The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
Senate Finance Committee Will Vote on Measure
 Next Wednesday
NEWSPAPER MEN
 TO BE SUMMONED
Joseph Allen Testifies That Lumber, Paper and Woolen Manufactur- CTS Offered Money to Aid
 Fight on Reciprocity

on the Canadian reciprocity bill practi- cally were concluded by the Senate finance committee today and next Wednesday was fixed as the time when vote will be taken on the question of reporting the measure. No amendments other than that offered by Senator Root on the paper clause will have any chance for consider ation, 1t was authoritatively stated. The Root amendment will have to be materi- ally modified before it can be accepted it Is said
 It was decided to request officers of the Associated Press and American News paper Publishers association to appear next Monday to answer some questions in the agreement.
 Lumber, paper and woolen manufactur- ing interests. according to testimony given today by Joseph H. Allen of the firm of Allen & Graham of New York offered to contribute to the fight being made against reciprocity by some of the officers of the National grange. Mir Allen, whose firm is employed to help the grange in its campaign against the bill, acknowledged
 
 American Woolen company; Arthur c. Hastings president of the American Paper and Pulp association; Chester w. Lyman. assistant to the president of the International Paper company, and Leon- ard Bronson, general manager of the Ma tional Lumber Manufacturers association, had volunteered a willingness to contri- bute to the fight against reciprocity.
 Whiddon Graham of this firm, which he admitted was not law. firm at all not withstanding the claim of N. F. Hull, master of the Michigan grange. that 1t was employed as the farmers legal ad- visers. was asked if any interests other than the National grange contributed for the work they were doing against resip- ' rocity.
 We have been promised nothing,H he replied but we do expect manufacturers [ interested in this matter and appreciating what we are doing to pay us for our work. If they do we will be glad to take it."
 Senator Williams asked MT. Allen how 1t was that if his firm had not done any thing for the lumber people or paper in- terests that Lyman, Bronson and Hast ings had offered to contribute to the cause
 Just Contributions
 Tt was voluntarily on their part" re- piled MT. Allen. He added his firm would receive a contribution from anybody who felt like contributing.
 When MT. Graham declined to answer
 
 was to be paid for its work by any per sons other than the National grange, considerable controversy arose as to whether Graham should be compelled to answer. Ii ended by giving Graham his discretion as Senator Stone said his questions were not to discredit the National grange as an. organization but to ascertain if any of its officers were using it in the name of the farm CTS to promote special interests which the national body had never considered. Graham acknowledged his firm had been employed in the past by various mining concerns to further. or oppose legislation. He instanced the good roads movement in which he said the pay came from automobile manufac- turers and carriage makers and the fight against denatured alcohol when the pay came from a manufacturers fund. contributed by the Distilleries s Securities company, the Danbury Hat company and a number of furniture makers.
 "Did you ask manufacturers or sue. gest to them that they contribute to the expenses of the campaign against reciprocity?" asked Senator Stone
 ITO such as came to me-" said MT Allen T told them 1t would be Ina nd ii fight. but up to date only one man,lfac- c- a
 MT. Allen denied he was connected in any way with the American Protective Tariff league, but he said the league had asked him for the names of the Grange masters, which request was re. fered to MT. Bachelder and refused Senator Gallinger then said he had furnished the league with partia \ list. Sk-s
 MT. Allen said the agreement with the grange as to pay was not very invit- ing" and that they would be glad tc N get out without a deficit. Replying te l a question by Senator Kern, he said the grange will pay the expenses ol the campaign and compensation.
 Losing Money
 ''well. why should there be defci then?'i asked MT. Kern.
 "You mean, do you not??" said Senato 6moot, "that at present your expenses have run about s200O behind what yol have received?'
 !. Yes, that was the deficit Answered Mir. Allen.
 Senator Stone declared Allen and Ora ham were promoters" that they wer, not "practicing law attorneys or law yers." thus controverting the declaration made to the committee recently by N. P Hull. master of the Michigan grange, tha Allen and Graham had been acting a. IN legal advisers for the National grange K The firm, it was learned. were sending IN out for some of these officers of the Ma tional grange literature warning farmer in all parts of the country that the reef procity agreement would injure them an, asking them to contribute to the cause Manufacturers also were asked for finan cial aid.
 Mir. Hull. at the time he was before tn committee, promised that MT. Allen an, Mir. Graham would appear to state thei case. Two weeks went by without an, | < Word having been heard from them. Dur IN ing this time Senator Stone inquired sev eral times as to whether the committe Xhad been notified as to when they woul appear Each time he was reminded Q MT Hulls promise. As result h MI moved at the committee meeting las rfursday that the two men be requeste' M A.,,.>o kxa N, ahtnwfon n -0nen. RnHorl