Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-06-18
LETTERS ARE PROTESTED.
( ATTORNEY FOR MR.. oxNARD
SAYS CERTAIN coRREsPoN-
DENcE is EXEMPT
EDUCATING congressman
ONE MIsslVE DECLARES Mr..
COVE WILL WORK WITH
soLoNs FOR SUGAR MEN

Washington, June 1S.-More letters
and kilograms from the private files
of the men at the head Of the anti
free sugar fight began going into the
record Of the senate lobby inyestigat-
ing committee when it resumed work
today. From the large number of let
ters and kilograms which the commit
tee had summarily subpoenaed from
beet sugar headquarters, only a small
portion had been read into the records
when the committee adjourned last
night. g37sf REa9 1H a..
seventy-odd copies introduced refer
red to a widespread campaign headed
by Clarence G. Hamlin Of Colorado
Springs, to gain publicity for the beet
sugar arguments through newspapers,
news agencies and with the assist
ance Of the great railroads and agri
cultural colleges. Many men of ma
tionaI prominence mentioned in the
correspondence undoubtedly will be
summoned to testify
The committee was confronted at
the outset Of today's session with a
formal objection from Henry T OK
nard of the American Beet Sugar COM
pany. and Trueman G. Palmer, head
Of the washington offices of the sug-
ari interests, against the reading of any
more correspondence addessed to or
from them and dated prior to the be.
ginning of the present session Of con.
gress.
John w. Yerkes, an attorney, who
said he represented the two sugar
men, broke into the proceedings when
a letter from Oxnard to Palmer, dat
ed in 1906, was read by Chairman
Overman. Yerkes contended the com
mittee was limited by the senate res
olution to the investigation Of matters
affecting legislation pending before
the present congress. The committee
took the objection under considera-
ton and temporarily laid aside a
number of other letters that come
within the class objected to.
The particular letter which brought
the Intervention of the attorney said
in part:
II have letter from Mr.. Morey, in
which he says that Mr. Cove will go
around trying to educate congress
men. Will you please give Mr.. Cove
any statistics you have
Harry Austin, clerk in the offices Of
Mr.. Palmer, identified the letter as
being in Oxnard's handwriting Nor,
ey was president Of the Great West
ern Sugar company
Mr.. Oxnard and Mr. Palmer took
steps also to have the senate asked
to restrain the lobby committee from
examining their private correspon-
denee dated pior to the present ses-
sion. It is said that resolution to
that effect would be introduced.
Meanwhile the committee worked en-
Copies Of the beet sngar articles
sent to thousands of small newspap'
ers in 16 states west of the Missis.
sippi river and IN Pennsylvania, Indi-
ana, Illinois and Ohio and southern
states were produced from the sugar
mems files. They predicted that dan
ger to the different localities would
follow free sugar
The character Of the publicity b.
the beet sugar men was outlined il
some Of the unsigned letters in tbs
Hamlin correspondence addressed t
Sidney Ballou, one Of the active fig
ures in the Hawaiian sugar organiza
ton. Ii said the beet sugar men hat
made contract with the Press Ser
vice company at s2,5o0 month 70
publicity
They guarantee the publication Q
$4,000 lines month Of matter per