Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-18
Copies From Sugar Lobby
Files Mention Men Ma
tionaIIy Prominent.
REVEAL OILIGENT WORK
TO OBTAIN PUBLICITY
Senate Investigation Now Promises
to Be More Sweep
ing Than Ever.

More letters and kilograms from the
private files of the men AT the head OF
the anti-free sugar fight begain going
into the record of the Senat, lobby in
NeStigation committee when Il resumed
work today. From the large numbers OF
letters and teieEramS which the commit
tee had summariy subpoenaed from beet
sugar headquarters only small portion
mad been read into the record when the
committee adjourned last night
Seventy-odd copies introduced referred
to widespread campaign headed 10y
Clarence c. Hamlin of Colorado Springs
to gain publicity for the beet sugar argu-
ments through newspapers. news agen-
cies and with the assistance of great
railroads and agricultural colleges Sena-
tors declared the newest turn of the in
yeStigation was the most sensational de-
gelopment yet
Scope Will Be Broad.
Many men of national prominence.
mentioned in the correspondence un-
doubtedly will be summoned to testify,
and from a plain investigation OF the
interests of senators themselves in the
tarif bill the matter now promises to
broaden out into an inquiry into all the
influences which are alleged to have
been brought against legislat tion i'll re-
cent years
The committee was confronted al the
outset OF tOdayS session with a formal
objection from Henry r. OXnard of Inc
american Beet Sugar Company, and
truman u. Palmer. head OF the WASH
lngton offices OF The sugar interests.
against the reading Of any more cor
respondence addressed to or from them
and dated prior to the beginning of the
present session of Congress.
Attorney Intervenes.
John W. ferkes, an attorney who
SAID he represented the two sugar men.
broke into the proceedings when "a let
ter from Oxnard TO Palmer, dated in
1906, was read by Chairman Ovcrman.
ferkes contended the committee was
| limited by the Senate resolution TO the
investigation Of matters affecting
| legislation pending before the present
Congress-
The committee took the objection
| under consideration and temporarily
| laid aside a number of other letters
| that came within the class objected to-
The particular letter which brought
| in the Intervention of the attorney
| said. in part:
Il have a letter from MIR Morey in
which he said that Mr.. Cove will go
around trying to educate congressman.
Will you please give Mr. Cove any
statistics he may desire?
Harry a. Austin. clerk in the offices
| of Mr.. Palmer. identified the letter a.
being in ONnards handwriting. Morey
was president of the Great Western
Sugar Company.
Mr.. Oxnard and Mr. Palmer took
steps also to have the Senate asked
to restrain the lobby committee from
examining their private correspondence
dated prior to the present session. II
was said that n resolution to that
OFF hn int
while the committee worked on.
Articles Are Produced.
Copies of beet sugar articles sent to
| thousands of small newspapers i'm six
teen states west of the Mississippi
river and in Pennsylvania. Indiana,
Illinois and southern states were pro-
i-duced from the sugar mems files. They
predicted that danger to the different
localities would follow free sugar.
The character of the publicity cam
paign by the beet sugar men was out
lined in one of the unsigned letters
in the Hamlin correspondence address
ed to Sidney Ballou, one Of the active
figures in the Hawaiian sugar organi-
zation. 1t said the beet sugar men hat
made a contra with the Press SerV-
ice Company. at $500 month for
publicity.
They guarantee the publication OF
.D,GD ncS month Ul matter p". ttfH-
ing to the susar industry. the letter
added it stated further that .:o.UJo cop
les of speeches by Representative Nor
gan 3otsU by Representative Picket of
| Iowa and 5000 by Representative Mar
| tin were being sent out.
\ telegram from Hanlin To +. y. Gil
| iespie HARDEN City, Kan. said:
Write me fully what you know about
your new congresStllah
| Another unsigned letter dated MaN =,
| 1872 addressed to Sidney Ballou. Sa d:
Il believe that our 2reatese opportunity
! for publicity will aris. in connection with
! the national campaign. The retuJlicdn
| marty will of necessity be compelled 10
make the tariff issue and tne ftGht
will probably center around sugar III
| view of the action of the 1lous. Ia favor
of placing X on the free list.
we are i'm touch with those who are
preparing the republican campaign booh
and the sugar question VIII bc handled
subject to our approval In fact. the mat
ter is being furnished bA us. As soon AS
the conventions are over II Is our pur-
nose to get in touch with the campaign
managers with view IL having their
speakers fully posted upon the sugar
question.