The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-06-12
WORKSHOP SUGAR
ATS1O00 A MONTH
Hawaiian Representative Tells
Of Expenses.
SIMMONS LEFENOS WILSON
Declare the President Exerted No In
fIuence on Committee and Only Elk
pressed His Views When Asked.

UuSnCS OF lOINfTiltSS anu SThJ
pressed His Views When Asked.
Washington, June 12.-Activities OF
the Hawaiian sugar interests in behalf
of a duty on sugar were taken W
again by the senate lobby investgat
ing committee.
Royal D. Vi cad, of the Hawaiian Su
gar Planters association, said he re
ceived salary Of $1,000 mon h fol
his work in Washington. His efforts
he said, were confined to the collection
and distribution of sugar statistics. He
thought $4,000 would cover his an
nual expenditures.
Mead had been associated with the
domestic eugar producers organiza
ton, which has directed the sugar
tariff publicity campaign in Washing
ton. In May, he said, he and Sidney G
Ballou terminated a $500 contract fol
publicity work by the Press Service
Bureau, of which E. w. Mayo was the
head.
Mead produced detailed account oil
all his receipts and expenditures In
Washington. He had received $4,000
from the Hawaiian Sugar association
and had spent $554S.16 up to Tuesday
night.
He told the committee that, aftei
terminating the $4,000 publicity con
tract with Mayo, the domestic sugar
producers had retained Mayo at sal
airy of 5000 week to help run the su
gar publicity campaign.
The total spent by the Hawaiian
Planters association for all purposes
was about 100000 year, he said. II
was raised by assessment, at some
thing less than 81 ton on the total
production. Most of the money had
been used, he said, for sugar expert
ment station in Hawaii and for obtain
ing Philippine laborers.
Walter G. Fisher, lecturer for the
Hawaiian promotion committee, con
vulsed the committee with laughter by
saying that he had no idea why he had
been sent to Washington. He said lie
had been receiving S625 month for
featuring"
what have you done here?" well
I wrote an editorial on the Unrest In
Nevada and offered it to a Washing
ton newspa per, but it never appeared
"How much are you getting now?'
81 don't know; that's what worries me
| don't think I've earned more than
$40"
Elmer E. Paxton, of Hawaii said he
represented Alexander & Baldwin, the
owners of Hawaiian sugar plantations
valued at $27,OOO,OO0. Letters, he said
had been sent to the 1900 or 1000 Gus
toners of the firm, urging them to
write to their congressman and sena
tors and protest against free sugar.
The charge that President Wilson
had exerted undue influence upon sen
ators in behalf of the tariff bill as i
came from the house was sharply de
MED by Senator Simmons, Chairman
of the committee on finance.
Simmons made no mention OF he
recent statement by Senator Tow
send, of Michigan, that it was co
mon report in Washington that tn
presidents activities for the tariff bi
tXCGGuGu Tic dCllFlIlCS VI oOSCSllOu iOD
byists against it.
$50 much has been said in the press
concerning the presidents alleged con
nection with certain amendments re
commended by certain subcommittee
of the finance committee that is mis-
leading and erroneous" said the
finance chairman, that in order ira
the public may understand the facts
[ wish to say that while the preside nt
has expressed to the members of the
finance committee, as he is reported
to have expressed to members of the
ways and means committee when the
bill was in the house, strong views and
convictions with respect to placing Oh
the free list both wool and sugar, he
has not, SO far as l know, expressed
any views as to the other provisions OF
the bill, except when his opinion ha
been asked, and has not in any way at
tempted to dictate to the committee.
"The view current in the newspa,
pers that subcommittee of the
finance committee had decided to re.
commend that wheat and live stock.
as well as meat and -four, should be
on the free list, at the instance AMI
dictation of the. president, is not cor
rect So far as know, the pres dem
has expressed no opinion with respect
to this matter, except that, when TOLD
of the probable action of the sub-com
mittee putting those articles on thu
free list, in response to an inquiry as
to his opinion on the subject, he ex
pressed approval"