The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-19
.FORDNEYS SPEECH TOO HOT
FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michigan Republican Assaults the Cuban Bill in
Language Plain and UnmiStakabIe
Gsnsra Wood Accused of Putting His Finger the Cuban Treas
ury For One Thurbsr
Nov. 1S.-Tho

FTTAsHINGTON. Nov. 1S.-The oppo-
w sition 20 the Cuban bin was
heard I'm the house today and in
tigorous speech. The features Of the
day were the speeches Of Mr.. Grosven-
or of Ohio. who opened the discussion
in advocacy of the bin. and Mr.. Ford
ney CRep.. Mich). who spoke i'm oppo-
Eition. Among others who spoke IN
deposition 20 the bin were Messrs.
Ehafr0th of Colorado and Bell OF CALI
fornia. Democrats.
The debate viii close tomorrow and
q vote viii be taken not later than
4 p. m.
SIR Loud Rep.. Mich). speaking in
opposition TO- the bill. said the adoD-
ti0n of the Cuban measure would
5eopardize the home sugar industry
would retard and impede the growth OF
. that industry and lessen the revenues
By $40 600 600 As q business PROPOSE
lion. he said. unreasonable chances
were being taker to secure net result
Of n few millions.
Mr. McNIoran GEep MichO. who also
opposed the bill. SAID the Republicans
had Joined hands with the Democrats
30 pass this bill. which ne character
ized as a free trade measure-tarif Tor
revenue only.
Fordney's Home Thrusts.
Mr.. Fordney Rep., Mich.,) vigorous
II opposed the measure as an internal
bU." which. he said. would wipe out
tNa sugar industry in Michigan. He
. reviewed the history of the beet sugar
Industry and pointed out how I'm his
opinion 10 would be injured by the
passage of the bill Continuing, he
said.
Someone has said that it makes no
difference whether you put this meas
fnFn NOT If that is why
was T. Il. Atkins of Boston here near
~ two years ago. Why was that
tHere Mr.. Fordney used adjectives
which are considered libelOus i'm most
uewspapers) Thurber here? Why has
he been here. as he has, Sneaklng
around this capitol ever since I have
been i'm congress. who afterWard ad-
united that ne was paid by the sugar
trust and lied when, before the COM
mittee on WAYS and means. the gentle
man from Minnesota (Mr. Tawney)
asked him If he had received any
. money from Havemeyer of the sugar
trust i'm any way, shape or manner,
and he said no. but a few days later.
ben placed upon oath, testified that
- had received money from Have
meyer. and also testified that he had
received money directly from Major
General Wood, military governor OF
Cuba
Called Thurber a - -
NIr Fordney said ne wanted to criti-
else Major General Wood. for It had
been proved that he had extracted
''from those poor. starving Cubans
$50. 600. which he had PAID 20 Thurber
20 influence legislation.
ooh, what action by a high official
continued Mr.. Fordney. HE claimed
tABl the Cubans were starving, and
then reached his long fingers into the
CubGn treasury ana handed out $4,000
10 this -- ---. and here Mr.. FOTdney
called names which might be called Ii
belous uttered anywhere save in con-
gress.
Mr. Fordney said General Wood had
testified before a senate committee that
ne had searched the whole island and
that all the sugar he could find there
belonged to- the trust was 3,2S5 tons.
"A few days later said Mr.. Ford
ney. "Mr Havemeyer testified that the
trust had $4,000 tons of sugar i'm Cuba.
Wood only missed by 10000 tons. IhaJ
not much for military othcer. Ire
average American soldier is better
marksmau than that. / could beat it
myself
Blow at the Farmers.
Ar. Fordney said the government OF
sCuba had $4.O00.000 in its treasury and
was better off than other governments
. 81 their debts were paid. This bill was
go benefit prosperous Cuba at the exc
speusc of the farmers Of the United
4. States.
air Fordney said that with the re-
dUCaon of The tariff on sugar which
would follow this bin the trust mt fits
yviu would reduce the price of sugar
b. a point with which the beet sugar
manufacturers could not compete and
when they had crushed them out raise
the price. He also said that every
pound OF sugar coming from cuba goes
khroUEG the refuerics of either the
American Sugar Refining company on
A a. buckle one having a capacity of 40
-f-3u1 barrels day and the other 10000
barrels % day. e. sufficient capacity %
ECupl- al the sugar 10 an the people
OF this country for many years. Speak
lng of beet sugar production, he said,
i.Nhat they want is TO wipe this out
Ther have come into the state of Michi-
gan and become interested In ten OF
our twenty factories. and what for.
Thry were afraid of that competitor
u is cheaper Go 20 there and buy ur
fhos. factories and sell them for scraL
from and get the benefit of the Cnorm-
ous suns that would come To them
through the benefits of this measure
than SO is 90 fight this competition"
CALIFORNIA; Protest.
rnI- zen CDem. CALI followed in OPP
POSITION go The bill saying the farmers
or his state wanted The same measure
OF protection now afforded them and
hc urged that the beet sugar grower.
.leedcd the protection. He said the Re
lubIicaus who feel SO certain that Cal
ifuuiu will be i'm the Republican col
1nnu should go 90 that state and Sc,
how an The people feel on that sub
Ject
"When you pass this law YOU strik,
blow at one of our greatest indus
tries" he said.
Air. Gardner CBep. Mich) explained
why he had changed his views an,
now favors the passage Of the bill. III
the first place conditions had changed
the l1st two years. he said IN,
president Of "a beet sugar plant in hi
dist~irt favored the bin.
1Ir. Burgess tDcm. Texas char
actcrized the bin as an outrage. Read
iuu am extract from an article writer
by Thomas B. Reed. Mr.. Burgess said
This simply means stripped of al
prrbiagc and the bare facts stated tina
10000 was appropriated from the Gu
ban funds on vouchers issued by Leon
ARD Wood. Endorsed by the war de
rartuent Of his administration. recit
efne on their faces that they were 70