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Show Held by Sugar Trust and the H. 0. tiave- meyer Estate Washington, June 24 Chester S. Morey of Denver, who succeeded H. O. Havemijer as president of tho Great Western Sugar company upon .Mr. Havomyer's death, resumed the stand today before tho House Sugar trubt commltteo of inquiry ...r .Morcy vvas lntorrogated as to the details of tho organization ln 1905 of tho Groat eatern Sugar company, com-pany, which is nn amalgamation of Colorado beet sugar factories. Tho American Sugar Refining company owning many of tho smaller factories, now capitalized at ?30,000,000. acquired acquir-ed a majority of the stock. Tho companies' In tho Great "vVcst-"crn "vVcst-"crn group wore located nt Greeley, Eatoiii Longmoat, Lovolano, Windsor, Fort Collins. Sierllng Brush and Fort N'onigan, all in Colorado, with factories fac-tories at Billings, Mont, and Scott's Bluff. Mo. Tho last or theso, the government claims, vvfiro erected to foieslall ejection ejec-tion of sugar plants by interests indft- pendent of the Great Western Sugar company of the Haveniycrs.. The amalgamation of all these companies, Mr Moroy testified, was proposed TirHt by himself and associates In Colorado and. ancr dlrectoia In many of the companies had approved the plan, he went to Nfcw York and took up the matter with J-I O llavemcyer. "How much of the Groat Western stock dois the American now own?" i'hlrty-thrpo per cent " "How much la owned by the Have-meyor Have-meyor estate?" "Tblrt -i e per cent is controlled bv the Havomeycr estate " "Then tho representative pf iMr. Ilavcmeyer's estate and the Amcrfcan Sugar Uoflnlne compnny control a majority of Great Webtorn stock?" "Yea, that Jt correct." |