Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-29
OPPOSE CONCESSIONS.
Beet Sugar Men Again Heard Oh the
Cuban Question.
ISLAND PLANTERS APPEAL,
Delegation From Cuba Appears he
fore the Ways and Means Conn
mittee to Urge Assistance
of the United states.
ISLAND PLANTERS APPEAL

! Washington, Jan. 20. The Cuban
reciprocity hearings We're resumed dur.
ing the day before the ways and means
| committee with delegations represent
ing the beet sugar industry of COlora-
do and a number Of Cubans represent
ing the planters Of the island in at
tendance.
+. X. Carey Of Colorado spoke Of the
development Of the beet sugar industry
of Colorado and its bright prospects If
not endangered by Cuban concessions
which, he asserted, would rebound to
the great advantage of the American
Sugar Refining company. The present
movement, he said, was only another
chapter in the inevitable conflict be-
tween the domestic sugar producers Of
this country and the refining company
the latter seeking to crush the former
A bubble which had been pricked, he
said, was that Cuba was suffering
from starvation. This idea had been
tndustriOusly encouraged by the pam
phleteering of the sugar company. and
yet the claim had been torn to pieces
turing these hearings.
Representative Hopkins Of Illinois
questioned the witness as to whether
any concessions to Cuba would injure
the beet sugar industry. Mr.. Carey &c
clared that injury in such case was
inevitable.
Representative Hopkins said Mr.. Ca
rey's assertion of injury to the beet
sugar industry was only an assnnp-
tion. and he expressed the belief that
A reduction could be made of Il certain
percentage without destroying the beet
sugar industry.
Representatives Dalzell and Grosve-
nor took part in the discussion. stat
ing that the injury to the domestic pro
ducers had been shown by this and
other witnesses. Mr.. GrOSvenOr re-
marked that any one could see this re
suit who could put two and two to
gether.
Statement by Cuban.
F. b. Machado, head Of the delegation
of Cuban planters. said in part:
THE Plat amendment. attached as an
appcndage to our constitution. chained
the Cubans to this country to such an
extent that we are powerless to help
ourselves or to develop our internal
life because the pathways for dealing
with outsiders are closed to use. There
fore Cuba must starve il necessary
without even the right to ask for re-
lief.
at has been said here that the Gu
bans have the cheek to knock at your
door for aims like beggars. The Gu
bans will be eternally grateful to you
for giving rs our liberty, even with the
Platt amendments; but that does not
mean we are eternalIy forbidden to
come TO you and that your final word
has been said in Cuba. AS we have no
personality, at whose doors shall we
Knock
Mr.. Machado spoke Of Cuba as a mil
itary defense of the gulf. Guns on
MORO Castle were more effective than
at the mouth of the Mississippi river,
so that if the International interests Of
the United States ever required the
American eagle to keep her claws there
Mr. Machado asked if it was not a nat
llral duty to look TO Cuba's welfare and
not her ruin.
The statements of the Cuban delega-
ton were in progress when the com
mittee took an adjournment.