The Washington times., 1902-05-20
MAY KEEP SENATE In
SESSION UNTIL AUGUST
Senator Teller Serves Notice
on Republicans.
Hint Dropped at Sugar Investigation
Cuban Reciprocity Bill Apt to
Cause Delay.

George r. Mosle, a gentleman who was
son before the Senate Cuban Committee
recently. was himself heard by the COM
mittee yesterday. He denied very emphat-
| ically the statements made by the form
er witness regarding the interest of Mr.
Havemeyer in the Senado and Congresso
plantations in Cuba.
Mr.. John Parr. another witness yester-
day. contradicted much of the testimony
Of President Leavitt, the beet sugar wit
ness OF last week.
Mr.. Mosle was the first witness. Mr.
Bryson had testified that the real own
ers OF the Senado and Congresso
plantations were the Sanchez Bros,
who held the land. and Mr.. Havemeyer.
who advanced the money for the machin-
cry and the improvements. and that the
Mosle Bros, of New York, were merely
the go-betweens.
Mr.. Bryson's Mistake.
Senator Platt read this testimony to
Mr.. MOsle and asked him whether it was
true. The witness said 1t was not II
was afterward developed that Mr.. Bryson
had confounded the Sanchez Bros, who
own small plantation in Santiago prov
ince. with the Mr.. Sanchez who owns the
senado and the Consresso plantations.
Witness said that ever since January
his firm had paid duty on all Cuban
sugars. under protest, in order to be in
position to secure for its clients any
reduction that might he made By Con-
gress.
Moved by Presidents Message.
Replying to questions by Senator Tel
Ter. Mr.. Mosle said the Cubans had been
enabled to obtain the necessary advances
of money largely through the sending of
the Presidents messages to Congress urg-
ing reciprocal commercial relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba and
by the recommendations of the Secretary
OF War to the same end.
He did not know that the United States |
was actually under moral obligation to |
reduce the duty on Cuban products, but !
it was the universal belief in Cuba that !
the adoption OF the Platt amendment by |
the Cuban constitutional assembly would !
lead to favorable commercial agreements /
with the United States. Otherwise the |
Platt amendment would not have been
adopted
Mr.. Parr Contradicts.
John Parr, of New York. dealer in De-
sugars. contradicted the assertion of
President Leavitt. of the Leavtt Beet
sugar Company. that Cuban sugars did
lot get the benefit OF the countervailing
luty, and produced copies Of contracts to
lisprove Mr.. Leavitt's figures.
Asked as to the possible future pro-
iuctiou of sugar In Cuba. Mr.. Parr said
hat unless prices improved the output
would be greatly curtailed in the future.
There was 10 doubt the situation was
riticaI and unless some improvement
ame disaster would follow The situation
vas the same in other West Indian sugar
aising islands. In Jamaica forty-seven
ugar estates had failed last week. while
n San Domingo the sugar planters were
n the throes of possible bankruptcy
Replying to further questions Mr.. Parr
aid he was a director in the Chapparra
nd Cuban-American Companies in Cuba !
nd interested also in the Mercidita
state. Some or this years crop or the
happarra Company was stored in New
'ork, and all of the Cuban-American {
L. 500 tons, was stored at
ardenas.
Senator Teller Explains.
Senator Teller yesterday served notice
n Senator Platt of Connecticut. the
hartman of the committee, that there :
ould be very long debate on the Cuban : :
eciprocity bill after 1t was introduced S
the Senate-so long that importers
ould order sugars from Java and still c
md them in New York before the Cuban '
Ill became law. I
rs 1t takes at least sixty days for a d
srgo to come from Java to the United '
ates Senator Tellers statement amounts 1
the assertion that a vote cannot be Sc a
ired on the bill before August. h
Senator Teller Is a Democrat and n beet n
igar man as well and radical In both y
rections. 1t is to his efforts entirely =
at the present sugar Investigation is b
,ing on. =