The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
HIRED To BEAT
CANADIAN PACT
New York Promoters Quizzed
by Members of Finance COM
mittee of Senate.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
THE MEASURE CLOSED
Next Wednesday "a Vote Will
Be Taken on Reporting the
Reciprocity Bill.

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hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill practically were concluded by the
senate finance committee today and
next Wednesday was fixed as the time
when vote will be taken on reporting
the measure.
No amendments other than that of
fered by Senator Root on the paper
clause will have any chance for consid
GRAFTON, it was said by member of
the committee.
The Root amendment, it was added,
will have to be materially modified be-
fore IL can be accepted.
1t was decided to request officers Of
the Associated Press and American
Newspaper Publishers association to
appear next Monday TO answer some
questions in regard to The paper and
pulp section Of the agreement. VI
Lumber. paper and woolen manufac
turing interests. according to testimony
given by Joseph IL. Allen of the firm
of Allen & Graham of New York, Of
fered to contribute to the fight being
tional grange, Mr. Allen, whose firm
is employed to help the grange in its
campaign, acknowledged that William
NJ. Wood, president Of the American
Woolen company; Arthur c. Hastings.
president of the American Paper and
Pulp association; Chester w Lyman. as
sistant TO the president of the Interna
tional Paper company. and Leonard
Bronson, general manager of the Ma
tional Lumber Manufacturers associa
ton, had volunteered contributions to
the fight.
Glad to Get all They Can.
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he admitted. was not law firm at all.
Notwithstanding the claim of n. P,
Hull, master of tho Michigan grange,
that it was employed AS the farmers le
cal advisers, was asked If any interests
other than the national grange con-
tributed.
"We have been promised nothing,
he replied, "but we do expect that any
manufacturer who is interested in this
matter and who appreciates what we are
doing, will pay us for our work If
they do, we will he glad to take it. -
Senator Williams asked Mr. Allen how
it was if his firm had not done any
thing for the lumber people or paper in
tcrests. that Messrs. Lyman, Bronson
and Hastings had offered TO contribute
to the cause.
"It was voluntary on their part. F." re-
piled Mr. Allen. He added that his |
firm would receive contribution from
anybody who felt like contributing.
When Mr. Graham declined to answer
Senator Stone as to whether his firm
was to be paid for its work by any per |
sons other than the national grange,
considerable controversy arose as to |
whether Mr. Graham should be com
PEELED to answer
1t ended by giving Mr.. Graham his
discretion as Senator Stone said his
questions were not for the purpose of
discreditIng the national grange as an
organization, but to ascertain If any of
its officers were using il in the name of
the farmers TO promote special inter
ests which the national body had never
considered.
Firm Employed by Manufacturers.
Mr.. Graham said his firm had been
employed in the past by manufacturing
concerns to further or oppose legisla-
tion. He instanced the good roads move
ment in which he said the pay came
from automobile manufacturers and car.
riagemakers and the fight against dena-
tured alcohol, when the pay came from
n manufacturers fund contributed by
the Distillers Securities company, and
several furniture makers.
"Did YOU ask manufacturers or sug |
gest to them that they contribute to the
expense of the campaign against reel
procity9' asked Senator Stone.
..To such as came to me, - said Mr., |
Allen, "I told them it would be a hard |
fight but mp to date only one manufac-
turer actually has given any money.
Ny Allen denied he was connected In
any wav with the American Protective
Tariff league. but said the league had
aske him for the names of the grange |
masters This request was referred to
Mr.. Bachelor and refused. Senator |
GaIlinger then said he had furnished the
league with partial list.
Mr. Allen said the agreement with |
the grange as to pay was mot very
inviting. and that they would be glad
TO get out with n deficit Replying TO |
question by Senator Kern. he said the
grange will pay the expenses of the |
campaign and compensation.
''You mean. do you not, said Sen
ator Smoot, ''that at present your eX
penses have run about $4,000 behind |
what you have received?'
- Yes, that was the deficit answered
Mr.. Allen.
Promoters, Not Lawyers,
1t was at The instance of Senator
stone that they were summoned TO ap
pear before the committee to tell what
part they have taken in the ganda
against reciprocity Senator Stone de-
clared that Allen & Graham were
= promoters and that they were "not
oracticing attorneys or lawyers; thus
controverting the declaration made TO
The committee recently by n. p. Hull,
master of the Michigan grange. that
Allen & Graham had been acting US
cgal advisers for the national grange.
the firm. it was learned was sending
mt for some of the officers OF the ma
lnoual grange. literature warning far
ners in all parts of the country that
he reciprocity agreement would injure