Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-18
BEET SUGAR MEN
WROTE ARGUMENTS
FOR REPUBLICANS
Campaign Text Book of 1912
Filled With Matter Die
tated by Them.
HIRED WILEY TO SPEAK:
SOUGHT TAFT COMPROMISE
Lobby investigation Committee
Decides 10 Admit Oxnard
and Palmer Letters.

letters and telegrams from the pri-
vate files Of the anti-free sugar lob
by put into the record of the Sem
ale investigating committee today
purported TO show that the beet
sugar men furnished the sugar tariff
arguments contained IN the Republic
can national campaign textbook Of
1872, engaged DR.. Harvey ". Niley
former government pure food chief.
to deliver lectures. expressed great
doubt of former President Taffs
ability TO carry such States as Gait
/ fcrnia. Idaho. Utah and Colorado
and added, IF we don't head him on
We might be able 10 get a promise
relative to the sugar and tobacco in
dustries.
The Introduction of the private
letters was accomplished not without
opposition from Henry T. Oxnara
and Truman G. Palmer, both promi
nent in the beet sugar campaign.
Through their attorney they protest.
ed that the committee had no an
thority TO bring any correspondents
dated prior to the present session Of
Congress on the ground that It was
authorized only to investigate if
lobby threatened legislation now
pending. Many of the letters re-
ferred to activities years ago
After the committee considered their
objecti0a in executive session Chair
man Overman announced that all
Oxnard and Palmer letters would be
admitted, on the ground that they
were eorroborative evidence to oral
testimony already heard
Active for Twenty Years.
MIR. Oxnard testified that for
twenty years he had been active in
the campaign against legislation to
reduce the duty on sugar. said the
chairman. "Mr. Palmer before this
committee gave similar testimonx
The committee believes these letters
are corToberative of testimony that
/ has been given here that there is a
lobby in this country organized to
defeat any legislation for the reduc-
/ ton of the sugar tariff These letters
are admissible as evidence. we be-
i lieve, as showing a common design
and plan bearing on what has been
| done in the past and what is being
done here now TO oppose the sugar
tariff reduction"
Friends of Oxnard and Palmer de-
clared an effort would be made to
/ have the Senate itself limit the scope
/ of the committees investigation
/ A. D. Baldwin, a farmer from New
! Haven, Conn. came before the COM
mittee bearing a telegram directing
/ him to appear. The committee dis
covered that the telegram was in
tended for A. D. Baldwin. of Cleve-
/ land. o, Hawaiian sugar man: had
4 been forwarded to New Haven, where
he was attending a meeting of the
Yale Corporation, and been delivered
to the farmer.
A New Morey Letter.
The particular letter which brought
/ in the Intervention of the attorney
/ for Oxnard and Palmer, said in part
/ I have letter from Mr.. Morey, in
which he says that Mr. Cove will go
around trying to educate congress
men. Will you please give Mr.. Cove
any statistics he may desire
Harry A. Austin. clerk in the offices
of Mr.. Palmer-identif1ed the letter as
being in Oxnard's handwriting
Morey was president of the Great
4 Western Sugar Company
Mr. Oxnard and Mr.. Palmer took
steps also to have the Senate asked
&
/ examining their private correspond
enee dated prior to the present ses-
/ sion. II was said that a resolution
to that effect would be introduced.
/ Meanwhile the committee worked on
Beet sugar Crusade.
| Copies of beet sugar articles sent
/ to thousands of small newspapers in
/ sixteen states west of the Mississippi
river and in Pennsylvania. Indiana,
i Illinois and Southern States were
! produced from the sugar mems files
/ They predicted that danger to the
different localities would follow free
/ sugar,
j The character of the publicity cam
+ paign by the beet sugar men was
/ outlined in one of the unsigned let
+ ters in the Hamlin correspondence ad-
/ dressed to Sidney Ballou. one of the
active figures in the Hawaiian sugar
organization. 1t said the beet sugar
men had made a contract with the
Press Service Company at s2,5eo a
month for publicity.
They guarantee the publication of
so O00iines a month of matter pertains
ing to the sugar industry the let
] ter added. 1t stated further that
80. 600 copies of speeches by Repre-
sentative Morgan. 80, 600 by Repre-
sentative Pickett, of Iowa, and 5000
/ by Representative Martin we're be-
ing sent out.
spies for Congressmen.
A telegram from Hamlin to F. A.
Gillespie, Garden City. KAN, said
Write me fully what you known
about your new congressman.
Another unsigned letter dated May
.. 1912 addressed to Sidney Ballou.
said.
Il believe that our greatest oppor-
tunity for publicity will arise in con-
nection with the national eampaign.
The Republican party will of neces
seity be compelled to make the tariff
an issue and the fight will probably
centre around sugar in view Of the
action OF the House in favor Of piac-
Ing II on the free list.
I'VE are In touch with those who
are preparing the Republican cam
paign book and the sugar question
viii be handled subject to our ap-