Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-19 | Page 3 | [Illegible] Arouse [Illegible] Brisbane

ffifOIISE ijpiE jaton Times Pub-Replies Pub-Replies to Hint of rewery Control. e Has Always Ad-;ated Ad-;ated Suppression of Traffic. jCGTON". Sept. IS. In Hnvix-ii"Jt Hnvix-ii"Jt Saturday. A. Mitcneil ti)'e federal custodian of nlicn addressing lhe Pennsylvania i looratic committee, declared that '- thercd proof that German brew-i'e brew-i'e united Stales in association ' United States Brewers' associa-- associa-- Jhed S3veral hundred thousand j buy a newspaper in one cf (be .cs of the nation, which Jlr. Jetlared was fighting Hie battle ! uor truffle "under the shadow ' mo of the- capitoL" a.-hin-lon Times, bought from Yiurisev a little more than a 'liy Arthur Brisbane, is the spa per "under the shadow ot 'of the capitol" which has re-n re-n cd hands, so far as is known. W the Washington Herald, iii' C. T. Brainard. called upon .)' editorially to Kivo the name ier to which ho referred today. d $375,000. n the Timey, Mr. Brisbane pub-editorial pub-editorial statement that to buy he borrowed $375,000 through a iged for him by C. W. Fcigcns-iwfr Fcigcns-iwfr and president of the Fed- rompany of ew:rk, N. J., and r statement that ho still owes ey $250,000. sbane's editorial statement fol- T. Brainard manages Ilnrper & for J. J'ierpont Morgan, the anages and edits the Wagh-rald Wagh-rald with a brilliancy and suc-,U'ited suc-,U'ited during tne past year and unsuccessful efforts to sell the me. atnarrl's Washington Herald ex-terost ex-terost in the ownership of the n Times, and wants to know if bv the brewers. ain:ird will not resent the statc-t statc-t a question coming from him liu.-irily deserve littio attention, questions (nay interest others, the facts: 'ashing ton Times is 100 per cent rty. i purchased from Frank A. Mun-JfiOO.OOO, Mun-JfiOO.OOO, of which sum as has vimt?!y .stated in this column is Ktill due Mr. Munsey. And he his possession the entire stock p.shinston Times as security for r.eitt of the balnnce of purchase uc hint. 1 Half Million. uy the Times and put a losing on a paying- basis, I required ap- ,(!y a half million dollars. J. W. Peigenspan, president of sral Trust company of Newark, a friend of mine and a brewer, newspaper editor in the coun- try knows, I have for more than twenty years advocated ns a temperance measure I he suppression of whisky traffic ajid the encouragement of light wine and light beer. "At my request -Mr. Feigenspan agreed that he would arrange for me a loan of $00,0"0. It turned out Uiat I required a less amount; ?37r)(0OO was sufficient for the expense involved in putting- the Washington Times on a paying basis. "This amount I borrowed from Mr. Feigenspan between June, 1917, and November. No-vember. 1917. And the money, in due course, will be repaid with interest. "If 1 have any further reply to make to Mr. Brainard I will make it to Mr. Morgan, who owns air. Brainard, or to H. P. Davison, who manages Mr. Morgan."