Show iiAi ANOTHER iNNING BeetSugar Men Again Before Be-fore House Committee i NO UTAHN GAVE TESTIFviOFCY r president Carey of tho National Sugar Manufacturing Company of Colorado Was the Chief Speaker Ho Spoke of Development ol the Industry in Colorado Declared That a Reduction in the Sugar Tariff Would Do Infinite Harm to tho Industry TRIBUNE BUREAU < 1012 Fifteenth Street Washington D C Jan 2S 1902 I The beetsugar men had another In lIng before the Ways rrd Means com jnilleo today but no one from Utah gave testimony Francis K Carey president of the National Sugar Manufacturing Manu-facturing company oC Colorado was the chief speaker today He declared that a reduction In the sugar tarlfC would do Infinite harm to the beet pugar Industry He made a strong argument ar-gument Bishop Cutler of Utah was not present at the hearing Mr Carey of Colorado spoke of the development of tho beetsugar Industry of Colorado and its bright prospects IC not endangered by Cuban concessions which he asserted would redound to the great advantage of the American Sugar Refining company The present movement he said was only another chapter in tho inevitable conflict between be-tween the domestic sugar producers of this country and the refining company the latter seeking to crush the former J ONE BUBBLE PRICKED A bubble which had been pricked he said was that Cuba was suffering from stiinalion This Idea had been industriously indus-triously encouraged by 1 the pamphlet eering1 of the sugar company and yet the claim had been torn 10 pieces during dur-ing these hearings I Representative Hopkins of Illinois questioned the witness as to whether any concessions to Cuba would injure the bcelfaugar Industry Mr Carey declared de-clared that Injury in such case was Inevitable In-evitable CONGRESSMEN PARTICIPATE Representative Hopkins said Mr Careys assertion of Injury to the beet sugar industry was only an assumption and he expressed the belief thai a reduction re-duction could be made of a certain per cenlage without destroying the beet sugar Industry Representative Dalzell and Represen Hatle Grosvenor took part In the discussion dis-cussion stating that the injury to the domestic producers had been shown by this and other witnesses Mr Grosve nor remarked that anyone could see this result who couid put 2 and 2 together to-gether POSITION OF CUBAN PLANTERS F B Macado head of the delegation of Cuban planters said in part The Platt amendment attached as an appendage ap-pendage to our Constitution chained the Cubans to Ihls i bunlry lo such on extent ex-tent that we are powerless to help ourselves our-selves or to develop our Internal life because the pathway for dealing with outsiders is closed to us Therefore Cuba must starve If necessary and waive the right to ask for relief It has been saId that the Cubans have had cheek to knock at your doors for alms like beggars The Cubans will be eternally grateful to you for giving tus our liberty even with the Platt amendment But that does not mean we are eternally forbidden to come lo you and that your firal word has been said In Cuba As we have no personality person-ality at whose doors shall we knock CUBAS WELFARE Mr Macado spoke of Cuba as a mlll tary defense of the Gulf guns on Morro costle were more effective than at the mouth of the Mississippi river So that if the International interests of the United States ever required the American Amer-ican eagle to keep heL claws there Mr Jilacado asked If It was not a natural duly to look to Cubas welfare and not her ruin The other members of the delegation of the Cuban planters were heard at the afternoon session their statements being along the same general lines as j those of Chairman Mncado PORTO RICANS HEARD Commissioner Degeteau the representative represen-tative of Porto Rico in Washington made a brief statcrrcnt to the effect that Porto Rico opposed the reduction of duty to Cuba as likely to be a menace men-ace to Porto Rican sugar exports Already 1 Al-ready Cuba had placed a 12 duty on Porto Rico coffee thus injuring that trado so reliance was now placed in a continuance of the sugar trade Mr Mendoza of the Cuba delegation made a rejoinder to Mr Degeteau expressing ex-pressing surprise that Porto Rico should cast her Influence against Cuba after Porto Rico had reaped all the benefits of the war which Cuba had conducted |