The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-05
MR.IAWNEYAT HOME
Insurgent Leader Discusses Fight
on the Cuban Question. ~
SOME HISTORY. FROM THE INSIDE
for Complete Control of Uncle
Sans Market.

Special to The Journal.
Winona, Mimi, May 5.-Congressman
James A. TaWney arrived here on Sunday
morning for a brief visit. When seen
to-day, he spoke on several topics of
interest at present. es.. cs.- -
1t is o matter. of regret said he, that Judge
Morris and Mr.. Eddy have concluded not to
be candidates again.$@It will be- loss to the
| state temporarily at4least Their long service
gave them comman ding positions on import
! ant committees and also valuable acquaint-
ance with the membership Of the house.
We have had. rather an interesting fight
over the Cuban question, but it has not
effected the republican organization in the
thouse in the least. 1t was comparatively free
| from any personal bitterness. While it re-
suited in the defeat Of the republican leader
ship in so far asFthat leadership undertook
to dictate to the house, yet that was not the
| primary object O. ~the contest on the part of
those republic MS bio opposed The republican
and democratic lead rship ofsthe house. tits
not generally understood that until within
twentyfour hours before the final vote was
taken the leaders on the democratic side of
the house were working with the leaders on
the republican side to secure the passage of
the BILL and almostat the last moment this
element Of Democratic Insurgents mustered
sufficient str ength to compel their leaders who
favored the passage of the bill to accept as a
condition of voting for it the removal of the
succeeded in adopting an iron clad resolution
| binding the democrats in the house to support
and favor the action of the caucus in the
house.
If the American people fully realized the
| fact that those who began this agitation Nr
the particular form CT relief for Cuba that is
now being commended for were prompted by
purely mercenary motives and that it is their
| greed of gain that is prompting them to keep
| up the agitation and this fight fer reduction
OF the duty on raw sugar there would be such
an overwhelming sentiment against the propo-
sitiOn that this contest would end speedily.
The contest has been stripped of all the senti-
merit that originally prompted the people to
favor this proposed legislation. 1t is becom-
ing more evident every day that the real
question involved is whether not the
American sugar refining interests in this
country and the American capitalists who
have purchased hundreds of thousands Of
acres of sugar lands in Cuba to have the
opportunity to destroy the sugar producing
industry of the United States. II they secure
the concessions they ask for either now or
hereafter this interest and these capitalists
will have accomplished their purpose. .E
The American sugar beet industry produces
its own raw material. 1t also produces the
finished product, refined sugar. The American
sugar trust and its constituent companies i'm
port their raw material from foreign coun-
tries. Hence if the beet industry continues to
grow in the next ten. years it has the last
five years, that industry will then be pro-
ducing all the raw and all the refined sugar
we consume and Mr.. Havermeyer and his
crowd will have to be content with the REIN
ing Of the raw cane sugar produced in the
United States and in our island possessions:
whereas. if the beet sugar industry is, now
destroyed the American sugar trust will then
have complete monopoly of the American
market for the sale of refined sugar, and the
consumer will be at it's mercy This is the
real issue involved in this contest, and the
Importance Of it must be apparent to every
one who will stop to consider the fact that
we will this year consume 600 tons of
sugar and that this market is increasing at
the rate of about $6,O00,0O0 annually.