Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-25
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| Sugar at a Glance" prepared BY
him, he said. had attained cfrcula-
ton of 100000 copies under the frank
of Senator Lodge. Report OF the
Finance Committee" by the same
senator. had beaten the pamphlet by
$4,000 copies.
The franks of Senator Smoot. for
mer Senators Curtis and Dick. the late
Representative Malby, former Repre-
sentative Pickett and Representative
Martin had swelled the total to more
| than 100000 The printing of some.
of this number had been paid by the
beet sugar people, the witness said.
but the free postage had saved them
/ $4,000.
Mr.. Palmer developed that Sugar, a
Second Glance which he intimated
/ was inspired by the Federal Sugar Re
j filming Company and which was an ar
/ gument in behalf of free sugar, also
had been printed as a public document
and circulated under the ranking priv
ileges. He did not say, nor did the
i committee ask, whose frank was so
4 used.
4 money 0peHE IN aGdWPdlQUs
4 Palmer said that the beet men had
/ spent about 100000 n their cam
| paign against free sugar since 1902.
/ About $4,000 had been used since last
1 November and about $4,000 OF that
amount since the beginning of the
1 present congressional session. Much
l of it had been spent in publicity
work. in printing, salaries and good
sized sum in motion pictures He said
the best producers in his association
4 were assessed about 5 cents per ton,
he thought The last assessment was
made in April, bringing in about $751;
4 600, and the previous one in February
about $1,000.
when did you make those assess
mentss. asked Senator Reed.
4 when we needed the money
4 Much of the day was spent by the
committee in trying to find out all the
/ details of how Sugar at Glance"
came to be printed as public dOcu-
| ment Although Palmer was grilled
for three hours on practically nothing
else, when he left the stand commit
teemen said they were about as much
In the dark as they were when the
pamphlet was first mentioned
Origin Of Document
Palmer said that when Senator
4 Lodge made speech on sugar in
4 July, 1912, the charts subsequently
fused in the pamphlet were on the
walls of the senate chamber Senator
Lodge secured the permission of the
senate to have them printed as a pub
lie document Accompanying these
charts, Palmer declared, were certain
printed sheets containing sugar in
formation.
i Questioned by members of the COM
mittee, the witness said that after the
tcharts had been sent to the govern
4 ment printing office and proofs in
black and white had been made of
: them, he had discovered that they
were not suitable for publication. He
. had therefore sent them to private
printing concern and had them pre-
pared in a fashion he thought suit
liable. This, he maintained, was done
with the knowledge of Senator Lodge,
; and he considered that he was acting
for the senator in the matter.
Members of the committee express
ed surprise that any one should in
> any way change something authorized
to be printed by the senate. They de
veloped that the permission was Sc
, cured by Senator Lodge for printing
ON July 27th, and that one of sew
: eral issues of sugar at a Glance"
l referred to an order of the senate on
!, August 1st, in the same matter
:. Not Ordered Printed
:, The second order referred to data
!. prepared by Truman g. Palmer and
, purported to be signed by Charles G.
5 Bennett, then secretary of the senate.
!. Palmer said he supposed that the or
: der had been made, and that he got it
in the proofs of the charts from the
printing office. The Congressional
Record of August 1st, according to
Senator Cummins, showed no such or
Ger, nor did the journal of the senate
nor the files in its document room.
"You substituted at the government
lprintirg office for the document you
!, received from the clerk of the senate
this privately printed copy?" said
Senator Reed
dOII tHtHh that 10 LdiF StHle-
lmeat," said Palmer. There was no
; subterfuge; there was nothing under
handed. No one vas deceived. All
was open and above beard"
; Il want to find cut about this" said
Senator Cum1nins. 1T is rather seri-
Gus matter &c forge a signature of the
secretary of the senate to an order
. that never was made"
This committee finally dropped the
quection with the expressed determin-
alton to pursue it further and in
Investigate books and records of every
sort to get the Information they
tseek. Senator Lodge will be heard in
texplanation if he desires to appear.
Mr.. Palmer became indignant be-
fore nc left the stand at Senator