The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-18
GLUCOSE TRUST
Investigation
Questionable Praotises Unearth-
eddy Attorney Generals
Department

q I. Z J.
According to the Louisiana Planter
the United States government has insti.
tuted suit against the Corn Products
Refining Company under the antitrust
law aud the hearing was held ia the
federal building at Chicago before
Special Examiner Rowland w. Phillips
this week. The government has insti;
tuted number Of these suits against
various corporations that have eombIn-
cd to restrain trade, and the Corn
Projects Company, which has we'll,
organized propaganda to not only put
teorn syrup on the market, but has,
from evidence brought TO light, ruth.
lessly followed up all concerns that
failed to make obeisance to its man,
dates and dictates. s
L The government subpoenaed Charles
Pope this week to appear before the
Elxaminer and offer his iuformation and
experience with the trust, which had
tracked his business with determine.
tion, and NO insidnou " and persistent
" that he had to yield to, its charm
| @AAAt a wv nNoa rlAAtI NukHN.N IN WV ~
gar business in Riverdale, Illinois
where the government Is not interfer
ing at all directly. but where the tariff
that has afflicted all sugar establish
inents has inoculated q serum into tn,
financial veins that has threatened u
imnoyerish and lay aside the entire su
gar business. Mr.. Pope was very franz
in giving his information. He ono,
had excellent establishments for tn,
manufaetase Of glucose at Geneva ant
Venice, Illinois. Hundreds of men usec
to be employed in these places, and thu
factories were u great boon to thu
towns in which they were located
Persecuted BY Trust ss
While all seemed to- 20 well on tn,
surface yinderneath the owner az tn,
plants was suffering persecution whiei
came at intervals. The trust woul,
come and sdepfessthe prices Of products
ItilI ruination would stand night an,
day over the book accounts OF tn
j plant, and Temporary shutdown O.
\ the plant would bring relief, the NAL
! ady, however, appearing as soon as TIL
| factories were reopened. The fight wa
kept up for an indefinite time. Jess'
! Adkins, special assistant to the at
torney general, quizzed Mr.. Pope o.
| this matter and asked: You eventual
1y sold out, did you notiD To whicl
Mr.. Pope replied: ~ received Ger
titled check in payment
s. p, Butler, vice-president Of tn
Corn Products Refining Company, testi
fed that Mr., Pope had received $3,
100000 for his business. in the cross
examination 1t was brought out tina
the plants were worth only 100000
Mr., Pope also added that he had tough
the trust since 1897, when the Gmcos
/, Sugar Refining Company was organized
4 At that time the company was organ
lied with $40,0oO,000. Since then II ha
/ been reorganized with a capital Of $50,
! 100000.
! Waterod Stock IN IN
Henry Herget, another glucose man
testified before the Examiner that HI
1 lad received $2.000.000 IL 1902, whei
4 he sold out to the Illinois Sugar Rein
4 ing Company. Il. p. Best said that h
had received $700,000 In 1897 for hi
plant in Davenport, Iowa. The govern
ment is ATTEMPTING to show that tn
alleged trust had been thr0ttling nj
competition, and did this by exorbitan
prices and thereby gained nearly abso
Lutte control of tho whole business a
iwell as some refining interests.
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