New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Charges Financier VII
Hostility to Measure.
Of President
'Unprincipled, Hi. CIV
Senator Acts to Prevent FL.
ton of Perkins at tn.
Next Session

vent george ". Perkins from bsesni,,
head Of the State Food Control c.
mission was given impetus TO-DAY
Senator Elon p. Brown gave on, :.
ter in reply to Mr. Perkins. d..
that the Senator has been working NJ.
the food spectators in delayin, ..
enforcement OF the food control l.y,r.
ton.
Governor Whitman will send Mr. p,
kns's name to the Senate again WIZ, /,
reconyenes September Is, bu, ss,,,..
Brown expects a repetition a. H..
weeks vote. In his reply to Mr. p.,
kins he charges. that the lat.ers Asa,
tion that he was part Of III. NAV.
ment to cooperate with President VII
son in food legislation is only ma,
AT an interview with you in u.
Executive Chamber, near the clos. =,
the regular session." wrote sep,.,,
Brown, II suggested that any l.si,l,.
ton at Albany should be AUXILIARY a.,
subordinate TO Federal regulation Va,
scoted at the suggestion. at n. Pre-
cent and Congress, and urged that ",
York take Independent action 10 an.
foot them, although il was less 49,.
two weeks after war was d.,l.,.I
Such has been your consistent a.,;,rS.
on this point. IL now serves your ,sr.
pose, however, 20 mask yourself AZ "a.
operating with Washington.
Charges Hostility to Wilson
you also praise the Presidsp, "a,
calling to his aid some men who k,v.
been associated with you in N. Ma.
vester Trust Company, but nobody IA,
/ discovered when the President PLACID
any of there men in control Of trad, /,
agricultural machinery and tools r..
poin. Of objection was not the Hsvs,.
ter Trust Company. but the unk,n.y
of placing the organizer Of tina. TINS,
IN control IF trade in such machu,r
IN this state during the war. Agricui.
tursl machinery and tools are declare!
to be one of the nccessar!es Of life I,
the food law. Your purpose has nsr,,
been TO cooperate With the Presjde,,
but TO go II alore and ahead Of lin.
Your antaScnism 20 Washington eons,.
tutes one of the objections TO you a.
Albany"
Senator Brown answers the CHAIR,
that he opposed food Legislation ty
. stating :ha. no food bill was prepared
az Albany except under my personal
direction ard principally By me-" H.
said that this bill was enacted into law
after being modified On consults.sr
with the Governor and other membg
az the legislature, but that il was -.
changed a its general outline. He L.
c.ared Nr. Perkins was offended h.
cause h. would not stand for his lPu.
kins's) wild proposal for seizure, pg
chase and sale by the state Of iOst
stores ana monopolistic corporation. 1
food products.
Suggestions Called "Unwise"
Your ;mpracticable and unwise T,.
geStions, which you tried to egesi
through the legislature wrote II,
Senator. were all rejected, but ],
served your purpose in seeking the Of
flee Of commissioner to publicly ar
nounce OF the passage OF the bill :
triumph ovcr tie Legislature, s !
serves your purpose now 10 knowingly
misrepresent my attitude and relation
to the bill. The bill whose passage yol
praised was in substance the same Bill
you had previously stigmatiZed in IN
public press as 4 sham There is onl!
one material chanee-it does not nam
the commissioner
Senator Brown declared the ehsrg
tina. he delayed he food bill and IL
enforcement was false. In answer Z
Mr.. Perkins's "pretence that am wors
ing with the miidlemen," ne wrote
You know that the distributing force
Of this state-:he produce exchange:
boards OF trade, wholesalers and retail
erS-taker together. constitute one o
our best forces in citizenship. The
and their employees comprise more ths'
100000 couls. with an investment o
more than $500 100000. They have IA
men, the equipment, the money and M
intelligence 10 briu! food 70 every dooi
We need the!r efforts in common rin
all other patriotic citizens during W.
war.
Some Of them have doubtless r.
sorted to oppressive practices in 'rss'
which this law ia intended 20 cores
You stand charged in the Hsres.
Trust with one Of these practices. Az
you know. as one OF 'he offenders, 'hs'
| have no connection whatever WV
srch middlemen 10 excuse your ms.hs
the charge.
Calls Perkins unprincipled
IL am under bit Of obligation \; \,
you, and OF that | will scqul; my"..
by public acknowledgment. You a'.'
removed the last doubt Of he propre'.
OF the Sena;rs action in rejecting ~
The objection = your nomination -.
the all but unanimous desire Of W.
Legislature tina: il BE- no. MADE Ne.'
codrteously presented to the GoveiIs.
before .he bill was passed. u .! :. I.
means follows that the votes eas'
your favor were cast by nen Th9 ~
sired your nomination. II you mao ".
interest in the subject Of food eoquyi
that you have in yourself, you W. Is,
have relieved the Governor sho -. -.
Senate. But who ever knew you ~si
out of the way that a priaciple 80 S,.
operate: Principles arc Of no ae. N""
% you unless they WORK ;arolgh =,
Governor Whitman vii speak
Syracuse Fair tomorrow. ~aen ne eon.
expected 70 talk o. the &c" 1000 ~
.rol bin. and Mr.. Perkins VII pre-
h.s case 20 the farmers az '1e "c a.,
10 7 q