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Show SPREWOJI, STAND IN THE SUGMOBE President .Smith Appears and Is Exctued Subject toCalL - WABHINOTOX, June 28, President John D. Spreckel, of the Western Sugar Befining eompaay of California told tba house sugar trust investigating investigat-ing committee today that his company ia 1903 entered into aa agreement with the California and Hawaiian flugar company closing dowa the latter' sugar factory and keeping it out of the cane sugar market for three veer,. This is one of the allegations in the, government ' bill ia tbe sugar trust case Mr. Hpreekels asid eeuasel assured as-sured him th transaetioa wa entirely legal. i ''Then yon had sotoe doubt whether it was a violation of the ' ghermae anti-trust law," suggested Chairmaa Hardwick. " I wanted to be sure. " ' Hawaiian Oompany Loot tig Money. The California. Hawaiiaa cornpanv, b aaid, had lost about arJOO.OOu the year before. Thev bad heavy raw augar holdings in Hawaii and wanted to close down their plant. "They naked us to leas their plant for three lyeara and with it their contracts con-tracts or 'Hawaiian Hugar company," Mr. rlprerkei said. 'l agreed to lease it with the proviso thst we get all their augar, about ."0,000 tons a rear, and I paid the company $130,000 a year for the plant. They bad been cutting cut-ting prices and lost money until tbey waDted to get out" u"Was there aa agreement that, if neeesaarv. you could go ia and use the factory!" asked Kepreseutatire Madison. Madi-son. "Ve: if our factory , waa disabled we could use that factory. Mr. Hpreekels said he' feared tbe lease was destroyed in tae'Ks Kra-cisco Kra-cisco lire. " - Mr. Hpreekels s greed with other beat cgar witnesses that removal of th sugar tariff would ruin th beet sugar industry. ''Take part of tba tariff off," be said, "and oaly th larger companies would survive. Kvn thev eventuaily would be foreed to the wall." .' AnxiAtu to Joseph Smith. r iposting the appearance of Joseph; Smith, president of the Mormon church aad head of the L tab-Idaho Sugar company, a large number of womea were present at today 'a bearing. Mr. emith, however, was not called as a Witness sad it wae stated that he probablv would aot teatiy antil tomorrow. tomor-row. Parsident Smith arrived today ad went directly to Heastor Smoot s hous to be his guest. Aeked whether he had any particular reason - for not wishing to com 1 Washington, Mr. Smith replied that his only -desire had been t avoid a long - (Continued oa page IS ) : . . : t SPRECKELS ON STAND (Continued from pare 1.' aad tireeome journey while suffering from eever rheumatism, whea he felt that he could add little or nothing to the enlightenment of the committee. -Mr. Smith and Bishop Nibleyi accompanied ac-companied bv Senator Smoot. reached the committee room during the fore aooa aeasion. From the rear of the room they listeaed attentively for time to Mr. Hpreckela' explanation. Tken the committee exensed the Mormon Mor-mon leader, subject to call, and he retired. re-tired. With him went most of the aa-dieeee. aa-dieeee. Douglae Campbell of New York, aa counsel for tbe Weetera Sugar Refining Refin-ing company, the California rjngar Re-laiag Re-laiag eompaay aad the Spreekela Beet Sugar Refining company, now defendant defend-ant in a government anti-truat pro-cecdiag pro-cecdiag ia New York, protested agaiaet Mr. rlpreekele asswrnng queetioaa pre-iuilieial pre-iuilieial to th ease ia court. Chairmaa Hardwick ruled that the committee had full power to question the witneaa, but that kis constitutional rights would be protected. |