The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-23
Consolidated Aug. q, 1881
the BREWERS INQUIRY.
INVESTIGATION OF P3LiTICAh
ACTIVITY STARTED.
Witness Denies That Firms Mention
ed Were BIackIisted Bat Gasc
Preference to Friends.

Washington. Nov. 20.-Evidence fa-
lating to political activities Of brew
ers and their alleged efforts to boz
colt firms and individuals antaSoHis-
tic to the liquor business was addc.,-
ed today before the senate commit
tee investigating brewers 2>opags;n-
da and the purchase Of the Wasn!nS-
ton Times by Arthur Brisbane.
Mai. E. Lowry Humes, who is con-
ducting the snauiry for the commit
tee. also undertook to show from doc
uments produced by officers of the
United States Brewers Association a
connection between that organization
and the Gefman-American Alliance
The charter of the alliance was re-
yoked recently by congress.
Major Hun,es put into the record
lists Of candidates for public office,
which, he said. were to be supported
by the: brewers association and the
alliance and also a statement which,
he asserted, was prepared for c. ).
Hexasners of Philadelphia. former
president Of the alliance, at the Office
of the brewers association. The
statement, Major Eumes declared,
was German propaganda.
Only two yitnesses-Hugh F. Fox,
cf New York, secretary Of the brew
ers' national organization. and John
Gardner OF Philadelphia, former
chairman of the organization commit
tee, were examined today.
Fcx was questioned at length, re
garding the war waged by brewers on
antagonistic firms and individuals.
Some Of the firms named We're the
John WaramaiSer Company. the
Cadillac. Packard. National and REQ
Automobile Companies. the II. j.
Heinz Company, the Goodrich Tire
Company, the American Rolling Mills
OF Middleton. Ohio, the Fox Typewsit-
er Company, the Maryland ard Bal
tinaore Casually Company. the Proctor
& Gamble Company, the Grasseili
Chemical Corporation of Cleveland.
Ohio, some subsidiary companies q
the Standard Oil Company, the Urit-
ed States Steel Corporation. the S.
Kresge Company, the Red Raven
Water Company, the American Shee'
and Tin Plate Company and the Re
public Rubber Company and the Del
aware, Lackawanna &, Western Roll
road.
!; Fox denied that any Of the FIRMS
named had been blacklisted, saying
thar the associaion's purpose Eaerei:
was to "give preference to those who
were friends Later he told the com.
nlittee that he would be willing &c
assume that I'll the documents re;a:-
ing to the firm which Major Humes
put into the record were taken from
the >hles Of the association.
Major Humes told the committee
tirat the firms were listed by the brew
ers' association. because OF their ar-
titude against the use Of ECuof by
their employees or because OF the .ac-
twity OF individual members OF the
firms and in some instances o. eii2-
pfoyees against the liquor business.
The inquiry into political activity oe-
gan when john Gardner was called to
the stand. The witness said ne might
have. seen lists of candidates at ditfer-
ent times from 1911 TO 1914 which me
brewers association indorsed IN some
States, including Iowa Texas, Pe2a-
syIvania, Indiana and one candidate
for congress from Illinois, but ne
could not recall the details. He ID
mitted that the associations organ
ization committee was active in wet
and dry fights in several States III
those years. said that in that time it
spent between 100000 and s50o.oo2
doing all it legitinaately could tc
arouse public sentiment in our favor
Gardner declared that the Brewer
made no contribution tc political cam
paign committees, and at first d@nIe
that it had irdorsed any set of cant'i
dates.