Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-19
FREE SUGAR MADE
CERTAIN THROUGH
LOBBY ACTIVITIES
Interests Have Over Reached
Themselves In Efforts to
Prevent Reduction of
Tariff.
MORE DISCLOSURES MADE
Startling Revelations of At
tempts to Control Newspa-
pers and Publicity Chan
nels Fall Like Bomb.
MORE DISCLOSURES MADi

Washington. ID. c.. June %
That the beet sugar and allied
sugar interests. in their efforts TO
prevent reductions in the sugar
reached themselves has become
clear since the investigation of the
sugar lobby by the Senate com
mittee began. The revelations to
date have made it practically Inn
possible for men in congress who
believe in keeping a duty on suga'
to make any headway.
The latest disclosures. the letters
of Truman q. Palmer, showing
es. they do a nation wide cam
paign to control newspapers and
channels of publicity, as we'll as
other activities, have fallen like
bomb among the sugar men.
They realize their fight in congress
is hopelessly lost and have plac-
tically abandoned all thought of
keeping duty on sugar. Den,o-
cratic leaders, who are for free
sugar. are highly pleased over the
situation. In fact. they fee! that the
lobby revelations make the enact
ment of the tariff bill easier.
v
Many men of national prominence
mentioned in the correspondence, un-
doubtedly will be summoned to testify
and from a plain investigation of the
interests of senators themselves in the
tariff bill. the inquiry now promises 10
broaden ont into an inquiry into an the
influences which are alleged To have
been brought for and against legisla
tion in recent years.
Objections Raised.
The committee was confronted at the
outset OF todays session With a formal
objection from Henry T., Dxnard. of the
American Beet Sugar company and
Truman G. Palmer. head of the Wash
ington offices of the sugar interests
aeia1hsf Introducing any more Is1sir;,
spondence addressed to or from them
and received prior to the beginning ol
the present session of congress.
John Yerkes. an attorney who said
he represented the two sugar men,
broke into the proceedings when a let
ter from Oxnard to Palmer. dated in
1906. was read by Chairman ONerinan.
Yerlses contended the committee was
limited by the Senate resolution To the
investigation of matters affecting leg
isla ation pending before the present CON
grcss. The committee took the objcc-
tion under consideration and temper
arily laid aside a number of other let
ters that came within the class object
ed to-
educate" congressman.
The particular letter which brought
the intervention OF the attorney. said
I'm part:
II have letter from MIR. Mrrey. In
which he says that MIR Cove will 70
around trying to educate congressman
Will you please give Mr.. Cove amy sta
tistics he may desire"
Harry Austin, clerk i'm the offices ut
Mr. Palmer identified the letter AS be
ing in oxnard's handwriting. MoreS
was president of the Great Westcrl
Sugar COMPANY.
Mr. Oxnard and Mr. Palmer took
steps also to have the Senate asked to
restrain the lobby committee from ex
;nining their private correspondence
dated prior tn the present session II
was said that Il resolution TO that ef-
feet would be Introduced. Meanwhile
the committee worked on
Predicted Danger.
Copies of the beet sugar articles sem
to thousands of small newspapers il
16 states west of the Mississippi rive,
and IN Pennsylvania Indiana. Illinois
sanG southern states were produced
from the sugar mems files They pre-
liotcd that danger to the different
lotinIieS NpNlu IoltDN Iitt sugar.
The character of the pub]icitv by tne
beet sugar men was outlined in one
Of the unsigned letters in the Hamiir
correspondence addressed to Sidnel
l,allou. one of the active figures in ths
Hawaiian sugar organization. III sal,
the beet sugar men had made a con
tract With Press Service company a
$500 a month for publicity
They guarantee the publication %
,.f fff.r lin,
ing to the sugar industry. the lettel
added. 1t stated further that 30 00
copies of speeches by Representatiy,
Morgan. 30ooo by Representative
Pickett of Iowa, and 5000 by Repre-
sentative Martin, were being sent out
Wanted Line on Congressman.
a Telegram from Hanlin to f. y
Gillisrie Garden City. Kan. said.
Write .Ie fully what you kno"
about your congressman
Another signed letter dated May 81
1912. addressed TO Sidney Rallou said
II believe that our greatest op
portnnity for publicity will arise il
connection with the national campaign
The republican party will OF necessity
be compelled to make the tariff an is
sue and the fight will probably cente
around sugar.
Wrote G. o. p. Texthook.
We IRE liz touch with those who ar.
preparing the republican campaign
book and the sugar question will b.
handled subject to our approval. Ii
fact the matter is being furnished b,
US. ~, soon as tine conventions ar
over il is olr purpose to get in toacl
with the campaign managers with ;
view TO having their speakers fun,
posted On tile sugar question.
"In fact am personally of the opIn
ion that il would be Well for MS to p,,
a FEW good men ON the committee wh,
will give particular attention to suga,
II believe that more people are t,
he Reached in this way than III an.
other.
You asked particularly with refer
ence 10 Dr Wiley. AS you We're ad
viscd. the doctor made us PROPOSE
ton for lectures which was accepted
When he got into harness however
he fonnd that lac had undertaken mor
than he could perform and asked to b.
released We did not deem it wise t.
inss.., as We felt it highly desirable t
have Dr Wiiey'S friendship an,