Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-19
General Manager Of Associated
Press Witness Before SEN
ate Committee Investigating
Alleged Lobby.
EXPLAINS HANDLING OF
STATEMENTS ON SUGAR
Crowded Wires Prevented
Beet Interests Securing the
Same Treatment Accorded
Statement of Arbuckle.
[By Leased wire 10 RvonIng Hcrald.l

LBy Leased Wire 60 Evcning Herald.
Washington. June Melville n.
Stone. general manager OF the Ass0-
ciated Press. testified al his own re-
quest today before the senate lobby
investigating committee regarding the
claims contained IN some Of the corr
respondence OF Clarence g. Hamlin
as to publicity beet men had hoped
to obtain through the Associated
Press Hamiin's letters had been
read into the committees record two
days ago after having been sub
poenaed from the files of the United
states beet sugar Industry. BEFORE
Mr.. Stone testified senator NewlaudB
took the witness chair TO make n brief
statement concerning tho. use OF his
name In some correspondence read
yesterday.
MIR stone presented oil his letters
and records bearing on the demands
OF the beet sugar interests FOR pub
uclty through the news association.
lie testified that October ~. 1911,
John Arbuckle. "a sugar refiner. when
Saving for Europe. had given out a
statement favoring free raw sugar
That statement was carried by the
Associated Press. he said. on Octo-
ber 10. short statement was given
out by Clarence .. Hamlln az Colore-
do Springs, answering the Arhuckle
interview. WIS also cnrried by the As
sociated Press The Arbuckle state
ment he said was about 1,O0e words
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words Mr.. Hamlin then wrote Mr..
stone asking that the beet sugar In
tercsts be given as good treatment as
the sugar reflners. Mr.. Hamlin's let
ter was
Il am writing YOU as chairman OF
the United States beet sugar industry,
an organization which includes prac-
tically al OF the beet sugar interests
OF thls country. and II anything fur
ther is necessary to give that which
| haze 10 say credit. would refer you
10 any of the papers In Denver. as
wen as TO Senator Guggenheim and
Senators Clark and Warren of Wyom-
ing. Also To MIR. Chester s. M0rey.
of Denver, president OF the Great
Western Sugar company. the largest
beet sugar producer In the United
States. with whom YOU are possibly
acquainted. might add l am a
member OF the Associated Press. rep
resonting the HeraldTeiegraph OF
this city.
Publicity is the last thing l wish
10 seek personally, nut In justice To
the great Industry wh!ch ! represent
feel Justified In taking up with YOU
Ia person a matter which To us 10 oil
the graVest importance. ON october
~ Mr. John Arhuckle of Arbuckle
brothers. gave out statement which
was printed In full Ia every Associat-
ed press newspaper of the United
states concerning the sugar situation
A copy OF this statement is attached
hereto.
"'rhe matters contained Ia this
statement were of such great Import
ance and some OF the misrepresenta'
lions SO gross that I aid not feel that
these statements should go unchal'
lenged, I took the matter up with the
local representative OF the Associat'
ed Press who followed through th'
ordinary channels and was assured
thnt the Associated Press would han
die 500 words representing the pee
sugar mems position on these quos
| tions This statement prepared an'
you viii find copy hereto Attached
This is from the Denver Republican
the Colorado papers having handle'
! il In fun The manner IN which J
was handled viii be disclosed by th'
attached clipping from the Washing
! ton Post. Of October ~.
Your long experience In newspape
work will cause you to see immedl
ately that We would have been mucl
better satisfied had tho Associated
Press refused To handle II enuret
rather than 10 have published u u
this abbreviated and wholly unsntis
factory manner.
"Of course l understand the Asso
ciated Press rs In no sense partlsaI
aud aims 20 be wholly tair "a All q
the great Interests Of The country. an
an that the beet interests ask is' ina
they receive tho same treatmnet a
the hands OF your association az ~ ac
corded To certain rehners la Ne'
York who are pushing the free sugn
propaganda with tho avowed purpos
OF nt least putting stop 10 IA
growth OF the beet sugar industry
I'VE certainly have no desire
burden the Associated Press WI
, matter put out FOR the purpose q
boosting our Industry hut when al
tackled. feel that We should be give
! as much publicity az n given To ol
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