New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-15
BEET SUGAR THEORIES RlDDLbD-
MR. INGALLS, ARGUMENT FOR THE CUBAN
RECIPROCITY BILL

WASHINGTON April A-Interest IN the Cuban reel
procf.y debate the House seems 10 be waning
tudged by the attendance on the floor To-Day out
the earnestness of the speeches on both sides OF
-ha question increases rather than diminlshes III
intensity That the Republican opponents OF the
bill desire TO proong the struggle rs much as pos
sible was made manifest to-day by 1helr refusal
to allow speeches to be printed IN Inc f.ecoiu'
The speakers to-day were Massrs Mccall OF
Massachusetts, and Brantley, OF Georgia Tor the
hin and Messrs Robertson. of Louisiana ana stew
ems Of Minnesota. against It, MI f'oDiisoi' %
Indiana opposed Cuban annexation on the GROUND
that Il wound threaten the welfare of the American
wage Garner.
NJ Mccall discussed the economic features OF the
hill and said that it fixed the basis Tor oraue
between two peoples amounting no" 10 S''''O'
r..1 annually and which. under the PROVISIONS Va
tho hill would soon be augmented threefo.o- Inc
hio,,or mar the bin would injure the beet sugar
Industry in this country. he said, rested on no
sound foundation. He produced hgures 10 PioNe
his assertion and said that the charge 'lat the
c,gar Trust would get the benefit Of the reduction
,o-id NOT stand examination. Two years ago 1t
tos eer urged that the would get the nenent
nj The removal OF duties on sugar from foruo NM
The result of the experiment showed pesolio ~
ZION that the removal OF the duty Directly oeiei'e1
the Porto Rican planters There "ouid no. NC W.
1,rices for commodity of general use IN the same
-,o-l,, AZ r,e same time In order I" dscredit the
cause of Cuba. the beet sugar ad'Oca'es W
brought in the Sugar Trust The TRUST was d
boyle that il always safe 10 pdluei' DAI '-.''
bul Was not in its interest. Compared Win the
9, bae, smear cartel which exports sugar for
about TWO cents pound while 1t EFFORTS SIX cents
a pound from the German people the american
Sugar Trust was charitable institution
There was little ground for optimism as TO 'he
future Of cane sugar in the United states. IN
Louisiana the cane must be planted every t"o
years az a cost of about $50 acre. while the
Cubans only planted once in ten years 10 P'o-
tect against such great natural ADVANTAGE wa"
not rational application Of protection fro'ec
ton could be applied TO build up industries which
We are fitted TO carry on, and not 10 support d
mere exotic enterprise. =, -, ,,.o-
The strongest arguments for the bill; howeT ys
were those resting on considerations Of morality
and justice and those which had reference hot ~
pecunary interest but TO the future OF the "a ie
can commonwealth. one year ago. ne sald We
passed The Platt amendment which aeela1ed itss a
10 be in fuhlment Of the Teller resoiuuon i wa
one those who thought that anendrneht scaIcetS
compatible with the lofty declaration with Wnlch
We embarked upon the war but sehtieien wiz az
keen Of national and personal hoilor a. my
Cuba falls in all international matters under the
absolute predominance OF the UniIea S. ., 80
practically prohibits her from making a treaty OF
commerce with another nation Having depriyea
her Of this power. we are bound 70 aeai win mt
that have discharged all our obigauons 10
bound hand and foot as If all that remained for
US hereafter 10 sing praises TO our own virtue
IN equity than that of the Phppines. which mad
= per cent concession. or Porto klep wiicr I,au
Tree trade She is part OF us ny those coiiiiii1 mon
interests which bind nations together IL was SAID
that destiny decreed that CUBA should become an
integral part of our Union-destiny' whch is SO
often a mere synonyme Of greed prefer TO see
pos npG as an p foreisn affairs With the
Instability of which inhaoit her regulated
model for the other Latina American states; Inc
governing agencies OF our nation should nqI De ek
tended any further toward the tropics. Whatever
the faults Of the Cuban people: we must al admit
sn s great patience ana serenity WIN w s now se
them upon their course as a nation with the help
The conference report on the Postofice Appropria-