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Show SUGAR TRUST AND PRICE OF SUGAR New York, July 25. Henry C. Mott of tho American Sugar Refining company, com-pany, who was the first witnesB today before tho congressional committee investigating the so-called Sugar trust, declared that In making purchases of sugar the company never descrlm-inatcd descrlm-inatcd against any planters; never "punished" any Louisiana planters for selling sugar to the Independent retiners, and never arbitrarily fixed the purchasing price of sugar. The committee expected to complete Its evidence in this city in time to take a train this afternoon which would permit the Democratic members mem-bers to attend a caucus In Washington tonlghL Mr. Mott, who was elected a director direct-or at the death of II. O. Havemeyer, said he did much of the correspondence correspon-dence for .Mr. Havemeyer, but his memory was so treacherous that he could not recall sany of the correspondence correspon-dence relative to the acquiring of tho Independents. Asked about the American's purchases pur-chases of sugar in Louisiana, Mr. Mott said: "We paid the New York price less the freight rate to New York, which h about 15 cents a hundred pounds." 'Yet you used much of that Louisiana Louisi-ana sugar In your New Orleans refinery re-finery and did not send it to New York?" "Oh, wc sent a great deal to New York." s Mr. Mott said he would guaranteo to purchase in Louisinna for any Independent In-dependent all the sugar they wanted, if they paid the American's prico and had the cash. Other witnesses had said the planters wore afraid to sell to 'the independents because, if they did, they would bo boycotted by the American, which is tho largest purchaser. pur-chaser. nn |