The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-26
SECRETS TOLD
BY sPRtCkELs
Exposes Family Skeleton in
Revealing Actions of the
Sugar Trust
LETTERS SLUMBER
FOR TWENTY YEARS
Refusal of Youngster to Re-
ply to Correspondence
Causes Havemeyer
to Take it Up


NEW yop,k v,,,y 9r-,,,.,a
7p' T'Ae'ss lor INVENT! Years the afeh
foe of the sugar trust, to-day enabled
the congressional committee, that Tor
: "a week has been taking evidence in
New York in its Investigation of the
trust, to pu, in it's record four letters
which show conclusively that the giant
! combination was violator of the
sherman antitrust law for at least
short time after the enactment OF that
statute twenty years ago
Incident to the production of this
/ highly important documentary evil
dehce the closet skeleton Of thu great
Spreekcls family was daueled ruoruen-
tarily before the public Claus Spreck-
cls, with emotion in this voice, declared
that ono of the letters he turned over
10 the committee was the cause OF tile
estrangement that separated him from
his father and brothers for fifteen
years his father having been disp!eas-
ed by his opposition to the Phlladel-
| phia refinery being turned over 10 the
trust.
4tr. Spreckals Yas recalled TO the
stand at his own request In order that
he might get the damning letters into
I the record OF the investigation,
Letter Causes Family Breach.
The one letter OF which MIR Spreck
els spoke with particular bitterness
was in the handwriting of Henry q
Havemeyer. 1t was written in Octoher
1901. and addressed to the witness. VINO
was then the manager of the Snrecl,eis
refinery in Philadelphia, 1t Was This
nlssive he said which had canssa tha
family breach. The letter WA, a. fo .i
| lows:
NV dear Mr.. G., A. s.
Please do nothine f.io,is. .,,o,,. .or,
ing refined. ! am little apnrehen sira
ON tine subject, rerhaps unwarran,ablv
think you could safely keen - vi
or SO ahead 10 nrn,r.t ynnrsel, 80
raw might turn against YOU or refined
advance, We are 4l-lh ssls,,a ~
and oVersold
do get all Won can for vour ,ra
duct Has anything irrjtated vons
"A ours stncereiv
III. O. H."
The foregoing, letter ,.au ~ ,,,
of a corresnnnS.n, ~ 20" ,a'' ing CHINA
Ject that had intitfsr@a h,- fl,h,s =,
.5earles, at that time seerets ~ ~, ~
sugar trust Mr. Snreekeis ,sS.t,i.,|5
that he did not answer anv os Ssar,..e
letters, and it Is presumed to, h
silent ignoring OF lhe orders ,r@,,,. tss
hs..d Is,r,t | eonlpailF caused Its
refractory young man directly In h.,a
Mr. Spreckels said he did NOT avan
reply TO the Uave,n..4r 'J nv even
soon after its receint bs $500 al" l'l
position at phiIadcInbia -, a.s tils
Last Saturday he told the conm.t,aa
that he had quit because ma found he
couid not work with the trust crowd .
lie has carefully saved the let's
which are published for the frs, ttn,s
The other three follow, all written h,,
John Il. Searles and ali ignored Nv
AR Spreekeis,
Orders the Market
.o Ne" York. September !. 1891.
y, a. Spfeckels, Esq,
.,, hiiadtiphia, Pa
, NY Dear Str,--i called YOU at 4.1o
This afternoon respecting re1lned Int
you had gone. We went up to-day ON
oIi iihe sfdhuIated to Lac both here
,s ti SHicdso, which l trust helped
sna eut al ulsposlhs OF some of yours,
~ .lio,Ip" morning We shall open
Ia ma n,t Hee ~ lac for both stand
ho,,sas az" Mn ioltied. Tue I1hiladelphla
!, t4'';re "til a%so ADVANCE their prices.
= ss, ne'"s Understood that you will do the
mnrn;rg may Dc detained IN the
-, nave psen obliged to ar
; inc Inc. ' ~ ICES Tonight. and assun-
derea ths - IL. 'o-operate nave or
conpIy net aS anoVe Please
.yours
"Gn9I ius,
Ah,,, ~. -. SEAklE1S.
p - 5.
of October ~ 'es under date
Il am in r.n.jnt
melting of las, - VI statement OF
that you nai,,ot,, ~ Nhieh see
at an avarapa ~s Sour MEETINGS
during the vi, 'o-'o1s pounds
Thursday last suskested on
! meetings to ueuu LUTON IN your
which hsd 0''espoho with that
iPhiladeInh,o '1aue ~ the other
, are also ma anu which We
derstood Won, - 40 NV orh. l un-
ranxama,ts heur IN the ar
sac, norrds eo nn meetings. 10 L.
tiop In ~, ~ pr cent. reduc-
la,{on ~ ,'% W. Sour heANy accumu-
maka suct nH. susk esteo tnat you
I thint ~, ~ 'ioi o. o.ce. IN TACT,
200 nonrSs 'ou VIII reduce to
tha, IL 10 80 wa s.i,i MAKE all
1, ysr,, ai.,'' 70 sen ana ma
c,,r,,,a,,a, ~. 70 ueuuce your &C
no r,rS, e1it1 no" come When
,rsdun,ia,, .'iah@ substantial
marx, a,a .I'' ~ pfeaA inc
+ n,,, - '"'hA 'h" Aorfner VIII
IN ."s 49,
..No,uf,ha, ,v'tet 1foiii 0earles read:
n.,,ranca w. 49, Sour positiFe as
. yoF,r er,,, "a No,'. ais' : iearh that
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