Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23

!, N BEET SUGAR TRUST
,.,,,. Are Not Combined 20 All
companies Are of Local
FormaflOn'

...,l,eton. Jan. 29-The hearing on
correctly was resumed before
.,u and means committee today
MI sugar interests Of the United
~, occtpled most Of the time, being
.,.,ied by Henry II Oxnard, presl-
I'm the American Sugar Beet as
,slon, and by delegations from those
s,,s Interested In the production OF
NJ, nom beets The cane sugar In
IL. Al louisiana were also well rep
nlned -, p,..o ,.oa ., ,ho
i c,,s delegation, made statement TO
", ID msapprehenslons on cuba >
.,fon He had argued for free trade,
S1 hs that was the earnest wish
,G@ Bnt while this was the judg-
s,,of me Cuban people, he said they
4 ,tfns o the Judgment Of the Amelf-
W I. coogress on the whole question. He
NJ s I'VE want what you Will grant,
i ,fss no more advantage, nor as mich
Ve are about TO concede to your
~atey without suggestions as to
s-nllons we leave to your states
rs0aD ths relations which are to pre-
IN hlveen US. The sovereignty lB
,ser over both alike, and your deter
rs,ton will be accepted by us fully
IA heels as by the American people
Atralyts"
M 0Yard made an extended state
IA Of he position Of the Beet Sugar
leylallon He said;
stripped Of sentimentality and all
rgntous considerations and reducing
4 Cuban demands for free or freer
ear 10 Ms simplest equation, Il Is this;
Nh me- United States through its ag-
rgtlrlsts produce It's raw sugar and
h factories, scattered from the Attain
| 4 b he Pacific, refine its product, or
I'm 4 permit foreign lands to export
IAN he raw material and content IT.
| M merely with the refining. That Is
I'm fear would eventually come to
ms h you interfere In any way at the
,r,snt time with the existing produce
ia Of bone sugar Capital Is tlmld to
NEAT degree, and should Congress de-
| Ida that Cuban sugar must be helped
Al ne expense Of American sugar, then
| n viii al first hesitate and eventually
TN is back upon the further develop
|ral Of htet Gugar and throw its full
bNs into the tropical Islands which we
hw uniuly favored and stimulated.
sggn production In cuba today is
fmly established and Is the chief in
dgsiY Of he island. Even our enemies
must admit that beet sugar Is at the
,HI iepOn Of It's development in the
unFd States
NJ OgElfd characterized the Cuban
popsiie as most Vicious and asked
Why h va that the American sugar
Interest sqd be singled out for sue
fhtt He also severely criticized the
American sugar trust and II. o. Have
hgsi
Chairman Payne asked MIR Oxnard as
% he rFVu that he had suggested an
iFenenl With the Cubans. Mr.. OK
tit answered that no such agreement
MkfD made There had been n dis
nSaa during which It was suggested
la Y Congress decided to grant con-
tisssss 70 Cuba II should ~e In the
ieFr q a rebate He also denied that
ne was any trust in the beet sugar
l,iuty.
Al he afternoon session Nathaniel
StHarl presented the case OF the Mich
ll osel sugar industry. He said that
h@'M was how invested. and this in
ols'y mad grown up within three
laH He argued that Congress had
silsi The Investment and should not
|suoy Il by granting concessions to
y Smith Of the Michigan Farmers
S allule appeared at the request of The
wuhor Of Michigan to present the
Nv y ne farming interests engaged
laslng Detts, He spoke in opposl-
Tn 70 me Cuban concession.
shs ne hearing was going on a
huu.n was circulated on the floor of
We Mouse requesting the ways and
-'.n committee to make no change
nv. n' lafIn laws likely to injuriously
NV lne 6set sugar industry. About
wwE lNe Republican members from
SS =. California, Indiana. Ohio.
S.lsS ana other beet producing states
1 n, zoe petition. On the Democratic
~ KIN. ne Louisiana members and MIR.
sauo'n o. Colorado were among the
ayers Y. Those In Cargo of the nett.
" NY 'ipecl TO get seventy names before
Committee WY ""'' '"" "'p""'