Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-17
ASSAILS THE SUGAR TRUST
Remarkable Document Just Issued BY
Authority Of Senate,
ATTACKS ALL WHO FAvoRs RECIPROCITY
Reviews the History of the sugar
Industry in the United states
orders and Changes in
the Postal Service.
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WASHINGTON. July 16.-(special.)-A
remarkable document has Just reached the
document rooms of the senate and house
from the government printing office. II Is
entitled The Deadly Parallel on Cuban
tarin reduction and was compiled by Tru-
man @. Palmer. II was ordered printed
during the closing days Of congress Ne a
senate document. Mr.. Truman calls II "a
parallel without q parallel in the record OF
falsehood." 1t contains extracts from the
testimony Of those favoring Cuban reci-
procity, compared with similar extracts
from the testimony OF those opposed to It,
before the ways and means committee, and
hundreds Of extracts from newspaper edi-
toriRls and other news sources, the object
being TO show how little ground the adj
vocRtes OF reciprocity had to stand on. Mr..
Palmer does not hesitate to attack everyone
In favor of reciprocity with Cuba, and In
his introduction makes the following ref
erence: with q people mono too scrupu-
lous with their words, especially when
their pockets are concerned; with q gov
ernor general at one END Of the cable urg-
ing tariff reductions and anxious to facili-
tate the early withdrawal Of his troops;
with q secretary Of war at the other end of
the cable animated by the same feelings,
anu Win y mlblukOTuou pEcoht Nu6 sugar
trust, the great benefactor OF any tariff
reduction on Cuban raw sugar, has had q
marvelously complete channel through
which to fool the people" An interesting
comparison is made between the letters
and cablegrams from Cuba to newspapers
and commercial organizations in the
United States claiming that there was
great distress in Cuba. and the statements
OF witnesses before the committee on ways
and means, on practically the same days,
to the effect that no suffering existed in
Cuba at that time. Considerable space is
given to the exploitation OF the position OF
Senator Elkins on the Cuban reciprocity
question, as we'll as General Grosvenor
and Representative Steele, Speaker Hen
derson and others.
Reviews History of Industry.
A review Of the history Of the sugar In
dustry in this country follows, in an effort
to prove that the American Sugar Refining
company would be the primary beneficiary
from the passage Of the reciprocity bill.
This is supported by a great many clip
pings from the editorial columns and the
news columns Of hundreds Of newspapers.
Following this is a digest Of the testimony
before the ways and means committee. for
II pun pOoO VI blOWAhb NhoN Az ONbH
are not distressed and that the people who
are asking for tariff concessions are Amer
lean syndicates who own vast sugar plan
tations In Cuba and Spaniards who still
hold allegiance to Spain. Mr.. Palmer takes
up the war between the sugar trust and
the beet sugar interests Of the Missouri
valley and claims that the sugar stock
went up from 11eh In January, 1909, to
1891 on March %. the reciprocity bill hav-
ing been adopted by q majority Of the re-
publicans Of the ways and means commit
tee on March Is. In this connection he
gives hundreds OF other clippings from
newspapers relating to the war on beet
sugar by cane sugar refining interests.
The purpose for which this compilation
was made and printed Is not apparent at
present. the bill having been defeated, but
1t will doubtless be used extensively IN
support OF the arguments Of the opponents
OF that measure, and will probably be ID
evidence next winter, II the subject again
comes before congress.