Gunnison news-champion., 1913-06-27
BY Edward keatsng.
Congressman AT large from Colorado

Washington. ID c. The sugar
lobby ls the ma-s lnssdioas asd the
ma-t dangerous orGanszatisn ever
formed in the country for the par
pase of influencing Legislation. This
lslslemeHi Is sustained by the tests.
mony ~Eune from unwilling wItaes-
see by the Senate Committee estFus-
a'd viii the dsss Il probing Presi-
dents charge that powerful i9oby
was endesvorIng 10 defeat the
Underwood tsEsi' ball.
OF course, no lobby an the history
-v< she country ever foaeht for as Big
a prize
As has been repeatedly pointed
osi IN these letters, the sugar tariff
enabled the Sugar Trust b add from
Que and one-half 10 two cents to the
price ~ every poan4 < sngsr con-
spmed IN .his country THIS means
an .nsreass in the nation sugar bill
of Sll5.0O0.0O0 10 $I25 .0vo.6so .
year OF this sum, $52.1o.ooo
went TO Uncle Sam and from $685.
U0.o0O 10 $75,ooO.0oo a wear went
10 the Trust.
ls it any wonder that sugar mag
nate Oxnard declared that he
Thought S750.000 "a very email
sum" to expend in en- attempt to de.
feat the Cuban reciprocity bill, or
thas, when questioned concerning
his expenditures in another sugar
campaign, he was unable TO recall
whether he had spent &234 900 or
twice that sum
Ii 10 impossible within the limits
of this letter to give an adequate
synopsis Of the amazing testimony
presented 10 the Senate investl eating
COMMITTEES. | determined, however,
that the facts shall be placed in the
hands Of the people Of Colorado and
after the committee completes its
labors will see that abstracts Of tho
evidence are scattered bFoadcast over
the state.
ooRRUPTING THE PRESS
To my mind the most important
fsct developed wss the Sugar Trust s
stsempt TO buy up the psess cf the
Unissd Ssaass. Osnssd brssssly de-
clsrsd that they ssbsidissa every
paper they cosld resch," and lstsers
seized by order Of the comaissee
showed that sn attempt was made 10
color the reports sent ost from
Washington by the Associated Press
/ 1t was further demonstrased that
this effort to corrupt the press was
no new thing-it was a crafty ex-
ecated scheme extending over a
number of years
In spending its money, the Trust
disreearded political affiliations. Ii
paid Democratic editors as readily
: -sadss- generously as it did the Re.
publican or Progressive editors. So
far as Colorado is concerned, its
work among the Democratic editors
must have been distinctly dis
appointing, for know of only three
or four 80 called Democratic papers
which have even wobbled ON this is
sue.
I 1t is quite different with the Re
publican papers of the state. Most
of them are printing matter supplied
by Truman G. Palmer and other
sugar trust press agents and ] pre-
sumo they are receiving for the ser
wee at least as high a rate as ii ly
would charge the ordinary advertiser
for Pure Reading" notices. 1t is
only right the men and women who
read these subsidized papers should
know the truth-should know that
the editors have bartered their honor
for the sugar trusts dirty dollars.
SEPARATE GOATS FROM SHEEP
The New York World suggested
the other day that the Senate Com
mittee make IN effort to secure a
complete list of the papers which
had been ''rssched" by the sugar
agents. The World argued thai il
wse unfair 10 have THE insufferabIe Ie
stigma attack TO Ill newspapers and
that the gosts shosld be separated
from the sheep
Unfortunasely this seems TO be im-
possible. Up 70 dsse the Senate
Committee hes secured only q small
part Of the trust's correspondence.
end II 10 probable that the remain.
der hss been des,royed.
Sugar" OHnard testified that on
the ira Of eech year be burned all
the letters and other records connsc-
I'D with hla vovk - n lohhvis, II