The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
TRUST LEGISLATION
IN LOUISIANA
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-.,l::.ncss of Refining Sugar De.
clared To Be Public
Utility There

Willett & Gray in their weekly Of
June II give a resume of the law re-
Gently passed by the Louisiana legis,
lature directed against the Sugar
Trust,
The refining of sugar within the State
is declared to be q "publc utility
! The law creates State inspector of
sugar refining. The law pow des that
refners shall make monthly reports 70
HIM showing amounts OF sugar and
price lat which bought and sold or con.
tracted; amount of sugar stored and
, cost of storage; raw sugar melIed and
refined produced; days and hours of
operations; repairs and overhead eharg.
| es: condition Of the plant and the rea.
son for all stoppages and non operation
| IaLuLaJlUn Oh LAIs uata every six
months shall be open to the public.
Rigorous Penalties
Inspection of the books of the con.
Germ Isl provided for twice year
Special reports may he called for and
anything considered beneficial to the
sugar industry may be published
| hefners must pay a tax of one half
cent per $50 pounds of graduated pro,
duced which sum will pay the inspec,
tor s salary aud expenses.
Sugars must be bought on analysis
and net weight.
The inspector is directed to publish
in New Orleans papers s"cr reguia
tons afecting,taHy branch of sugar re-
fniny as may be conducive to the pub
lie interest and to the prevention OF
monopoly in the business.
| Snrtinn nrakrida. Tint a yaRnar uyhn
shall systematically pay in Louisiana
less price for sugar than he pays in
any other State. shall be considered o
party to mdhopoly, combination OF
conspiracy iDftestfaiRt of trace, ano
upon conviction thereof shah be sub
ject to fine of $500 a day for the
period during which he is adiudged tc
have done so; his license shah be re
/ poration liquidated and the foreign
corporation ousted from the State and
its property sold,
Definitions
Violation of this provision, or VIC
lation of the obligation to operate any
refinery as public utility, the Court
may, if irreparable injury to the pub
lie interest Is shown, appoint a receiver
who shall be authorized to carry on the
business. '.''''
! Section & enacts that if any refinery
has been closed or kept idle, for NOR,
than ayear It shall be presumeds That thIi
action was for the purpose of violating
the laws of the State, and the Court
upon sufficient proof Of same, shall
issue an order to the owner of sucl
refinery requiring that the refinery bt
sold to bona fde third parties within
six months, and failing such sale the
I Court shall appoint a receiver to make
sale, lease or other disposition of tho
property.
The legal processes for enforcement
and the penalties are specified at much
length.
Section II defines the business of re
SniRg sugar to be th-t of any concern
that buys and refnes raw or other su
gar exclusively, or that refnes raw OF
other sugar from sugar taken on ton
or that buys and refnes raw or Othel
sugar than the aggregate of the sugar
produced bV it from cane grown am
UuFGhased by it.
Is Farmers Fight ..ITA
The enactment of this law. marks
the last stage in the fight the Louis
lana growers are making in their at
tempt to compel the American Sugar
Refining Company refinery at New
Orleans to buy Louisiana sugars al
fair prices. The Trust has always Of
ferod less for the local product than
New York PRICES, making deduction,
on account of freight. During the las
two years the refinery has operated
ONLY when Cuban or Porto Rican raw'