New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-17
IN PAY OF GERMAN LINE
Member of Associated Press
Staff in Washington Resigns.
| HUMPHREY MAKES CHARGE
Says Representative of Steam
ship Trust Was Assigned
to Cover Departments.

WASHINGTON June 16-RepresenlaliN0
Hunnhrev. of Washington. introducer
of the ship subsidy bill. spoke In tue
House to-day on various forms OF com
hinations among foreign steamship
lines touching at American ports. and
referred TO discriminatory rates
charged for sending American produclS
abroad In his speech he charged that
certain foreign lines were represented
in Washington by member OF me
staff of The Associated Press. In con-
nection with that statement the lol-
lowing was issued by The Associated
Press:
1t having come to the knowledge Of The
executive officers Of The Associated Press
that an employee in the Washington once
has been engaged under salary on wv
steamship lines to furnish them ; VIZ
ton has been made. 1t has been dlsciose1
that while such employment ala nov a.
any time involve any act on the par CO.. 81
The enploYe which could in any way anecl
the integrity of the service. nor even M! III,
fere with his legitimate and proper Work
for The Associated Press. hf e, I, oitsre
ception as seriously TO impair ms nselul
ness. and lis relation to The AssoclaiSu
Press has in consequence ceased W 'i'o
aCceptance of his resignation
This termination of his long. useful ana
honorable service does not justify any as
sumntio9 that ne mas nor that in The
work he has performed for the steamship
companies he has done anything Whlc1 oe
not connected with The Associated Press
might not have done with perfect ~
ETY.
This is what Mr.. Humphrey said on
this subject:
The hired representative Of Herr Ba.lln
and his interests is here in washington
To-day on the staff of The Associated Press.
the greatest news gathering agency IN .ie
world This gentlemans name - NJ.
Jerome J WILDER. and when You fefIlefll-
her how close the German merchant ma
rine j, To the German navy II Is al ledst
suggestive that this represent 81 . LIZ
giant foreign steamship trust should az
he the representative of The Associatei
Press assigned TO our State. War ana Navy
When he was on the witness stand the
other day he refused TO testify as 10 tnS
amount OF money that he was being P G4al
Mr. Roas, Of New York (American general
manager Of the acknowledgement PaohJ d
Companv). was on he Wines o! Staa11i
sation was $4,000 q year What does he
do2 What are the services that he rem
ders this company?
Mr.. Humphreys statement had ref
erence TO testimony given before the
House committee which has been in
vestiga ting the alleged existence Of
lobby in opposition TO the ship subsidy
project.
In other parts of his speech Mr.
Humphrey said that by a method OF
fixing the trade South America buys
from the United States only about y per
cent of what il imports. Certain great
American trusts, said Mr. Humphrey.
receive special rates and privileges from
the foreign ships He mentioned the
Standard Oil Company, the Steel Trust
and the harvester combination.
The Hamburg-American Packet Com
pany is the greatest power, is the most
gigantic trust, combine and monopoly
that exists in rhe world, declared Mr..
Humphrey. IAN the different combines
and companies on the Atlantic Ocean
are also under that gigantic working
scheme and have a common under
standing The head Of this greatest of
all trusts is the Hamburg-American
Line II is also probable that this line
exerts, together with Japan, a control
| ling interest in all the Pacific confer
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