New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-28
JOHN ARBUCKLE DEAD
Man Who Brought Sugar Trust
to Terms III Four Days.
DOMINATED COFFEE TRADE
Was PhiIanthropist as Well as
Trust Buster"-Amassed
Large Fortune.

lanthropist died Yesterday At his home No
2I5 Clinton avenue. Brooklyn, from general
breakdown. Mr. Arbucklc had been ~ only
four days and. although his rugged health
had shown signs of giving way for some
time. his death was unexpected.
The nurse who was in constant attend
ance on him saw early yesterday mornihS
that he was failing rapidly. and kilograms
were sent tn relatives TN Pittsburgh. HIS
physician was summoned in haste. but bF
the time no arrived Mr.. Arbuckles condi-
ton Was such tina he was unable IN take
any stimulants Ho died At $50 d. IN.
~ Mr.. Arbuckles bedside were his two
sisters Mrs Robert Jameson and MISS
Christina Arbucke: his uieces. Miss Mar
tina Jameson and Miss Margaret Jameson;
his nophcws, Charles \. Jameson and VIII
lam \. Jameson. his partner. and Mrs
William \. Jameson.
Services will be held at the Arhucki"
home this afternoon. The Rev. Ne"eil
Dwight Hills, pastor Of Plymouth 'hUrch'
will oficiate. Tn" burial will take pla""
tomorrow in the Arbucklo family plot IN
the Allegheny Ccmetorv PittsrurEf.
John Arhucke was asked last December
about 2 rumor that he was about 10 retire.
He denied il vigorously. "Tll die in tho
harness" no said lilo did, having amassed
a fortune estimated at NOR" than SlI"".V".
Despite his seventy-tive years and steadily
falling health. he was a his Office regu-
larry 20 within four days of the "nd.
habit nxod by forty-onc years ~ active
work While ~ Europe last summer he
advertised for young mon at large salaries
to relieve him Of business details.
John ArbuckIo camc 10 Allegheny.
Penn. as child i'm the great Scotch inn
migration to that city There no got
common school education Henry phiprs
and Andrew Carnegie were schoolmatos
or his Then he engaged IN business for
2 time in Pittsburgh. where he married.
in 1865. Mary Alice Kerr who died in
1907. leaving him childless.
In ISL he established in this city with
his brother Charles. who has been dead for
some years the firm Of Arbucklc Brothers.
which he controlled till his death, llo was
the first to adopt on a large scale the pack
age goods plan in retail trade il was an
instantaneous success.
When he sought to carry this scheme into
the sugar business ne ran afoul Of the
sugar trust no had Con" 10 the Have
never poopIo with the project They liked
the idea. but refused 10 deal with MIR. Ar
bucklc. Then began the sugar war The
coffee man built a sugar refinery OF his
own and put il ia operation IN 1895. lie cut
tho wholesale price 81 sugar 10 ouc-half
cent pound above the cost o' crude suagr.
Finally. m 1901, the Haycmoycr party.
which mad meanwhile gone into the coffee
business. was glad 10 give I'm and give
away the newer venture. An agreement
u.,e drawn mn recognizing Arbucklc's right
- rof,o , on bsrrcIs of sugar a Jay
The customs revelations Of iaa involved
,rhuclIa Ero,bcrg The firm had ynlun-
,aru,. giyor tba ro,orurocnt inycsticstors
free access 10 tho hooks \ shortage in
duties amounting 10 S6q..s7s u was disrov-
cred. and II was promptly paid into the
I-pitod States Treasury The same InyegtI.
eation cost the American Sugar Refining
company g on 0oo in back duties.
vr ,rbycpIe's uoxt move WAS IN build
series Of warehouse piers at the BROOKLYN
waterfront and for a time il was feared
tina ..tr,,s,.bu,tcr' VA bcut on attacking
Tho rcirbhoring warchous- owners but
,h., Co,r u.,e no, realized while he
ia hoo, acouiriup q ncot NJ bargeq aud
,o,,.b,.ts T., hiring his urodrIcts In Now
wi
H. uocts =, > ,ipo his ,urhoats had
o,r,,,,. ia In tlis a., eaa. -, opror,,,-
nt,,. ., t,,,,,, into - ,o,,bost u.,r ma, VA,
ON at IN. time between the Towboat Trust
a,d tIo ird,rcrdcuts Tho trust had bcop
ar.,r,i,,, "a a bost RoCoro Mr. ArbucLro
GO, ,brougb vim tho ecbt the charge
d,,,,,,oI o., lou 8, II rcyor has rot,,r,,oi
a. ,i,,,,o
r,o,, ,r,s e,s,, a., tho ,oo.ho,, b,,.ir,,,
bc worked I'm ocean towing and wreck rails