Show TRUST ANY KNOWLEDGE Of No Officer or Director Knew linew of Doctored Scales NEW BW YORK Jan l 12 No No No attempt whatever has been made to to shield anyone anyone any any- one and your board boar has no reason to be- be and docs does not riot believe that any officer officer of of- ticer or or director of this company had any knowledge of or or 01 participation in this fraudulent t This was the answer answer made By liy the board of directors of tho the American Sugar Refining compa company n today to f tho charges that someone higher up in tho the so called sugar trust was responsible for tor the tho use of doctored doctore scales on tho the WIlliamsburg WIlliams- WIlliams burg dock by which the tho United States was defrauded out of more than 2000 in lii duties Stockholders of the American Sugar Refining company met In Jersey City to today today tord to- to day a and the C company's Y position with regard re- re rd rda ie lf Sg gad gard to the sugar hl was made known kno In a report of the board of or directors The majority of the stock of the company com corn pany the report states is held in New Kew England In answer to the charge that the company compan exercises a monopoly in inthe inthe inthe the sugar trade the directors director said that not more than 43 41 per cent of the tho sugar consumed In the country was refined bothe by o bythe bythe the American company |