The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-12
MONEY USED ID HELP IN
 SECURING RECIPROCITY
Presidents Pet In Position for Sharp Censure, But Roosevelt Will Prob ably Say Nothing-Warrants
 On the Cuban Treasury.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

Washington, June l.-(Special) - Dis closures of a startling nature whicl | should result in severe criticism of the Presidents favorite. General Leonard Wood, were made before the Senate Gu ban committee today when a witness, r. B. Thurber, testified that Wood as mill | tary governor of Cuba, was spending money from the Cuban treasury for the circulation of documents in this country urging reciprocity with Cuba. The wit ness had receipt to prove his assertions This receipt called for $2SSO paid by tn. military governor to the witness. | Havemeyer, the head of the American Sugar Refining Company, contributed s25o0 to the same fund
 The testimony caused somewhat of 6 sensation in the capitol and will make still more difficult the passage of the Gu i ban reciprocity bill. Much to the satis l faction of the beet sugar Republican, was the statement that the head of tn, sugar trust had also assisted financially 1 They have frequently made the assertion that the sugar trust would be the ben, | ficiary of the Cuban legislation and the. | now have something tangible upon whicf | to base their statements The action O, 'NON III uoihB money to advance the cause of reciprocity, ne matter how meritorious in principle tha | cause ma }. Is of course absolutely in. defensiblc. rood. however, will esaap. censure from the administration alont with Smith and all the rest.
 The Receipts.
 The following is a copy of the ~ecelpt which MT. Teller submitted as havint been given by MT. Thurber to the Cubar government and which the witness ad mitted to be genuine:
 Form g. Voucher No. 31. Abstract B. account month of April 1902
 1 New York, April 2 1902 The United States Military Government | of the Island of Cuba to the Unitet
 States Export Association Debtor: | For sending third edition of s0 600 circu lar letters and accompanying publca tions to leaders of thought in the Cnitet | States advocating a reduction In the du ties on Cuban products, with a reciproca | educton in the duties n American pFodu' 2 imported into Cuta, s2SS0. 1 Received payment.
 tSisned) L. S EXPORT ASSN
 F. B. THURBER, President l April ?, 1902
 l The service per bill attached (ses above in support of the application O.
 
 reciprocal tariff relations with the United | States-$2S80)
 Under authority of General Wood, | March 26, 1902.
 The document bore the following en. dorsement:
 Headquarters Department of Cuba,
 Havana, April 10, 1902. The services herein charged Tor havink | been performed under the verbal direc- | tions and authority of the military gov- ernor, this voucher as submit ted is ap- proved and the auditor is authorized tc pass the same
 By direction of the Military Governor tSingned FRANK M COY.
 Aide de Camp. Paid by check No. 4O31os April Il, 1902, for $2SsO. on Banco Naccional de Cuba.
 Three Other Bills Rendered.
 In reply to other questions MT. Thur Der said that three bills similar to this had been rendered by him and that all had been paid.
 MT. Thurber said that he had not tried to avoid appearing before the committee, stating that he had been absent from his home most of the time since the re- ceipt of his first summons to appear. which he had not received until May B, notwithstanding 1t was sent on the 26th
 Prof H. w. Wiley. chief of the chem lstry division of the Agricultural De- partment, followed Mir. Thurber He con tended that the European kartel bounty l had been the cause of the entire reduc- tion in the price of sugar which had taken place throughout the world in the | last two years. He showed that beet sugar at Hamburg had fallen since June. l 1900. 42 per cent.
 While in two years" he continued l ''the price of raw beet sugar in Hamburg | has fallen 42 per cent on raw cane | sugar in New York 30 per cent and 90 | degrees centrifugal in New York 25.6 l per cent the price of granulated sugar | in New York in the same time had fallen only II per cent" | He added:
 Tt is evident a depression In the price l of raw sugar does not benefit the com sumer alone"
 He said the depression in sugar ia 1 worldwide and advocated the meeting | of this European duty with a similar duty by the United States. On this point | he said:
 Since England is the greatest con- sumner of bounty-fed sugar among the nations of the earth, and the United | States the second. 1t is evident that if these two countries should join in coun- tervailing not only official but kartei bounties, instant prosperity at once will come to the sugar growers of the whole | world"