El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-09
WITNESS TELLS PR0BER he RECEIVES
$50 4 DAY FOR MAKING TARIFF TALKS
Senate Committee Questions Officials Of Farmers UniOn
About Their Activity for Tariff Legislation Dem
ocrats Trick Republicans and Secure Copy
of Protest Against Tariff Measure.

vwr ? ASHINGTON, D. c. July 9--A-
AK/ D. Baldwin, a Cleveland attor-
w ney, before the senate lobby
committee today. testified that in
Washington, talking to congressman
about the sugar tariff he represented
Alexander and Baldwin, of New York.
and received $50 a day.
A S Smith. Of Tennile. Ga, president
of the state branch OF the Farmers
Union. was questioned about a meeting
of a committee of the National Farm
ers' Union, at New Orleans last spring,
at which a scheme TO increase the con
sumption of cotton was to be discussed
He testified that MS expense LEere
was paid by r. ID. Bowen, president OF
the Texas branch of the union Presi-
dent Barrett Of the national Organiza-
ton was not present
All Interests Seek Aid.
H H 1Iobley, Of Prairie Grove, Ark,
president of the State Farmers Union,
ing called by Bowen
He signed a telegram to the Arkansas
senators at BOWen's direction asking
for hearing for Arkansas cotton in
terests-
Il am slow to make accusations"
said MObley. but I have come to know
that at all meetings, state and national,
We are surrounded by men who want
us TO do something for their interests"
William Whitman, Of Boston former
president of the National Association
of Wool Manufacturer, and president
Of the Arlington mills, at Lawrence,
Mass, was the next witness.
seek Aid for Cuban Planters.
Charles d. WestcOtt, a Washington
attorney who lives in Cuba, took up
the sugar story before the tariff lobby
probe He told Of an unsuccessful e1-
fort he made to get Cuban planters to
free sugar campaign in Washington to
offset the efforts of the antifree sugar.
He declared that his effort had failed
after ne had believed it successfully
launched and gave it as his opinion
that the sugar trust had been re
sponsible."
Senator Cummins said he could IN
derstand the attitude of most men in
sugar questions, but was greatly sur
prised to see an American interested
in securing free sugar because IL
would benefit the Cuban planter
WestcOtt admitted that that was his
principal object
simmons Tricks Republicans.
Senator Simmons, CHAIRMAN Of the
finance committee, turned a trick on
the Republican leaders when he got his
hands on a lengthy analysis OF the Dem
OCratiC tariff bill which had been pre-
pared under the direction OF senator
SmoOt, pointing out what the Repub-
licans claim are serious defects in the
measure
Senator Smoot had delayed for a
month the Introduction of the analysis,
despite the insistence Of senator Sim
mons that il be printed. on the last
day Of the caucus, when the Republ1-
cans were assured that the Democrats
were through the bill. senator SmOot
consented TO send the documents in
Tor the printer But the Democrats
have not as yet printed their bill and
have a day or two to make corrections.
and laughed at their opponents, mas
much as debate viii not begin until
enNt week.
Knowing the Republican document
might contain valuable pointers, sena-
tor Simmons directed the finance sub
committee TO go over their schedules
and himself studied the SmOOt analysis
TO check up with the subcommittee