The evening world., 1913-06-12
Government Printing Office
Also Used by the Agent for
Beet Sugar Interests.
HAD FREE RUN or IT.
Committee Sends for Officials
to Make Explanation of
Peculiar Methods.

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Bv Samuel N. W'lllIanss.
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WAAluN0rON. June u.-esnsat,enai
exposures OF sugar lobby methods. In.
voivIng the name Of senator Lodge of
Massachusetts,. and disoioslAs practices
In ths oovernmsnt printiAG once wsrs
made to-day By ths eeaAtosiAi Jnvesti-
eating Committee.
Truman q. Palmer has long been
head Of the Beet Sugar lobby In Wash.
inston. He IL an expert IN preparing
chorts and data concsrnias that in
dsstry. On July ~ Of last ysar ssna-
sses Lodge made . spsscA IN the Senate
On ths sugar question. He hah hung
on the walls Of the chamber large card.
seAFd shar>s showing In diagram form
various facts about the production and
sale a sugar. We made . motion that
these charts and The acsompanying AaAa
aOpsastng on them be printed ~ q Oov-
srnment document This was grAntsd
In perfunctoSy manner. thu Congress
slonai Record reporting The presid-
Ing cAscer ~ stating that there bsins
no objsotion. II would bs 20 ordered.
CHARTS WE'RE PREPARED ~
oggr SUGAR MAN.
THESE charts had been prepared BY
NJ. PAlmsr. Beneath each q them WAS
small amount Of printsA s,Astsr o..
plAnatory Of the msaninG. when the
eoeumsnt finally emssgs1 from the
Government Printing Once Il was Q
1hampAIst sf sixty-thrss patss folio
| siss. cpntaining Senator Lodges spesch,
y whieA he'd bssa aAdod four paess Of
intFsductory tsxt and sixteen pages Of
addsnds tsst bssidss maay feos notes
bsneath sach> chart diagram. THs title
70 sugar - . gisnca" compiled by
TSusasn q. Pslmr.
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A hot Ere Of croos-examinatton wa
directed q FAimss to MAKE him tsiI
how he was able 10 sdit and mako ad.
ditions 10 the, charts after the Senate
AeA ssdsred them printed - . public
document. Under usual ,psaetics >ocu.
ments ordered printed ere tnnsdiAtsly
sent 70 the Public P4Aew aal ~ Sup.
posed 70 BE- 'nviolas'. IKE szhlhiss In
but In this case. II was revealed, Mr.
Palmer was able 70 get the COPY out
OF the 0ovsrnnsst psintiaS olacs and
m II up TO suit himself.
COMMITTEE WANTO TO. KNOW
| NAME o. EMPLOYEE.
| The committee tried % dnA out with
whom he Dealt. Al hsst tks witnsss
could nd remember. Then hs recalled
that IL was ~ smpioyes called thu
purchasing agent ~'tN 4,
Naaliy he sald ~ mAn'p uAm> VA
somsthins uks that Of Abs Aumosi
Do there was . hurry " call ssat tol
lprindng once employees having nams
bearing any resemblance to Hummel.
Mr.. Palmer Was au evAsive witness
He could remember scarcely anyshtnl
N'bout the transaction. He haA prsoare,
the charts and some 0e the tsxt 10
Senator Lodge's Sp6ech. he eal6. bue n
could not REMAINDER Just wat text va
on the boards e1hAboteA - the 6eaAt
chamber.
The originals were sent 10 The Dubls
printing once for reproductions By ON
GERS of the Senate. Then . kind frisn'
In tho once sent Mr.. Palmer q proof
The work was 20 poorly done tha& b
arranged to have new drawings mad
and the lithograph stones furaishsd .
his own expense. Then no Axsd up tn
, additional test to suit himself.
Il felt at liberty" said the vitnAs'
ITO mako any corrections or add IN
reasonable matter along the same lin
Of thought"
The committee ssnt to tho printing oi
foe for omciAls to explain. They ser
Mr.. Palmer back to his once for Q
records and originals 40 ~ to compaS
.. what was presented to ths Senate IN
what finally appeared In print
ne bset sugar IeSbv tohss ~
: t1tas os ne Unite1 oeaAes Dest
Sugar y.Aastsy AsseslAtiea. n
, hes spsst oaeoveoo n ~ ysass.
/. During Ne yast III nsatAs ~
, eGpsAditarss u WashAngtsa Aeve
, tses oeo.ooo. neesly % saaasles,
printing sAA yuslisity. st4
PU0Lic PRINTER ADMITS A
. 0UNotE OF THE CHARTS.
. After an hours conferences with u
} Public Printer tho session was rsnsws
. Then Il developed that Mr.. Palmer hs
printed . private edition OF Sugar {
Glance" before Senator Lodge
speech was made. The 0overnmeI
Printing Once had bunsisd a repr
4 duction OF the charts exhibited In u
Senate. Mr.. Palmer told Senator Lodg
and was given . letter by the Senate
ADDRESSED 70 the Public Printer sayis
Palmer would act for him. Palmer -
no offered tree use Of the lithosraI
/ atOneo which had been made by his on