Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-12
FREE SUGAR FOES
USED LODGE FRANK
Palmer SO Declares in Dis
cusSing Distribution of
Literature.
REVEALS HIS EXPENSES
WHILE IN WASHINGTON
Members of Senate Lobby Investi-
eating Committee to Curb
Random Testimony. I

'eSuSdton more strictly to the SCOPE Of
the Senate's Instructions when the hear
lngs were resumed TODAY Tho references
TO President Wilson's attitude upon the
sugar tariff. and the frequent clashes be-
tween witnesses and committee members
which characterized Yesterdays sessions
led Chairman Overman and other mem
pers or the committee 10 attempt TO hold
the testimony strictly to the question o.
whether insidious lobbying is being car
ried on in Washington
Several witnesses connected with the
Louisiana sugar planters campaign
against free sugar were ready TO be heard
when the session opened. The committee
expected to take up the other side of the
sugar lobby question before the end OF
the day, and to begin examination of men
identified with the publicity campaign in
favor of free sugar.
Tell of Raising Funds.
Jules Godchaux and Z. r Dickinson.
two of the Louisiana planters who test
fed before the committee yesterday, said
that only $500 had been raised thus far
by the sugar interests to finance The
Washington fight against free sugar.
Paul Christian, secretary of the Lou
isiana sugar planters offices in Washing
ton, first witness today testified that al
industries in Louisiana with which til"
sugar men were i'm touch were requeStea
to join i'm writing 10 President Wilson
what disaster they believed would follow
the free admission of foreign sugar.
Christian said he had spent Sl,isi III
printing and mailing the anti-free sugar
literature from his Washington offices.
Palmer Is Examined.
Truman G. Palmer. secretary OF the
United States beet sugar industry, fire.
quently referred to in the hearings as
the best posted man" of the beet
sugar forces, and as one of the chief
factors in the beet sugar campaign
against the present tariff bill. testified
he had been in Washington since 1902.
when he came here to oppose the Cuban
reciprocity bill.
Palmer gave a long list of beet sugar
men, members of the association he
represents, which has for it's object the
promotion of the beet sugar Industry.
Part of the work of promotion" was
to look after legislation, he said.
Reveals His Expenses.
Mr.. Palmer said his present salary was
$4,000 year. Expenses from May IL to
June l. for maintaining his Washington
81, 800 was spent in publicity Since
the opening of Congress in April. he said.
his office had spent little more than
$4,000 Since he came here in 1902 he
had paid out about sl6o.O00. Since last
November the cost of his work had been
$5OO72. From November ) to April he
spent $50 199. of which SS,6.tS was fOl
publicity: s4.416 for motion pictures and
1926 for salaries. Since April . he had
spent s6,:;14 for publicity.
The United States Beet Sugar Ind dfstgE
is an association of sugar men which
succeeded the American Beet Sugar As
Sociation.
Made Public Document.
About slO,OO0 had been spent printing
Sugar at "A Glance setting forth the
beet sugar argument. 1t was printed a.
a public document also. Questioning
brought out that the Federal Sugar Re-
timing Company had succeeded in getting
the other side of the sugar question
printed as a public document in dnoth".
pamphlet called Sugar at Second
Glance"
.One of the objects of sending oat
Sugar at Glance was Ia mainta.ll :!
protective tariff, was it not" Nj. Palmer
was asked.
That was one of the objects.
Lodges Frank Used.
Under whose frank has Sugar at
Glance been sent through the maiis?
asked Senator Reed
Senator Lodges, said Mr.. Palmer.
He added that charts used III the
pamphlet were displayed in the Senate
chamber when Senator Lodge made
speech on sugar last year After the
order was made for printing il as a pub
lie document he said. he took charts and
prepared them for printing
Senator Reed tried to bring out that
MIR. Palmer had made changes in the
charts and matter accompanying them
after they were shown in the Senate and
before they were printed and made ready
for distribution at public expense
Chairman Oyerman announced ne had
sent to the government printing office for
the original charts.
Mentions "Hummel."
The committee tried to find out who
in the government printing office per
mitted Palmer to get proofs and max"
changes Palmer said he thought IL Na5
the purchasing agent and believed his
name was .'Hummel." He finally sad
that if any changes had been made t'eE.
must have been with the know!cdGe IT
Senator Lodge.
Isn't it true that when YOU had these
charts redrawn that YOU added q laT&e
amount of matter?" he was asked
1T is not he said. Ife index anI
introduction seem TO have been added.
Claims of Sugar Men.
REPRESENTATIVES. of Louisiana and IIa-
waiian sugar producers yesterday repeat
edlv declared that President Wilson had
given the sugar producers reason to be-
Ieye they would have nothing 10 fear re
ga riding free sugar Under his administra-
tion. They insisted that they had not
received fair treatment from the Pres
dent and that they had been led TO sUp-
mort him by promises of justice.
The sugar men admitted frankly tha,
they mad conducted lobby but denied
empha tically that it was insidious. in
any way illegitimate or underhanded
Jules GodchauX. sugar planter or
Louisiana, declared that the prosperity OF
Louisiana was at stake. He said that
they had tried to get the people vita
whom they did business to write to sem
ators and representatives in Washington
free sugar. John r. HamborS
Of New York, manager for Hawaiian
sugar firm, admitted that his firm had
done the same
Failed to See Wilson,