The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
PAID TO BOOM CUBA
GEN. WOOD MADE USE OF MILL.
TARY FUNDS.
A RECIPROCITY CAMPAIGN
F. d. THURBER MAKES INTEREST
ING WITNESS.

He Identities Voucher Showing That
United States Export Association,
of Which He Is President. ReceiV-
ed $3.50 for Sending Out 10000
Circulars to Lenders of Thought
in United Stntes-There Were Two
other Similar VOuchers-Presiden mt
of Sugar Trust Contributed $4,000
to Help the Work Along.
Washington, June 11.-F. B. Thurber.
president of the export association, the
witness who has been wanted by the
Committee on Cuban Relations, was
before the committee to-day. Senator
Teller produced copy of a voucher for
50, $50. showing that that sum had been
paid by the military government of
Cuba by authority of Gov. Wood to
the United States Export Association,
of which Mr.. Thurber is president.
Thurber acknowledged that he had re-
ceived the amount and said it was one
of three payments he had received
from the same source. The voucher,
which the witness admitted to be gem
uine, is as follows:
Voucher No. 81. Abstract B, ac-
count month of April, 1902. New York.
April 2, 1902. The United States mill
tary government of the island of Cuba.
To United States Export Association,
dr., for sending a third edition of $1,000
circular letters and accompanying pub
LEGATIONS to leaders of thought in the
United States advocating a reduction
in the duties upon Cuban products,
with a reciprocal reduction in the du-
ties upon American products imported
into Cuba s., $50.
Received payment. (Signed) United
| States Export Association. f. B. Thur
Der, president, April 2, 1902.
ITO service as per bill attached (see
| above) in support of the applications of
the inhabitants of the island of Cuba
for reciprocal tariff relations with the
! United States -S2, $50
Under authority of Gen. Wood,
| March 26, 1902"
Endorsed by Gen. Wood.
The document bore the following in
dorsement:
Headquarters, Department CT
| Cuba, Havana. April 10, 19O2.-The
services herein charged for having
| DtcA uHu6T InE verbal
| rections and authority of the Military
Governor, this voucher, as submitted
is approved and the auditor is au-
thorized to pass the same BY direc-
ton of the Military Governor.
| tSigned) Frank Mccoy.
aide de Camp.
paid by check No 403, 1853. April II,
1902. for $3.50. On Banco Nacional de
| Cuba"
The witness said he had circulated
a large number of circulars in the in
terest of a reduction of the duty on
| Cuban sugar and he submitted speci-
mems of some of them. Being asked
by Senator Teller who paid the ex-
pense incident to the circulation of
this literature, the witness replied
that the Cuban committee had paid
the larger part of it, and that mem
bers of the association had paid part
of it. All told, he thought that $4,000
worth of literature had been circulate
ed in the interest of Cuba in the
United States.
To "Leaders of Thought"
Asked what was meant by the
phrase, leaders of thought" in his
bill to the Cuban government. Mr..
Thurber said that he had a list of
so, 900 people in the United Stats who
represent something" to whom mis-
literature was sent.
In reply to a question by Mr. Teller
as to whether he had consulted Mr..
Havemeyer of the sugar trust in the
preparation of the literature, Mr..
Thurber said that he had solicited a
subscription from Mr.. Havemeyer and
had received $500 from him.