The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13
GREAT INJURY
TO BEET SUGAR
Cuban Reciprocity will KlII
Growing Industry.
TRUST ALONE IS BENEFITED
STRONG ARGUMENT OF SENATOR
FOSTER OF LOUISIANA.
TRUST ALONE is BENEFITED

var ASHINGTON.- Dec. 12.-The sem
wv ate spent more than five hours
today discussing the Cuban reci-
procity bul Mr.. Foster of Louisiana
led the discussion and occupied the
greater part of the day with am argu-
ment I'm opposition to the measure. He
declared that it's passage would greatly
injme If it did not destroy, the sugar
growing industry of the United States.
After speaking of the sentiment that
had been created IN behalf Of cuba
when the appeal was first made FOR
relief for the republic, and referring 90
committee hearings In the house the
senator spoke Of the appearance Of
Mr.. Thurber of New York before the
ways and means committee, and de-
Clared it was subsequently developed
that he was i'm the pay of the military
governor of Cuba. The senator added
ais his belief that the money Of the CU-
bans was used for the wrongful purpose
of misstatng the facts I'm this same
connection ne spoke of mr. Thurber
as having I'm his pockets money OF Mr..
HaVemeyeT for the purpose or reaching
"the best thought 20 Use Mr. Thur
bers words
Not Morally BOund.
Mr. Foster declared that there was
no moral obligation on the part Of this
government to enter into the proposed
arrangement with Cuba He said we
were standing at the open door of
the far east saying we could compete
with England and other foreign cour-
trics IF given equality Of rights, while
we were entering into contrary agree
maqt in our hemisphere. Speaking of
the clause from the standpoint OF bust
ness. he cOntended that without the
proposed reciprocal arrangement the
manufacturers Of the United States
could get the Cuban trade If they
would work for it. This they should
be wllins TO do instead of making the
sacrifice Of other American agricultural
interests. He predicted that the pref
erentiaI provisions win bring on
tariff war with the foreign countries.
because anything coming in from for
eign countries viii be Disseminated
against. He said we forced cuba 20
discriminate. and declared that the
treaty with Cuba violated treaties with
foreign countries
Death to Beet Sugar.
I'm this connection Senator Foster
said the beet is the natural enemy of
The refining trust. and That the effect
OF the cuban bin would DE 20 injura
this growing enemy 10 the trust
'Guba is competent within the life Of
the treaty" said 3Ir. Foster. 'to make
all the sugar tnis country needs. lr
can make sugar cheaper and with the
reduction which is made in this treaty
it means the slow bat sure death Of
the beet sugar industry and the GER
tain death Of the cane industry of my
state. All development i'm this country
viii be checked. We VIII never be able
10 get capital to invest in beet sugar
plants i'm the west in face Of the show
ing that can be made In Cuba.
Means Sectional Strife.
Mr.. Foster closed his speech with the
declaration that the passage Of this
bill would mean a denial 20 the sugar
states Of the slsterly consideration due
from other states. and predicted an
outbreak OF sactiOnalIsm not unlike
that which prevailed in the south in
Civil war times.
Senator Depew, on the Republican
side and Senator Clay on the Demo
cratic side supported the bill as a
measure in the interest of both c0un-
tries. Senator clay said that he acc
cepted il as a provision Tor the -educ-
ton of duties on the part or both coun-
tries.