Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12
SUGAR WAR ON
TARIFF EXPOSED
"Best-Posted Man" Tells Lob
by' Secrets and Names
Senator Lodge.

Senator Lodge.
WASHINGTON, June THURMAN
G. Palmer, Washington represent
alive of the United States beet sugar
| industry, testified today before the
Senate lobby investigating committee
that a series of charts prepared by
| him argumentative against free sugar
and published at public expense as
Senate document had attained cir
culation OF 100000 copies under the
franking privilege of Senator Lodge.
The charts first appeared in the
Senate during a speech Mr.. Lodge
made last July. Chairman Overman
and Senator Reed developed in cross
examining Palmer that after Mr..
i Lodge had secured permission OF the
Senate to print the documents Palmer
| had got proofs from the government
| printing office and somewhat revised
| them. The two senators seemed in
| tent to show that a representative OF
a private interest had been allowed
to change something the Senate had
ordered printed, although Mr.. Palmer
denied that any material alterations
! had been made.
| Chairman Overman announced.
however, that officials of the govern
ment printing office would be sum-
moned to tell how such q document
had been sent to private hands for
revision and that If Senator Lodge
wished to testify he would be allowed
| to do so.
1.-THE mailing of this document, I
find, would cost five cents" said
Senator Reed to Palmer, land you,
| therefore, saved $4,000 for your en-
| ployers.'
'T'm very glad to know it," replied
| Palmer.
Jules Godchaux ana z. F. Dickin-
| son, two of the Louisiana planters
who testified before the com nittee
yesterday, said that only $1,000 had
been raised thus far by the sugar
| interests to finance the washington
fight against free sugar.
Paul Christian, secretary of the
Louisiana Sugar Planters offices, In
Washington, first witness today, tes-
| titled that all industries in Louisiana
with which the sugar men were in
touch were requested to join in writ
ing 90 President Wilson what disas-
ter they believed would follow the
| free admission of foreign sugar
Christian said he had spent $1.1Si in
| printing and mailing the anti-free
sugar literature from his Washington
offices.
"Best Posted Man" Called.
Truman G. Palmer. secretary Of the
United States Beet Sugar industry,
frequently 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, testi-
fed that 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 associa-
ton he represents, which has for its
object the promotion of the beet
sugar industry. Part of the work of
promotion" was to look after legis-
lation, he said. 100
Mr.. Palmer said his present. salary
was $4,000 a year. Expenses from
May IL to June u for maintaining
his Washington Office was $6,755.42
of which about $4,000 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 has paid
out about $4,000. Since last No
vember the cost of his work had beer
$50,072. From November to April
he spent $S5,7ss. of which $S.6sS was
for publicity; $4,416 for motion pic
lures and 1926 for salaries. Since
April he had spent 1914 for pub
licity.
The United States beet sugar in
dustry is an association of beet SUI
gar men which succeeded the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Association.
| About $4,000 had been spent printing
sugar at a glance" setting forth the
beet sugar argument. 1t was printed
! as a public document also. Question
ing brought out that the Federal Su-
gar Refining Company had succeeded
in getting the other side of the sugar
| question printed as public document
in another pamphlet called sugar al
a second glance"
One Oh Lne ODJecLS Oh SenulnS on
Sugar at a Glance was to maintain
protective tariff, was it not?" Mr.
Palmer was asked.
That was one of the Objects
Under whose frank has Sugar a
a Glance been sent through the
mails?" asked Senator Reed.
Senator Lodges" said Mr.. Pal
mer.
He added that charts used in the
pamphlet were displayed in the Sen
ate chamber when Senator Lodg,
made a speech on sugar last year
After the order was made for print
ing 1t as a public document, he said
he took charts and prepared them fol
printing. Senator Reed tried to bring
out that Mr. Palmer had mad,
changes in the charts and matter &C
companying them after they were
shown in the Senate and before the!
were printed and made ready for dis
tribution at public expense. Chair
man Overman announced that he haC
sent to the government printing offic'
for the original charts.
Names Senator Lodge.
The committee tried to find out wht
in the government printing office per
mitted Palmer to get proofs ant
make changes. Palmer said hi
thought it was the purchasing agent
and believed his name was Hum.
MEL He finally said that IF any