| Show AID AIO PRIVATE ATE FILES IN TRAILING LOBBY LY ommittee e Seizes Documents in l XI Washington ashington Office of U U. S. S I. I Beet Sugar Industry f OF PROTECTION WORKERS DISCLOSED IN CORRESPONDENCE Letters r etters Rushed Into Record to Forestall t Possible Proceedings by Manager Hamlin Who Wh However Is Not in Hurry 1 T T T t If HAl HAMLIN NOT t 4 Copies of correspondence token taken from the Washington office of tho tho I representatives cs of tho ilio beet sugar industry were hurriedly Ica read into tho record of the lobby investigation in yesterday est before I le legal al 1 ste steps could I be instituted by C. C C. C Hamlin whose files had been seized d for tho pro protection of his his rights Mr r. r Hamlin whoso home is in ill Colorado I Springs was advised ad by friends of what was being being- done dOlle and wn was urged to engage attorneys to look after his interests but his reply t showed no uneasiness as to what w was ws s transpiring and indicated that I there was nothing in his papers to the publication of which he ho would t. t In Jn an interview at Colorado Springs s last night Mr r. r Hamlin defended defended de de- de- de fended his 1 s in in lighting fighting for protection for the beet sugar industry and asserted thai the campaign carried on was wa more than justified by i I tho light fight made mado by refiners for free sugar Now uNo the he other fellows follows have won but the beet sugar people arc are dying game brame he lie said I Bo oro tho Jet letters s tel'S were read yesterday Senator William Alden Al cn l I Smith of Michigan told fold the e that there were many lobbies l working for or against legislation tion an and e expressed the thc opinion that the they l were verc well their rights He lie cited the American Federation oI of t it Labor which ho he sa said by hy lobbying obtained the incorporation in ill the tho I t l sundry suntry civil hill bill of the thc clause clauso e exempting labor lalor unions and farmers farmers' I II or organizations from prosecution under the antitrust law Jaw with the thc funds I appropriated He lie said saul he nc did id not blame them for this action I I T T y ASHINGTON Juno 17 The Tho The trail rail of oi the lobb lobby the Senate has hasy W y Y been I following following- more than two weeks ecks led today into t the thc private f rUe men in charge chargo of tho Washington offices of the United Stat States s Beet Sugar Industry the leading lending instrument of the tho campaign ign against free sugar r mid id by b originals of letters and telegrams and what purported to 1 be e copies I of f others developed testimony of what appeared to be an all attempt at nt a far- far reaching campaign to create public sentiment against ag free sugar nr through the columns columns' of individual newspapers rs and the facilities of press I Hons It was a n trail so long Ions so go complicated and so winding that after more than two hours of patient effort the committee had succeeded C in n reading into its record only small of a part the mass of correspondence which senators senators sena sena- tors believed cd had wd produced the most sensational evidence yet developed t r-foy r ny duces tc tecum um the committee commit commit- tee e got t possession of 01 copies of ot letters and telegrams of or Clarence C C. Hamlin a a. Colorado Springs Colo Cob newspaper owner arid and beet sugar man maii in charge rhO of ot the tho Washington offices of ot the American Amer l lean ican an Beet Sugar association two years cars ago Tho The papers included what purported purported purported pur pur- ported to be carbo t coi ls of letters unsigned but furnished furnished- as ns genuine by Harry A A. A Austin a n. clerk cleric in the office oke of Truman G G. Palmer representative representative- ot of the United States Slates beet sugar Hug industry industry succeeded mc the association asso dation about two years rel and Palmer Hamlin In charge e. f 1 tco n f tho the committed was after the private papers paper Palmer after a conference conference confer confer- ence with Senator Clark Clarl of ot Wyoming 1 uncle was wiring him urging him to get a 0 lawyer to represent his Interests Tho committee had knowledge knowl knowl- edge Fe o of ot that and hurried the letters lotters on Page 0 t. Column 1 J 1 LOBBY TRAIL TRA LEADS TO 10 PRIVATE FILES Committee Seizes Documents Documents' in Washington Office of U 1 SI S 8 Beet Sugar Industry 41 Continued From Pa Page e i 1 I. I into tho the record without regard to se sequence se- se quence More rore than seventy had been i read when adjournment was taken to tos to's to- to s 's night Those rea read Into the tho record were directed to managers ot or beet sugar I tt companies officers of or the American li r J Beet Sugar association and friends of ot y Hamlin Indicating that Hamlin at the tho time of ot their writing was an nn active f figure In a a. campaign to organize supt support sup- sup port t for tor the tho protection of ot the beet J. J f 9 sugar ius-ar Industry and secure publicity f against tariff reduction 4 Act littlest I Somo Soma told of oC traveling to largo large cities giving out interviews others written in n Washington ton Indicated I I B that he was trying to circulate matter j In defense of a a. sugar augar duty through l I newspapers tho the Associated Press Presa and Jf- Jf other ether channels channel to effect what ho 31 thought misleading statements put out b by sugar refiners rf The text Indicated that thit his attempts at publicity had not notI I j been bean as successful as ho he had sK hoped Other letters lotters re referred to a 1 plan launched b by to have o tho the 4 t large beet s sugar gar companies tako over In tn bonds bond of oC the Chicago o Inter Ocean Other letters disclosed attempts to interest big blA railroad s systems systems stems s 's In the anti free sugar campaign and to have havo professors sors of or agricultural colleges appear before committees of ot Con Congress ress with arguments favorable to toj j the beet sugar suc-nr men None of oC tho the letters letters let let- i disclosed that tho the railroads had been interested or that the gr great at news 11 agencies had been extensively used or that the Inter Ocean bonds had h been bought Letters Introduced did show that the sugar men had been dl dissatisfied tIed fled with their efforts to get Interviews interviews Inter views s carried by tho A Associated Press Seize HOT Box ox of Documents Document o Austin and nd a t sergeant at arms of ot the l Bonate brought a big box of ot the telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams and letters to the tho committee k room oom this afternoon Tho The committee v suspended the the- examination of ot witnesses wit wit- nesses tresses and Chairman Overman Sent Senators Sen Sen- t 1 Reed and Walsh began reading U them Into the tho record f Two telegrams were exchanged between between between be be- tween Hamlin Senator Clark and Truman Truman Tru Tru- man G. G Palmer The Tho first of ot these given I en out b by Palmer after the tho committee commit commit- tee lee adjourned tonight read I Senate serg sergeant ant at arms has re required required re- re qui red to produce box said to contain your our private and business paPers pa pa- pers Have talked with Ith your our uncle and Te we e suggest you OU should wire retaining f. f attorney to protect your our rights under fourth amendment mont to the constitution until you arrive 1 Hamlins Hamlin's telegram in reply sent to his uncle Senator Clark was g given en to the tho committee It said 81 Have wire from Palmer suggesting retain attorney to prevent delivery ery of tn my private papers to committee Austin Austin Aus Aus- tin on whom service Is made ma may have BO sonic somo mo of ot m my private correspondence or papers but so far as I remember there thereSA thereIn In SA nothing among them which I would object t to being made public added that he would hire attorneys If It Senator Clark thought It advisable Pr Preached ebed Beet Sugar Tho The correspondence covered much of 1 1911 and the tho carl early part of ot 1912 when the Underwood free tree sugar ar bill was In Introduced Introduced Iii In- traduced In the House The letters produced Indicated that Hamlin had made contracts with news news plate concerns con con- cerns that furnish matter hatter to smaller papers and had urged beet sugar men In Jn different parts parte of ot tho the country to attempt to secure publicity in their own localities and through ne news a agen agen- Cs C's cies cles Included In the mass 0 of c cor corre- corre were letters from tram Aaron Gove which showed that ho he had ma mado do doan an an e extensive tour for tor tho same purpose pur pur- pose On One letter from Hamlin written r It t en from Washington on December 2 HIll 1011 to Charles B. B Warren president of at the Michigan Sugar company compan said In P part t Visited one big town each day of my trip and Invariably succeeded In getting get get- getting ting our story In at least one of 0 the e eJ J leading papers Of at course some ome handled han ban dIed it Jt more satisfactorily than others but generally generall speaking the they all dirt did dla well The writer r enumerated nearly nearh a t dozen largo large papers In tho the middle west westin in which ho he said cald ho had bad succeeded In getting our stor story printed Value of Publicity The Tho value of or publicity was emphasIzed emphasized emphasized sized further In n another nother letter written at Fargo Falgo X D D. by Gove to Hamlin In Washington it referred to an interview intervIew inter inter- view that had gone out which was designated designated des as the Arbuckle Interview and Gove Gove urged tho the use of or patent In Inside Inside In- In side to reach the country readers many farmers read rend those patent Insides insides In- In sides he said Bald When hen I looked It up I found that a stick of ot stuff every week was not exorbitant In to once and it sure suro enough does get before the tho voters lit little little lit lit- tle tic by little and and cats eMs In tn Another of ot the Cove Gove letters signed and dated Au August 4 1911 gave rave some Borne lI light ht on the efforts of the beet sugar forces while the Hardwick committee of or the tho House was WR Investigating the so-called so sugar ar trust Mr Ir said It would require some somo skill to Itemize hIs ills expense accounts so it could be chocked checked up bv by an auditing board We o e have had an Interesting time the tho letter continued Palmer Is be before be- be fore toro tho the committee on his third da day to to- to day HO He Is doing doing- t well H. H T T. entertained enter enter- them in Now New York with I 1 learn good effect The Hardwick committee rePort will reach over to December and will be j less ss harmful than I hoped Members of tho the committee asked who H Il T T. T wasI was vas I HI I suppose It was Mr Oxnard said Senator Rood Reed Mr Ir Oxnards Oxnard's Initials are arc ll ki t T. T Sold Said Domb Borah tents to io De Be Shown Short n. n The letter added Bristow Insists that he will t yet yot ot get set In his sugar amendment Of course It w would like likely end with the vot veto oto of ot the tho executive but I J don dont don't t tor forget ct that its it's only tour four months to the session when whon something will be doIng In earnest I Isomo bare e hade bade some somo vory encouraging encouraging- In Inas Interviews interviews In- In as to next winter but tho the Issue promises to bo be warmly conte contested ted Sen Senators tora like Borah h Insist that the they w Want to be bc shown Ho Ito used those words f to mo me this v morning A letter Jetter to Hamlin from H. H A A. Doulas Douglas Doug Doup- las ot of the Minnesota Sugar company compan or of Chaska MInn dated at Detroit April 6 6 1912 said We think tt it T would be bc the wi wise so plan to have Mr rr U U. oT T. T pe Fenton ton manager of ot tho Minnesota Sugar com company pan who is now n in n Washington meet tho the Iowa Ioa senators and advise them of oC tho the possibility possibility of ot tho Minnesota Sugar company compa com com- pany pa y extending Its interests In nothA northern northern north north- ern ern Iowa In case easo or of Q a satisfactory sugar ar tariff settlement A copy of a a. letter purporting to have boon ln written by Hamlin Hamlin to toJ J. J Ross RosS Clark ark of Los Ios Angeles and dated Wash Wash- nah sh- sh January 18 1912 said i in part lr Case had T another conference conference with Senator Works ands la i iS yesterday and Is satisfied that ho will do all he can for tor us Replying t to that letter Clark wrote January 23 23 1912 to Mr 11 Hamlin I I nm am glad lad Mr Case had a a. talk with Senator tt Works I feel quite suro sure that he will have havo to keep In line Inc Data for tor Speeches Spee A letter to C. C CoB B Warren president nt of the Michigan Sugar BUbar company compan dated February I 1 1912 2 and apparently apparently- from Hamlin sa said d Mr Ir Pickett of ot Iowa who vho Is classed as an nn insurgent will make mako one of the principal speeches In opposition to any su sugar 1 measure that IDa Ina may be brought in Mr Ir Palmer Is now at work on tho the necessary essary nary data He will wilt take the qUe ques- ques lon Uon on up from the standpoint of ot Its beIng being be be- ing a 8 refiners refiner's propaganda and also from the agricultural end Mr Mondell Mondell Mon- Mon dell doll of ot Wyoming also wishes to enter Into nto the tho fight on the floor and to be bo equIpped quipped with tho the necessary lon tion It Is for him that I want Mr Hathaway to prepare preparo a brief Ua have Havo two wo purposes ses In this tho the principal ono being that In furnishing Information for two persons It Is well wen to have havo tho tha question approached from two different different differ differ- ent viewpoints as It Is difficult for tor forone forono ono one man to prepare a 1 brief for tor two parsons without their running alon along t tl to nt t amo lines This I is very importer Import t ter and i. i n the sooner It Il is done the tho better bet- bet would g i it might be well If It Mr Hathaway the como come hero here tro and do the tho w work worl rk on ground if It he does dOGS I will arrange matters 11 ter li so he can get Into Immediate touch with wh Mondell and know exactly w what i hoJ he Ie wants It Jt seems to me mc wise t to h have avo this ls question presented d as far tar an Possible Possible b by members whose whoso districts dis- dis n states tates aro not Juge largely interested inter Intel ested in i n the Industry Arbuckle Int Interview Widely Printed Tho efforts of ot Hamlin to get set publicity publicity pub- pub through tho the Associated Press Prose and andl Ic leading dlug newspapers was touched on in n a number ot or letters In what appeared to bo be a 1 copy copy- COP of or a Hamlin letter to Gove at Fargo November 9 1911 iv the writer declare that tho the so- so called Arbuckle interview had gone into practically every paper in th the tho United 1 ted States State After AHer ler taking up the matter with Mr 2 1 r. r J Morey ore the Jotter letter added and andA after A securIng an nn agreement with with tho the Associated Press to handle words I J gave save out tho the enclosed and while It wa was well wall handled bandied locally tho the eastern castern papers took only about a 0 dozen lines As a matter o of fact I would have preferred pre pre- that they had Ignored it entirely en- en I havo taken tho the matter up with Melville Mel Stone Stono of or the tho Associated Press demanding that In the future the bent beet sugar Indu industry try receive at least the same treatment as tho eastern east cast castern eastern ern refiners Morey referred to to Is pre president of t t the 6 Great Western Sugar company Corresponds Correspond With AVIth Mr Stone In another letter lotter to Warren at |
