Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28

ne represent! VINO are MS ASSOCIATES.
anyhow?
In this connection the inclosed let
ter from the chairman Of the beet
sugar Producers committee should,
think. entirely clear up your mind.
The statement made by you is
causing some anxiety"
To whom? TO these sugar people
the sugar producers. l reckon, and he
evidently has some understanding
with them | am just little suspiCi-
GUS Of the authority that starts out
with having an understanding secret
ly. Until It comes to light in this way.
with producing interests rather thAL
taking the consuming public into their
confidence at one and the same time.
Now. what is this letter.
Washington, d. C., July IL, 1917.
Mr. Herbert Hoover.
Washington. D. c.
Dear Sir. was surprised"
Which is from the real beet,sugal
interests; | know this man or what
his connection is and what his afflil
ations are. He is frankly the repre-
sentative of the beet-sugar producing
companies Of this country and writes
in their interest, Of course
Il was surprised to read the state.
ment of Senator Lodge In the senate
yesterday apparently referring 70
your attitude toward the beet.sugar
producers and the Cuban producers.
The whole discussion with you by our
representatives Of the beet-sugar IN
dustry has been in the direction o.
stimulating production"
Here is what this man said He
has said nothing about the consumer
yet
protecting the producer"
Not the consumer
and stabilizing the price in coopera-
ton with the industry so as to elimin
ate the Spectator and to prevent
practises which lead to extortion OF
the consumer"
That is all they propose. First,
they want to stimulate production
but it is stimulated now to a point the
world has never seen eQualed in its
htstory-anG to stabilize production,
to stimulate production. protecting the
producer The only thing proposed
to do for the poor consumer Is to see
that too many middlemen do not rob
him too atrociously. II we are to
have any such food control as that,
in the interest Of the masses of the
citizens who are suffering and who
want lower prices, God help US all!
MR.. SMOOT. Mr.. President, I!
would not take the time Of the senate
now to refer to the sugar question but
for one reason. | should like to have
the people of the United States know
that there is no scarcity Of sugar. The
crop Of sugar this year Is phenomenal
not only in Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Sandwich Islands, the cane sugar in
the Southern states, and the beef
sugar of this country.
MR.. LODGE. Mr.. President
THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Does
the senator from Utah yield to the
senator from Massachusetts,?
MR.. SMOOT. Certainly.
Mr.. LODGE. The senator state
ment in regard to Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and Louisiana Is undoubtedly true,
but Is it true about Cuba. Did not
the revolution have some effect ou
their crop?
MR.. SMOOT. 1t had some effect
upon the crop, but even under the
conditions existing it is the largest
crop produced in Cuba for years past.
MR.. REED. Is the senator sure of
that? Let me read a statement OF
Mr.. Hoover at the hearing before the
committee on agriculture and forestry,
United States senate.
Mr.. SMOOT. I will state to the
senator I am not COINS to take over
five minutes.
MR.. REED. This will only take
second.
Mr.. SMOOT. Then l will let the
senator make the statement.
MR.. REED. My Hoover's testimony
is very interesting in connection with
the senator's statement In regard to
sugar. He says at page 413, part
of the hearing:
The outlook for sugar IL very Door.
The Cuban crop may be down a mil
lion and quarter tons below the A.
100000 normal; and, generally, there
Is scarcity of sugar in the world"
MR.. SMOOT. OF course Mr.. Hoove:
is wrong in saying that the Cuban
crop Is 100000 tons norman, but /
am not going to discuss those figures
at all. l simply want to call attention
to the fact that, as far as sugar Is
concerned, there is no necessity for
the American people to get alarmed
about the amount Of sugar produced
this year and available for their con.
Mr.. President, the beet fields of
Germany-the beet fields of Austria
of course, we all know, are not pro
ducing as much sugar as they did be-
fore, but the sugar produced in all
other parts Of the world can not reach
Germany and Austria today. They are
raising sugar enough for their own
use and no more. There is nothing
to speak of exported from those coun.
tries, but the vast increase IN the
production Of sugar in the United
States, in the Ha Raiian Islands, Cuba,
Porto Rico, and in Java particularly,
and in the Philippine Islands, has
more than made up for all the sugar
that Austria or Germany would have
exported II normal conditions existed.
Mr.. President, I want to say this,
because it Is a fact! Some three