The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-28
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New York Newspapers ;'I 70 Support r..l1 the
Ocean SIP Subsidy Scheme.
WHEN OFFER Was MADE: AIDE.

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! The Business Manager Of the jour-
nal Of Commerce Claims i that b He He
was Appro oaclled BY Ship ]; Builders, l'l
(, who, Made rapro oper Proposals to
5 hin.
Revelation OF several attempts to
buy the editorial support Of the New
7 York Journal Of Commerce in favor
OF ship subsidy legislation, which,
that paper has consistently opposed,
was amade in washington to the
hause ship subsidy investigating
committee Wednesday by Alfred w.
tDodsworth, business manager OF The
journal Of Commerce and CONNER
cial Bulletin. :.' 5.::.ss.
Earlier in the day Paul G. Faun-s
;7ler, representative Of the Uranium
Steamship: line, against which the
so-called London conference lines,
controlling what is alleged to be sS
per cent. of the Atlantic passenger
trafic are arrayed, told how railroad
authorities in this country, notably
the Central Passenger association at
Chicago, had refused to sell, tickets
routed over the Independent lines
unless the independents obtained the
sanction Of the conference lines.
AS a result of today's evidence MI.
Dodsworth's brother, John W. Dods--.
worth, the editor Of The Journal OF
Commerce, will be recalled to Wash
ington to explain why he failed to
enlighten the committee during his
recent testimony. 1t is probably that
Charles A. -Conant ssoft New York. a
! former, Washin gtcn correspondent,
may be asked to throw light on an
effort to subsidize the. paper, claimed
s to have been forwarded through him,
rto The Journal of Commerce, which. It
! he then represented, and the federal
authorities nay take notice OF the
evidence as to the railroads discrlm
inations, against the Independent
steamship1lines on foreign tickets.
Alfred W. Dodsworth said that his is
{ papes never had been subsidized by
any interests whatever and It's busl--'
ness. and editorial columns had no
relation. But, he tee sifed, about six
years ago an unknown came into his
Office and offered to pay The Journal
of Commerce 100000, taking
iy1, 1000, 900 copies Of his paper, for the
insertion of an article in one issue
supporting the ship subsidy legisla-
ton. ss.s ,,is ]. a.5 .s5..
This man refused to disclose his
identity unless his proposition was to
be accepted. Ills proposition was, in
the event or acceptance, to make out
! a certified check Immediately for
$4,000 to bind the agreement anG
Ito pay the balance of 100000 upon.
publication Of the article. Mr.. nods-
worth SAID he imm ediately called his
brother, John, W, into his office as
4 witness to the conversation ana the
proposition was turned down as an
attempt to make an imprope' ar.
rangeme.it.
Pressed by the committee, MT.
Dodsworth said that about 80 years
ago his father was sitting in his Of
fee en- the same. publication and John
Roch, the ship-builder, who was then
building ships and was active for :
ship subsidy bill, entered tho Office,
laid down blank check, asked Dods-
worth to I'LL out the check an stop
writing against ship subsidy Tue
OFFER was refused.
About two years ago, DodsWorth
said, another man tried to buy the
support OF the paper for $4,000 and
during the Spanish-American war the
Spanish government tried to buy the
papers support.
Mr.. Olcott, Representative Long
worth of Ohio and other members or
the committee criticised the two
brothers for failing to submit this
information to the committee before
now, pointing out that John w.
Dcdsworth, i,h his testimony some
time ago, had been asked as to such
matters and had denied any inior-
nation suc'l as that disclosed today.
The witness said the committee
would have to ask the brother why
he failed to disclose the information.
Mr. Olcott asked the witness who
represented the Spanish government
when it tried to buy his papers sup
port. Mr.. Dodsworth replied that
the information of the proposition
came from Charles A. Conant, who
was then the papers Washington cor
respondent. Pressed as to the iden-
tity of the man who made the offer,
Mr.. Dodsworth said that his. father
or brother may have been told, but
he himself had not been told.
Mr.. Conant communicated the
proposition in letter, said the wit
ness, who afterward qualified this by
saying he thought it was letter, af-
ter the committee had stated it would
like to have the letter. Representa-
tive Hawley of Oregon asked how
much money was proposed in that
offer and the witness said he did not