Arizona republican., 1913-07-04
Two Short Sessions Are Held Covering Subjects from Wall Street Opera tions to Lemon Growers of California
HEARING CONTINUED
 TO NEXT WEEK
of California Fruit Growers Exchange Testl- fies as to Activity to Pre- vent Lemons Going on the Free List
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 WASHINGTON July 3.-1Wo short sessions today. covering subjects from WaIl street operations to the Lemon growers in California, brought the senate lobby investigation to tempo rarv end today The committee ad- iourned tonight until Monday Wall street. sugar and wool men were or dered to appear then. Edward Lau- terbach and David Lamar will also again be questioned as to their parti- cipation in efforts to inbluence meb- bers Of the Morgan firm.
 The Sugar Lobby investigation will terminate with an examination or A. D. M Baldwin of Cleveland: N. r. Bass and Charles D. Wescott of Washington
 c. Harold Powell. the manager of the California Fruit Growers EX- change testified late today as to his activity to prevent lemons being placed on the tariff free list. Powell " as for many years in the depart ment of agriculture and said the fight in favor If free lemons had been con ducted bv lemon exporters from Palermo Sicily and lemon importers of New York He said the California
 
 and three hundred and fifty four dollars for research work in Italy and California for travel.ng expenses and all other charges connected with its effort tO Keep lemons on the dutiablc list
 Senator Reei questioned Powell alt length to determine whether the local agents of the California Fruit Growers Exchange had fixed the prices for California lemons through out the country The witness said the agents had no authority to fix the price of lemons but the price was determined by the local associa- tions in California.
 Powell was asked if he knew any thing of the Slush fund collected by the lemon importers for tariff pur- poses He said for a time q tax of five cents per box was collected on lemons coming into New York but he did not know how tho fund ex- pended. The Wool Lobby phase will open on Monday with the follow ing witnesses: William Whitman of Winthrop; T. Marvin and Thomas .. Marvin. of Boston; s. w. Mcclure of Salt Lake; C. II. Brown of PhiIadeI- phia and Wm. F Fitzgerald of Brook line Mass
 The committee expects to consume but a short time with the probe into the wool mems activities. The officers of the National association of manu- facturers have been instructed to be present on Tuesday. Chairman over man expects the Mulhan charges to be taken up early in the week The demand of the house for d seperate investigation of the MuIhall charges which involve the character of sey- era1 members of the house has been informally considered by the senate committee and it is probable that if the house wants the appointment of q committee to act jointly with the senate committee the latter will agree to such an arrangement
 All letters, telegrams and other papers belonging to MulhaIl and which he turned over to the New York World were given to the senate committee today. These papers which Mulhall claims show who he repre- sented of the National association of manufacturers in attempting to control legislation will be gone over by the committee members and large part of the correspondence will be introduc- ed as evidence.
 DeandS for q wider lobby inVeStiga- ton have been made in the house and capitol and the rules committee today took up the task of framing q reso- lution to provide for an inquiry of Tar reaching character It is prob able the committee has given up their holiday tomorrow with the hope of having a resolution ready for the house on Saturday.
 Henry R. Martin of Washington. an active figure in the antitrust" lea gue took the stand today and ad mitted that he and David Lamar had many conferences they agreed to reso- lution for investigation of the United States Steel corporation and had taken an active part in trying 10 exert influence on many Washington matters
 Martin asserted the resolution under which the Stanley steel trust in Vestfgation was begun was introduc- ed practically as he and Lamar had drawn it. although Representative Etanley who introduced the resolu- ton knew nothing of Lamars con- nection He vehemently denied that Stanley who introduced the resolu- lution about New York before it was introduced in the house.