Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-06-16
LOBBY HEARING
FINDS PAY
DIRT
HENRY OxNARD ON STAND GIVES
MUCH INSIDE INFORMATION AS
TO FREE SUGAR FIGHTS ALSO
VERY FORGETFUl.
FREE SUGAR WOULD
MEAN ANOTHER TRUST

Washington. d. G., June 16.-Witf
one side of the story of the sugar
lobby to be heard from the beginning
and the other side only partially com
pleted. the senate lobby Investigators
today began the third week of hear
ings. Although the senators put Hen
ry T. Oxnard. the beet sugar raiser
and anti-free sugar advocate through
a cross examination, they hope to fin
sh the antifree sugar side before
night
Henry T. Oxnard, vice president OF
the American Beet Sugar company
told the senate lobby committee today
that free sugar would result in the for.
nation of new sugar trust"
Only the best managed sugar facto-
sugar, he said, and combination
would result
Then you are going to form new
trust9" asked Senator Reed
81 have that in mind said the
witness.
In violation of the antitrust law"
mo sir: there is no law to prevent
it. ! have been advised by counsel"
Oxnard told how he assisted in or
ganizing the old sugar trust in 1888,
exchanging his company with capi-
tai Of 100000 for $750,O00 new stock
The new corporation later was taken
over by the American Sugar Refining
company, the so-called trust.
OXnard said he received $4,000 a
year as vice president of the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar company, but denied
that he was paid that salary for 'leg-
islatiye work.
Senator Walsh questioned Oxnard
about the American Beet Sugar asso-
citation, an organization of beet sugar
men and predecessor of the United
States Beet Sugar industry, which
has been prominent i'll the present
fight against free sugar. The witness
did not know how much the old asso
citation had spent, it's books were de-
stroyed about two years ago by his
authorization.
Senator Walsh sought to learn
whether Mr.. Oxnard was in Washing
ton when sugar at a glance was
changed by some one, in what the
committee holds was a violation of
the senate order making it public
document. Oxnard said he was away
at the time He said he knew great
deal about sugar at glance but dis
claimed responsibility for it.
Senator Reed asked Mr.. Oxnard /
again as to the destruction of the
sugar associations books Oxnard eX- !
planned that G. C. Hamlin, of Colo !
RADIO Springs, chairman of the board |
of directors of the beet association !
had been treasurer of the United |
States beet sugar industry until last
July He had been succeeded by John |
f. Harper of Cleveland.
"Were Hamlin's books destroyed?'
asked Senator Reed.
"I don't know
"Were Harper's books destroyed?'
~ don't know"
Oxnard was not prepared to say i
that he and his companies had con- |
tributed $4,000 to the United States
beet sugar industry and it's predeces- !
sors. He said it might be $4,000, but
promised to produce the figures later.
Washington, d. c.. June 16.-At the
later afternoon session, Oxnard testi' /
fed that the American Beet Sugar .
company was organized with $4,000, 900
preferred and $15,000,000 common
stock. He declared that the latter
was water" now represented, how
ever, by by plants and betterments.
Bankers took $4,OO0,0O0 preferred and
got $5.000,000 common as profit
Don't you think you did great
moral wrong in putting all this water
N the common stock?" asked Senator
Nelson
You know Wal! streets con-
SCIENCE" returned Oxnard