Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-18
Arguments in Republican
Blue Book Are Dictat-
ed in 1912.
is PROVEN BY LETTERS
Shown Also That Dr.. Wiley,
Food Expert, Had Been
Engaged as Lecturer.

! Washington, D. c., June 1S.-More |
/ letters and kilograms from the ,pri-
vate files of the anti-free sugar lobby
put into the record of the senate COM !
mittee today, purported to show that
! the beet sugar men furnished sugar
! tariff arguments contained in the re-
publican national campaign text book
of 1912; engaged DR.. Harvey Wiley,
former government pure food chief,
to deliver lectures, expressed great
doubt" of Taft's ability to carry such
states as California, Idaho, Utah and
! Colorado, and added: IF we don't
head him off we might be able to get
a promise relative to the sugar and
tobacco industries"
The introduction OF private letters
was accomplished not without oppU-
sition from Henry T. Oxnard and Tru-
man G. Palmer, who were prominent
in the beet sugar campaign. After the
committee considered their objection
in executive session, Chairman Over
man announced that the Oxnard and
Palmer letters would be admitted.
The senate committee was confront
ed at the outset of today's session with
a formal objection from Henry T. Ok
nard of the American Beet Sugar COM
pany and Truman G. Palmer, head of
the Washington office of the sugar in
terests, against reading any more cor
respondence addressed to or from
them and dated prior to the present
session of congress. John w. Yerkes
an attorney, who said he represented
the two sugar men, broke into the pro.
ceedlngs when a letter from oxnard to
Palmer, dated 1906, was read by Chair
man Overman. Yerkes contended the
committee was limited by the senate
resolution to the investigation Of mat
ters affecting legislation pending be-
fore the present congress. The COM
mittee took the objection under con-
sideration and temporarily laid aside
number of other letters that came
within the class objected to.
The particular letter which brought
, the Intervention of the attorney said
in part:
Il have a letter from Mr.. Morey, in
which he says Mr.. Cove will go around
trying to educate congressman. VIII
you please give Mr.. Cove any statis-
tics he may desire?"
OXNARD's WRITING.
Harry Austin, clerk in the office
of Palmer, identified the letter as be-
ing in Oxnard's handwriting. Morey
was president of the Great Western
: Sugar company. Oxnard and Palmer
! took steps to restrain the committee
from examining their private CORE
spondence dated prior to the present
session. 1t was said a resolution to
2 that effect would be introduced. Mean
4 while the committee worked on. Cop
=, les of beet sugar articles sent by
, thousands TO newspapers in 1G states
S west of the Mississippi river and in
2 Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois and
! southern states were produced from
I the sugar mems files. They predicted
t danger to different localities would fol-
: low free sugar.
ENGAGE PRESS AGENT.
The character of publicity by the
beet sugar men was outlined in one
unsigned letter in the Hamlin CORE
spondence addressed to Sidney Ballou.
one of the active figures in the Ha-
waiian sugar organizations. 1t is said
the beet sugar men had made a con-
tract with a press service company
=, at $4,000 month for publicity. They
= guarantee publication of 100000 lines
: month of matter pertaining to the
sugar industry" the letter added. 1T
e was stated further that 10000 copies
D of speeches of Representative Pickett
: of Iowa and 10000 copies of speeches
e of Representative Martin were being
Il sent out. Another unsigned letter oat-
ed May ?, 1912, addressed to Ballou,
S said: We are in touch with those
G who are preparing republican cam
2 paign books. and the sugar question
J. will be handled subject to our approx.
al. In fact, the matter is being fur
? nished by us. AS soon as the conven
v tion is over it is our purpose TO get
e in touch with campaign managers with
a view TO having their speakers fully
posted on the sugar industry" The
letter brought in the name of DR.. WI
ley, stating the doctor had accepted e
6 proposition for lectures, but the latter
:. asked to be released, because he "hac
undertaken more than he could per
. form"
y VISIT WITH UNCLE JOE.
n letter written from Irving Park
E. Chicago, in December, 1907, TO OK
,, nard at Upperville, Va, said: Wake
D. man was with Uncle Joe for four hours
d and feels he has accomplished some
'e thing. though he did not feel at lib
re erty 70 tell me much in detail. FroE
here he went TO Cincinnati al For