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nave oeen sent 10 prison.
l. Mr. Garrett of Tennessee-u is
true. is it not, that the Federal Sugar
Refining Co, denies all guilt, and that
the others. by compromise. virtually
pleaded guilty?
/, Mr.. Fordney-Oh, no. All of them
denied their guilt in the first place.
but when the goods were found on
them they pleaded guilty
Mr.. Garrett of Tennessee-But in
the case of the Federal CO.
Mr.. Fordney-lt has not yet plead
ed guilty.
Mr.. Carrot of Tennessee-And II
has denied absolutely that it was
guilty.
Mr., Fordney-Yes: AS did all OF
the others, until they were brought
race 10 face with the facts. and were
brought before the bar of justice.
Mr.. Goodwin of ADMINISTRATION
did those who were convicted support
in the last campaign?
Mr., Fordney-I ds not know. | will
say this, that Mr.. Spreckels was q
strong supporter of the Democratic
administration, because he looked 70
your party for free trade and got it.,
and you will not deny it,
| Mr.. Adair-It was stated when this
bill was passed that this bill would
put out of business the cane growers
in louisiana?
Mr. Fordney.-Yes.
Mr.. Adair-And the reason WHY a
rate was given them for three years
was in order that they might 90 into
some other line of business?
Mr.. Fordney-Yes; and in the agri.
cultural bill the House appropriated
$4,000 and in the Senate that sum
was raised to 100000 to pay experts
to go down to Louisiana and educate
those people in some other agricul.
tural lines.
Mr.. Adair-It was understood and
admitted that the sugar-cane people
would have to go out of business.
Mr.. Fordney-Then the gentleman
agrees with me that the Democratic
party intended to put them out of
business down there?
Mr.. Adair-I do agree with the gen!
tleman that they will go out of the
sugar business, and they ought TO
have gone out of 1t years ago, be,
cause it is not right to compel a hun
dred million of people to pay cents
pound more for their sugar than
they ought to pay.
Mr.. Fordney-Let me answer that,
please. Right at that point 1t was
brought out before the Hardwick SUI
gar investigating committee in 1911
that as soon as the domestic sugar
crop was off the market sugar went
to Z IL cents : pound by the trusts
in New York, upon the false state
ment that foreign raw sugars were
selling at $40 hundred pounds.
duty paid, in New York; and | went
to the Bureau of Statistics in the Dc
partment of Commerce and Labor and
there obtained statement showing
all the importations of sugar from
every country in the world into ev.
cry port of entry in this country and
for 16 months prior to that time and
during that time not single pound
of European raw sugar had come on
to the markets at all. The highest
price sugar brought in this country
during the summer of 1911 was 1-2
cents a pound t. o. b. New York, and
ETA was the highest price paid for
any raw sugar by any refiner in this
country during that time.
The Chairman-The time of the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. Stephens of Texas.-Mr. Chair
man, desire to yield 10 minutes to
the gentleman from California (Mr.
Kettner).
Mr.. Garrett of Tennessee - Mr..
Chairman, will the gentleman yield
me three or four minutes in order to
ask the gentleman from Michigan a
question?
Mr.. Stephens, of Texas yield the
gentleman from Tennessee four mill
utes. +" T.. $751;.
Mr. Burke of South Dakota The
gentleman from Michigan desires five
minutes, and, if the gentleman will
permit me, | will yield the gentleman
from Michigan five minutes more.
Mr.. Fordney-I thank the gentle.
man, and l will try not to take up
more time.
The Chairman-The gentleman from
Michigan is recognized for five min
utes. -~
Mr.. Garrett of, Tennessee = Mr..
Chairman, want to ask the gentle
man tDlS, he SSHlloHldH HlduC
charge some time ago, on insinuation
at least, touching the settlement of
these cases for alleged frauds in
customs duties.
Mr. Fordney-Yes.
Mr.. Garrett of Tennessee - Now,
the Arbuckles and the American Su.
gar Refining Co. settled their part OF
it long before this administration
came in.
Mr.. Fordney-Partly so; those suits
are not dismissed yet; but they at
that time gave that much in part set
Element. 1t may be they are dismiss.
ed now. .. ...
MIR. Garrett of Tennessee. = Now,
under that administration all these in
dictments we're brought about the
same time, and the Federal Co. made
no part of any settlement
Mr.. Ferdney-Tes,
Mr.. Garrett of Tennessee - AS a !
matter of fact, under that admins |
tration, and now the Federal Co. eX-
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