Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-19

| speaking they all did WELL"
The writers enumerated nearly a dozeI
| large papers in the Middle west. wher,
he said he had succeeded in getting '.oul
story printed.
The value of publicity was emphasized
further in another letter written at Far.
go. \. d., by Cove to Hamlin in Wash
ington. 1t referred to an interview tina,
had gone out which was designated as
the "ArbuekIe interview" and Cove urg-
ed the use of patent insides', to reach
country readers.
Many farmers read those patent IN
sides,'' he said. when / looked it up
found that stick of stuff every week
was not exorbitant in price and 1t sure
enough does get before the voters little
by little and eats in
Another of the Cove letters signed and
dated Aug. l. 1911. gave some light on
the efforts of the beet sugar forces while
the Hardwick committee of the House
was investigating the so-called sugar
trust" Mr. Cove said it would require
some skill to itemize his expense account
so it could be checked up by the auditing
board.
I'VE have had an interesting time" the
committee Oh his third day. today. He is
doing well. H. T. entertained them In
New York with. / learn, good effect The
Hardwick committee report will reach
over to December and will be less harm.
full than l hoped
Members of the committee asked
who H. T." was.
Z suppose it was Mr. Oxnard," said
Senator Reed. Mr. Oxnard's initials
are Fl. T.
A letter to Hamlin from II. A.
Douglass of the Minnesota Sugar Co.
of Chaska. Mimi. dated at Detroit,
April 6, 1912, said:
We think it would be a wise plan
to have Mr.. C. T. Fenton, manager oe
the Minnesota Sugar Co., who is now
in Washington, meet the Iowa sena-
tors and advise them of the POSSIBLE
ity of the Minnesota Sugar Co., ex-
tending its interests in northern 10 va
in case of a satisfactory sugar tariff
settlement.
A copy of letter porting to have
been written by Hamlin to ]. z.
Clark of Los Angeles and dated
Washington. Jan. IS, 1912. said in
part:
Mr.. Case had another conference
with Senator Works. yesterday, and is
satisfied that he will do all he can
for u.s."
Replying to that letter Clark wrote.
Jan. %, 1912, to Mr.. Hamlin:
Il am glad Mr.. Cass had a talk
with Senator Works. feel quite sure
that he will have to keep in line"
letter to C. E. Warren, president
of the Michigan Sugar Co, dated Feb
ruary l, 1912. and apparently from
Hamlin, said
Mr.. Pickett of Iowa, who is class
ed as an insurgent, will make one OF
the principal speeches in opposition to
any sugar measure that may be
brought in. Mr.. Palmer is now at
work on the necessary data. He will
take the question up from the stand
point of its being a refiner's propa-
ganda and also from the agricultural
end. Mr.. Mondell of Wyoming also
wishes TO enter into the fight on TIL.
floor and to be equipped with the nee.
essary information"
The efforts of Hamlin to get publicity
through The Associated Press and
leading newspapers was touched on in
u number of letters. In what appear
cd to be a copy of Hamlin letter to
Cove at Fargo Nov. 9, 1911, the writer
declared that the so-called Arbuckle
interview had gone, into practically
every paper in the United States.
After taking up the matter with Mr..
Morey," the letter added, land after
securing an agreement with The AS
ISOLATED Press to handle $50 words l
gave out the enclosed, and while it was
we'll handled locally, the Eastern pa
pers took up hut dozen lines. AS a
matter of fact I would have preferred
that they had ignored it entirely.
have taken the matter up with Melville
Stone, of The Associated Press, de-
handing that in the future the beet
sugar industry receive at least the
same treatment as the Eastern refin-
ers"
Morey. referred to, is president OF
the Great Western Sugar Co.
In another letter to Warren at De-
triot with the initials &C. c. H. as
a dictation mark, the writer said lie
had taken up the matter of the fall
ure to get publicly through The Asso-
ciated Press with Mr.. Stone.
Herewith copy OF letter received
from Mr.. Stone in response to maine"
said the letter, and it added:
"If this matter is followed up we
will be able to get our stuff handled
by The Associated Press in a satisfac-
tory manner. I will be in New York
some time next week, and will take
lit up in person"
Warren wrote to Hamlin, Nov. s.
1911
II do not think well of your idea
of writing all the papers that did not
carry your Associated Press story. We
have found that whenever a papel
/ that is unfrientiy to the tariff gen.
orally, or to the sugar tariff is APP
preached, the result is an unfriendly
article. You will probably have tc
rely upon getting out what you car
and not find fault when everybody
does not carry an interview"
/ The correspondence relating to the pro.
! posed purchase of Chicago Inter-Ocear
bonds by beet sugar companies begar
with the copy Of letter dated March 20
1912, addressed to Warren. The copy was
not signed but was included In the Ham.
Nv, oorracpopdopco stated that Mr.