Show OPPOSITION TO CHANGE Beet Sugar Men en Fighting to Lower Tariff on Philippine Philip Philippine pine 1 Product Washington Jan n hearing the committee on ways and means ans tod tody y Secretary Palmer of the AmerIcan B Beet et Sugar tation op opposed opposed posed the bUl the duty on sugar and tobacco from the he Philip Phillp pine islands Palmer Balmer said sala that to the t tariff rire r regard regarding ing Cuban S sugar ugar in 1901 new sugar augur had been hi this Not Nat ono one of these was built Since time E Europe rope had curtailed her sugar ugar crop under the ter terms ns of tte Bp agree the Price h had to the ca was on the point of t alaIn the sugar Industry In Now to open the market in competition with the American beet Indus ry would again di discourage this In replying to a question by Mr Curtis whose bill was wati under consideration tion Mr Palm Palmer r said that the total sU sugar ar product of the Philippines as tans and if th United states took It all there would still have to b be imported tolls to supply the demand |