The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
SENATE STILL
FOLLOWING THE
LOBBY s TRAIL
Illuminating Data Is Obtained
With Reference to the Ac-
tivities of the Beet
Sugar Interests.
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congress with arguments favorable TO
the bect sugar men None OF tho lot
ters disclosed that the railroads had
beeu interested or that the great news
agencies bad been extensively used or
E that the Tnter@ean bonds had been
; bought Letters introduced did show
! that the sugar men had heen dissatisfied
With their efforts TO get Hinterviews "
: carried BIZ the Associated Press.
Box of Telegrams.
Austin and a sergeant -at-arms OF the
: senate brought big box OF the tele-
grams and letters to the committee
! room this afternoon. The committee
J suspended the examination OF VIII
I nesses. and Chairman Overman, Sena-
tors Reed and Walsh began reaolng
them into the record.
Two kilograms were exchanged De-
tween Hamlin. Senator Clark, and 1'ru-
man G.. Palmer. The first OF these,
given out bv Palmer after the commit
tee adjourned tohight, read
'tSenate sergeant-at-arms mas re-
auired Austin to produce box SAID 10
contain your private and business pa
pers. Have talked with your uncle and
we suggest you should WIRE retaining
attorney TO protect your rights under
fourth amendment To inc CONSTITUTIONS
until You arrive.
Hamlin IS telegram in reply, sent to
his uncle, Senator Clark, was gwen TO
the committee. 1t SAID:
HUayc wire from Palmer suggesting
retain attorney to prevent delivery OF
my private papers TO committee. Aus
tin. on whom service is made, may
have some of my private correspond"
ence or papers. but so far as L remem"
Der there is nothing among them which
I would object to being made public.
Hamlin added that he would hire
Washington attorneys if Senator Clark
thought it advisable.
News Plate Contracts.
The correspondence covered much of
1911 and the early part OF 1912, wien
the Underwood free sugar bill was IN
troduced in the house. The letters
produced indicated that Hamlin had
made contracts with news plate con-
Germs that furnish matter to smaller
papers and had urged beet sugar men
in different parts of the country. to at
tempt 10 secure publicity in their own
localities and through news agencies.
Included in the mass Of correspondence
were letters from Aaron Cove, which
showed that be had made an extensive
tour for the same purpose.
One letter from the Hamhn file,
written from Washington on December
., 1911, to Charles B. Warren, pesident
Of the Michigan Sugar company, said
in part: ,;,. .o, o..h dow 30
my trip and invariably succeeded in
getting our story in at least one of the
leading papers. OF course some handled
il more satisfactorily than others, but
generally speaking they all did we'll.
The writer enumerated nearly dozen
large papers in the middle west in which
be said he had succeeded in getting
"our story" printed.
Value of Publicity.
The value of publicity was empha
sized further in another letter written
at Fargo. y. d., by Cove to Hamlin In
Washington 1t referred to an inter
view that had gone out which was des-
ignated as the 'EArbuckle interview, ~
and Cove urged the use Of ''patent in
side to reach the country readers.
Many farmers read those "patent in
sides. - be said. "When I looked il up
/ found that Il stick of stuff every
week was not exorbitant in price and it
sure enough does get before the voters
little by little and eats in
Another of the Cove letters signed
and dated August 4, 1911, gave some
light Oil the efforts Of the beet sugar
forces while the Hardwick committee
Of the house was investigating the So
called ''sugar trust Mr.. Cove said
il would require some skill it itemize
his expense account so it could be
checked UP by An auditing board
"We have had an interesting time, -
the letter continued palmer is be-
fore the committee on his third day to-
day. He is doing we'll. II. T. enter
tanned them in New York with, I learn
good effect The Hardwick committee
report viii reach over to December
and will be less harmful than | hoped -
III. T." Is OXnard.
Members of the committee asked
who fH. To- was
81 suppose it was Mr.. Oxnard, +" said
Senator Reed
Mr.. Oxnard' IS initials are "H. To-
The letter added
Bristow insists that he will yet get
In his sugar amendment, OF course, it
would likely end with the veto of the
executive, but l don t forget that it g
only four months to the session when
suHicLnlnG VIII ne U0lHE IN earnest
have had some very encouraging inter
views as to next winter, but the issue
promises to be warmly contested. Sena
tors like Borah insist that they want To
be shown. He used those words to me
this morning"
a letter TO Hamlin from H. A. Dougla
OF the Minnesota Sugar company OF
Chaska, Minn., dated at Detroit. April
g. 1912. said,
we think it would be the wise plan
10 have Mr., G. T. Fenton, manager oi
the Minnesota Sugar company. who is
now in Washington, meet the Iowa sena-
tors. and advise them OF the possibility
of the Minnesota Sugar company ex-
tending it's interests In northern Iowa
In case OF, satisfactory sugar tariff
settlement
Still Another Letter.
copy OF letter purporting 10 have
been written by HaInlin TO j. Ross Clarl
OF Los Angeles. and dated Washington
January IS. 1912. said in part.
Mr.. Case had another conference witt
Senator Works yesterday. and is salts