The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
HALF MILLION FOR
LOBBY WORK EACH
YEAR, SAYS MULHALL
Quotes Collector For
Manufacturers as
Making Statement.
WORK FOR BOARD
Witness Says Manufacturers
Wanted Tariff Commission
Controlled by Them.

Washington, d. C.-Martin M
Mulhall brought the story of his
lobby activities for the National AS.
sociaiton of Manufacturers up te
1908 before the Senate committee
today and testified about the work
of the association in promoting the
tariff commission.
THE association wanted Miles
and Schwedtman on it and wanted
to control it themselves" Mulhall
testified. He didn't explain who
Miles was. Schwedtman was sec.
retary to President Van Cleve OF
the association.
Several other letters were identi-
fed by Mulhall relative to his activ-
ity in connections with the associa-
ton in it's efforts to regulate legis-
lation and controle the machinery
of the government.
Big Fraud Alleged.
Mulhall described a fund of $780,.
600 to 100000 annually, raised
by the National Council for Indus
trial Defense, and adjunct of the
National Association OF Manufac-
turers, for opposing legislation the
manufacturers did not favor. He
testified that he had no personal
knowledge of the existence of such
a fund but declared collector for
the organization recently gave those
tlgures to the New York World
Busy All Over Country.
In yesterdays examination, Null
halls attention was directed almost
exclusively to the last half of the year
1907 and the first part of 1905 He
was jumped from Maine to Missouri; !;
from Baltimore to Indianapolis, and
up to Cleveland in those few months.
He told of his letters on the strike
breaking activities in st. Louis, of
an effort to aid former Congressman
James f. Watson of Indiana polite
ally and of how we'll he knew former
Senator Beveridge of that state. He
gave details of another attempt to
give political assistance to former
Congressman Littlefield of Maine. He
mentioned former President Taft, the
late Vice President Sherman, the late
Jas w. Van Cleve of the National
Association of Manufacturers and
other men prominently connected at
one time or another with that organ
ization
Spent $4,000 in Indiana.
The witness thought about $4,000
had been raised in Indiana for the
Watson campaign and letter read
just before adjournment told of
three millionaires in the state, one
of whom was willing to spend $780,
600 to defeat Watson" The letter did
not identify the millionaires and the
committee didn't ask who they were
Mulhall told of how he broke a
strike of shoe workers in st. Louis
He swore that $4,000 had been turn
ed over to him by S. G.. Schwegtman
secretary to Van Cleve to pay to the
strike breakers to end the difficulty
Schwegtman who was in the room
will be allowed to take the stant
when Mulhall has finished.
To Help Watson.
In letter to Mr. Sherman on July
IS, Mulhall wrote:
81 have just returned from the
west and feel that | have put thu
ball a-rolling in Indiana, so that i
will help Mr.. Watson to renomina
ton"
Fred C. Schwedtman, secretary o
President Van Cleve, wrote Mulhal
on August 8, 1907:
"There are some large things brew
ing and there is every indication tina
in our tariff campaign we have will
us the majority of the republican
leading congressman and senator
and men higher up that that, too"
Bring in Taft's Name.
Schwedtman wrote Mulhall ol
September 5, 1907. bringing in tn
name of Mr.. Taft, then secretary o
war:
"You saw, of course, where Secret
airy Taft referred to the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers at grea
length in his Columbus address.
we succeed in getting the counse
plans thoroughly established our POI
er for good will grow right along ur
til next year. During the presidentis
' campaign we will be factor of nt
tional importance that cannot b
overlooked"
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