Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
Frank C. Lowry Gives New Chapter to the Inquiry Now Being Conducted by the Senate Investigating Committee
CAUCUS WILL
 BEGIN TO-DAY
But This Does Not Mean Quizzing is Ended as Ad- jOurnncnt Was Only Taken Subject to Another Call
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 WASHIEGTON, June I9.-The sen ate committee in pursuit Of the lobby" turned new leaf in tho story Of sugar today and heard details of the nation wide and long continued campaign for free sugar and the ef- forts made to remove duty on that article. Frank C LoWry. sales agent of the Federal Sugar Refining com pany. secretary and organizer Of the committee of wholesale grOcers.' wrote free sugar chapter for the committee. while Senator Cummins acted as guide through the smoke of battle in the arguments. and Senators Nelson and Walsh lent their assist ance when the issues seemed to have become obscure
 The committee adjourned tonight subject to call Three democratic members will be required to attend the democratic caucus on the tariff bill which begins tomorrow. Chair man oVerman does not know when the hearing will be resumed. Robert s LoVett. chairman of the Union Pa cific board Of directors. had not been summoned to appear tonight and subpoena may not be served until the inquiry is taken up again.
 LoWry's examination was a feature of the closing session ot the commit tee. He told of attempts to acceler- ate public opinion and persuade con gressmen and senators, and spoke frankly of his efforts in the national campaign last fall He said he fur nished most Of the sugar information which appeared in the democratic campaign text books. He prepared data on free sugar for the democratic campaign document which the pres ent secretary of the navy. Daniels, said he would get the circulation Of one million in pamphlet form, and had wired urging every member Of the resolutions committee of the Bal timOre convention to put free sugar plank in the democratic plat form. The witness was on the stand for four hours. and when he left he promised to produce any correspond ence in his files relating to the or ganization of the grocers committee or the free sugar campaign. Many circulars sent out by him on the let ter head of the organization Were read into the record by Senator CumminS
 Lowry testified he conducted the fight solely for the Federal com pany. and that other refiners did not figure in it. He thought the ex- penses amounted to about $25,000 for four years, exclusive of his salary and commission as sales agent. amount ing about $6S.000 in that period. He got nothing for his tariff work. he said After many questions by Sen ator Cummins, the witness agreed that although all sugar refiners did not seem to favor the free sugar. they would benefit only to less degree than the Federal company by a re ductiOn of duty. Lowry said. however,
 that an official of the American Re fining company. the so-called trust, told him that free sugar would put us out of business
 Senator Nelson was interested espe- cially in the committee of wholesale
 grocers, and wanted to know how it was formed.
 We had no formal meeting. wrote twenty-five or thirty grOcers and suggested We form such a com mittee," said LOWry.
 They were just dummies, them" 1 Suggested Nelson.
 T don't think they were very l dumb" he replied.