The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-06-14


j. Keefe, former comm ssioner of i'm.
migration.
There are about as many gentle
men In Hawaii who favor a return to
that system as there are gentlemen In
the south who favor a return to slav.
cry answered the witness.
Senator Reed quoted at length from
the Keefe report on conditions in Ha.
wal. The witness replied by declar-
ing most of Mr.. Keefe's statements
were false and he offered In rebuttal
a report written by Victor s. Clark,
an emp yee of the department of
commerce and labor, sent to Hawaii
to get information for It. The commit
tee brought out that charges had been
filed against Keefe, and that Clarke
had left the government service and
taken employment with the territory
of Hawaii.
Letter From Gronna.
The close of the afternoon session
was enlivened by the reading Of let
ter from Senator Grona Of North "a.
kota with an editorial from west
ern newspaper bearing tie caption,
mot Cheap Skates" The editorial
ridiculed the assertion OF Senate. Ken
yon that Hobbies in Washington were
to aD-cta1 pnnthndc and thot hn
price of a Senator's vote was thea
ter ticket c. dinner in cafe and de.
clared that it was "the coin the re
aim that gets a senator. Just ask Sen.
ator Gronna about this" IL said.
The members of the committee
laughed as the letter was read by Sen
ator Overman and the spectators who
had not got many laughs all day, join
ed in.
Senator Gronna asked that A. Y.
Moore, publisher Of the paper be sub
poenaed, and the committee announ-
ced that II he insisted the summons
would be issued. Subpoenaes were
served today on s. E. Neale and E. C
Duff, Washington attorneys.
Mr.. Ballou said aside from the tar
if that his employers were interested
generally in immigration legislation
and opposed the litracy test in the i'm
migration bill that was before Con-
gress last year because Hawaii wish.
ed to be able to get immigrants from
Europe to build up white population.
He testified that American cane and
beet and Porto Rican and Hawaiian
sugar producers were interested in
the organization called domestic sug-
ar producers, and that Hawaii so far
has footed the bills. He expected aid
from Louisiana producers put so far
no contribution has been made from
that source.
Hawaii's Contribution.
ITO contribution by beet sugar
people started months ago, Hawaii
contributed at the rate of about $4,000
a month for five months" he added.
The witness told of the preparation
in New York of articles about the sug
ar industry, which were put up in
boiler plate" and sent to newspapers
throughout the country and OF type
written feature stories" which he
said some time appeared as editor
ais and sometimes as dispatches un-
Ter New York date.
"Of course there was nothing to in
dictate to the reader that these dis
patches were paid for by Hawaiian
sugar planters?" asked Walsh.
Check Books Produced.
Mr.. Ballou brought his check books
before the committee at the night ses
sion. He explained the money spent
by the sugar representatives who
'1obbied" against free sugar. He said
$4,000 had been used to aid in the
campaign of the beet sugar people
that $22,5OO had been used in publicity
work after the Hawaiian producers
became personally interested and that
$2,4OO had been paid to "a New York
newspaperman named w. b. Kidd,
who was to write feature stories"
and get them published. The sum OF
$500 was used in advertising in news
papers.
Kidd got nothing published" Bal
lou said, "and terminated HE con-
tract as soon as possible after ! got
there"
"He was just kidding you then sug
gested Senator Reed, and after the
laugh subsidized he apologized for the
fun and asked that it be stricken from
the record.
'Have you made any corrupt use OF
money!" asked Senator Nelson.
mo Sir" answered the witness.
'Your purpose has been to counter