Relning
Company, having half OF your stock, are
YOU conscious of competition with them In
Missouri River territory" asked Mr..
Kinds. ~
"Oh. yes" was the reply. We compete
with their New Orleans and New York out
put in that territory"
We'll, does not the American sugar Re-
flning Company. owning half the STOCK or
the Western Sugar Refining Company, nave
a veto power in that company?
mo Nv brother my son. our attorney
and myself are on the board of directors
and dominate the affairs of the company.
They can't veto us or put us out.
TO ABANDON ARMY POSTS