The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-29
SUGAR FIGHT IN
CONGRESS TO RESUME
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committee of wholesale grocers.'i 1t
the expenses of cheating the drum,
which had no label other than the
goes to show how easily the expendi
ture of a few thousand dollars can
bring multitude of petitions down
upon congress. For weeks the Con-
gressional Record was numbered with
petitions from States all the way be-
tween Maine and California, demand
ing lower duties upon sugar, and the
petitions are still coming in.
Paid for 1t ALI.
CT think we have practically put up
the money for it, Mr.. Spreckels told
the special committee. al asked Mr..
Lowry, in the sales department, to go
ahead and do what he could in order
to get all his friends together to form
some sort of an association if he could
and present to congress or the mem
hers of congress what they thought on
the sugar tariff - 1t was developed
that lot of literature was. distributed
to grocers throughout the country,
some of it going along with barrels of
sugar. One pamphlet went out last
March, giving considerable review of
the situation as to duties and produce
ton. Some of Mr.. Lowry's data as to
production in the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and Louisiana has been at
tackled as unwarranted. The infoIma-
ton about his organization has moved
the cane growers to no little activity
and alike aroused the producers of
beet sugar.
'sNo one connected with the Federal
Sugar Refining committee knows the
members of the (grocers commit
tee, said Mr.. Lowry in his testimony,
adding that he alone organized it, that
the $4,000 contributed was paid for
the distribution of literature and that
every member of the committee had
folloVed his suggestion in whatever
has been done toward soliciting aid of
members of congress or sending out
literature.
Interests to Fight.
Those clashing interests will un-
doubtedly be on the ground when con-
gress reassembles next December for
as vigorous a combat as there was
seventeen years ago when the Demo
Gratis during President Cleveland s see
ond term attempted to modify the SUI
gar duties. But the forces are now
better organized and there is more at
stake, Then the beet sugar growers
have become great factor in the sit
uation since that time.
Beet Sugar Infant.
That lusty Infant industry, with
which the Sugar Trust has had some
ALLIANCE, has become competitor for
the sugar trade in eastern States and
it was testified that the Arbuckles
found the beet sugar competition could
do them lot of damage. William G.
Gilmore, in his testimony, insisted that
this competition was not imaginative
by any means and that beet sugar was
now sold as far East as Pittsburgh and
northern New York in quantities which
have figured in the trade wars and thai
mt one time "the beet sugar people
got into New England"
Mr.. Gilmore insisted that If the pro
duction of beet sugar kept increasing
so that, instead of being 100000 tons
year it was 100000 tons year "it
would shut down most of the eastern
refnerles for part of the season. Al
they ara now protected he regards tn,
beet sugar factories as ga very serious
element of competition in this eoua
try"
81 DO not object to their coming Oh
as they are able to do on q commercial
basis, asserted Mr.. Gilmore, sebu
when they come with dollhouse protec
tion and invade my territory do no
like it," He would leave the bee
sugar factories to their territory il
the West and allow the refners o
sane sugar least of the Mississippi
cane in possession Of the field"
Great RSvsnne Producer.
All this testimony and much NOR
will be threshed over again and agar
} when the stage Of congressional cor
sideration has been reached. The eou
= sinner, Of course, cares little Whethe
2 the sWeetening for his coffee AZ breah
! fast ia from eaue or the beet Whelhs
u grew n Hawaii, the Philippines O
b Ia Michigan, but be ~ interested 1
f, buying Il a. eheapiy ~ can be. Owe
} against. the contentious o. these niVa
: Industries 10 production nnd mapufal
y tuTe, haHNYeT, n the status Ut the ifeai
, uTy. The Democratic house would 8
D 10 rodnaa oF abolish duties on auea
I raw and NhHed. heeaufe ID aonla b
. Y0rniaf, bai 40 government d ohiall
! ina aaaalhine over t3o00D.oao ~ rfl
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