Show SUGAR TRUST CASE ARGUED effort efrost of the government to prove a conspiracy washington D C oct 24 2 argument was begun in the united states supreme court today to day on an appeal of tho the government from the 0 decision ec islon of the united staten circuit co court urt tor for the eastern district of pennsylvania in favor of 0 the american sugar refining pennine company E D C knight and sprockets spreckels and franklin refineries against which the government brought suit under the sherman antitrust anti trust law ex solicitor general phillips opened for the gov ernrst and john johnson tor for the re finers the present suit was brought fr ally with the intention or of having the sale of the pio property perty and business of the knight the spreckels the franklin and the delaware sugar house companies to the american sugar refining kenning company declared void and illegal un under der the sherman antitrust anti trust law the attorneys lor for the government gohei in their argument sought to show that the four our idelphia companies prior to march manufactured ind pen dently of the american sugar company 33 13 1 3 per cent of the total sugar manufactured in the united states con 1 with the american company arid and that eliat by obtaining obtain ng control of the stock of these companies the american Rell refining ning company obtained it a virtual monopoly of the sugar refining business of the united states and it I 1 d were thus enabled to limit the production and increase the price ot of re lined sugar the consolidation was claimed to have been a combination and conspiracy to effect an alleg illegal it object |