The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-12


The explosion" had occurred, he
added and his enemies had been drag
ged into the open to prove charges
circulated for many years in the fin
ancial district against himself and
Lauterbach. He summed up his whole
story in few words when he said:
1T was the Wall street game 1 was
playing. In Wall street you don't act
like you do on New Jersey farm"
Later he added bitterly: II am the
only villain in Wall street. All the
others are actuated by the highest
motives and possess the highest
ideals"
Lamar's examination was finished
today and both he and Lauterbach
were allowed to go, with the under
standing that if wanted they should
appear again.
With their departure the commit
tee took up sugar lobbying again for
three hours, with a short excursion
into the land OF the wool lobby.
Charles ID. Wescott, a Washington
attorney, who lives in Cuba, took up
the sugar story again. He told of an
unsuccessful effort he made to get
Cuban planters to put up $4,000 for
the expenses of free sugar campaign
in Washington to offset the efforts OF
the anti-free sugar. He declared that
his efforts failed after he had believ-
ed 1t successfully launched, and gave
1T as his opinion that the Sugar
Trust had been responsible.
He said the trust accomplished this
end by its influence with Cuban banks,
which could force the growers to do
what they wished by refusing to ex.
tend them necessary credit. He added
that the "Agrarian League, to which
every Cuban grower feels obliged to
belong, was dominated by the trust"
and that acting in compliance with
the combines wishes, it had oppos-
ed free sugar campaign.
Wescott was put through a search
ing cross-examination by Senator
Cummins about these statements. He
! finally said that he personally did not
know anything about trust domina-
ton in Cuba, but his statements were
made on information given by the
growers.
He read TO the committee q letter
from r. r. Hawley, president of the
Cuban-American Sugar Company, of
New York, which, he said, was allied
with the trust" in which Hawley
| opposed free sugar.
Senator Nelson caused much amuse-
ment when he questioned Wescott
about letter he wrote to Secretary to
the President Tum' lity in the winter
urging that Mr.. Wilson keep up the
| fight for free sugar.
The witness said that shorty after
he wrote the letter the lines IF the
free sugar advocates in the ways and
means committee OF the house were
"stiffened."
Your letter stiffened up the free
sugar firing line?" said Senator Mel
son.
We'll. it stiffened shortly after ]
wrote it,"
Are you sure the President ever
read it?"
"No, sir"
well, it acted as a sort of starch
on those wavering members Of the
committee?" continued Senator Mel
son, while the chairman raped for
order and stopped the laughter.
"Oh, no." the witness said, with a
show OF embarrassment.
Senator Cummins said he could un-
derstand the attitude Of most men on
the sugar question: but was greatly
surprised to see an American trying to
secure free sugar because it would
benefit the Cuban planters Wescott
admitted that that was his principal
oDJect' he said he never expected a
large fee from the conduct Of the
proposed campaign.
The committee room was filed all
day long with members of the senate
and house. An interested spectator
Tor several hours was Representative
Finis j. Garrett, of Tennessee, who is
slated for the chairmanship Of the
special house committee which will be
named tomorrow TO investigate the
Mulhall lobby charges.
William Whitman. of Boston, one
OF the men interested in wool, under
subpoena, will take the stand tomor-
row morning before the senate com