The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-28

exceedingly unfair TO the American
sugar growers, both beet and cane, to
make the proposed concessions to
Cuba and let her maintain her pres
ent labor laws and compel the states
of Colorado, Louisiana, Texas and
other states to compete with Chinese
labor in the island.
Il am willing to join you" said he,
addressing the Republican side, upon
general revision of the tariff, in MAX
ing a proper reduction of the tariff to
meet changed conditions. but 1 do not
propose to submit to a reduction alone
on the only product of the American
( farmer that has any real protection.
When you get ready to take 20 per cent
Of duty of steel and iron. I speak for
my people when 1 say we viii agree
to = reduction of duty on sugar. We
can make all the sugar necessary for
the United States in this country il
we are given only equitable protection.
There is a reciprocity in protection
that must be maintained and that we
are going to insist on"
In conclusion, he said, the proposed
bill of the committee on relations with
Cuba proceeded on the theory that the
United States could not produce its
own sugar. This. he declared, was I'M
AftA4 " AAlE -AlAA[Altdh HIODiE~
Plat Makes Reply.
Mr. Plat of Connecticut, chairman
1 of the committee on Cuban relations,
replied brifdy to Mr. Teiier's argument.
He declared that it was in the nature
of an attack by the beet sugar trust
on the refiners' sugar trust.
1T is" he insisted, entirely out
side the question whether the United
states ought to enter into reciprocal
relations with our nearest neighbOr.'
He declared that no effort to excite
distrust of aud prejudice against the
sugar trust would c5eRct materially the
{ real issue of Cuban reciprocity. That
I issue was made up. He sharply crit
icised Mr.. Teller's speech, saying it
was made up largely from the speR-
lative imaginings of a witness employed
/ by the beet sugar lobby here"
/ Mr.. Platt said that from the time
/ our military forces occupied Cuba he
/ had believed that eventually either the
United States must come into such re-
| lations with the Cubans as to pro-
| duce in them cOntentment, prosperity
and happiness. or that he would be
| obliged TO accept an offer of annexa-
| ton from a disconnected and unhappy
/ people. He regarded the annexation as
]
| United States.
Talk Of Annexation.
when we annex Cuba" said he
Eve shall have taken the first step to-
| ward decentralization. If not the disin-
/ tegra ton of our republican institutions
I think we have come to a great crisis
/ in our affairs. We have one plain duty
: TO perform, and that is we so treat
( Cuba as to make her our lasting friend
/ I stand for a permanent republic in
Cuba. that is what the amendment IRE
/ ferring to the so-called Plat amend
| ment) meant which we adopted
He believed that the best interests oil
I the United States should leave this
government to form close political anC
/ commercial relations with Cuba to the
end that no necessity would exist fol
| annexation.
In a brief reply to Mr.. Platt's state
/ ment. Mr.. Teller referred to his eX-
pressed fear of annexation as baby
| cry" and a childish attack on those
who differed from him on the question
of reciprocity" He declared that thai
question had been started I'm the in.
terest Of the great American sugai
trust and that the people had been de-
CeiVed regarding the question. "by tho
/ purchased newspapers of this coUn-
try
/ Referring TO the pending legislation
Mr. Teller said after haunting Mr.
Plat for not bringing a bill into the
senate at this session:
I'VE are prepared to take the bill a:
il came from the house, and we vii
take it now"
The senate then, at 5:55 p. m. wen
( into executive session and soon after
ward adjourned.