Show I COST OF MAKING SUGAR Beet Sugar Men Want Question Investigated In-vestigated in Cuba Washington Fob Charlman Payno today presented to the ways and means committee a brief submitted by tho American beet sugar Interests and Indorsed In-dorsed by tho cano sugar Interests declaring de-claring that tho recent hearings had shown that sugar was now being made In Cuba at n profit and asking that a special committee proceed to Cuba to Investigate In-vestigate tho question of cost of production produc-tion profit cte Representative Stcclo of Indiana asked If tho Invitation to go to Cuba Included payment of expenses of tho trip to which Representative Robertson ot Louisiana answered that the Item would be Included If necessary I The brief sumo up the hearing at considerable con-siderable length and states that It tho testimony of the Government experts Is correct then tho military Governor of Cuba Gen Wood has been misinform rod ed and sugar Is now being manufactured and sold in Cuba at a profit so that there exists no possible Justification for the reduction of the present tariff on unrefined reuction refined sugar coming from Cuba on tho ground susr tho Cuban planters are now manufacturing sugar at a loss Beyond receiving tho brief the committee tee took no action on tho Cuban reciprocity reciproc-ity subject |