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Show BLACKLIST OF AREWEflS IS PBOBEO Senate Inquiry Into Beer Propaganda Reveals Interesting Facts. By Associated Press. W.sHfN;Tu. Nov - Wsr wB-d hy brewers agalnM antagonistic antagonis-tic huftiness hoti hps and indl vidua In ''-. Itlven peial atteniMntoday "hy ' the senate committee (nvestig tin ber ' ropagsnda and the purchase of the Wslilncton Times. Hugh II. Pox. secretary of the L'nlted', "Ntstes Brewers'" association, was questioned ques-tioned at length by Major K. I,owry Humes, conducting the examination for the committee. The witness, though j ; nun IUI1 inn MiH. Ohio, was 1inid be- ! Irfliiw of h pitcr JtRiiinsii thi-p of liom.r hy ith etnploie. Mr I'ox iliil not r'all having listed the Wentern I'nion Telegraph i"tn- pny lcaue" of ita rule ren,ulrmg , totfll Hlstinetice on tiie part tt iat ern- i tlnve denying that the association had attempted at-tempted a boycott. Identified many" letters and .circulars sent to members regarding the antlbeer attitude of certain cer-tain firms and person. 1 tMnL It ttu. lhfl i,tr..Hn nf our association rather to give preference to thone, who were our friend." aald Kox. "I do not think Sihe association took any artion to cause a boycott." "You had on your unfair or black Ust some of the biggest firms in this ountry." interposed Senator Overman, "including tho tadtttac compny-nd the Wanamnker company." "The Cadillac company actually was the leader in the fight against ua In their community." the witness replied. re-plied. ACTION AGAINST HEINZ. . Action against the If. J. Heins company com-pany followed the election of H. .1. j Meinj: of I'lttshnrg as president of the I Vnnsvlvania State Sunday School association, as-sociation, at the conventKm of w hich prohibition Hentimenta were expreswd. according to a letter which fox said he wrotp. Another lMtr !howl that the Amer- I The Hlackstone hotel nf Chicago was listfd because) It ' dtd not Jo'1 othiT hotels In protesting against . Sunday closing, according to .lot ters read hy Major Hume, one letter signed by Kox addressed to the brewing trade j tirced the himlers to stay awav from ( Hia ftmi'Kwfiiiisi. 1 RAILROAD IS LISTED. , The lKlawiirv. Ivu ka wanna At West- ern Km I Iron d ctunpuiiy was ltted because be-cause of the promulK'tlon of an order 1 aainnt the use of liquor hy Its employe; em-ploye; Major Humes charged. but later a letter was sent by the railroad to ta freight solicitors saying it did not object to its employes having II-,uor II-,uor In their ovsn homes. Subsequently Subsequent-ly a letter was sent by the brewers' association to its amenta-In which It was said that the differences, with the road had been adjusted. Such letters were aent in other cases where "adjustments" were made. In the cise of th I'ackard company, listed after one of the concern's ad-' vertising men had made a speech In' favor of prohibition, the brewing trade was notified that the advertising man had made "ample apology" for bis ,ut-tersnce ,ut-tersnce and ":rkii"wtedttlnr hl error ' |