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Show WHO BUYSfHESUGjy More Testimony fom CroP in Cuba. TRUST TREASURER is HEti He Confirms Statement of Ur meyei That American (JJ Had Furchased 03,000 To January First-Trust Dt.ht ' ly With Brokers-The tjr Agent of Combine Also QT ' dence Before Senate ComBitll Trust Is a Corporation. Washington. May 2 Arthur tw rensurer of the American Su ' "? ing company, today testified be Senate Committee on fuhan r." concerning Amotion holdlnt,,,?! sugar. He said thit .Mr I,,i stitcmcnt sesterday to the ,C' hln company hid purchased g. of sitgir since the 1st t j, "J1 vtna correct. No more Cubas hit- hi?XC ,,t,en b0"K"' " ion, have been purchased wlX. know ledEe as treasurer of th. ' lie promised Senator Plait t0"K the committee a memorana! ?w the puicliases mad". 7, TKi All tho sugir which had be?Jl chased had. he sild been plSftj UISCItEPANOY SHOWS Senator PI Ut called attention t 1 ncrepaucy between Mr UulS, slalement ns to purchaVci a?" to D10M ton and "the return the War department eho.in, American tompanj s option, ' Match but Mr. Donnerwa.,,, to exjlaln It " ltesondlng to the nuestlonik.c. tor Teller. Mr. Donner conn Havemeyers statement that Z trust s purchascn of Cuban mtwt tons still temaln In ( uh 8,rt DEALT WITH nnOhERS. He also said that hli comtunvj, entirely with brokers prlnclnallr. Seuldo A. Co, Frank coVaMC nokciw .t Co. of Havana anjv i ork nnd did not know the tun the producers The American cm? hn made no ndvanres to the Ci, pi inters and had not adisnced . rnone) to the Cuban hanki (or I lantern While he did not knot said he pn sinned there ptirLhnsers of Cuban sugar hau,. own compnti) In the Held Asked as to teilty holdlngj In f he snld that th triint hid newtl nu have taken some Intereith curing n reduction of sugar auln Con. rcsij hive )ott not- aiW ! feller 'I have not ttasthetep1- henator Piatt asked ' So far ii know now, has the American f Hellnlng compan) taken any In r whiteter In font aiding or orpoiiT reduction of the dut) on Cnbaiitn No sir I tlon t think It has .Senator Teller ou speak of It a corr oration? ' ' lea ' ' Do you know whether the IIOflL ets have taken any Interest ami th redurtion'' '1 do not. It nothing nl out it " AOHNT OP TRUST HEARD Henrv C Mott, purchawr of r sugar for the trust, was the ntin ners He said he had acted In Ilu poclt) for the pnst lite eara-indt' he bought all the raw sugar fm compan) He confirmed oretlouii'i ments that the trust had tMurhtt. tons of Cuban sugar since Jar.uirj. Mr Mott nl o said that ln the count the )oar the American companypf ahl) purcliased uO per tent of theO simar product nnd that heauppoH' other 50 p. r cent li secured by tl)ii: sugar refiners in the United Slain who would nr nnsEFiTEr Penotnr Plntt Suppose there lac-bo lac-bo a reduction of the Cuban sugir Hon would Ihe bu)er get full b" of It or an) part of it' lho Wltiiofii The Inner oli-get oli-get an) part ot the I enefll Till elucttnn vtoull not moke an) dlff.r In the pinclti e prl e The benefits" accrue to the Cuban seller the be of the simnr The experience ' Potto lllcan rugor which romei In' Justifies that opinion Mr Molt not conclit led hln testimony tomniltte a ljourned until Mcndir |