Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-06-19

cooperation. He had agreed however,
to deliver a few lectures. BY looking
carefully after the publicity end OF
these lectures we believe we can secure
some good results
Not Afraid Of Expenses.
Generally speaking we expect to
avail ourselves to amy avenue of pub
ilcltN Where the results promised seem
to justify the expenditure
Another letter objected to by Yerkes
was unsigned. addressed to Henry T.
Oxnard and dater at Chicago In April
1907. 1t said In pstrt:
Major Cove Is showing anxiety
about either buying or starting a pape.
as we'll as securing the columns of an
Influential eastern daily and a large
line of patent insides.'
Mr.. Ceilings is Very anNions about
the Taft situation and hopes that there
Will be some way to make it known
that there will be great doubt about
his ability to carry such states as CALI
forna. Idaho, Utah. Colorado. and that
If we can't head him off. we might be
able to get . promise relative To the
SUGAR and tobacco industries.
Some told of Hamln travelling to
large cities and giving out interviews.
Others written i'm Washington. intli-
matter In defense of a sugar duty
through newspapers, the Associated
Press and other channels to Offset what
lie thought We're misleading statements
put out by sugar rctimers.
Lobbyists Dissatisfied.
The text indicated that his attempts
an publicity had not always been us
successful as he had hoped Other let
ters referred to d plan launched by
ilamlin tn have the large beet sugar
companies take over $4,000 i'm bonds OF
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Other letters
disclosed attempts to interest big rail
road systems In the arti-free sugar
campaign and To Nave professors of ag-
rlculturai colleges appear before coni-
lnlttees oil congress With arguments fla
Norable To the beet sugar men None
nf the letters disclosed that thu rail-
roads had been Interested or that the
great news agencies had been eSten-
sivclN used or the Inter Ocean bonds
had been bought Letters Introduced
did show that the sugar men had been
dissatisfied with their efforts to get
,interviews carried by the Associated
Press.
l1y subpoena duccs tecln the COM
mttee got possession oi copies of lot
ters aud kilograms OF clarence G.
iiamlin. Colorado Springs. Colo.
newspaper owner and beet sugar man,
In charge of the Washington office 1T
the American Beet Sugar association
two wears ago The papers included
what pulnorted to he carbon copies of
letters unsigned, but furnished as gen
uine by Harry A. Austin. a clerk in
the offices ot Truman q, Palmer. rep
resenlative of the United States beet
sugar industry. The industry" sue
cccded the "association' about two
years ago. and Palmer succeeded Ham
lin in charge
Letters In Record.
While the committee was after the
private papers. Palmer, after Il confer
cnce With Senator Clark. OF Wyofnng
Hamlins uncle. WAS wiring Hamlin
urging him to get n lawyer To repre-
sent his interests The committee had
knowledge of that and hurried the let
ters into the record without regard to
conse4nences. Nor than 10 had heen
read when adjournment was taken
Those read into the record were direct
ed to managers OF beet sugar compan-
les. officers OF the American Beet Sllg-
~ association and friends of Hanlin.
indicating that iianlin at the time Of
the writing was AN active figure in q
campaign for the protection of the beet
sugar industry and publicity against
tariff reductions.