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Show SMAIID DEMAND FIX THE PRICE Sugar Refiners Declare the Tariff Has Little to Do With It WASHINGTON, July 14. Tilta ba-tweea ba-tweea Prank C. Ixrwry af tha Federal Buger Rellniag aompaay aad Bepresea-tativa Bepresea-tativa Malby of Naw Tork, over tba effect of tha tariff oa tka price of sugar, enlivened the proceedings ef tka house sugar trust eommittee today. Mr. Lowry yesterday told the eommittee that r reduction ia tha duty on sugar would mean cheaper sugar to tbe coa-sumer, coa-sumer, and Ms, Malbr quoting prices and tariff rates for various years undertook under-took today to demonstrate tkat pricea are regulated only by tke law of supply and demand. 1 Mr. Malby Insisted apoa "yea" sad "no" answers to kia queefioae aad when Mr. Lowry 'invariably offered ex nlanatione for' figures read, intimated that tha witaeee waa bsing unfair to tbe committee and practically refusing to answer. Mr. Malby aaid that in IMS Cuban raw sugar waa admitted at a duty af l.M cents n pound, while the products from other countries carried a rata of 1 J eeate a pouad, aad that despite this reduction tka price of refined sugar to tha consumers increased. Asked by Mr. Malby if tbe fart that pricea ef sugar quoted by various companies com-panies en certain dates did aot suggest that there waa aa agreement bet ween the eempaaiea, the witness said so far aa tha Federal Sugar Refining company waa eeaeeraed there was no such agree-meat. agree-meat. Ha admitted that tha advaaca ia the price of sugar ia the Halted States during tka pact thirty years waa due to aa increase ia the world's price on account ac-count of crop news. ' Three prominent Louisistta soger cane f rowers Joha Dymond, Theodora Wil-iaaoa Wil-iaaoa and J. E. Burguaria appeared before the committee to teettfy today. They are tba flrat cane growers summoned. |