Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21
!. S. BREWERS MADE USE
OF LARGE BOYCOTT CLUB
Many of Coun.ry'S Greatest Firm.
We're on AsSociution's
Black list.
PROBE BRINGS NEW FACTS
Senate Comnittcc Learns How
Salesman of Large Automobiles
Manufacturing Plant Was Enrcc;,
to Rccant DRY" Speech,

W.NSlilNGrpN. November .o-wnf
whEed by brewers against antaronistic
business houses and individuuls WAS
gwen special attention to-day by the
Senate committee iuvostigatTur beer
propaganda aud the purchase of the
Washington Times
some of the firms mentioned as listed
FOR attack because of their prohihitiou
tendencies were the Cadillac, Packard
and REQ automobile companies; the
John Wanamakcr Co: the H. J. Heinz
Co; tn" American Rolling Mills. of
Middictown. Ohio; the Fox Typewriter
comp%nN; me i"r|iand and Baltimore
Casualty COMPANY: Proctor & Gamble
and the Grasseili Chemical Company.
OF Cleveland
United States Brewery Associution
who began his testimony yesterday. re-
Suincd the stand, aud WAS questioned
At ienrth Ivy Major T.. I.owcry Iiunrs.
conducting the examination for the
nyug that the association had at
tempted Il boycott. idcntiuca many let
terS and circulars sent 20 mcmac.ss re-
Sardins the antihccr attitude OF Ger
tain firms aud persons.
My memory iS that ! acted as, a
sort of an intermediary IN thu" mat
ter" said Mr.. Fox. Il think II was the
intention OF our association rather Il
CIV" preference to those ,np W,.y'- "'rr
friends i do not think the association
took any action TO cause "A boycott"
g.. You had Oh your unfair. or black
country intcrpuSed Senator Ovcrman
Including the Cadillac Co. and the
Nanamaker Co"
URGED BOYCOTT OE FIRM
WHICH FOUGHT THEM
The Cadillac Co. actually was the
leader il the rGhi agatuS. us in their
community. the witness replied.
10 action AGAINST tnv Hon. .. fol-
lowed the election of ii. T. Heinz NJ
Pittsburgh. as Nrcsidcnt OF she Penn
sylrania state Sunday Schoo! -\ssocia-
ton. at the convention Of which pro-
hiNittun sentiments were EXPIRE SSed. ;c-
cordnG L Il latter, which Fox sad he
wrote
Another letter showed that the Amer
can Rolling Mills WAS listed because
Of poster against the use OF liquor
by its employees.
Nj: FOX did not recall having listed
the Western tnirn Telegram company
because OF its ruling requiring total
absttnance OF the part OF ia; en-
rloyccs
once during the questioning the Wit
ness lief, the stand 20 consult his at
torney; Returning. he again denied
there had Teen Ooycutilus
In the case OF the GrRSli Co. an Of
hcial of thlt concern was referred 10 in
q letter by Fox. pu; into the record. ~
having boon active in support Of an
Major lluncs asked whether the
brewers caUs, d detectives "a ~, 49,
signed to the plants OF the United
States Steel CORPORATION to ascertain
its attitude toward The use of liquor
by its employees. FOX said tl- in
formation obtained from the Stec! COM
paEy. rs he remembered the incident,
VAS that IL did not object To the use
OF beer by its employees.
tut loTi2l on Las:
As ENEMY or CAUSE
Tho Blackstone Hotel. Of Chicago.
was listed because /, did not Join other
hotels in protesting against the sun
day closing order OF the Mayor; ac-
cord TO letters read by Major iiumes
one letter signed by Fox. addressed to
the brewing trade. urges the mcmhcra
To stay away from the Blackstone and
He'd the manager OF the hotel Il pro-
hihi:iouiSt
TIE Delaware. I.ackawanna * Vest
crn Railroad COMPANY was listed he
cause al thc IrOmuipatlon Of AN order
against I'll" use OF liquor 10y It's cm-
ployccs. Major liumcs charged. but
late; a letter was sent by the railroad
to its freight solicitors saying il did
not object TO its employees having
uucnily letter was sent by the brew
crs' association TO it's agents in which
ii was said that the differences with
the road mad been adjusted.
such letters were sent in other cases
where "adIuSt1!c..tS Were made. In
the Packard Co, listed after one OF
the concerns advertising men had made
!; speech in favor OF prohibition. the
brewing trade was notified later that
the advertising man had made ample
apology" for his uttcranccs and "ac-
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