HEARINGS BEFORE A 2. S. Congress SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 5326 A BILL TO REGULATE COMMERCE AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES, WITH THE TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES; TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF CONSUMERS OF SUGARS AND OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE DOMESTIC SUGAR-PRO- MARCH 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 1937 Serial B 134704 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1937 SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE FRED CUMMINGS, Colorado, Chairman FRED BIERMANN, Iowa CLIFFORD R. HOPE, Kansas SANTIAGO IGLESIAS, Puerto Rico II Barlow, K. C., vice president, Idaho Beet Growers' Association, Bitting, Clarence R., president, U. S. Sugar Corporation, Clewiston, Bourg, Clarence J., Representing Sugar Beet Growers of Eastern Beet- 165, 179 49 Bunker, Ellsworth, vice president, National Sugar Refining Co. of Caldwell, Representative Millard F., of Florida_ Crawford, Representative Fred L., of Michigan. DeRouen, Representative René L., of Louisiana. Dickey, J. A., 732 Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C. (represent- ing raw-sugar producing industry of Puerto Rico).. Falzgraf, B. F., Mountain State Beet Growers Association, Greeley, Giles, W. F., Adeline, La. (representing Cane Growers of Louisiana)- Gray, Chester H., American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington_- Green, Representative Robert A., of Florida_ Gruening, Dr. Ernest, Director, Division of Territories and Island 46 283 55 200 356 Hawes, Hon. Harry B., Philippine Sugar Association, Washington, 225 Higgins, Representative John P., of Massachusetts_ 355 134 371 Kenney, Representative Edward A., of New Jersey- Lanzetta, Representative James J., of New York.. Jackson, Gardner, chairman, National Committee on Rural and Kearney, Charles M., president, National Beet Growers Association, King, Delegate Samuel W., of Hawaii. Labor Department, Childrens' Bureau, Washington, D. C. 314 16, 45 280 76 368 126 Paredes, Hon. Quintin, Resident Commissioner of Philippine Islands Peterson, Representative James Hardin of Florida_ 164, 175 322 Quinn, Arthur L., Southern Building, Washington (representing 106 Staples, P. A., president and general manager, Hershey Corporation, Corporation, Central Hershey, Cuba.. State Department, Washington, D. C. Treadway, Representative Allen T., of Massachusetts Wadsworth, Daniel V., vice president, Refined Sirups, Inc., New York Wilson, Geo., Director, National Beet Growers Association, Clarks- 37 Zafra, Urbano A., Philippine Sugar Association, Washington, D. C... 233 The subcommittee met at 10 o'clock a. m. in the committee room, New House Office Building, Hon. Fred Cummings, presiding. Present: Messrs. Cummings, Biermann, Coffee, Hope, Hook, Hoff- Also present: The chairman, Messrs. Kleberg and Robinson. Mr. CUMMINGS. The committee will be in order please. This is a subcommittee of the Agriculture Committee. The hear- ing this morning is on H. R. 5326, a bill introduced by Mr. Jones, to [H. R. 5326-75TH CONGRESS-1ST SESSION] A BILL To regulate commerce among the several States, with the Territories and possessions of the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of SECTION 101. For the purposes of this Act- (a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, associa- tion, or any other business unit, whether producer, processor, manufacturer, dis- tributor, handler, or other person. (b) The term "sugars" means any grade or type of sugar, liquid sugar, sugar mixture, sirup, or molasses, which contains sucrose or reducing or invert sugars, or any combination thereof, derived from sugarcane or sugar beets. (c) The term "sugar" means any sugars derived from sugarcane or sugar beets which are in the form of raw sugar or direct-consumption sugar. (d) The term "raw sugar" means any sugars which are principally of crystalline structure and which are for the purpose of being, or which shall be, further refined or improved in quality, and any sugars which are principally not of crystalline structure but which are for the purpose of being, or which shall be, further refined or otherwise improved in quality to produce any grade or type of sugar or sugar mixture, principally of sucrose crystalline structure. (e) The term "direct-consumption sugar" means any sugars which are prin- cipally of crystalline structure (including, but not limited to, granulated sugar, lump sugar, cube sugar, powdered sugar, sugar in the form of blocks, cones, or molded shapes, confectioners' sugar, washed sugar, centrifugal sugar, clarified sugar, turbinado sugar, invert sugar, invert sugar mush, plantation white sugar, muscovado sugar, and refiners' soft sugar) and which are not for the purpose of being, or which shall not be, further refined or otherwise improved in quality. 1 |