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Show NHT STILL FIGHTS SUM TRUST Grand Jury Hands Presentment; for Contempt for Failure to Produce Books. NEW YOriK-: March Not satisfied with the millions received in payment of duty ended by short weights involving involv-ing the Indictment of Charles-K. Ileike, tho company's secretary, and the conviction con-viction of minor employes, the United. Stales government is sill! llghtln;; hard to convict tho American fc? igar IMining company under the Sherman anii-irnst act. Such action was contompl-n ?d vher. I lie company was. Indicted lor putting Ihe Pennsylvania Sugar Helming company out of business, hut the .-tt)i inont of that sidt.out of court nnd the interfet epe(5 of the statuto of limitations necessitated another legal allack and 'he matter was laid before -bo fvdcnil giMicl j-uy m New-York New-York early in January. Not until lo-day.. lo-day.. -however. .dii),tlr-.soope of-iho -inquiry become pnldic wh oi the rand jury hauileit--up a presentment' for contempt against the company, (or th: latter'.' f.ijl-urc f.ijl-urc in produce certain book and papers in response to subpoena. After tho Books. Tills presentment In Itself Is but a "mnvc of tho government to infjcert.iin its right io ih'e books in question, but incidentally, inci-dentally, disclosed tho n.uuro of .iho papers pa-pers demanded and alTordod i key to the scope of the government -procedure. It has been -alleged that .the ..Vinci lean Sugar Holloing company controls ninety per ,cenl of tho sugar business Hi -ihls cou n i ry. Among ihc papers demanded are' the following: Agreement between the company and the sugar syndicate of 'Mexico; coin'rads with the Sugar I-'a-'.-iries coninnny. lim-Iti-d of Hawaii: ngreeincnt In ll07 with John P. Sproekolo for Ihe purchase of au Interest In the Western lteet Sugar company; com-pany; contract made with Hawaii ami planters in laOT; contracts with the Chi no I'qet Sugar company; contracts with Ihe American Coffoe company; agency agreement agree-ment with the Alameda Sugar company; contract to purchase slock of the Great Western Sugar company: communications concerning the consolidation if the Utah and Idaho Sugar company; aud agreements agree-ments with the following companies (between (be-tween January 1, 1002, and January 1, 1006). I Utah Company Involved. Also of tho American T3eot Sugar company: com-pany: Croat Western Sugar company of Colorado: Kort Collins. Colo., Sugar company: com-pany: Utah Sugar company: Western Idaho Ida-ho "Sugar company; Continental Sugar company; Suako Hlvcr Valley Sugar coin-panv; coin-panv; Michigan Sugar company; Iowa Sugar company; Day City, MIUi., Sugar company: Saginaw Sugar company: Saginaw Sag-inaw Valley Sugar company; Ccueral Distributing Dis-tributing company of West Virginia: Se-bewalng Se-bewalng Sugar company: Creat Western Sugar company of New Jersey; Amalgamated Amal-gamated Sugar company: Ogden Sugar company: Oregon Sugar company; Long-niont Long-niont Sugar company: Millings Sugar company: com-pany: Jduho Sugar company; I'lnh-Jdaho Sugar company: Menominee Sugar company: com-pany: SpreeUels Sugar company: Agricultural Agri-cultural Investment company: Northern Construction company: Sanpete Sevier Sugar company: Bay City Sugar company. com-pany. The order to show cau.o why the trust should not he adjudged in contempt will be jlgncd next week. |