Arizona republican., 1913-06-13
Startling Statement is Made by Truman c. Palmer, Washington Representa- tive of the United States Sugar Industry
SAYS PAMPHLETS
 WERE SUBSTITUTED
Matter Sent to Printer of Congressional Record is Changed to Suit Wishes of Those Conducting the Fight
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1spArcH1

WASHINGTON, June 12.-HOW the government printing office and the postoffice department helped in the fight against free sugar and the con- gressional frank sent of tons of an- ti-free sugar literature circulating throughout the land was brought out today by the senate lobby investigat- igators.
 Truman c. Palmer. Washington re- presentative of the United States Su- gar industry was on the stand the entire day and was subject to sweeping cross examination. He tes- tified that more than one million five hundred thousand copies of ar guments in behalf of beet sugar were turned out by the government print ing office and made public docu- ments by order of congress and had ridden on franks of senators and re- presentatives to the ends of the country. postage free Sugar At Glance" prepared by him he said, had attained a circulation of 320.000 copies under the frank of Senator Lodge Report of the Finance Com mittee' by the same senator had beaten the pamphlet by 80,000 CO pies.
 The franks of Senator Shoot, Former Senators Curtis and Dick, Late Representative Malby, Former Representative Pickett and Repre- sentative Martin had swelled the to- tai to more than one million and a half. The printing of some of this matter had been paid for by the beet sugar people the witness said, but the free postage had saved them about $2O000.
 Palmer developed that Sugar At q Second Glance" which it is inti- mated was inspired by the Federal Sugar Refining Company and which was an argument in behalf of free sugar. was also printed as a public document and circulated under the franking privileges. He did not say nor did the committee ask whose frank was so used.
 Palmer said the beet sugar people spent about s160,0O0 in the ca campaign against free sugar since 1902. About s5O.O00 had been used since Novem- Der and about $14,000 of that amount since the beginning of the present session of congress. Much of it had been spent for public work" print ing, salaries and a good sized sum for motion pictures. He said the best producers of his association had been assessed about five cents per ton. The last assessment was made in April bringing in about $18,OOO and the previous one in February bringing in about $17,000.
 When did you make assess ments?" asked Senator Reed.
 When we needed them only," the witness replied.
 Much of the day was spent by the committee trying to find out all the details of how Sugar At Glance came to be printed s(a public docu- ment. Although Palmer was grilled for three hours practically nothing else was learned and when he left the stand the committeeman said they were about as much in the dark as they were when the pamphlet was first mentioned.
 Palmer said that when Senator Lodge made a speech on sugar in July. 1912. charts were subsequently, used from the pamphlet on the walls of the senate chamber Sena- . tor Lodge secured permission of the senate to have them printed as pub- lie docume ents Accompanying these charts Palmer declared that there were certain printed sheets contain ing sugar information. Questioned by the members of the committee the witness said that after the charts had been sent to the government
  a~d white were made of them he discovered they were not suitable fol publication. He had therefore sen them to a private printing cOncerr and had them prepared in fashior he thought suitable. This he main tained he had done with the know ledge of Senator Lodge and he con sidered he was acting for the sena tor in the matter.
 Members of the committee eX pressed surprise that any one shoult in anyway change something au thorized to be printed by the senate T. developed that permission was SC cured by Senator Lodge for tn printing on July 27, of one of sev eral Issues of Sugar at a Glance and referred to an order of the sen ate on August in the same mat ter.
 The second order referred to dat prepared by Truman c. Palmer pur ported to be signed by Chas. G. Ben nett then secretary of the senat' Palmer said he supposed the orde had been made and he got it in tn proofs and charts from the printin office The Congressional Record ( August 1. according to Senator Cum
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