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Show SPRECilELS HffS FIGHT ON HAND Sugar Refinery at Crockett, Crock-ett, Cal., to Be Re-opened Re-opened by Planters. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. The Chronicle Chron-icle says today: The relatione hitherto existing between the Western Sugar Refinery, Re-finery, controlled by the Spreckels Interests, Inter-ests, and the sugar planters of fho Hawaiian Ha-waiian islands have been ruptured. The planters have acquired a controlling interest inter-est in the refinery at Crockett. Cal., which for some vears has been closed under pay-. pay-. nient by the trust of a big Indemnity, and are making preparations to operate the plant In competition with the Western Sugar Refinery'- They will refine there the sugar which, if the old contract had been renewed, would have been sold to the Sprcrkels concern. This product amounts to about 150.000 tons for th season. To keen Its plant going, the Western Sugar Refinery will now be compelled to buy raw sugar In Java and elsewhere. For some months negotiations have been In progress between the Spreckels Interests Inter-ests snd the Island growers, looking to a, renewal of the. agreement. The rock on which these negotiations have split is the deduction made on the price of sugar landed In San Francleeo, as compared with the selling price In New York. The old contract expired on September 1st. |