Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-18

Iudt yOu LCIt mat luCtC "dS O I4Cd6uIS
of deception in the literature sent out
by Mr. Lowry?
Mr.. Ballou. Yes, sir.
Senator Walsh In that ii was sign.
ed, or purported to be issued, by this
Wholesale Grocers' Association?
Mr.. BaIlou. do not know whether
it is intentional or unintentional.
However, you have Just now illustrat-
ed another thing that I objected to
very strongly. The Wholesale. Groc-
ers' Association with which you have
Just now connected Mr.. Lowry has
no connection whatever with Mr..
Lowry. The Wholesale Grocers' As
ISOLATION is a reputable body of high
standing here and Mr.. Lowry has no
thing to do with the Wholesale Groc.
ers' Association The name under
which Mr.. Lowry did send out this
literature was committee OF whole
sale grocers, and whether by intention
on Mr.. Lowry's part or not, it was
constantly COMPOUNDED and confused
with the Wholesale Grocers' Associa-
ton. You see the benefit OF. that sim
ilarity of names.
Senator Walsh. That was what you
meant, that there was deception prae-
ticed by Mr.. Lowry In representing
that this literature was sent out by
a committee of Wholesale grocers,
when. as a matter of fact. 1t was put
out by him and the Federal Sugar
Co.? ...:
Mr.. Ballou. Yes.
Senator Walsh. Was there not like
wise a measure of deception In this
boiler-plate matter, and in the canned
editorial matter, that was sent out
from your headquarters, purporting TO
be ordinary press dispatches, and
news gathered by the regular assoc
lations?
Mr.. Ballou. / do not understand
that It purported to be that. Certain
ly it did not state that 1t was from
any headquarters.
senator. Cummlns. Senator Walsh,
just for my own information, what is
meant by "boiler plate? Do you
mean the regular plate matter that Is
used by the country newspapers?
Senator Walsh. Yes.
Senator Cummins. I did not know
whether 1t had some peculiar meaning.
Senator Walsh. And canned edi-
torial' means typewriter matter sent
out to- the newspapers.
Senator Cummins. know what
canned editorials are really did not
catch on to the boiler-plate matter,
whethSr 1t meant matter Of some pc
culiar hardness bf composition or not.
Dir. Ballou No; If Mr.. Lowry sent
out his matter anonymously, or with.
out. any statement Of his interest, !
should not have considered it.
Senator Walsh. Take this sheet
which / now show you that You
brought here as containing some OF
the matter brought out by your press
service bureau
Mr.. Ballou. / do not recognize this.
Senator Walsh. This New York Tri-
bune article.
, Mr.. Ballou. Il do not recognize the
New York Tribune article as having
been sent out, and / do not believe 1t
was sent out. The Press Service Bur.
eau are apt to turn In clippings that
show not only that they were the
stuff sent out by them, but they had
a large clipping bureau that clipped
all sugar matters, and other things
would creep in. / do not think this
that Is marked from the New York
Tribune was actually sent out by the
Press Service Bureau at all.
Senator Walsh. You think you made
a mistake, then, in FASTING that on
the pasteboard with the remainder Of
the matter sent out by your bureau?
Mr.. Ballou 1t is not my mistake
did not paste that on. This came to
me from New York They sent the
matter out Then, they have their
own clippers, who clip what they see
and paste it on these things, and this
was sent back to me as a specimen OF
their work. do think that the inclus-
ion of that Tribune article was a mis-
take on their part in including 1t In
their work. IT, 49,
Senator Walsh. You think you did
not supply that, and this press bur-
eau did not supply that to the New
YIN
Mr.. Ballou. That is my idea. -
Senator Walsh. And that II Is past.
ed on there by mistake? ~.
Mr.. Ballou. Pasted on there by mis-
take, unless they claim that their gen.
eral propaganda about sugar was &C
countable for the Tribune having pub
lished 1t. ~-4....
Senator Walsh. Taking the one
that appears next to it in the Andov-
er IN. W News dispatch, which
states that the West is now getting
its sugar cheaper than the Atlantic
seaboard in striking reversal of the
condition when the trust refneries
held undisputed sway over the sugar
market, and prices for the rest of the
market were made on the basis of
New York quotations" and so on, that
was something gotten out by your
bureau.
Mr.. Ballou. Yes.
Senator TTa:Sh. Aud of course the
reader of the Andover IN. " News
would, as a matter of course, natur