Show SUGAR GROUP SPENT SPEN r YEARLY LOBBY QUIZZERS QUIZZERS' TOLD WASHINGTON Oct od 16 Asso- Asso I dated Press An a annual ual expendi- expendi l tu turc tUro of by U the e United States I i with headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- Beet association S Sugar gar quarters in Washington was wall listed today before the senate l lobby lobb by c corn com m. m by H H. H A. A Austin secretary ry and treasurer of th the organization 3 witness dt at t the Uie Appearing as a committees committee's second day pt t to reports of ot efforts to lo influence congress had In drafting the tho tariff bill ho te testified that during the first nine olno months of oc this year cat the asso association cia lon tion ha had expended a approximate approximately ly h t and that 9 Qt f this this' much had bad been contributed to publications and pamphlets relating lating to t sugar p production S Senator Walsh h. h Democrat M Mon Montana or Of naked asked real reni purpose orthe a. tana taza 1 if the the tue publications was not to 10 spread spreadS w I i S tho idea Idla of ot a a. J high but Austin only Insisted this was also ahio said a number The Tue witness sent to of oC press iress releases 1 had beer been Washington to ne paper r correspondents corre corre- and to throughout the country countr It was estimated by Austin that 90 per pep cent of oC Ute tile s sUgar BUgar pro production production- in iii m represented in the country was yas as tho association Before t turning to o th the Sugar sugar t tariff lobby the committee recalled Continued on page c 4 Sugar Gr Group up Spent Yearly L Lobby Quizzers T Told ld from Irom page pire 1 1 I I Koch tar tariff ct commission espert ex es' pert to ask If t the pottery ry Industry h had protested d hla is testimony at l a secret t. t hearing heMin of ot the he Republican c members members of f the tho house hoti ways U- U and means committee when that group rom was as framing the llio t tariff bill Koch ch said he understood od William tariff adviser r o of the United States Statts Tottery Pottery a association had ad done ion q but this his que questioning was 88 as not pursued pur- pur pursued sued at any ny length the committee calling Austin shortly after aCter it nut nui Austin testified d he lie did not employ employ em em- em- em pJ ploy any any ne newspaper writers to pre prepare t e part pare the press press releases r most of ot which he believed ed went Into the waste ast baskets J 1 I think It its it's all aU bunk bunk- to tr try and nd r get things thing like that In the paper he h. said cald with a smile Austin v- v was vas as a tho the first of ot this group group placed aced on on the thet tand He lie started testimony after the commit tee had hid recalled Frederick I L. L l Koch o b chief of ot the pottery potter and nd earthen earthenware n war ware wale division of ot the tariff commis sion o on one of of or the witnesses ee at t th the opening hearing K Koch Koett eh t today daY said raid he 11 had 1 heard that William Burgess Burt u tariff ad adviser id- id riser leer of the United States States' Pottery association had protested d against him after h he ha had PIl appeared at an executive session of the house Republicans Re Re- Republicans te- te publicans enraged engaged In formation of the tariff measure He added however how however ever he had been unable to connect connect con fleet It up with the circumstances of or that protest WALSH WALSH LEADS LEAPS QUIZ Questioning on this was by Sena Sen Senator tor Walsh Democrat Montana fontAna who did n not t pursue it and Austin then took the stand He said he had been teen with the sugar gar association since 1911 1311 and two clerks and S S. H. H Iove of or Salt lake cst City who Is s president vere were the only others on th the payroll The witness gave hl his salary as s as' and Loves Love's as as as' As Asked about his duties Austin after an exchange With Chairman Caraway CaraWa testified he lie pr prepared statistical data on sugar production production tion 1 which was was' circulated widely some me going to newspapers and some t to several se members of congress congre lI You are are t to edu educate ate the press asked Caraway Some parts of it lt A Austin said sald when the service ser was was started ho asked members member of oC congress congress' congress congress' con con- gress' gress If It th they were w Interested and ancl thus thos who t were were had been p put t on the mailing maling list 1st 19 IN ASSOCIATION The witness t testified nineteen teen sug-ar sug sugar companies belonged t to th the a association qc a adding Ing t there tr were ere 30 sugar companies In the countr country We wo have hare about about 90 30 p per r cent if Qt the sugar production of tho the c country represented In our association he be estimated Se Senator dor W Walsh Democrat Mon Mon- inquired about th the Amalgamated Amalgamated Amalga Amalga- mated Sugar company and Austin said It had fact factories In Utah Idaho and Montanan Montana i iThe The witness named companies be belonging belonging belonging be- be longing longing- to the association as follows for fol lows lovs v Amalgamated ted Sugar company Ogden Utah American Beet Sugar company Denver Columbia Sugar company compan Bay City Mich Frank Frank- iii lin County tY S Sugar gar garc c company Colo I I rado ride Springs 5 Co Colo o. o Gar Garden n Cl City City y yo company o Colorado Springs the th Great Greet Western Veter Sugar company Denver Den GunnIson Sugar company Salt Lake City Holly Sugar corporation corpo corporation corpo- corpo ration Colorado Springs Lay Laton ton S Sugar ct company Layton Utah Utah Utah- Los Ioe Sugar comi company any L Los B An An- Angeles geles MeD Menominee e RI River rS Sugar compan company com com- com com- pan pany M Menominee Mich Michigan Sugar Sugar- company Saginaw Mich National Sugar Manufacturing l comp company Y Sugar City Colorado do Peoples e Sugar C company Moroni Utah Uth Spreckels Sugar company San Francisco Sp Maple Springville-Maple ton Sugar company O Springville Utah Toledo Sugar company Saginaw SaGI Sagi- na naw Midi Mich Union Sugar company San n Francisco Utah Idaho Sugar company Salt Stilt Lake City WHY 6 SUCCESS C IS BAD Austin estimated t d' d there were six Ix- Ix teen fa factories in fn n Utah and Senator Senator- Walsh asked why hy the sugar bust busi business ness tress h has s not b been en so 50 so suc successful in recent years In Utah and I Idaho aho II Climate end and the white fl fly pest the main for are are- reasons this the witness replied H He- He said Bald re e revenue ue for the Beet Sugar association Uon was derived from Crom contributions from member r companies com- com panics and that the amount was war a determined annually by directors of the association The directors he added last met metin metin in May In Washington and approved approved ap ap- proved prove a a contribution of ot one half cent centa a a. bar bag of production For the year en ended d last December December Decem Decem- b ber r he listed JI contributions at about and tid said from last January to S September 30 20 30 was r re re- re and nd was ep spent nt Of this exp expenditure he testified 1000 was iris w s for s salaries and nd for tor office rental A total of of was wat was rh given 1 to r a a trade publication known as as ae Facts About Sugar M he continued and 2688 to the Agricultural Supple Supplement ment publication ri sent free re to o beet growers I 1 suppose t that a supplement ad advises advises advises ad- ad vises bt beet t growers grocers how to grow b beets beet ehl and Incidentally talks about a a. high tariff on sugar asked Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Walsh Yes Tee j Just at Incidentally r refers refer tera to the tariff Austin answered Really the purpose e is la to incline I the beet sugar pro producer to the Idea Ides of ot a high tariff asked Walsh No I 1 wouldn't say ay that Walsh compared the A Agricultural Supplement to tho the publications of the p power trust and asked about an expenditure of Ot to the Domestic Do Do- Sugar Producers' Producers association tion described as a. a holding company company company com com- pany of ot all 11 domestic domestic producers tustin Austin said that organization was to coordinate the views of all do domestic domestic do- do producers |