The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-28
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The Washington Star has the follow
ing:
Senator Dietrich OF Nebraska. when
asked today for an expression on the
question of the United States aiding
the Cuban government by a reduction
of tariff on tobacco and sugars. or re-
bate to sugar and tobacco planters,
said:
There is a strong sentiment being
worked up by the sugar trust and Gu
ban tobacco interest that in order to
aid Cuba we should make a large re-
duction upon raw sugar and tobacco.
So far as aiding Cuba is concerned, it
seems to me that the United States
government has been most generous to
Cuba, and, under the Plat amendment
has practically placed at the disposal
of cuba our army and our navy, we in
that amendment having agreed to put
down any instructions. and to protect
Cuba against any foreign powers. This,
naturally, compels the United States
government to consider the extra
charge in keeping up the standard of
our army and our navy.
A FEW WOULD REAP BENEFIT.
LAS to benefiting Cuba by making a
material reduction upon raw sugar, my
opinion is that the sugar trust and
few planters will reap the benefit,
rather than the Cuban people as
whole. Some are advocating that
rebate should be given to the Cuban
planters upon the sugars imported to
this country. I am opposed to that, be-
cause the rebate would find its way
into the hands of the sugar trust,
which will greatly aid it to destroy the
beet sugar industry of this country.
The trust has been undertaking to do
this the past season by selling sugar
in the localities where the beet sugar
industry is now established at prices
way below the cost of production.
The cost of producing the raw SUI
Sars, as compared with the refined
product, Is 93 per cent, or in other
words, in selling 800 worth of refined
sugar, 1893 of that is for the raw ma
terial and only 81 for the refining. |
am favorable II the proposition to
make n rebate upon sugars and tobac-
COS from Cuba, whether it be % or 80
per cent, but insist that it shall be
turned over to the Cuban government,
to be used by il, and not turned over
to the planters. as is being advocated
by some. | desire to be understood as
meaning that the rebate must apply to
all kinds of sugar including the re-
fined product"
AN INJUSTICE TO HOME PRODuC-
ERS.
"A rebate given to the planters of Gu
la would not only be an injustice to the
growers Of sugar and tobacco in this
country, but would wage an injustice to
all other nations producing sugars and
tobacco with which we are trading. 1t
would certainly be resented by such pa
tons.
by turning this rebate into the Cuban
treasury the people of that island will
take the responsibility for its expendi-
turc, and, II they deem II wise to directly
aid the growers of tobacco and sugar,
they can do so, Now that Cuba IS an in
dependent nation, l hold that the United
States have no right TO pay either bounty
or rebate to any of the particular indus
tries Of that country"
Mr.. DietrCh's state is where the first
beet sugar factories were built. He has
given the question great deal of study,
not only I'm the United States, but in for
eisn countries, where beet sugar is pro-
duced AS long ago as 1880 Senator Diet
rich went abroad to acquant himself
with conditions pertaining to the indus
try.
TO DEFEND SUGAR
Several western State delegations in the
House are preparing to take the defen-
sivc against possible threatened inroads
of foreign sugar producers upon the
American beet sugar industry. Their
present efforts are more in the nature
OF throwing out a picket line prepara-
tory to skirmish They don't want 10
'holler before they are hurt" but are
ready TO make a loud outcry il neces-
sary
Michigan and California are taking the
initiative, those States being more extern
slNeiy interested in beet sugar growing
than others. and Wisconsin, Nebraska
ana Kansas vii probably Join forces.