The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-15

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s. - s. appointment with
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So TO the judge adj
- Il 8 an. nc became "a liezi-
II M sSf ~ given his commits
M ~ <' q I'd .rs old He serveG
s. yof the araly approximation
j army. With the rank of
: The youngeft major IN the
have q e,d his chaneels Of promotion
say in EfsSeourse, az abosat fifteen years,
he viii become the judge advocate gem
eral of the army. his appointment and
every step in his pronnottOn We're accom-
-plished by his fathers Influence with
General Corbin- II >eas OILY necessary
for Mr. HUI 10 ask these things SO far
as known he did not hesitatk to do this
A year ago. and while Major Hull was
IN the Philippines the Philippine Develop
ment & Lumber company Was organized.
with a capital Of $. 0g0,O0g, hd with these
officers. Representative ! / A. T. Hull.
president; John Brad ford. Ice president;
Stewart Spaiding. secretarAf; John- Glib
son. treasurer; Franz s. B2urns. repre-
sentative of the company in Manila D: =.
DeV6ner, member of congress IS from West
kirginia, attorney tor the Company
JEst before congress adJ0ufrned Sena tor
PcgtigreW asked a friend ssEf 3 10 be tseI-
resenfative Champ Clark, TO tviSit the Hull
Philippine Develg&knent Ohicf > and secure
q prospectus. TA5s was doTHe. Mr. PETIT
crews friends .Ieafned FROM me persons
in charge of the offices that the company
had immense timber rights I'M the rhllip-
hOganS, ebony, logwood and gSther v2 iu-
able timber. He also learned that II had
Hun, Representative Babcock Of NNViscon-
sin and other prominent menbersA OF the
mousse and senate We're interesteds . 1nee
of the Inducements held out TO prospective
purchasers of stock was the statement
that through political influence the COM
pany could obtain land grants OF great
value, and that by the same means they
would secure large contracts for lumber
for government work in the Philippines
The prospectus told cheerful story OF
the hImming OF sawmills and the millions
TO be made in developing the lumber re-
sources of the archipelago
on the last day of congress Mr.. Petit
grew spoke IN his usual vein concerning
the admins tration's Philippine policy, and
an Incident thereto referred to Mr.
Hull ard his lumber company.
The reompanys Mills said he, ARE
running exclusively TOR the government
So. it would appear that there is some
relation between the officers Of the gov
eminent and this enterprise. of course,
the enterprise can succeed, because of the
appropriation bill prepared by the mill
tary affairs COMMITTEES in the house
10 not care to comment upon il at
al, put 1t seems to me q dePiorabie state
OF affairs when these things can exist and
are satisfactory to an Iowa nstituency.
The larger the army in Manila, the more
money Appropriated, the greater the
profits of the Philippine Lumber & De
velopment company, the more roads built
the more shekels pour into the pockets
of the people who vote the appropriations
out Of the treasury of the United States"
As to the land grants Mr.. Hull 5 lumber
company holds in the Philippines, some
interesting. stories are told. one of these
stories is that Mr.. Huil's son, Major Hull
while on duty in the Philippines. apple
for and was granted leave Of absence
tor several weeks which he spent In ira
versing the islands and inspecting the
forestry.
Representative Hull is now on his way
to san Francisco, where he viii take 4
government transport for Manila. He will
not return to this country until well into
the summer. He stated just before he left
Washington, few days ago. that his
trip to our new island possessions was
for the purpose of studying the people
and the conditions prevailing there
Mr.. Hull las another son at the Ma
tional Soldiers home at LeavenNorth
He came as an assistant surgeon. was
transferred to a national home in Illinois
and then sent back to Leavenworth as
chief surgeon. He Is in medical charge
of 5000 veterans and of a hospital con /
tanning 400 or 800 aged patients. Mr.. Hull
mas also found places for two or three
relatives in the departments in Washing
ton.