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Show LOBBY HUNT I AND JUGAR I Clashes Between Wit- : nesses and Committee on Wednesday Brings Announcement That the Investigation Will Be Limited to Question Ques-tion of Whether a Lobby Is Being Carried On Washington, June 12. Free raw wool immediately and free sugar In three years as endorsed by President Wilson and adopted by the house were approved today by the majority members mem-bers of the senate finance committee. The action sustaining the administration administra-tion on both schedules was taken after af-ter amendments to alter them had been voted down. Washington June 12. Truman G. Palmer. Washington representative of the United States Beet Sugar industry, indus-try, testified today before the senate lobby investigating committee that a series of charts prepared by him argumentative ar-gumentative against free uugar and published as a senate document ha. I attained a circulation of 320.00"! copies ' under the franking privilege of Senator Sena-tor Lodge. The charts first appeared In the senate during a speech Mr. Lodge made last July It developed on cross-exam (nation that after Mr. Lodge had secured permission to print the documents. Palmer got a proof ' from the government printing office and somewhat revised them. ( hairman Overman announced that officials of the government printing office would be summoned to tell how such a document had been sent to private hands for revision and that if Senator Lodge wished to testify he would be allowed to do so. "The mailing of this document. T find, would cost five cents." explained Senator Reed to Palmer, "and you, therefore, saved $16,000 for your em-plovers." em-plovers." "I'm very glad to know it" replied Palmer Washington. June 12 The senate lobby Investigating committee planned to confine the investigation to the scope of the senate's instructions when the hearings were resumed to-dav. to-dav. References to President Wilson's Wil-son's attitude on the sugar tariff and frequent clashes between witnesses and committee members which characterized char-acterized yesterday's sessions, led members of the committee to limit the investigation to the question whether Insidious lobbying is being carried on In Washington. Witnesses connected with the Louisiana Lou-isiana Sugar Planters' campaign Bgalnat free sugar were ready to be heard when the session opened Paul Christian secretary of the Louisiana sugar planters offices In Washington, testified today that all industries in Louisiana were required to Join in writing to President Wilson Wil-son what disaster tbey believed would follow the free admission of foreign sugar BI Truman G Palmer, secretary of the United States Beet sugar industry, testified he had been In Washington since 19ii2 when he came here to oppose op-pose the Cuban reciprocity bill. Palmer gave a long list of beet sugar su-gar men members of the association he represents, which has for its object ob-ject the promotion of the beet 6ugar Industry. jf? Part of the work of promotloa was to look after legislation, he said. 00 x |