The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17

principal. objection by the beet sugar grower to the admission free of duty of Philippine sugar lies in the danger that their markets will be inundated by the Philippine article. It is not possible that the Philippine Islands could supply the actual ineruase In demand for sugar, year by year in the United States. Tn that case there is no reason why the Philippine Islands should affect the market until the beet and cane sugar produ-ed within the taria wall increases 1,s00,000 tons. Be- fore the beet sugar industry Is in the slightest danger, it must increase from
 440.000 tons annually to 2.l00.O0 tons. and from annual reports It would take fifty years to do this I can't see how 1t would affect the domestic product
 if the Philippine sugar were placed
 for time on the free list
 Chairman Payne indicated that the
 possible action of the committee with regard to the sugar schedule would
 of Philippine sugar be admitted free of
 duty each year and that the present
 tariff be imposed on any above that
 amount. He told Secretary Wright
 that the menace. if any, was from
 Cuban sugar, which enjoys reduction
 in the. tariff of 20 per cent. He also
 intimated that the question of Phil |
 tion that 1t might not be considered
 as being strictly part of the work
 of revising the Dingley tarin. but
 would be taken up separately.
 Secretary Wright said that the pro-
 ductiori of sugar in the Philippines
 would not increase to any extent Rep
 fesentative Fordney of Michigan. who
 has large number Of sugar beet far-
 ners among his constituents, told the
 Secretary that the same. argument was
 put. fortE with regard to Cuban sugar several years ago, and yet the produc- ton in Cuba had increased very large lv and the American beet sugar in- dustry had not increased very much. ..The beet sugar people say the Amer lean sugar refining company has no interest Tn their factories" said the ascratarv, referrtng to the 'so-called frnst. vet three years ago they said trustee. understood to represent the Anarican sugar refining company, nwned sI per cent of the stock of all inc beet sugar factories. That may be the reason why the beet sugar m dustry in this country has not groWn, rather than the importation or CupSn sugar. There has been no reauelion ns tS the price of sugar in numper " years.''- ''- '' .,.n Mueh information concerning the r,st of nroductnE sugar, the pronts us- rived. capital invested and mssnoas of growing and refining. were omered'
 ID. D. Coicock. on behalf of the Lou. Lu isiana cane sugar growers. seIu .sne. the methods by which the tIust u. nal.r7 l...u., Ike nrice which 1t would pay the grow
 ers were unfair and edamnable Rep resentatives of the beet sugar man- nfactorers of the West asked that the nresent tariN be maintaiaed, or II changed. thst it be incfeased. elaimins 1s- svrass too small to permit of any eomnefitiou. with the foreign refners
 F' R. HaAheway, representing the l Michigan Sugar Company, charged tna' E. F.. Atkins. who will appear tonlor' row, representing the Cuban sugar growers. mot only propnesaes' pg' would result in the annexation of Cuba l ana intimate free trade If the request | for reduction Is not granted.