The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-18

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man G. Palmer. The first of these.
given out by Palmer after tho COM
mittee adjourned tonight. read:
senate sergeant-at-arms has re-
quired Austin to produce box said to
contain your private and business pa
Eers' aave talked with Your uncle.
and we suggest you should wire re-
tanning attorney to protect your rights
under fourth amendment TO the Con-
stitution. until you arrive
Hamiin's telegram in reply. sent to
his uncle. Senator Clark. was given
TO tho committee. IT said
Have wire from Palmer suggesting
'etain attorney to prevent giving of
my papers to committee. Austin. on
whom service Is made. may have some
OF my private correspondence or pa
pers, but, so far as / remember, there
OBJECT to being made public"
Hamiin added that he would employ
washington attorneys If Senator Clark
thought 1T advisable.
The correspondence covered much of
1911 and the early part of 1912, when
the Underwood free sugar bin was in
troducod In the House. The letters
produced Indicated that Hamlin had
made contracts with news plate" con-
Germs that furnish matter TO small
papers. and had urged beet sugar men
IN different parts of the country to
attempt to secure publicity 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 an extensive tour for the same
purpose.
Handled by Papers.
One letter from the Hamlin file, writ
ten froSn Washington December IL.
OF the American Sugar Company, said
in part:
Visited one big town each day OF
my trip and invariably succeeded in
getting our story In at least one Of
the leading papers Some handled II
more satisfactorily than others. but
generally speaking. they all did we'll"
The writer enumerated nearly
dozen largo papers in the Middle West
IN which, he said. he had got Our
story" printed.
The value of publicity was empha-
sized further in another letter written
at Fargo. y. D., by Cove to Hamlin
in Washington. it referred to an in
terview that had gone out which was
designated the "Arbuckle Inter-
view" and Cove urged the use OF
patent inside" to reach the country
readers.
MANY farmers read those patent in
Sides he said, when ! looked it up,
week was not eXoribitant 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 investi-
eating the so-called sugar trust"
Mr.. Cove said 1t would require some
SO it could be checked up by an audit
ing board.
Interesting Time.
I'VE have had an interesting time"
the letter continued, Palmer is be-
fore the committee on his third day
to day. He is doing we'll. H. T. en-
tertained them in New York, with. |
learn. good effect. The Hardwick
committee report will reach over 10
December. and Will be less harmful
than ] hoped"
Members of the committee asked
wSo III. T." was
Senato Reed. Mr.. Oxnard's initials
arc ~. H."
The letter added: "Bristown insists
that he Will get in his sugar amend
ment. OF course, il Will likely end
with the veto Of the executive but
don't forget that il is only four months
to the session when something will be
doing in earnest. | have had some
Very encouraging interviews as TO
next winter. but the issue promises TO
be warmly contested. Senators like
Borah insist that they want to he
shown. lie used those words 10 me
this morning"
y letter To Hamlin from II. y.
Douglas. of the Minnesota Sugar Com
pany. dated at Detroit April g. 1912.
said:
I'VE think it would be the wise
agcr OF tho Minnesota Sugar Company.
who is now in Washington, meet the
Iowa Senators and advis.. them of the
possibility of the Minnesota Sugar
Company extending its interests In
Northern Iowa. in case Of n satisfac-
tory sugar tariff settlement"
Conference With Works.
\ copy of letter purporting to have
Clark. of Los Angeles, and dated
Washing ton, January Is, 1912. said in
part:
MI. Case had another conference
Wills Senator Works yesterday, and is
Satisfied that he will do all he can
for u.s.
Replying to that letter, Clark wrote
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