The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-27
President of Western Sugar Refining Company Gives
 Testimony
ELDER SPRECKELS
 VERSUS HAVEMEYER
Fight Resulted in Consolidation of Two Great Companies-Smith May Be on the Stand
 Today

Washington June 2e.-Details of a great sugar war in the early nineties between Claus Spreckels in the west and Henry O. Havemeyer in the east resulting in an alliance between those two sugar sovereigns, were related to- day to the sugar trust" Investigating committee of the House by John D. Spreckels, son of the Pacific sugar mag nate, and president of the Western Sugar Refining company of San Fran cisco.
 When Claus Spreckels met Henry asked Representative Madison of the witness, it was a contest of Greek against Greek, was it not?"
 Tt certainly was a fight.
 MT. Spreckels then described how, during the sugar war, his father in- vaded the eastern territory and erected a great cane sugar refinery in Phila- delphia. That brought about the cul- imitation of the fight.
 "Who was the first of those two mas ters to throw up his hands?" MT. Mad ison resumed.
 'I think 1t was Havemeyer." said MT. Spreckels. When we entered the east in that fight, of course, both my father and MT. Havemeyer realized they were losing money. They came to their senses, and in short, came together. It resulted in a consolidation of the plants in the east and the. formation of the Western Sugar Refining company in California, which took over the Amer icsn Sugar Refining company plant and our plant there. The American plant In the west was closed down. Each side took a half interest in the new company The entire Philadelphia Spreckels plant was eventually sold to the American Sugar Refining company. That was, I think. In 1892"
 Competition Ended
 After that there was never any com petition between Spreckels and Have meyer. was there?' MT. Madison in- qured.
 No, but there has since been plenty of other competition
 Mir. Spreckels also described how MT. Havemeyer became associated with them in 1897 in the Spreckels Beet Sugar company in the erection of the largest beet sugar plant in the world
 He further related the history of an agreement in 1903 between the Western Sugar Refining company with a rival con cern, the California Hawaiian Sugar com pany, whereby the plant of the latter was leased by the former and shut down for three years Eventually it was, turned back to the original owners and is again a competitor. This transaction, Mir Spreckels said, was not a violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
 The witness said in his opinion free trade in sugar would ruin the beet sugar business and he prophesied that with the tariff on sugar let alone the state of Cal fornia alone could furnish enough sugar from beets to supply the entire United States and to warrant the tariff protec- ton of the industry.
 Not Monopoly
 MT. Spreckels said the American Sugar Refining company did not have monop- oly of the sugar business of the coun- try. .-..e4
 "If their motive in coming to California was to monopolize the sugar business they did not succeed" MT. Spreckels de- clared ..-''re
 ''Well, the American Sugar Refining company, having half of your stock are you conscious of competition with them in Missouri river territory?" asked MT. Kinds
 'Oh, yes,' was the reply. We com pete with their New Orleans and New York output in that territory.
 well, does not the American Sugar Refining company, owning half the stock If fba have a veto power in that company
 No, my brother, my son, our attorney and myself are on the board of directors and dominate the affairs of the company They cannot veto us or put us out"
 interest in the hearing was enlivened oy the appearance of Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church and president of the Utah-Id Idaho Sugar com pany, an alliance of the Mormons and the American Sugar Refining company The head of the Mormon church arrived in company with Bishop C. N Nibley, business manager of the Mormon church. and Senator Reed Shoot of Utah. Presi- dent smith will be a witness tomorrow.
 #8 Smith Not Called
 Washington. June 26.-The story of inc relations of the California cane and heet sugar interests with the American Sugar Refining company, the so-called sugar truSt, WIS lOlu DclOTt t1e rouse sugar Investigating committee by John D.. Spreckles of San Francisco. MT. Spreck- les represented the Western Sugar Rein ing company of California. cane sugar enterprise, and the Spreckles Sugar com pany, a beet sugar. plant He was for merly connected with the Spreckles Phil adelpha sugar plant, sold to the Ameri- can Sugar Refining company in the ninetes.
 In expectancy of the appearance of Joseph F. Smith. president Of the Nor mon church and head of the Itah-Idaho Sugar company. large number of women were present at todays hearing. MT. Smith, however, was not called as a wit ness. Ii was stated that he probably would not testify until. tomorrow. Doug las Campbell of New York, as counsel Of the Western Sngar Refining company the California Sugar Refining company and the Spreciles Beet Sugar company. Bnow' defendants in government anti trust proceeding in New York protested against Mir. Spreckles, answering ques- tions prejudicial ito the case in court .~~~~~~~~~~~
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