The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-07-17
100000 YEAR
FOR LOBBY WORK
Declares Manufacturers Wanted a
Tariff Commission, with Secretary
of National Association d Member


Washington. .IHIy Il. - y fund OF
$5oo,UV 10 $.nr.0oo a year. raised by
the National Council for Industrial De
fense--an adjunct OF the National A.
ISOLATION OF Manufacturers for oppos-
ing legislation the manufacturers id
not favor. was described to the senate
lobby investigating committee BY Col
onel Martin Nj. Mulhail.
Mulhall testified that he had no
personal knowledge OF the existence
OF such fund, but declared that a
collector for the organization had re-
Gently given those figures to the New
York World.
Il often have thought and have sug-
gested" said Mulhall, that the coun-
Gil should he investigated by the post
office department. If it were inyesti-
gated, | feel that the gentlemen who
run it will have a hard time account
ing for the money collected
Mulhall swore that money had been
paid to him from the fund for political
purposes, but did not explain what the
purposes were.
The erstwhile field agent" told OF
the work OF the National Association
of Manufacturers in behalf OF tariff
commission.
The first definite connection be-
tween the National Association of
Manufacturers and the Taft pTesiden-
tial campaign was disclosed in a let
ter written by Muihall on March u,
1908.
Mulhall said he had a long interview
with Arthur |. Norys, Taft's campaign
manager who assured Mulhall, i'll re-
Spouse to questions, that Taft favored
a tariff commission. and that without
doubt the Manufacturers association
cou!d name members of the campaign
committee. and if Taft was elected
could, without a doubt, name cabi-
net member. John S. Van Cleave, OF
ST. Louis. was the man SchWedtman
intended to urge for the cabinet.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers wanted a tariff commission
of which H. f. Miles, OF Racine, Wis,
and Fred G.. Schwedtman should be
members" said Alulhan. Miles was
the head of the tariff committee OF
the Manufacturers association which
was named TO come TO Washington to
lobby for a tariff commission, but he
was so radical he was finally driven
from the committee and was replaced
by Mr.. Tompkins.
A letter was read from j. w. Van
+ho of NariDn9
Association of Manufacturers, whose
secretary Schwedtman was, in which
Van Cleave noted the opposition OF
the Home Market club, OF Boston, TO
the tariff commission. The Home
Market club did not want a tariff com
mission" said Mulhall, but the Man
ufacturers' association did want one.
Miles wrote to s. E. Swayne, of
Richmond, Ind. who led him to sup
port Watson, although Miles admitted
that ''per ronally | do not like the man,
but | would like less to have him sue
ceeded by man no better in any way
and wrong in labor ways.
Mulhall said he met Van Cleave and
Schwedtman on d train passing
through lnQldHd Dolls jan. IL, i9po,
told them of the Watson campaign and
spoke about 100000 being needed.
On Jan. 10 Mulhall wrote Schwedt-
man:
Mr.. Watson Friday told me that If
there was any danger OF any class
legislation being brought up while he
was absent from Washington to have
Mr. Emery see Senator Hemenway.
He also told me to write Emery and
say that Speaker Cannon would re-
ceive him at any time and that he
could talk freely and fully to the
speaker and that everything would be
all right.
Mulhall said that at a conference
in January, 1908, with the political
managers for Watson it was suggest
ed that D. NJ Parry become active in
that state. Mulhall said this sugges-
ton was frowned upon because Parry
was too well known to the labor
people" Parry was a former presi,
dent of the Manufactures assOcia-
| ton.
WAS not Parry a prosGSe OF Sena-
| tor Beveridge?" asked Senator Mel
| SON. NO. senator. no. Senator Bey-
I eridge publicly acknowledged he was
a protege of Parry replied Mulhall.