The Sentinel=record., 1911-06-27
HISTORY OF
 SUGAR WAR
STORY OF GIGANTIC STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL RELATED BY
 SPREcKLE's SON,
Pacific Sugar King Caused Have meyer to Surrender and Make Terms for Consolidation of
 Companies,

great sugar war in the early nineties between Claus Spreckles in the west and Henry o, Havemeyer in the east resulting in an alliance between those two sugar aovereigns. were re- lated today to the sugar trust" in- restigating committee of the house by John D, Spreckles. son of the Pacifis sugar magna.e. and president of the Western Sugar Refining Company oI San Francisco.
 When Claus Spreckles met Henry 0, Hayemeyer in that old sugar war ' asked Representative Madison of the witness, 'It was a contest of Greek against Greek. was it not?
 "It certainly was fight"
 Who was the first of those two masters to throw up his hands?" MT, Madison resumed,
 T think it was Havemeyer. said MT, Spreckles. When we entered the east in that fight. of course both my father and MT, Hayemeyer real ized they were losing money. They came to their senses and in short. came together, It resulted in consol- dation of the plants in the east and the formation of the Western Sugar which took over the American Sugar Refining Company plant and our plant there, The American plant in the west was closed down, Each side took half interest in the new com pany. The entire Philadelphia Spreckles plant was eventually sold to the American Sugar Refining Com pany, That was. think. in 1892, After that there never was any competition between Spreckles and havemeyer was there?" MT, Madl- son inquired,
 No. but there has since been penty of other competitor"
 Mr, Spreckles also described how Mir, Havemeyer became associated with them in 1897 in the Spreckles beet sugar company in the erection of the largest beet sugar plant in the world.
 He further related the history oi an agreement in 1903 between the Western Sugar Refining Company with a rival concern. the California Hawaiian Sugar Company whereby the plant of the latter was leased by the former and shut down for three years, Eventually 1t was turned back to the original owners and | is agan competitor, This transac' ton Mir, Spreckles said. was not violation of the Sherman anti-trus law,
 The witness said in his opinion Tree trade in sugar would run m beet sugar business and he prophe sled that with the tariff on sugar le alone the state of California alon could furnish enogh sugar from beet to supply the entire United State and to warrant the tariff protection c Industry,
 Mr Srreekles said the America sasar Refining Company did not hay monopoly of the sugar business ( the country,
 If ther motive in coming to Call lornla was to monopolIze the suga business they did not succeed" Nj spreckles declared,
 Well, the American Sugar Rehr 'ns Company having half of yol s'ocK. are you conscious of compet uon with them in Missouri river tel fNory2' asked Mr. Hlinds, oh yes" was the reply. we compete with their New O
 sans and New York output in tn
 territory"
 Well doesn't the American sug
 'ning Company. owning half tl
 ''sA oi the Western Sugar Compal
 A'e q Veto power in that company
 'o' my brother. my son. our a
 asy and myself are on the boa
 directors and dominate the afiai
 'ae company, They can't veto
 CT put us out.9
 ". interest in the hearInf was enIi
 sasd by the appearance of Jos,
 Smith. nrss,aaa, "