The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

to me wise to have this question pre-
sented. as far as possible by members
whose districts or states are not largely
interested in the industry.
The efforts of Hamlin to get publicity
through the Associated Press and leading
newspapers was touched on in num-
ber of letters. In what appeared to be
a copy of a Hamlin letter to Cove at
Fargo, November 9, 1911, sthe writer de-
clared that the so-called "Arbuckle inter-
view had gone into practically every
paper in the United States
After taking up the matter with Mr..
Morey," the letter added, "and after Sc
curing an agreement with the Associated
Press to handle $50 words, gave out
the enclosed, and while 1t was well ham
died locally, the eastern papers took only
about a dozen lines. AS a matter of fact
l would have preferred that they had
ignored 1t entirely. have taken the mat
ter up with Melville Stone of the AS
sociated Press, demanding that in the flu
ture the beet sugar industry received at
least the same treatment as the eastern
refiners.'
Mory. referred to, is president of the
Great Western Sugar company.
In another letter to Warren, at Detroit,
with the initials C. o. H. as dictation
mark the writer said he had taken up
the matter of the failure to get publicity
through tne Associdteu iiess with MI.
Stcne.
Letter From Stone
Herewith copy of letter received from
Mr.. Stone in response to mine said the
letter and it added, IF this matter is
followed up we will be able to get our
stuff handled by the Associated Press
in a satisfactory manner. l will be in
New York some time next week and will
take 1t up in person"
Warren wrote to Hamlin, November Is.
1911:
'I do not think we'll of your idea of
writing all the papers that did not carry
your Associated Press story We have
found that whenever a paper that is un-
friendly to the tariff generally, or to the
sugar tariff, is approached the result Is
an unfriendly article. You will prob
ably have to rely upon getting
out what you can. and not find fault
when everybody does not carry an inter-
view"
The correspondence relating to the pro-
posed purchase of Chicago Inter Ocean
bonds by beet sugar companies began
with the copy of letter dated March
TO- 1912, addressed to Warren. The COPY
was not signed, but was included in tho
Hamlin correspondence 1T stated that
Mr.. Hinman. who controlled the Chicago
Inter Ocean desired assistance in plac-
ing sS5,d0o worth of bonds of the paper,
the total bond Indebtedness as stated in
the letter being 100000.
One personal and confidentaial' letter
addressed to r. w. Kelley, president Of
the Holly Sugar company, Denver, and
dated April q. 1912, said In part:
Il think they (the bonds) are absolute
iy safe and am firmly of the opinion that
the incidental benefits we would receive
would be equal to the face of the bonds
themselves"
Another letter, also dated April 27. 1912.
and addressed to George w. Hinmau,
publisher of the Inter Ocean, said that
c. S. Morey. president of the Great
Western Sugar company, Denver. was
ready to take 5000 of the bonds and
added:
II tried several times to reach Ford
ney, and went to the capital for that
purpose, but was unable to get In touch
with him. Will see him Immediately
upon his return to Washington and fol-
low up that line
A letter from Mr.. Hinman to Mr. Ham,
lin, dated Chicago, April 20, acknowledged
Mr. Hamlin's letter and expressed the
hope that your members will respond
yes or mo- at an early date"
Letters concerning the aid of the rail-
roads in defense of the sugar tariff be-