Speech #750097922

In exchange for this restrictive provision. if there should be involved a sacrifice on the part of Puerto Rico and Hawaii because of the limitation on the quantity of raw sugar which they produce to a reasonable figure based on past performance. these islands are receiving subsidies from the people of the continent amounting to around $1.000.000 annually. In conclusion. Mr. Chairman. no State in the Union in continental United States receives comparable benefits under the operation of the Sugar Act. No other sector of the entire sugar industry enjoys greater prosperity than do Puerto Rico and Hawaii. It seems unreasonable to cry discrimination when the measure before us simply provides that they are not to use that prosperity. paid for by American consumers under the quota system. to destroy the oldestablished continental refining industry which constitutes the only market which the continental producers of cane sugar have. This. Mr.