IMPARTIAL NEWS
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Associated Press Manager Is
i Heard and Complete Rec-
ord Is Produced.
MATTER USED ON MERIT
Senators Interested in Explanation
of How Xon-Partisan Charac
; ter of News-Gathering
r Body Is Preserred.
i, WASHINGTON. June 19. The Senate
committee in pursuit of the "lobby" to-
iay heard Melville E. Stone, general
manager of the Associated Press, tes
tify concerning- the assertions in the
correspondence of Clarence C. Hamlin
; to publicity beet sugar men had
sought to obtain through the Associ
ated Press. Mr. Stone, who appeared
at his own request, produced practically
"omplete records of correspondence on
the subject and the committee mani
pffsted interest In the explanation, by
J he witness of the attitude of neutral
ity maintained toward all interests by
ihe news organization.
"The rule )s absolute," said Mr. Stone,
"that no publicity agent can give us
"anything. We will not accept anything
from them."
Record Are PrenenteO.
Mr. Stone presented all his letters
Innd records bearing on the demands of
Jite beet sugar interests for publicity
;through the news association. He
Certified that October 12, 1911. John
,!Arbuckle. a sugar refiner, when leav
ing for Europe, had given out a state
ment favoring free raw- sugar. That
statement was carried by the Associ
ated Press, he said. Oa October 15 a
hort statement which was given out
rby Clarence C. Hamlin at Colorado
"Springs, answering the Arbuckle state
ment, also was carried by the Associ--ftted
Press. The Arbuckle statement,
;lie said, was about 1000 words, the
Hamlin statement about 150 words.
? Mr. Hamlin then wrote Mr. Stone
.asking that the beet sugar Interests be
Eiven as good treatment as the sugar
fi efiners.
Mr. Hamlin's letter was:
? "I am writing you as chairman of the
.7'nited States Beet Sugar Industry, an
organization which includes practic
ally all of the beet sugar interests of
Jhls country, and if anything further
is necessary to give that to which I
have to say credit, I would, refer you to
jBny of the papers in Denver, as well
Us to Senator Guggenheim and. Senators
"'lark and Warren, of Wyoming. Also
So Chester S. Morey, of Denver, presi
dent of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany, the largest beet sugar producer
fn the United States.
on-PnrtlBfin Character Conceded.
7 "Publicity is the last thins I wish
Jto seek personally, but in justice to the
great industry which I represent I feel
justified in taking: up with you in
person a matter which to us is of the
Kiavest importance. On October 12
John A. Arbuckle, of Arbuckle Brothers,
f.a.re out a statement which was print-
d in full in every Associated Press
jiewspaper in the United States con
cerning the sugar situation. The mat
ters contained in this statement were
of such great importance- end some of J
the misrepresentations so gross that I
did not feel that these statements
ehould go unchallenged.
" "I took the matter up with the local
representatives of the Associated Press,
Jvlio followed it through the ordinary
channels and was assured that the As
toclated Press would handle 660 words
representing the beet-sugar men's po
sition on these questions,
f "Of course, I understand the Asso
ciated Press is in no sense partisan, and
aims to be wholly fair to all of the
great interests of the country, and all
that the beet Interests ask is that they
receive the same treatment at the hands
of your association as is accorded to
A tria in refiners in New York.
; "We certainly have no desire to bur.
Xien the Associated Press with matter
put out for the purpose, of 'boosting'
pur industry, but when attacked, feel
that we should be given as much pub
licity as Is given to our opponents.
Very truly jours, C. C. HAMLIN."
Desire 1 to Be Impartial.
! In answer to Hamlin's letter, Mr.
Stone wrote October 23, till:
"I can well understand how you feel
Jn regard to the matter. It is certainly
my desire that the Associated Press
ihall be just and impartial in the treat
ment of every matter reported by it.
"The Arbuckle statement was carried,
"not because it was a statement of a su
gar refiner, but because of its bearing
on the general cost of living, which, as
you know, has been the subject of keen
interest in the United States. With the
Advance in the price of sugar, coffee
and other necessaries, there necessarily
has been much feeling on the general
subject.
"When your statement in answer to
ir. Arbuckla was presented, it hap
pened to be a very busy day and night.
The President of the United States was
at San Francisco, the plans for Justice
Harlan's funeral were on, the McNa
rnara trial was before the country, the
world's series of baseball games was in
progress, a critical situation in China
existed, and there was an acute political
situation in Mexico. All of these things
crowded our one wire running from
Kansas City to San Francisco, and I
suppose our Denver office was forced
10 aDDreviate your statement. I am
writing to the ciiief of our office there
asking him for an explanation regard
ing the matter; but I can well antici
pate that this is what he would say.
' "I fancy the matter will come up be
fore Congress, and then I trust we shall
be able to give you as good a hearing
as those who are contending on the
other side. Sincerely yours,
"ilEL.VIL.LE E. STONE."
Wires Crowded: Story Condensed.
Mr. Stone gave the committee a copy
of the letter he wrote to C. D. Hag
gerty. in charge of the Denver office
of the Associated Fress, October 23.
It asked for information as to the hand
ling of the Hammond statement and
concluded:
"Personally I am inclined, to discour-
aze carrying long statements of a con
irovcrslal nature, but inasmuch as we
lurried Arbnekle's statement rather
fully, my judgment is that we might
liave handled a little more of Ham
lin's provided it was prepared as brietiy
4s our story here indicates."
A reply from Haggerty said that
r.CO words of trio Hamlin statement had
come into the Denver office over the
METHOD 0
SCRIBED
GENERAL MANAGER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS, WHO EX
PLAINS NEUTRALITY OF NEWS GATHERERS IN
RELATIONS WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
MELVILLE
wire from Colorado Springs, but that
owing to the crowded condition of the
Associated Press wires only 200 words
had been' sent East and 61 words were
cut out of the dispatch at relay points
before it reached New York.
Mr. Hamlin then wrote to Mr. Stone.
October 27, 1911:
"Permit me to thank you for your
kind favor of the 23d instant and to
express my appreciation of your posi
tion in the matter. I can readily un
derstand how the situation arose and,
oi course. Know the Associated Press
desires to do full justice to all inter
ests with entire impartiality. There
is to be a meeting of the beet sugar
interests in. Chicago on November 15.
at which time a statement will prob
ably be Issued concerning this indus
try and the reasons for the present
high prices of sugar. I trust it will
De such a one as your association will
be able to handle."
A'chj Merit Governs.
Mr. Stone wrote to John P. Gavit,
then superintendent of the central di
vision of the Associated Press, at Chi
cago: "There is to be a meeting of the beet
sugar interests in Chicago on Novem-
oer Jo at Which time a statement orob-
ably will be issued concerning the in
dustry and the reasons given for the
present lug-a prices of sugar. On Oc
tober 15 we carried from New York a
statement from John Arbuckle on this
subject and I suppose that tho one from
jucago win c in some, sense an an
swer which I think in justice we ought
to carry. I personally did not know
anything about carrying Mr. Arbuckle's
statement, nor was I familiar with the
contest between the beet Interests and
the cane sugar interests.
Please use your iudfirment rsiui-.
ing the beet susar statement anri han
dle it upon its news merit."
Copies of all the dispatches caj-ried
from Chicago by the Associated Press,
at the time of the conferences of the
Deet-sugar interests were also fur
nished to the committee by Mr. Stone
with a letter from Mr. Hamlin, thank
ing him for the accuracy of the Associ
ated Press reports.
I am frequently more or less
amused," Mr. Stone told the committee.
at tne popular notion in respect to
matters of this sort, and perhaps I may
in ian iieBs say mat ootn as to the As
sociated Press and as to all press as
sociations and as to newspapers, I am
frequently impressed that injustice is
done by the refusal to meet the wishes
of applicants for publicity.
Publicity-Seekers Suspected.
"Whenever a man comes into a. news
paper office or into an Associated Press
office and asks for publication of any
thing he is met with a degree of sus
picion. They all think he has some ax
to grind, and he has a very poor show
of securing justice. We have a rule
in our service that has been in ex
istence for many years that no publicity
agent can give- us anything. We will
not accept anything from him.
"As an illustration of what I have
said, a number of railroads have pub
licity agents ana the rule Is absolute
that the publicity agents cannot furnish
us anything. We will not accept any-
tning' irom tnem.
Mr. Stone agreed to furnish the com
mittee with the rules and by-laws of
the Associated Press, and with all In
formation about the origin of the Ar
buckle statement on sugar in 1911, out
of which the correspondence now be
fore the committee developed. The
committee requested him to hold him
self in readiness to appear again later
if requested to do eo.
Free Sugar Side Heard.'
Frank C. Lowry, sales agent of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company and
secretary and organizer of the "com
mittee of wholesale grocers," testified
concerning the efforts of the advocates
of free sugar to influence public opin
ion. Mr. Lowry told of his attempts
to accelerate public opinion and to per
suade Congressmen and Senators and
spoke frankly of his efforts in the Na
tional campaign of last Fall. He said
he furnished most of the sugar infor
mation which appeared in the Demo
cratic campaign textbooks; that he pre
pared data on free sugar for a. Demo
cratic campaign document which the
present Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Dan
iels, said would get circulation of a
million in pamphlet form and that he
had telegraphed urging every member
of the resolutions committee at the
Baltimore convention to put a free
sugar plank in the Democratic plat
form.
"Don't you call that a lobby?" asked
Senator Cummins. ,
"It is not a lobby at all that is the
direct primary idea," said Lowry.
Two German Airmen Killed.
BERLIN, June . 19. Two airmen
were killed this morning at the
Johannisthal Aerodrome. Aviator
Kraftet,. carrying a passenger named
Gerbitz, had ascended for a two
hours' flight. There was practically
no wind and the biplane was making
good speed when it suddenly turned a
somersault at a height of 100 feet;
throwing its passengers to the ground.
Japan Guards American Embassy.
TOKIO, June 19. The government
nas arranged for a stricter police sur
veillance of the American Embassy in
consequence of the action of unidenti
fled persons who wrote on its walls last
night In violently worded inscription
in English dirsetad against the United
states.
xxikj juOKSoNG "OIlEGOKIA, FRIDAY, JUISE 20,
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BOYS MAY GET JOBS
Minimum Wage Law Will Hurt
Girls, Says Employers.
WOMEN WANT $8 A WEEK
Heads of Kansas City Firms Say if
Legislature Acts, Inefficient Girla
AVill Be Replaced by Per
sons Able to Earn More.
KANSAS CITY, June 19. That the
creation of a law by the legislature
establishing a minimum wage for
women and girls In the state would
prove a detriment to working girls
generally was held by 16 represent
atives of as many institutions employ
ing large numbers of girls, at the final
session of the hearing before the Sen
ate wage commission here to-day. It
was argued by these employers that
the inefficient girla who could not
earn the amount that the legislature
might stipulate as the minimum wage
would be thrown out of work.
Witnesses admitted, however, that
such a law would tend to raise the
general standard of girl employes.
95-a-Weclc Girls Expensive.
"If a girl is worth J10 or $15 a
week, I would rather pay her that
than I would to pay her $5 a week."
said Robert Truit, manager of the
National Biscuit Company. "The $5-a-week
girl is expensive in the long
run.
S. Hareefeld, manager of the Paris
ian Cloak Company, declared that so
far as his firm was concerned he was
willing that a minimum wage be es
tablished, as there were few girls in
his establishment who do not get more
than the wage the legislature would
set, were such a law enacted.
"With us," said Mr. Harsefeld, "it
would mean we would fill the places
now filled by our less efficient help
with those who could actually earn
more."
Boys AVould Get Jobs.
Charles C. Peters, secretary of the
Emery-Bird.Tbayer Company, said if a
minimum law became effective, his de
partment store would fill 110 places
now held by girls with boy clerks.
The store employs 950 girls.
Testimony by wage earners to-day
showed that the weekly salaries com
monly paid in department stores run
generally from $5 to $6.50. In many
Instances, though, clerks receive $4.50,
and in some instances the pay is as
high as $7.
All of the girls testified that a girl
could not support herself in Kansas
City on less than $8 a week. .
WHEAT EXPORTS GAIN
7,705,119 BUSHELS OF AVHJEAT
SENT IX ELEVEN MONTHS.
Increase Over Corresponding Period
Last Year Is -. About Million.
Flour Decreases Slightly
Washington, June 19. During eleven
months ended with May, Portland ex
ported 7,705,119 bushels of wheat val
ued at $6,545,833 as against 6,829,943
bushels valued at $5,895,993 during the
corresponding months of last year, as
shown by the monthly statistics of the
Department ' of Commerce. During
May, Portland shipped 277,831 bushels
of wheat.
Puget Sound during the last eleven
months exported 6.3S7.735 bushels of
wheat valued at $4,534,581, an increase
from 3,380,157 bushels valued at 12,730,
143 for' the, same months last year.
Flour exports from Portland for the
past eleven months amounted to 530,704
barrels, valued at $2,102,634, as against
689,766 barrels, valued at $2,749,004, for
the same months last year.
Puget Sound flour exports for eleven
months were 2198.944 barrels, valued
at $8,597,697, as against 2,549,487 bar
rels, valued at $9,905,554. last year.
Wilson Pardons Sick Smuggler.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. President
Wilson pardoned today Charles S. May,
a carpenter who was serving a county
jail sentence of a year for smuggling
opium. May had two months more to
serve. The pardon was granted on the
recommendation of United States Dis
trlct Attorney John Ij. McNab and
Prison Physician Hall. May is a suf
ferer from tuberculosis.
RIGHT TO SUSPEND
TARIFF BESTOWED
Senators Would Give Presi
dent Power to Retaliate
Against Nations.
REFORMS STRICKEN OUT
Clauses to Which: Foreign Nations
Objected Eliminated All Ex
cept Income Tax Clause
Ready for Caucus.
WASHINGTON, June 19. An amend
ment to the Underwood tariff bill
adopted today by the majority mem
bers of the Senate finance committee
would give the President of the United
States authority to suspend certain
rates in the proposed law and to pro
claim special rates against nations
which discriminate against products of
the United States.
The amendment Is appended to the
clause giving the President authority
to negotiate reciprocity agreements
with other nations and in some re
spects resembles the maximum and
minimum -clause of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law eliminated In the House bill.
Articles to Be Specified.
In substance the amendment would
provide that when any nation discrim
inates against the products of the
United States or Imposes restrictions
on United States exports or, in the
opinion of the President, does, not re
ciprocate in trade relations, the Presi
dent by proclamation may suspend
certain rates and put in effect other
rates.
Only specified articles. Is is under
stood, are to be Included under the
terms of this amendment, and the rates
are specified also. Among the articles
included in the list on which the
President might suspend rates are
fish, wheat, wheat-flour, coffee, tea,
earthenware, wines and malt liquors,
silk dress goods, tea, gloves, Jewelry,
sugars and molasses. The duties pre
scribed vary as to the different arti
cles. Rates Definitely Fixed.
Fish, it is reported, will be dutiable
at 1 cent a pound, wheat at 10 cents a
bushel, flour at 45 cents a barrel, cof
fee and tea a few cents a pound.
On other Items the penalty would be
a doubled rate, while on sugars, which
probably never would be affected, the
rate would be only a fraction of a
cent a pound. The amendment is sub
ject to ratification of the Democratic
Senatorial caucus, which will begin
work on the bill tomorrow.
Besides adding this amendment the
majority members stripped the admin
istrative provisions of the Underwood
bill of many of its new features. In
cluding the inquisitorial clause, which
gave American agents the right to ex
amine foreigners' books In cases of
disputed Import valuations. They also
struck out the provision requiring
registration bureaus for commission
ers and agents in American consulates,
the provision to give the Secretary of
the Treasury the right to determine
the existence or non-existence of a
foreign market; the anti-dumping
clause, which provided excess duties
on imports undersold In this country,
and the 5 per cent tariff discount on
imports in American vessels.
Foreign Protests Forestalled.
Having thus denuded the adminis
trative section of its proposed re
forms, the committee inserted an
amendment providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to be composed
of members of the Senate finance and
the House ways and means committee
to make a thorough study of the whole
tariff administration question and re
port recommendations for its readjust
ment. The action of the committee
strikes from the bill all the provisions
which aroused protests from foreign
nations.
The committee declined to approve
the amendment which would give the
Secretary of the Treasury authority to
proclaim values of Imports Irrespective
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of foreign markets, a scheme designed
primarily to protect the Government
against loss of revenue under an ad
valorem tariff through undervalua
tions. This the committee thought not
practical. It adopted, however, a sug
gestion from the same sources making
it unlawful to take up cases in the
Customs Court on a contingent fee
basis.
Print Paper Changed Again.
After reopening consideration of the
print paper schedule today, the com
mittee voted to reconsider its former
action and struck out its amendment
adding the countervailing provisions
of the Canadian reciprocity law. As the
bill goes to the caucus the Underwood
provision remains undisturbed, print
paper valued at not more than 2a
cents a pound going on the unrestrict
ed free list.
The committe now has disposed of
all the schedules and administrative
features of the bill and tomorrow will
turn them over to the caucus. It
worked until a late hour tonight on
the income tax, which will be reported
to the caucus as soon as possible.
SOCIALISTS FINED $500
Preacher One of Those Arrested for
Addressing Street Meeting.
KANSAS CITY. June 19. Rev.
Thomas E. Green, pastor of the Beth
any Congregational Church. St. Louis,
and S. B. Davidson and Thomas R.
Sullivan, of Kansas City, members of
the Socialist party, were fined $500
each in Municipal court here today on
charges of blockading the street while
speaking at a curb Socialist meeting
last night. -
The police had ordered that no
street meetings which might incite the
labor element to violence he held
during the progress of labor troubles
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