The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
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TO plan launched by Hamlin to have
the large beet sugar companies take over
$4,000 in bonds of Chicago Inter Ocean.
Where letters disclosed attempts to in
terest big railroads systems in the anti
free sugar campaign and to have pro-
fessors of agricultural colleges appear be-
fore committees of Congress with argu-
| ments favorable to the beet sugar men.
None of the letters disclosed that the
| railroads had been interested or that the
great news agencies had been extern
sively used or that the Inter Ocean bonds
had been bought. Letters introduced did
show that the sugar men had been dis
satisfied with their efforts to get Inter
views" carried by the Associated Press.
Austin and sergeant at arms of the
Senate brought a box of the kilograms
and letters to the. committee room this
afternoon The committee suspended the
examination of witnesses and Chairman
Overman, Senators Reed and Walsh be-
gan reading them into the record.
kilograms Exchanged
Two kilograms were exchanged between
Hemlin, Senator Clark and Truman G.
Palmer. The first of these, given out
by Palmer after the committee adjourned
tonight read:
IL
Austin to produce box said to contain
your private and business papers. Have
talked with your uncle and we suggest
you should wire retaining attorney to
protect your rights under fourth amend.
| ment to the constitution until you arrive"
Hamlin's telegram in reply, sent to his
uncle, Senator Clark was given to the
committee. 1t said
Have wire from Palmer suggesting re-
| lain attorney to prevent delivery of my
papers to committee. Austin, on whose
service is made, may have some of my
private correspondence or papers, but so
far as remember there is nothing among
them which | would object to being made
public ~
Hamlin added that he would employ
Washington attorneys If Senator Clark
thought it advisable
Inc correspondence covered much of
1911, and the early part of 1912 when the
Underwood free sugar bill was intro
duced In the House. The letters pro-
duced indicated that Hamlin had made
contracts with news plate concerns that
furnish matter to smaller papers and had
urged beet sugar men in different parts
Oh the country to attempt to secure pub
lclty in their own localities and through
news agencies. Included in the mass of
correspondence were letters from Aaron
Cove which showed that he had made
{.
one letter from the Hamlin file writ
ten from Washington on December .,
1911, to Charles b. WarfAn, president OF
the Michigan Sugar company said in
part:
Visited one big town each day of my
trip and Invariably succeeded in getting
out story in at least one of the leading
p9pers of course some handled it more
sa tisfactorily than others but generally
speaking they all did WE'LL.
rhe writer enumerated nearly dozen
large papers in the middle west in which
he said he had got Our story printed
Value of Publicity
The value of publicity was emphasized
fI1 ther in another letter written at Fargo,
N. d. by Cove to Hamlin in Washing
ton 1t referred to an interview that had
gone out which was. designated as the
afbuckle interview and Cove urged the
| use of patent inside to reach the coun-
try readers
Many farmers read those patent in
sides' he said, when looked it up |
found that a stack of stuff every week
was not exorbitant in price and it sure
enough does get before the voters little
by little and eats in
Another of the Cove letters signed and
dated August 4. 1911. threw some light
on the activities of the beet sugar forces
while the Hardwick committee of the
House was investigating the so-called
sugar trust Mr.. Cove said it would
require some skill to itemize his expenses
account so it could be checked by an
| auditing board
I'VE have had an interesting time" the
letter continued. Palmer is before the
| committee on his third day today. He is
doing well. Fl. 4. entertained them in
New York with, I learn, good effect. The
Hardwicl committee report will reach
over to December and will be less harm
ful than ! hoped"
Members of the committee asked who
III. H." was
II suppose it was Mr.. oxnard,' said
Senator Reed.
Mr.. Oxnard's initials are II. t.
The letter added:
Encouraging Interviews
"Eristow insists that he will get in his
sugar amendment. OF course II would
likely end with the veto of tile execu-
tive but I do not forget that it Is only
four months to the session when some
thing will be doing in earnest. 1 have
had some very encouraging interviews al
TO next winter, but the issue promises
to be warmly contested. Senators like
Borah insist that they want to be shown
He used those words to me this morn
ing
A letter to Hamn from H. A. Douglass
Oh the minnesota Sugar company of
Chaska, Mimi. dated at Detroit. April
6. 1912, said: I'VE think it would be tho
wise plan to have Mr.. I. Il. Fenton, man.
aSer of the Minnesota Sugar company.
who is now in Washington, meet the Iowa
senators and advise them of the possi-
bility of the Minnesota Sugar company
extending its interests in northern Iowa
In case of satisfactory sugar tariff
settlement -
y copy of letter purporting TO have
been written by Hamlin to ]. Rose Clark
of Los Angeles, and dated Washington
January 1s. 1912. said in part:
Mr. Case had another conference with
Senator Works yesterday and is satisfied
that he will do all he can for u.s.