The Washington times., 1917-12-23
TOnocIoco What 1t Did
OOllSECOO Yesterday
Western "AnMOnOpOists Sugar Coordination" As They
See 1.-THE Machine Gun Contest Colonel Lewis Royalties.
Progress Of Shipping.
By W. v. BYARS.

The West, between the Great Beno
of the Missouri river and the Pacific,
took possession of the Senate Com
mittee on Manufactures yesterday
and had its own way. II attacked in
solid formation and kept on coming.
1t was Beet Sugar day, and the in
terest of the Western beet sugar
growing area was represented.
They were anti-monopolists: They
were fighters. They belonged TO the
cold school" They would have been
delighted to see about a score of
great financial experts in jail,
whether patriotic or not. They pro-
ceeded to tell why. They succeeded.
George H. Bayard, Of Nebraska;
J. r. Newberry, of Riverside, Cal; J..
A. Hicks, of Greeley, Colo; J. M.
Collins, of Eaton, Colo; Fred Cum
mings, and DIR. r. E. Jones, also of
Colorado, represented sugar beet
growers of the International Associ-
alton and the Southern California
Association. TIE witnesses against
the unified control Of beet-sugar
making followed each other on the
stand as if they were "going over
the top" for work with the bayonet.
In their view, the sugar interests
of the West and, of the country are
still controlled by experienced and
expert monopolists. The Sherman
antitrust law is being violated every
day. The beet sugar factory inter-
est is under control of "the same old
trusts" Cane sugar and beet sugar
making have interlocking stockhold-
ers. The great cane-sugar refiners
NAV wish to hold back beet-sugar
development. They have paid star.
walton prices to beet growers and
realized enormously in prices from
the public.
This theory underlies their testi-
mony as given before the committee,
Thomas Lee Woolwine, the anti
trust district attorney of Los. Anger
les county, California, represented it.
He gave full details OF his anti
monopoly fight under the State law
and filed transcripts Of the testimony
before the grand jury.
Illustrating profits made at the ex-
pense OF both the beet growers and
the public, he said that A. ]. Cruik-
shank, general manager of the Santa
Anna Company, admitted before the
grand Jury that his company made
between SSOO,000 and 100000 on
81. .25O, 900 invested-this in a single
wear, refining the 1916 beet 'crop.
For the same year, he reported that
the Los Alamites Sugar Company
made 1885 900 on 100000 actual in
vestment.
Mr.. Hoover's cooperation was
shown as without effect on the situa-
ton. His earnestness was not ques-
toned. 1t was repeatedly suggested
that he was necessarily "in the hands
of his friends"-that men he was
Obliged to trust could not under
stand any sort Of patriotism which
confiicted with their own interest.
Mr.. Hoover was to have appeared
to give his side of the case. He sent
a type written statement instead.
The committee ruled that it did not
constitute an appearance. The state
ment was filed for reference only
and not made public. Mr.. Hoover
is expected to appear in person on
Friday next.
Yesterday was devoted to machine
guns before the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs. President A. L.
Borie, of the Savage Machine Gun
Company, and Col. Isaac NJ. Lewis,
inventor of the Lewis machine gun,
appeared supporting each other.
They were the only witnesses. It
was their day. They made the most
of it.
Before the day was over Colonel
Lewis had exhausted the subject, as
he wished to "get it off his con-