Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-31
CHOOSING WELL TRIED MEN
Cabinet Officers Picking Old Timers to Be
Exposition Commissioners
DEEP INTEREST IN The OMAHA SHOW
Secretary Morton signifies Ills Intcn-
tion to Name MIR. Dnbncy, Who
Served Mt Atlanta, 10 Rep
resent Agriculture.

Il
gram cabinet officers are expected to
name to the president the representatives
of the various departments for appointment
on the Transmississlppi and International
Exposition commission within the next two
weeks, or even less. Secretary Morton has
slgnifed his intention to appoint Charles
w. Dabney, jr, assistant secretary, as rep
resentatlve of the Department of Agricul-
ture. This selection would seem to indicate
that representatives of the government serv-
ing in like capacity at Atlanta and Chicago
will be called upon to perform like service
at Omaha. There may be a few changes
in the personnel of the Atlanta commission,
but on the whole the Omaha commission
will be composed of largely the same men
who made the government exhibit at At
lanta so magnificent a success
The ways and means committee room
today looked like a small section of Ne
braska let down in the heart of the capitol.
Pictures of the beet sugar factories at
Grand Island and Norfolk were displayed
on the long table around which sat the ma
jority of the members of the committee.
Sectional drawings of beet sugar machinery
in attractive form adorned the walls of
the room. while here and there handsomely
decorated jars containing the product Itself
gave a most interesting appearance to the
historic chamber, which for a generation
has been set apart for the uses OF this vi
tally important body of the lower house
of congress. OF the personal representa-
tives of the industry there were present
Henry 7. OXnard, president OF the factories
at Grand Island and Norfolk; Il. e. Allen of
Ames, H. II. Leavitt of Grand Island, James
G.. Hamilton of Norfolk James G. Oxnard of
Norfolk and Il. Ham.
PLEA OF THE PRODUCERS.
Henry T. Oxnard, In his own interest,
and as president of the American Beet Sugar
company presented the sugar question
from the standpoint of the producers of
beet sugar. His argument occupied an
hour He was listened to most attentively,
not only by the committee, but by room
full of the best known men in the country
interested in tariff matters. Mr.. OXnard
showed that while ten years ago two-thirds
of the worlds sugar was produced from
cane, today that two-thirds was beet, show
ing the wonderful strides made in producing
rich beet for sugar in the short space
of fifteen years. He made a very strong |
plea for the repeal Of the Hawaiian treaty |
OF 1876, twice extended for seven years |
and kept alive in the Wilson bill, which |
RENTS the duty on sugar Mr.. Oxnard ar |
gued that the interests OF home or do |
nestle producers of sugar were not Identical |
with those of refnerS Of foreign sugars |
that the latter went into the markets of the |
world and got cheap sugar to refine. while
the home producers employed domestic cap
ital to produce from our own soil by in
vestment in labor, lands and machinery |
the domestic product.
FROM THE FARMERS SIDE.
r. e. Allen OF Ames, president OF tho Ne
braska Sugar Beet association, made in the
few minutes still remaining to the beet sugar
people, a running exposition of the bene-
fits accruing to various industries from do
nestle sugar production. presenting the sub
ject it affected the farmer and as 1t might
be made to increase the meat supply now
by foreign edcts. He especially
impressed the committee with the agricul-
tural advantages of the industry as it de- ]
veoped a better system of farming and as
it financially benefited agriculturists along
other lines and dwelt on the safety of beet
crops in seasons wherl drouth prevails. Mr.
Allen labored under the disadvantage of being
compelled at a moments notice to compress
an hours argument into ten minutes, which
forced him to omit many points. and per-
haps injured the continuity of his remarks.
The sugar people tonight seem to feel
that the hearing was one of the most salts
factory ever had here. but are of course in
the dark as to what the committee will do,
but appear to think the rate of the tariff will
depend on the basis of whatever revenue is
10 be raised from sugar.
The postofiices at Dexter, Humeston and
Ia, will be raised from the
fourth class to presidential offices January
|. The present incumbents will be renomi-
81 900 year.
Fourth class South Dakota postmasters
appointed today: Gale, Campbell county w.
r. Varnum vice ]. b. Varnum, dead; Slsseton
Agency, Roberts county j. T. VanMetre,
vice Miss S. A., Rice, resigned