The Washington times., 1913-06-18

I IS, 900 of the bonds, and added:
| II tried several times to reach Ford
| ney and went to the Capitol 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" ..- -t-
A letter from Mr.. Hinmon to Mr.,
Hamlin dated at Chica~o, April q, ac-
( knowledged Mr.. Hamlin's letter and ex-
pressed the hope that your members
| will respond yes or mo- at an early
Letters concerning the aid of the rail.
roads in defense OF the sugar tariff be-
| gan with one written from New York
| February 6, 1872. by President Kelley
Of the Holly Sugar Company. and ad-
dressed to President c. 8. Morey, OF
the Great Western Sugar Company, al
| Denver -..------- -
While in Chicago Monday" Mr.. Kel.
ley wrote, II saw G. G. Nicholson, vice
president of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company, about en-
listing his aid in defeating the attack
the. tariff. He expressed a willingness
to do everythin~ possible to help us.
| A letter.. apparently from Hamlin to
]. Ross Clark. Los Angeles. dated No
vember IL; 1911: said that sixty sugar
mitane haa 5aiaed concrete and
Il
: was continued as chairman of the
| executive committee at . salary of
$4,000 year."tt added, and this with
salary Of $4,000 q year paid TO Mr.
tbs ames CONSTITUTES the salary list Of
The fixed charges of the washington
OF eeffies, &c the letter added. would be about
One of the letters .introduced in
evidence said the Hardwick commit
tee Of the House had been entertained
by III. T. Oxnard. vice president Of the
american Beet Sugar Company, In
New York. This COMMITTEES was at
the time investigating the sugar In
The Hardwick committee consisted
Gao,;p 81 R;eprssentatives Hardwick Of
Conway of Arkansas. and sulzer Of
Michigan, Madison OF Kansas, Kinds
Of Maine. and Malby Of New York.
Here is the full letter which Aaron
Cove, who had a rowing, commission
for the beet sugar people. wrote to
my Dear Hamlin: have yours with
enclosures. Thank quo for the bank
errand. You are quite right in item.
il an auditing board. as you intimate,
necessary In extending. account items.
aeret9lofe haze orally X;,.,sMSsI ase1untsd os , to
vestigating committees now on deck
in Governmental affairs are q lesson
to any one who has access to be
audsea asaS by one onaIa %an ought to
everything, and he only then be able
to establish integrity ! Will make an
effort to quote itemized as you suG.
showed how % up Il the Chicago meeting viii
not be made an auditing board. Your
own speech at that time was TO the
point
Before Committee.
I'VE have had an interesting time.
Palmer is before the committee on his
third day today. He is doing well, H
7. entertained them IN New York with,
as I learned. good effect The Hard
wick committee report will not be
ready until December and VIII be less
harmful than had hoped.
"Br1stow insists that he VIII get IN
end with the veto OF the Executive. but
1 don't forget that only four months
remain to the session, when something
will be doing in earnest. l nave nao
some very encouraging interviews, as
to next winter. but the issue prom
ises 10 be warmly contested. Senators
like Borah assume that they want to
be shown. He used those words to
me this morning. I hope to leave here
on or by the 18th II Tralyi n1SoN COVE"
Hamlin's answer to Gove's letter
about the expense account was brief
and to the point He said:
my Dear Major: have you favor
Of the 4th instant with reference 20
itemized account. Will say that any
thing YOU particularly do not Ike to
itemize might be put under the head OF
miscellaneous. I agree with wnat you
saw that YOU cannot tell what others
may think about 1t.
"Statistics' Doctored.
Proof of the doctoring Of "statisties'
furnished to Congressional committees
was found In a letter from Hamlin to
John D. Spreckels. president OF the
spreckels Sugar Company. Of San Fran
cisco. In part he wrote:
"Of course. 1t is necessary for US to
nresent exact figures In these matters.
but it is desirable to make the oest
showing we can. The cost to your
factory is much under that OF most ~
the other factories Of the United states.
II would suggest that you add q state
ment to the same effect that there Is q
large surplus Of sugar produced on the
Pacific coast, which necessitates gong
to the Missouri river, or further east.
for q market for much of your product.
in this connection giving cost OF freight
to the Missouri river. fouS previous
letter Will not be presented until l hear
from you"
nubIicity trip in December, 1911, Ham
lin. writing to c. B. Warren. says:
VISITED one big town each day OF
my trip, and invariably succeeded IN
getting our story in at least one OF the
leading papers. The papers which car
ried our story are: Cleveland Plain
Dealer, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Springheld
News. st. Paul Ptoneer-Press, India
napolis News, Minneapolis Tribune, Des
Noines Capital Des Mo!nes Register
and Leader and Kansas City Times.
Find that the associated press has han
died some of our stuff in very good
shape.
while in Indianapolis took up the
matter of publicity with the American
press Association. This concern fur
nishes matter for the country press. II
is not patented inside stun. but goes
on the outside of the paper as news.
Am irving II out in a limited way In
Indiana, and II successful there, be-
Iieye we can get a big line Of publicity
AT a very reasonable figure In this man.
ner"
Militant Body.
OF the organization of the lobby In
1911. Hamlin wrote to ]. Ross Clark. q
sugar man, Of Los Angeles:
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