New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-04
Its Secretary Says the Wall
Street "Wo|f" Wrote Steel
Inquiry Resolution.
KEEPS MEMBERSHIP SECRET
Henry B. Martin Declares If
Names Were Known Great
Trusts Would Blacklist
and Ruin Them.
fFtnm Inc Tribune Rureau.l

Washington July 3.-Edward Lauter-
bach. the New York lawyer. was sum-
moned to-day by Chairman Oyerman. OF
the Senate Lobby Investigating Commit
toe. To appear next Monday to give his
version Of the alleged conspiracy In
which he was implicated with David
Lamar to induce Wall Street financial in
terests to employ him as counsel.
Lamar will also be recalled and fur
Their effort will be made by the commit
tee to disclose his identity. So far he has
refused to give his proper name and he
still remains a man OF mystery. lie Will
also be asked about his connection with
the so-called Antitrust League through
which he is represented as having pre-
pared the way for legislation and inves-
legations by Congress inimlcal to the
Wall Street interests.
Henry b. Martin. the secretary Of the
league. whom Lamar regards as one OF
his closest friends. was put on the stand
to-day. but refused TO give any illuminat-
ing details of the membership OF the or
ganization or Of the extent OF its opera
tons He withheld the names Of the
members Of the league because they
would suffer the anger OF the great
trusts, who would ruin them and BLACK
list them and secure their discharge
from employment" For similar reasons.
apparently. Martin refused TO disclose
the amount OF money collected and ex-
pended by the organization. or TO give
any. information concerning the auditing
of it's accounts.
Martin testified that Lamar had reason
to lay claim to the authorship Of the res
oution providing for the Stanley steel
investigation. He also said that Lamar
had contributed very valuable informa-
ton 20 the league when the Wickersham
railroad law amendments were before
Congress. The active secretary Of the
league conferred many times with the
Wall Street buccaneer on legislative mat
ters ard found him stocked with useful
aud valuable information. The witness
added. however. that his relations with
Lamar never extended 10 taking proht
10y any stock market transaction.
Il want 20 say right here said Mar
tin. that have not now. and never have
had. one penny Of interest in any trans
action TN which Mr.. Lamar or any one
else was interested in Wall Street
Work Of the Lemon Lobby.
q. Harold Powell representative OF the
California Fruit Growers Exchange and
the citrus Protective League. told the
committee Of his efforts 10 bring 10 the
attention Of Senators the fact that an er-
ror had apparently been made in the re-
adjustment Of citrus fruit rates in the
tariff bill.
Democratic members N the committee
made persistent efforts to belittle
powelIs assertion that campaign had
been carried on by the lemon exporters Of
Palermo ana the importers Of New York
20 bring about tho reduction Of tariff on
lemons. The witness presented 20 the
committee 2 packing box stencillcd In
Italy. "1f lemons were free NJ duty this
box would cost 81 20 less" He also told
the committee OF the activities Of a
Canadian detective agency in tho employ
~ tho lomcn importers. who went 10
California for information with which to
make 2 night on the lemon tariff.
Senators Walsh and Reed made earnest
efforts 10 interpret the testimony Of
Powell Senator Reed. by intimaton,
placed tho California Fruit Growers EX-
change on the same basis as the beef
trust and the steel trust and cross-ex-
amlncd the witness persistently as to the
nature Of its operations.
Before Martin was called to-day Lewis
Cass Ledyard, attorney for J. +. Morgan
& Co. who had testified yesterday as TO
Lamar drawing the steel trust rosolu-
ton. resumed the stand for a moment to
testify that his information on that point
came from Lamar and Lauterbach