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Uncle Sam And the Sugar Trust In the Nation’s Clean Sweep
A historic overview of federal crackdowns on the American Sugar Refining Company tracing indictments for customs fraud, false sugar weights, and multi-decade investigations. Key figures include James F. Bendernagle, William Havemeyer era, Richard Parr, and James Reynolds as targets of scrutiny and reform efforts across multiple administrations.
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Uncle Sam
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
Customs Service
James F. Bendernagle
Williamsburg
Bendernagle
Cuba
Eva
Sugar
Havemeyer & Elder
New York
American Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Havemeyer
Lexow
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Roosevelt
Taft
Richard Parr
James Reynolds
the Treasury
Customs
Tariff Board