Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
COLLECTOR LOEB USES NEwsPA
PER TO BRING TRUST TO
TIME.
SUGAR COMBINE BROUGHT UP
WITH STARTLING, suDDENNEss
New Collector Found the Ordinary
Routine of His Office Too Slow and
Started Something - Little Sum Of
Over 100000 Comes in When Dill
atory Tactics Are Halted.
Especial Correspondence


! Washington, May 24-There is :
most interesting story afloat in Wash
ington about how William Loeb, Jr.
collector at the port of New York, col.
lected that s2,134,OO0 of duties from tbs
sugar trust, which the trust was al
legged to have saved by fraudulent I'M
derweighing of raw sugar.
Mr.. Loeb Is widely known as tht
prince of press agents. He knows how
to get results thru effective appeal t.
public opionion thru the newspapers
He learned it from the greatest press
agent in all history, and learned 1t we'll
He used the press to collect thai
money.
The second day after he had beer
sworn in as collector, it being rather
a dull day, Mr.. Loeb was impressed
that there ought to be some excitement
He would never endure the ennui OF
calmly collecting about million q
minute unless there was something APP
pealing to the human emotions. Tic
ment.
Wasn't there suit against the
sugar trust?" he asked somebody.
YES" replied the underling.
Tell me about it," demanded Loeb
The flireling told him.
Has the trust come over with the
coin?" demanded Loeb.
mo, it's appealing for a year or two
of time"
"Send for the district attorney" re-
piled Loeb, seemingly irrelevantly. The
official was sent for.
''Why can't we make the sugar trust
come thru with that two millions Or
so?" Loeb inquired. "They're hard up
at Washington and it would be a stroke
of business to get the money"
He was told that is couldn't be hur-
ried; the trust had a few appeals and
rehearings and demurrers left and 1t
all took time.
Tried the newspapers" asked Loeb
newspapers? They've lost interest
in 1t 1T was big sensation for awhile,
but it's died out now. They don't seem
to be Interested"
We'll. we'll see If they can't be in
terested. Sit down and see if we can't
get up something that'll make 'em open
their eyes"
| Wherewith a story was framed up
about how the trust was going to be
pressed, etc. It had the markings Of a
good story, and was duly given out.
II guess they'll print it," opined Mr..
| Loeb.
They did; acres of 1t, all over the
first page. Next day another was CIV
en- out and duly printed. "They seem
to like it," observed Mr.. Loeb. re-
flectively. Lets see; this tariff revis-
ion is moving along some from day
to day. They'll reach the sugar sched-
ule some of these days, and I see
there's considerable row being kicked
up over sugar duties. O, We'll get that
money, yet"
The sugar trust lawyers came
around the next day and wanted to
know what all the noise was about.
1t disturbed their rest, and really,
couldn't it be stopped There was a
tariff revision going on at Washing
ton, and it was awfully depressing to
business
Mr.. Loeb and the government law
yers explained that they didn't know
anything about revision; they merely
wanted that money, and needed 1t
right away.
20, we'll, We'll pay 1T, then" finally
conceded the attorneys. eve can't see
any good having a lot of this sort of
thing in the newspapers, nas11ing up
this old case, when the tariff is being