The Washington times., 1912-04-29
TURNS LIGHT ON
HARVESTER FACTS
George w. Perkins Asks Tafts Manager to Get Publicity
for Correspondence of Last Twelve
Months.

letter to Mr.. Mckinley, of the Taft
campaign committee, in which he makes
some of the most startling statements
regarding matters pertinent to the pres
ent campaign.
Apropos of the Use by Mr.. Taft of
some of the correspondence which
passed between the offices of the Har-
vester Company and the White House,
Mr.. Perkins explains that quite the
most important portion of the corre-
spondence is that sent and received
during the past twelve months, the
character of which the public. up to the
present, knows nothing, and he calls
upon Mr.. Taft to make public what he
points out as the most important and
significant portion of the correspond
ence.
Speaking as a man acquainted with
Wall Street, he declares that Wall
Street and its interests are allied with
the Taft campaign, and are doing what
ever they are able to promote Mr..
Taft's candidacy.
Regarding his connection with the
Roosevelt campaign and his money con-
tributions, he announced that he was a
contributor to Mr.. Bannard's support
and MIR. Stimsons campaign, and fur
tional committee still owes him sl5OOJ
for money borrowed to settle debts in
Cured in electing Mr.. Taft in 1903. Mr.
Perkins letter in full is as follows:
Mr.. Perkins Letter In Full.
Hon. William B. Mckinley,
Director National Taft Bureau,
Washington, d. {.
You ana your associates have re-
peatedly tried to place me, as a citizen,
before my fellow citizens in the light
proper motives in what ] say and do.
In every possible way attempts have
been made to convince the people that
] am against your candidate and for
Mr.. Roosevelt because of my connection
with the Steel Corporation and the
Harvester Company. Cannot you see
that it is impossible for me to be op-
posing Mr.. Taft because of the filing
of the steel suit or the threatened suit
against the Harvester Company? For
If | were aCtuated by the base motives
that you impugn to me / would be with
you heart and soul in your efforts to
| renominate Mr.. Taft; for what more
could sordid, selfish corporation man
| want than to have his corporation dis
solved on paper in such way as TO
holders and increased cost to consumers
as in the case of the STANDARD Oil and
Tobacco Complnies?
SUITS OF THE TRUsT-BUsTING
PROGRAM OF THE TAFT ADMINS
TRATION, WALL STREET KNOWS
THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO FEAR
ING IN IT'S SLEEVE AT WHAT HAS
nR. sEhT TAfT fT'Ni ALMosr HS 70 70 y MAN HHN ANB
NO ONE KNOWS THIS BETTER
MIR. TAFT's OTHER PROMINENT
SUPPORTERS.
You have persistently connected my
name with the Harvester Company In
particular in giving out information to
the effect that ] was contributing money
| to the Roosevelt cause-and have done
| this in such way as to try to convey
/ the impression that 1t was very i'm
proper and wicked thing to be going on
"a thing most abhorrent to you and
| your associates. and which should be 50
regarded By every decent American CIT
! izen. and that the Roosevelt committee
| ought to be ashamed to have me or my
money connected with its cause. The
| latest attempts in this direction have
/ been to call attention to the contriou-
! tion | made to the New York campaign
prior to the recent so-called primaries,
and also the publication of the Harvest
| er correspondence.
Calls 1t Base.
| There Is a peculiar baseness about all
these attacks on me in view of the fol-
| lowing:
First-Mr. Otto T. Barnard is recog-
nized throughout the country as Mr.
| Taft's warm personal friend and
| stanch supporter. He Is also presi-
dent of large trust company in the
very center of the Wall Street district
In 1909 he ran for mayor of this city
on the Republican ticket. l supported
him and personally contributed more
! Lie hn fn
the recent primary fight here in New
York. gr~
In addition to that, L personally
| loaned a number of thousands of dol
lars to his campaign committee at its
request, and for some time after the
campaign wIt ever held the note OF
for this latter sum. which they re-
paid. These two men are now con-
| spicuous members of your organiza-
| tion. They know perfectly well how
much I helped them and how eager
they were, for that help. How much
| fairness how much of the square
deal" is there in their attitude toward
ME today, because ] am now doing for
| the Roosevelt cause precisely what l
| did for them?
AS to my motives in thus assisting
Mr.. Barnard, I am sure that the then
| treasurer of the Barnard committee
will support me in the statement that,
as the campaign progressed, l express
ed the belief that Mr.. Barnard would
| fail of election. He said he thought
| / was mistaken and seemed rather
| surprised that / should support Mr..
Barnard so literally If, in my judg-
ment, Mr.. Barnard was not going to
be elected. told him that l was do
ing 1t on principle; that SO long as
| there was a chance, or even a hope,
OF defeating Tammany in New York
l wanted to do everything in my
power to that end
Aided Stimson.
Second-When Mr., Stimsoh now a
member of Mr.. Taft's Cabinet, recently
ran for governor of this State, I sup
ported him with all my might and main
| personally contributed exactly the
same amount to his campaign that
contributed to the recent so-called pri-
maries in this city Permit me to say
in this connection that. so far as
know, I was the only man i'm the finan-
Cial district who contributed any con,
siderable sum to that campaign, and
. that | was about the only man in Wal
Street who was openly supporting Mr.
Stimson-most of my partners and as