The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-13
ARBUBK[E CALLED.
SUGAR TRUST COMPETITOR TO
TELL HOUSE COMMITTEE IF
HE STILL HOLDS OUT.
Death-Bed Affidavit OF New York
Banker Feature of Days Tes-
timony-Makes Demand.

ial committee created by the House
of Representatives to investigate
theaffairs of the American Sugar
Refining Company and similar con-
Germs will meet in New York next
week. beginning Tuesday Repre-
sentative Hardwick OF Georgia,
chairman of the committee, expects
results of interest from the develop
ments in New York.
Among those who have been ask
ed to appear is John Arbuckle of
Brooklyn, head of an Independent
company An effort will be made to
ascertain whether the Arbuckles are
still actually competing with the
sugar trust.
The examination OF Milton d.
Purdy, formerly trust buster" of
the Department of Justice, did not
take place today owing to the alb
scnce of Representative Madison Of
Kansas, who was appointed mem
Der of the party that attended the
funeral of the late Representative
Mitchell, and who is very anxious
to be present when Mr. Purdy is on
| the witness stand.
Robert NJ. Parker, traffic manager
of the American Sugar Refining
Company, occupied the time of the
committee. Members of the COM
mittee endeavored TO develop their
theory that the sugar trust gets
| lower railroad rates than ordinary
shippers. but Mr. Parker said this
IL not true. He said his company
did not want lower rates, because
| I'VE don't want to go to jail He
said he did not believe any railroad
| would quote a rate lower than its
| published tariffs under an condl-
tons
Kissel Affidavit Introduced.
striking feature of today's hear
ing was the introduction of the
dea th-bed affidavit of Gustave Kis-
sci. the late New York banker. who
was indicted Jointly with the sugar
trust officials on the charge of con-
spring to restrain trade through
the absorption of the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining Company in 1903.
The affidavit which was made
public today for the first time, was
submitted by T, s. Fuller of counsel
for the American Company, at the
request of w. b. Guthrie, Kissels
attorney, and members of the de-
ceased bankers family. Mr., Fuller
said the affidavit was taken in the
Presbyterian Hospital in New York
few days before Mr.. Kissel real
ICED he probably would not live to
go to trial on the indictment,
The affidavit begins with state
ment that Kissel had expressed a
desire to appear before the federal
grand jury concerning his connec-
ton with the loan of s1,250,000
| made by the American Sugar Rein
ing Company to Adolph Segal of
Philadelphia This was the trans
action on which Kissel's indictment
| was Based it being alleged he was
| the agent of the trust,
1.-The charge made in the indict-
ment that | entered into an unlaw-
full conspiracy with the directors of
the American Company or anybody
else in any way, shape or form is
| untrue" says Kissel in the affidavit.
1.-The allegations that | deceived
Mr.. Segal at any time or in any
way, and that | wrongfully and un-
lawfully endeavored to injure him
financially and to hinder his paying
his debts and to prevent the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company
from engaging in business, are with
out foundation or support in the
facts, and are directly in conflict
with the truth.
81 did everything in my power in
good faith TO assist him financially
and to help him pay off the loan
and start the refinery, and my finan,
cial interests were at all times with
him and not with the American
Company"
The affidavit goes on to show thai
at times Mr.. Kissel advanced hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to Mr.
Segal practically without market
able security, and that in the enc
the Philadelphia sugar man was ir
his debt something like 100000, II
addition to not having repaid thu
loan of $1,250,0Oo obtained from
Henry 0. Havemeyer through Mr.
kissel
The witnesses subpocned to ap
pear in New York are John e. Par
sons, former counsel of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company, ant
Washington B. Thomas, vice-presi
dent of the American Sugar Rein
ing Company.
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