The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-07
UsISES $1,000, BURNETT $4,000
04-r,.., uan'i~d over IN Zach Cass
Uatnr, I.at IIis IN Committee Room.
IIlrn"ti IIis Ia tho Assembly PArIsF
urft.. ~ ~ ouS. SAYS o. O. Al q Lie

o.. ...r~uu. tons of stock brokers
.. ...'ts nd disappeared from Sh"
...- no rn. aldermen chgrnhcr IN the
.vH ~ yesterday and in their place were
o.. .....r and two cnsh books vt tho
I,... I..,.' sugar COMPANY Hut meagre
..tri-on a. was the display of Office
f....r r, introduced into yesterdays ties.
rrrrrs N-tore the legislative graft hunt
,.r.. .'.,. the story they told with the
a.. ..H.y two witnesses was more direct
a. .... .Slv" m 10 narration of legizla-
IT,. salt than all that was revealed hy
H.. uucAiodds Of books previously ex-
ar r.i
T witnesses examined in relation
. pol. LYONS Rect Sugar Companys leg
i.1'N" activities were Leland II Multer
an l,'rv ? Iimmerlln. the former book
ka.... IT IN" sugar company and the
n".. .'> Legislative agent II there werr
I've HEnomists present in the Interested
C.,Nd ut spectators doubtless they were
c. .'~'"d to observe a striking physical
resemblance between Legislative Agent
Z.~lmryhu and the witness 70 the past
V''k- q Tracy Rogers But there the re-
s"nplsnCe ceased. Mr. Zimmerln could
~ Hr would not repeat L don't reCol-
l..t' 20 the bitter end After "A three
hr.rs examination. during which witness
ant examiner parSpired prnfusaly MIR
2mmerilns forgrtfulneSs deserted him
and y" related his story of paying the late
senator John Raines S3.OO In cash and
o." late Assemhlvman Jean l.. Burnett
s. 49, IN cash and col Roosevelt's Wayne
county stat" committeeman, Charles u
Bolts. SJ1 IN cash. all 81 these payments
IN appreciation Of their aid in the passage
ri sugar bounty legislation Mr.. Retts
Says It's all a lie.
HENEFIrING THE HAPPY FARMER.
BnoEk-eper Multer first explained a
l't.e about New York States fItil.. effort
u become "A great producer OF sugar.
There have h~an. he said. three h,.'t
sugar plants esta hli-hed one AZ Bingham
ton. one at Rome and ona at ! .yon- Their
utmost endeavors. aided hya State bounty
and Jan trial years. had failed 10 induce
the New loTk farmers Ia raise NOR. than
2.ONO tons Of b.'"ts a year. even when tn"
bounty was transferred from tn" sugar
To- tn" h"-ts Their" Vas au Interesting
story too about that transfer. Th-S.
sugar bounti-s were frs, paid IA isps
and were continued for twrlv. years
Until 1905 the bounty was paid directly
o. the refineres. In the latter year tn.
NuhukFl tUr law 80 lliat Tn"
tnlniy should D.. raid To the he@t grow
90 -or their assigns When the happv,
harpv farmer ia 1874 contracted to s..ll
h. crop 81 h..cts 10 the sugar manufac-
tsrars looking forward to further
sw""rener of state bounty. he found ,hat b.
could not s"ll his t..ets unless he also
49, gu"d his hountv
After explaining rhose and other en-
t-alr.nE details OF the naSv" sugar IN
dIsiry. the bookkeeping witness said
that he Mr.. Zimmerlin. whose nam.
frequently appeared on III" cash hook p
had u.svu employed by the Lyons Beet 3
S4gsr Company under the direction ~ Z
~. Hnmpanys president Fred Stelger-
Vali 10 go 20 Albany and take cars of I.
fHnTtS legislation. Then The cash hooks
4 'he sugar company W-r. produced
srt counsel ana witness. wurkinE over .
them Jointly, revealed m evidence thar .
f-.u MAY D. 1905 until NoVcmt-s- ~ .
lsr N" sugar company had pad - Mr. .
Ammeriin more than $1,000 The" .
psyn~nts were in sums oi from SIS 10 '
80. n addition two St'lg"rwild .
,,., 80 w-r.. produced showing q further .
Ttyw"ut >" IImm"rlIn at 81 80. making .
fr- total co-t al Iimm-rlln. charged - .
th- man ufacturinR EXPENSES Of the sugar .
curnr any. about si7.j'".
rosTMAsTEB HANDLED rHE FUNDS
NNen the-.. details bad he.n learned .
J. - H irdwar' merchant - Lyons y'lag"
.'.' W1s postmaster there from 1914 until
80 N-lr In ION b." was appointed bv
'.. state tommi-s iDn"r of AgricultUr"
". .ner 81 h'ets AZ a salary ot - "a dHy.
10 '.r>- and counsel hen searched ~" .
N'H." statutes in order 10 read INTO the
.- Condensed story uf the sugar
b ..'r legislation.
.." first sugar bounty. which was
8 So WAS ayprOpriat"d IN 1897 TIM
y .ss I = a the manufacturers -
''-' gar AZ ~" rate II one c-nt pound
20 -tgar. ] he statute EOiemnly a..
'.i"ai - purpose thus go help agriculture
b. 'Ea state bU' only for fv" Successive a
v"ar- w. me succeeding four years the.
a. .'. .al prppTIaf were s. $50 So go
$ ~ and Sl"Dtsr Then ~" solemn
TO-. "a ration Of IA" uurp"-~ 20 pay u"unti'-S
49, left OFT - ~" . IIl making fn. apBrp-
'r.t'Ipns and FOR IN" following 'hr".
"-arS the appropriations wer. s. 49,. I
s5J.0Sp and $40 9l357 The amount of ths
.t-t appropriation exceeding So 80 wa
Day n deficiency 1T the preceding yDir
D. he following year. 1875. the bounty
sa- taken away from the mAnufaC' Ir"r-
a. : gwen To the growers or their aS-i RU-
a-.r the result indicated above Bouu-
'.. .ontinued until 1898, when. AZ the
s.r 49, solicitation Of Gov Hughes TIA.
a' rpviiinR for them was repealed.
sVis WAS REWARD. SoT BRIBEET.
wing got the law on the statute book
g. eel proceeded 20 lnteTrogats witness
a .. a lat the latter mad 20 do with keeping
. .Iay On the statute books. The Witness
ID, made several general denialS He
o.. 20. "r raid any one IN the Legislature
a.. .'.y 20 influence bounty legIsla-
. Nai he for that purpose pad
.y.... ~ the Legislature Or made
ct contributions Then Judg.
ed the attention of witness
ulyments made to him by tn.
IF..- gar Company m the early
par 81 .s. These several payments
ar"'Inf'i 10 about $500. bTt there was ,
40" 90 >,I5l which deeply Interested
".'r-' ana committeeman. For some
'. '..". . rapid fir" II questions the
.....u. ~ ~" witness WAS greatly
br gradually b" recalled
..- .,U.'7- which he thought might
. .'.H...H 'p that considerable ca-n }
..H'. .. rr IN the spring ~ isiJ.
. D. I.... |t'4r" Vas stall 90 session.
SID ...-. .. aGIOuTnmrnt that the 4
lu... .... fii charge 81 blll-. =
.rt f"r....f from Mr. St"tgerwald .
. .. Er ,u... This ~ the village
urS 90. ..l odd Mr. Steigerwaid
senator s...- and As-"mblyman J
..f Rad f..' rtI 10 q very neigh
tanner Ir .. '...' 90 PENDING sugar
Lad lHFH sF