The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-16
MORMON CHIEF
MUST COME
Smith to Be Called by Sugar
Committee
THE SUBSTITUTE OFFERED
BY SmoOt Not Satisfactory-Ex-Secre-
tary Heike Continues His Evidence
He Still Insists Upon Ig-
nOrance of the Business.
THE SUBSTITUTE OFFERED

Washington, June l6.--The sugar in
yestigating committee of the House went
off into the realm of high finance yes
terday. Through the assistance of Low
ell Palmer former director of the
American Sugar Refining company, the
committee learned of financial opera
tons which made each Of the 'inyesti-
gators gasp for breath, and when the
committee took a recess for lunch it
was apparent that Palmer had only just
started.
Second in Importance to Palmer's tes-
timony was the development at yester-
days meeting that the committee is de-
termined to get at the bottom of the
sugar operations of the Mormon church
Through Senator Smoot of Utah, Joseph
Smith, president of the Mormon church.
asked to be excused from testifying
about his connection with the Utah
Idaho Sugar company. The committee
ruled that Smith must appear before it.
The committee finished its examination
of Charles r. Heike yesterday without
learning anything from him beyond his
free trade beliefs.
When the committee met. Chairman
Hardwick announced that he had re-
ceived a request from Senator Smoot re-
questing that Joseph Smith, head of
the Mormon church, be excused from
testifying before the committee. Sen
ator Shoots reason for excusing Smith
- Gal Tals
City could give the committee all the
information possessed by the Mormon
leader
Chairman Hardwick announced that he
was opposed 10 eXcusing Smith, be-
cause he believed that Smith was big
factor in the organization IN the Utah
Idaho Sugar company.
~ move" said Representative Baker.
that Smith be ordered to appear" The
motion was carried.
BY far the most important witness be-
fore the committee yesterday was Low.
ell NJ. Palmer, director OF the American
Sugar Refining company from 1899 to
1905. and head Of its traffic department
for years preceding that,
Representative Madison of Kansas, |
who conducted the examination, intro /
luced as a basis of his questions, a page |
from the minute books of the company's |
board OF directors. Ii bore the date of
September 8. 1898. and its paramount |
feature was the authorization of com
mittee to buy outside refneries.
Judge Madison questioned the witness |
about the first combination of sugar re-
fineries in 1887 and combinations or ac-
questions during the period Mr. Palmer /,
was director. Incidentally the wit |
ness told of the rebates received by the |
claiming that it had merely
gotten its share of the rebates in the |
DAYS when such were the fashion
He also defended as legitimate the
lighterage charges on transfers
Of sugar shipments in New York har-
Dor
Judge Madison questioned the wit |
ness concerning the formation OF the Ma
tional Sugar Refining company Of New
Jersey.
cit was organized for the purpose of !
buying four companies" said the wit !
ness. "Mr. Havemeyer told me he had /
it with his own money and a
little he had gotten from the National
City bank"
Were not these companies compel
ng?s
"Yes, think they We're"
The witness said the American COM
1any procured a majority of the pre-
'erred stock of the National but when
he question OF the legality of the com
non stock of the National came up, the