Round 4: Tossup 2

Michael de Young was shot by the son of a magnate in this industry after de Young’s Daily Dramatic Chronicle newspaper accused that magnate of fraud. A collection in the Met that popularized French Impressionism in the US is named for Henry Osborne Havemeyer, a magnate in this industry, and his wife. The Hardwick Committee investigated the Mormon-controlled “Utah-Idaho” Company in this industry, which the LDS Church had previously tried to enter with the Deseret Manufacturing Company. (10[1])Antitrust enforcement in this industry was held to have exceeded Congress’s commerce (-5[1])powers in United States v. E.C. Knight (10[1])Co. (10[7]-5[1])Claus (-5[1])Spreckels became a baron (10[1])in this industry after the Reciprocity Treaty (10[1])of 1875 (10[1])eliminated US import taxes (10[1])on its products. For 10 points, the “Big Five” companies (10[1]-5[1])in Hawai’i (10[1])worked (-5[1])in (10[1])what industry that processes cane? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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