The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
Receives $1,000 a Month.

Receives $1,000 a Month.
Royal d. Mead of the Hawaiian Su-
gar Planters association, said he re-
ceived salary of $1,000 a month for
his work in Washington, His efforts,
he said, were confined TO the gather
| ing and distributing Of sugar statistics,
and he thought $4,000 would cover his
| annual expenditures. He had been as
sociated with the domestic sugar pro-
| ducers' organization, which has direct
| ed the sugar tariff publicity campaign
in Washington. In May, he said, he
and Sidney NJ. Ballou terminated a
$500 contract for publicity work by
| the press service bureau of which E.
W. Mayo was head
Mead produced a detailed account of
all his receipts and expenditures in
| Washingto on. He had received $4,000
| from the Hawaiian Sugar association
aud had spent $5548.16 up to last night.
Upon the demand of Senator Gronna,
the committee today subpoenaed A. Y,
| Moore, publisher. and A. NJ. Baker,
| go, n. D., to explain recent editorial
intimating that Senator Gronna knew
something of the use of money In
| Washington to influence legislation.
Mead told the committee that after
terminating the $2500 publicity con-
tract with Mayo the domestic sugar
! producers had retained Mayo at sal
| ary Of 5000 a week to help run the
sugar publicity campaign. None OF
| Mr. Mead, had been used to influence
the editorial policy Of newspapers, The
total amount spent by the Hawaiian
| Planters association for all purposes
was about 100000 a year, he said, and
was raised by assessment, the total be-
| ing something less than 81 ton ON
| the total production. Most of the
| sugar experiment station in Hawaii
and for securing Philippine laborers,
Represents Planters.
Elmer E. Uaxton Of Hawaii, who fol.
lowed Mead, said he came to Wash
ington in March to represent Alexan-
| der & Baldwin, owners of Hawaiian
sugar plantations worth $27,OO0,oo0.
Conferences had been held with 9TH
er sugar interests, he said, and letters
had been sent to customers Of his firm
urging them to write to their congress
men and senators and protest against
! free sugar.
Harry. Irw in, representing the Hilo
board of trade, was another Of the So
called Hawaiian Esugar" witnesses.
'lWhat are YOU doing in Washing
ton7' asked Chairman Overman.
'' was sent here to attempt to pre-
| vent the passage Of the free su gar
| bill,' answered Mr.. Irwin with en-
| phasis He said he had made it his
| especial business to have personal talks
| with senators.
| - HAWAII has no presentation in
| the senatc,' he added, "and personal
appearance before senators or senate
committees is the only way we can
get our case before the senate.''
'Your sole business. then was to at
| tempt, to influence Democratic sena-
| torss' asked Senator Overman.
Yes, sir. that is it, said Irwin.
Irwin said he believed he had re.
| ceived assurances before the Demo
cratic national convention, to which he
was delegate last year, the Demo.
Gratis would not advocate free sugar.
Representative Broussard of Louisiana
went to Sea Girt, he said and on his
return showed him the draft of pro-
posed tariff plan,
Expected Duty on Sugar.
AZ was assured that the plank in
dorsing a tariff reduction such as
would not destroy any legitimate in
! dustry was prepared in Mr. Wilson s
presence and sanctioned by Mr.. Wilson
with direct reference TO the sugar
| situation, said Irwin.
He said Representative Underwood
also had assured him before the CON
venton that he was not in favor of
| free sugar
''When did this change come in
Democratic policy7' asked Senator
| Overmau.
"I m sure I don + know
Walter G.. Smith. lecturer for the
Hawaiian promotion committee. said
he had no idea why he had been sent
to Washington. Smith convulsed the
committee with laughter. He said he
had been receiving $625 a month for
''lecturing
"What have you done here7" he