The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 14, 1913, Image 1
outfyron.
SIJMTKK WATCHMAN, Kxtabllsliod April, 1*50.
"Be Just and Fear not?Dot all tilt- . n<l~ Tliou Alms'! at bo thy Country's, Thy God ? and Truth/a."
TBE TRUE SOVTHRON, Established Juno, I8M.
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER. S. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1913. |
Vol. XXXVI. No. 32.
SUGAR LOBBY COSTLY.
ADVOCATES OF Dl'TY ON SI'GAR
Sl'F.M? MONK. FRFKLY.
Two WUiichm-h Tell of How 9100.000
Wat Spent?-IHmy Any Combination
of Interests In Lobbying?Witness
Closely I vhiiiIimiI
Washington, June 10.?For six
hours today Former Qov. Carter and
Sidney Ballou, wo of the men who
have conducted the tight in Hawaiian
producers in Washington to retain a
duty on augar. outlined to the aenate
lobby investigating committee their
gvtivlt.es here and elsewhere.
GoV. Cartel testltled that he was
paid nothing and received only his
expenses. Mr. Ballou said he was
the regular agent of the sugar pro
dncera 10 Washington, with a salary
of $12.000 g year, and $3,000 a year
for expenses. Both agreed that about
$tt0,e00 had been spmt by the sugar
people ip their campaign against free
augar, but d- med there had been any
tangible combination between the
I nit* : States cane and beet and Ha
walla* cane producers with a com?
mon fond directed to influencing leg?
islation.
The session at times grew warm.
Senators Walsh and Heed put Qov.
Carter through a sharp cross-exami?
nation under which the witness ap?
peared fully able to take care of him?
self. He declared that an audience
with President Wilson for the Ha
wal'an sugar men had been denied
bj Secretary Tumulty and that a
member of the senate finance sub?
committee in charge of sugar had
ecuga?eted that they be riven a hear?
ing "at?er the passage of the bill."
Mr. "tall-iii said later that Senator
?ore had made this statement.
Oov. Carter said that three senators
?-Swanson. Lewis and Williams?had
told him or Hawaiian friends that
they were not in sympathy with free
augar, but since it was advocated by
the'Potnocratlc party they must vote
for It. He declared that he got no sat?
isfaction when he spoke of hearings
to members oi the cabinet, congress?
men and senate rs.
Jfr. Haflous' testimony was largely
corroborative of that given by Oov.
Carter.
Metis.or Heed *?? worded a question
it ono time as to arouee the criticism
of Senator Nelson.
"You can't dictate his answer for
him. " said Mr. Nelson, "this isn't a
police court.
"No. hut it ought to be a Place
where gentlemen are present acting
as gentlemen." retort, d Senator Reed.
Chairman Overman rapped for or
er and the Incident ended.
Senator Reed ask'd Ballou if the
Hawaiian planters were not anxious
for a return of the penalty labor sys?
tem. He read a statement to this ef?
fect from what he said was a "sup?
pressed" report of Daniel J. Kce.c.
former commissioner of Immigration.
"There are about as many gentle?
man In Hawaii who favor a return to
that nystem as there are gentlemen in
the South who favor a return to slav?
ery." answered the witness.
The ? losing of the afternoon ses?
sion wss enlivened by the reading of
a letter from Senator Cronna of
Dakota, with an editorial from a
Western newspaper bearing the < ap
ti m. 1 \..t Cheap HhOleej" The edi?
torial rldb-ub?d the ass.-n ion of Sen?
stor Kenvon fh.it IphhtOi in Washing?
ton were using soc ial no t hods and
that the prl??> of a senator s vote was
s theatre tk< ket or a dinner in a cafe,
and dr. hired thitf It was th?- o|g of
Ihr realm that gets ;? senator."
"Just ask Senator < Smnmt about
this,' It said.
Th?? geoeghoffi of the oooamlttee
laughed < I". e letter was read by
Senator Overman.
Senator Uro mot asked that A Y
Moore. puhhsher of the paper, be
subpoenaed
Suhpoeiots were ser\ed todav on
8. F. N.ale and K. C Duft. W.kIum;
ton attorneys.
SOl'TH CAROLINA POHTMANTKR?.
Nominations Mad.- for (Hilton, In*
man. V% illhiuixtoii and I.imdriiiii.
t/ashlngton. June 10, ? {'resident
Wilson to.lav nominated the following
S..?uh ? it 1 1 . |.oMim>i-<ters John
II Rothrock. Inman: Win M M? ?
Mlllan Clinton T M Mal?.?, Wil
Him^ton. Rufue <} Durham, Len*
drum
All of these gaawlweea were endoif
rd by the C..ngt ? ssmen ffosg thelf
dMirietH and by the iwo aenatora
After extended Investigation we
have reached the conclusion that t u>
pling laughter m tbe gigglim. nl I he
girl one liktJr? AMtotl QM*t
INTERESTING PROGRAM REND
erer frii>.\v mom bk.
fork LAMB AI !)
ik NC f..
Miss Thelma II ihn In Wins Medal for
Scholarship und Miss Ilarviii and
\Vad?< Ramsey Win Attendance
Medals? Mint's G usque and l'latt
Will Teach Another Yeai*?l?rof.
Rcnibcrt's Clans Vnscttlcd. '
Wedgefleld, June 9.?Before a large
and appreciative audience the clos?
ing exercises of the Wedgetleld grad?
ed school were held In the school aud
' itorium on last Friday.
After the invocation by Rev. Geo.
k. Way the following programme
was rendered:
"If We Were You and You Were
We."?School.
Speech for Small Boy?Uufus Bur
ress,
"Tight Times."?George Kamsey.
Tom Thumb Wedding? Primary
Grades.
Declamation Contest.
"Asleep at the Switch. '?Wilson
Strunge.
"The Gambler s Wife."?Effle Trou
bletleld.
"Land of the South."?Keith
Strange.
"The Deathbed of Benedict Ar?
nold."?Thelma Harvin.
Pantomime Song?Intermediate De?
partment.
"Song of the Mystic."?Minnie Bar
vin.
"The Wife Hunting Deacon." ?
Clara Norris.
"The Polish Boy."?Pose Wein?
berg.
May Celebration?Intermediate De?
partment.
"The New South.'?Marshall
Brlce.
"The Mind and Its Creations."?
Eunice Cain.
Awarding of Scholarship Medal?
H. L Hembert. Principal.
Awarding of Declalmer's Medal?
Superintendent J. H. Haynsworth.
Awarding of Diplomas?Mr. J. E.
Humbert.
"It's Time to Tell You All Good?
bye."?School.
Presentation of prises to Thelma
Harvin and Wade Ramsey for per?
fect attendance.
The scholarship medal was won by
Thema Harvin.
The Robert Simmons Ayeoek de?
clalmer's medal was won by Ross
Weinberg.
Miss Eunice Cain and Marshall
Price were the graduates.
Just before the singing of the last
hymn Mr. Sam Weinberg of the board
of trustees, on behalf of the students
of the higher grades, presented Prof.
Kembert with a scarf pin.
Misse? Martha Platt and Lucy
(Jasque will continue as teachers for
another term.
Prof. Rembert's plans for the fu?
ture are not yet settled.
Misses Miriam Mellett. Sadie
Nettles and Mary Mellette. of Sum
ter. spent the past week and as guests
of Mr. E W. Nettles.
Messrs. Mortimer and Jerome
Weinberg of the University are at
borne for the holidays.
Misses Jeanette Thomas of tin- Col?
lege for Women and Misses Ida
Dwigtlt and Thelma Weinberg of
Winthrop college are also at home.
Misses Carrie Rodgers and Mattle
Williamson of Sumter spent the past
Week-end With Mrs. J. W. Rogers.
Mrs. k. Covlngton of BennettsvlUe
ami Miss Annie Wells of Privateer
have been visiting their sister, Mrs
R, H. Pains -y.
Mrs. J. I . Kolb and Children, of
Pinewoodi have returned home after
;i pleasant visit \>, her father, Mr. It,
H Whllden,
HEARS GRIEVANCES,
Daniel?, lands Sympathetic Ear to
Complaints From Representatives
of Worker*.
Washington, June 11.?Two hun?
dred representatives of Atlantic coast
nav) yard employes fonnd ? sympa?
thettc hen ret in Secretarj Daniels lo?
da) when they appeared at the navy
department to submit various grn-v
am ra The men complained about
so. ailed "scientific" management eye?
leans ami tin* lack of uniformity mi
wage .Scalen, ami insisted that tiny
should have representation i n Ihe
v/age boards of the various yards
The secretary promised in rIvi
careful consideration to all oi tic
propositions presented
The Dostoa, Nea York, Phllndel
i 111 i NeWSSSTt, Annapolis. Norfolk.
Charleston and Washington yard*
NNdC i epic cut cd.
LOBBY ADMITS CHARGE.
DENY BEING INSIDIOUS OR EX?
ERCISING ANY UNDER 11 AXD
ED MEANS TO OBTAIN
ENDS.
_
Trl<-<l to Induce Rome Senators to
Win Their Support In Antl?I\es
Sugar Fight?Sugar Produces*
Claim to Have Been Misled by
1'romlses.
?
Washington, June 11.?Investiga?
tion of the "augar lobby" by the sen?
ate lobby committee today wa-s to a
marked extent a controversy over
whether President Wilson had given
the sugar producer! reason to be?
lieve they would have "nothing to
fear" from free sugar under his ad?
ministration.
Out of the day's testimony, in which
Louisiana and Hawaiian witnesses re?
peatedly declared they had not re
celved fair treatment from the pres?
ident and had been misled by others
as to bis purpose, the committee sue
COeded In drawing what are believed
to be some of the most important
facts thus far developed. Some of the
sugar . ion frankly admitted they con?
stituted a "lobby" although they ob?
jected to the charge that any of their
actions had been "insidious" or In
any way illegitimate or underhanded.
They admitted that comprehensive
campaigns had been organized and
carried out to create "back fire" on
? senators and representatives from
their own States In hope of winning
their support to the anti-free sugar
side.
"The prosperity of Louisiana was at
'stake," mid Jules Godchaux, a sugar
planter. "We tried to get the people
we did business with to write sena?
tors and representatives telling them
that free sugar would destroy the
business of the State. We asked them
to wire and write Washington and to
ask that merchants they did business
with in the United States to du the
same. We tried to establish an end?
less chain of letters and telegrams to
draw attention of congress to our ar?
guments."
John F. Hamburg of New York,
manager of a large Hawaiis? augjir
firm, admitted his Arm had urged ex?
of its 1,500 or more customers to
write to senators and representatives
pointing out the destruction to busi?
ness that would follow free sugar.
Plainly resentful of the president's
recent statements as to the operation
Of an. "insidious" lobby In Washington
the Louisiana and Ifawiian sugar
men enlivened the hearings with fre
Mueut attempts to tell of the pledges
they (helleved they had received that
sugar would not be made entirely
' ree.
Jules Godchaux and Edwin S. Dick?
inson, the tWO Louisiana witnesses,
declared they had tried in vain to see
the president and bad been Informed
that he had all the Information he
wanted on the sugar tariff.
Mr. Dickinson declared the presi?
dent bad never talked with any "prac?
tical sugar man" about the Louisiana
situation, and that he had secured
most of Iiis information from National
Commltteeman Robert ISwIng, a news?
paper man; Sol Wexler. a banker;
Representative Hroussard ami Sena?
tors Ransdell and Thornton.
"I have never seen Mr. Wilson on
the subject, " interrupted Senatoi
Thornton, who was sitting in the com?
mittee room.
('barges of the sugar men that they
had been given assurances of the pres?
ident's sympathy on the sugar ques?
tion were based on statements Repre?
sentative Hroussard Is Bald to have
made to the witnesses after a visit to
'president-elect Wilson at Seagirt.
"I was assured by Mr. Rroussard,"
sagd Marry Irwin, representing the
Htlo (Hawaii) Board of Trade, "that
a plan indorsing a tariff reduction
auch as would nol destroy any legiti?
mate industry was prepared In Mr.
Wilsons' presence and sanctioned by
Mr. Wilson with direct reference to
the augar question."
The fact that the Baltimore con?
vention did not indorse free sugar und
other circumstunces of the campaign
the witness said, had led them to
work for ill" Democratic ticket and
support Mr Wilson in the belief they
would "have muhing to fear" from
an> movement for free sugar,
"We east 50,000 or 80,001 votes
for Wilson and subscribed monej lo
his campaign in Louisiana.' said Jules
Godchaux hotly, "on the assurances
we t hough! v e had thai he would
not fuvor free sugar.
Alter he gni in Washington! he
said, tin pluiltcrs made VUill effol'tH
to see the president and talk with
Dim "We went t.. the White House
ind sou Secretary Tumulty, he added.
"He told us w could not m*e Ihc
president; I ha I he had particular in
?tructlotpj ttuit the president did not
SKXATK MAKING CHANGES IX
UNDERWOOD BILL.
T1k? Transfer of Some. Dutiable Ar?
ticles to Free Lift and Reduction
of Kates on Others Will Decrease
Tariff Revenue AI>out $20,500/000
Per Annum.
Washington, June 11.?Charges in
the Underwood tariff bill by the sen?
ate finance subcommittees, trans?
ferring proposed dutiable articles to
the free list, will aggregate an es?
timated annual loss in revenue to the
government of nearly a million and
a** half dollars a year. This curtail?
ment of the total estimated revenue
under the house bill is based only
on articles known to have been trans?
ferred to the free list thus far upon
subcommittee recommendations and
does not take into account decreases
in duties which will be pronosed on
many articles, Added to the $26,000,
000 estimated loss in revenue under
the house bill free list, this would
aggregate $26,500,000.
Included in the senate list are the
revenues that would be derived from
hemp which the Underwood Mil makes
dutiable, but which th > senate sub?
committee today decided should be
transferred to the free list. Hemp
will be sent to the caucus on the free
list on the ground that products of
the farms, such as cattle and wheat,
are to free listed. Free hemp, it
Iis said, would result in cheaper twine
to the farmers and compensate them
' somewhat by reducing their harvest
expense. Hemp, both plain and
hackled, the? subcommittee proposes
to remove from the dutiable list, the
former from $11.20 a ton and the
latter from one cent a pound in the
Underwood bill.
Some of these losses in revenue may
be made up by countervailing duties
on certain agricultural products, but
this amount, it is estimated, will not
be large.
Today the majority members of the
finance committee opposed publica
1 tion at this tmc of detailed changes
In the Underwood bill approved by
t them on subcommittee recommenda?
tions. *
The committee today had under
consideration the changes in the cot?
ton schedule proposed by Senator
Johnston's subcommittee. Most of
them were approved, but one or two
matters were referred back to the
subcommittee for further eonsider
? tion. In this schedule the net result
of the altered rates will Increase the
average cotton rates in the Under?
wood bill about 5 per cent., the pri n?
cipal changes affecting cotton yarns,
This is probably the only schedule
in which senate action will result in
an Increase,
The majority members of the com?
mittee decided their action should be
guarded as much as possible until
the caucus can have a chance to act,
because the caucus might in some
matters reverse or otherwise alter
their decisions
Mr. Joe Chandler's volley ball team
will play any other team which can
be gathered In the city. An interest?
ing K?me is expected.
want any appointments made with
any one from Louisiana to talk about
sugar; that he bad all the informa?
tion be wanted on that subject."
Mr. Dickinson was emphatic In his
j statements that he was not an "in?
sidious lobbyist," declaring he had
looked the term up and found it meant
"deceitful, lying and treacherous."
"Do you know of any misleading
statements that hacve been circu?
lated?" asked Senator Overman.
"Why, yes, some of these state?
ments and bulletins put out by tin
free sugar advocates are not truth?
ful,' he answered.
"Well, you admit there Is insidious
lobbying then'."' retorted Senator
Overman. "Please remember that the
president has not charged you and
your association with being "insidi?
ous.' "
The character ?>t tin- country-wide
campaign organised against free su?
gar was detailed by the witnesses.
They declared they acted on the be
fief that protests and arguments from
/ senator's constituents would receive
more attention than those coming di
rectlj front the sugar people.
The committee had not Hnished with
the anti-free sugar witnesses when
it adjourned tonight. After several
more have been heard tin- commit'
lee will begin the examination ol those
who have conducted the free sugar
publicity campaign The chief of
these is Frank C l^nwo ??i \< w Vork,
who testified before suothei congress,
lonal committee that he was employ?
ed bj the Federal Sugar Iteliulng
< otnpanyt
UNDERWOOD HILL PROVIDES
FOR INCOME TAX AXI) BIG
INCREASE IN REVE?
NUE, f
Comparison Made of Paync-Aldrich
Tariff Hill and Underwood Tariff
Measure?Where the Money to
Hun Federal Government Comes
From.
Washington, June 9.?A table pre?
pared by the senate finance commit?
tee showing comparative figures based
on the Underwood tariff bill and 'he
present tariff law, shows the average
ad valorem rate in the proposed law
to I e 32.99 per cent as against 43.t>4
per cent, under the Payne-Aldrich
bill.
The estimated loss of revenue
Inrough the augmented free list in the
Underwood bill would be $24,71S,329
bn an import valuation of $102,534,
4 ?? c. Reveue under the proposed bill,
.exclusive of the Income tax, is esti?
mated at $266,701,130, as compared
with $304,216,694, under the present
rates.
With the Income tax revenue * ^
mated at approximately $S0,(p
the* total revenue under the * Med
bill would aggregate about jOO,
000.
In the sundries schedule, wherein
the Democrats have added many arti?
cles not heretofore taxed or have in?
creased rates on luxuries, t>.^ ad va?
lorem equivalent shows an increase
over the Payne-Aldrich rates from
24.72 per cent to 33.26 and the esti?
mated revenue from this schedule is
raised from $27,000,000 to approxi?
mately $?0,000.000.
Wool revenue, it is estimated, will
decrease from $27,000,000 to $13,
000,000. The sugar revenue will de?
crease at the rate of $20,000,000 a
year until sugar goes on the free list
in three years.
Majority members of the senato
finance committee will meet tomorrow
to prepare the measure for the Demo?
cratic c; UCUS next week.
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
committee, said two of the subcom?
mittees would not be able to report
fully for several days, as each has
several propositions to submit to the
majority members for advice. These
include (tuestions relating to the in?
come tax, administrative features and
whether certain duties on the silk
schedule should be specific instead of
ad valorem.
The proposal of the subcommittee
in charge of the agricultural sched?
ule to put a countervailing duty on
live stuck, grains, meats and Hour also
Will be discussed by the majority
members. With these products on the
free list, subject to countervailing
duties, cattle from Canada would be
dutiable at from 22 1-2 to 25 per cent,
ad valorem, a sum equal to the Ca?
nadian tax on cattle; meats would be
duitable at 2 1-2 to 3 cents a pound;
wheat 10 to 12 cents a bushel; oats
and rye. to 10 cents a bushel; flour
50 to HO cents a barrel; rye flour, 45
to 50 cents a barrel; oatmeal, SO to HO
cents a barrel.
Senater Simmons estimates that the
majority members will be at least ?
week considering the bill.
To protect the city of New York
against the operation of a proposed
income tax, where it might fall upon
the city's interest in tbe earnings of
the Interborough Rapid Transit com?
pany. Comptroller Matthewson and
Acting Corporation Counsel Hohle of
New York have suggested important
amendments to the income tax pro?
vision.
One amendment would make it
clear thai incomes of state:; or mu?
nicipalities can ma be taxed. The
other would exempt earnings of any
private corporation when the opera?
tion of the Income tax would result in
a loss to a State, county or city.
(MVS GALLOWAY APPOINTED.
South Carolina Man Named as Civil
Ser\ lee < 'omnilssioncr.
Washington, D. C. June in
Charles M. Galloway, of South Caro?
lina, who is private secretar) to Sen?
ator K. D. Smith ami who stands
high In the favor of Democratic sen?
ators generally, was to.'.a* nominated
by President Wilson as q member <d
the ei\il service commissions
Presidenl Wilson also nominated H
w Craven, of Washington Stute, re?
taining, mils John a Mcllheamy, of
the present commission, it is not >? t
known who w dl be chairman of the
new commission.
The only South Carolinians thai
have ever served on the commission
heretofore er?1 Kx-Governor Hugh S,
Thompson :i nd \\ tu I. Trcuholiu ol
Cha rlestoti?
MAYORS GALLED 10 MEET
INVITED TO HOLD COXFER
ENCE IX THIS CITY TO DIS?
CUSS MUNICIPAL PROB?
LEMS.
Conference called for June 25th?AH
Towns of More Than One Thous?
and Copulation Invited to Partici?
pate?Mayors of Other Towns In?
vited to Help Make out Interesting
Program?Some of the Subjects to
l?c Discussed.
The, mayor and the Chamber of
Commerce have issued a joint call for
a meeting of the mayors of South
Carolina cities and towns of 1000 or
more population, to talk over ques?
tions that are of interest to all cities
and towns of any size. The purpose
is to promote discussion throughout
the State of municipal problems, some
Of which might perhaps require leg?
islative action later on, and some of
which re ve only that citizens gen?
erally ^ rst attention then action
in o jfi I have better home towns.
*V tea of the conference is that
^i*V of living conditions is more
.v -ortant than size of a town, and
ecause this Is true, the arrange?
ments for the convention thus far
have been turned over to the educa?
tion committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. It has suggested five
topics for discussion, and the call, in
inviting the mayors to meet here, also
asks each of them to suggest for dis?
cussion any municipal problem that
he would like to discuss or hear dis?
cussed.
Through this conference, the edu?
cation committee hopes to start a
propaganda of education along va?
rious lines. All topics will, it is ex?
pected, be discussed by both advo?
cates and opponents of the implied
proposition. The idea is to thresh
out all viewpoints, in order that the
mayors, when they go home, will be
able to tell their people the argu?
ments both for and against every?
thing talked about.
The call for the conference reads
as follows:
- ?t
To the Mayor of
You are invited, in your official ca?
pacity, to meet other Mayors of South
Carolina cities and towns of 1,000 or
more population in Sumter oh Wed?
nesday, June 25th, to talk over ques
tions that are of Interest to all heads
of cities.
The following subjects have been
suggested thus far:
1. Different forms of commission
government.
2. Equalisation of assessment; re?
lation to education, public improve?
ments, etc.
3. Removal of constitutional limi?
tation of a community's right to tax
itself for local improvements.
4. Best means of securing improv?
ed, roads, streets and bridges within
towns and connecting towns.
5. Parks and playgrounds.
PJease let us know at once that
you will come, and let us know, also,
what topics you would like to discuss
or hear discussed in addition to those
already suggested. This will help us
to complete an attractive program.
Very truly yours,
L. I). J ENNINGS,
Mayor of Sumter.
1> D. MOI8E,
President Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce.
S H EDMUNDS,
Supt. <'ity Schools and Chairman
Education committee Sumter Cham?
ber of Commerce,
BARTOW walsh.
Chairman Convention Committee.
Sumter Chamber of Commerce.
WHEN <.\s WAS NEW.
IJucen Victoria IVarcd an Explosion
of the Lighting System.
< 'hlcago News.
After the invention of illuminating
gas early In the last century it was a
long time before English people felt
really at home with it. The authori?
ties at Windsor Castle are said to
have been under the impression that
the gas was on lire all the way along
the pipes. And tin- Times of July 12,
1830, contained the thrilling item:
"The Duke of Wellington, when at
Windsor a few days ago, directed that
the ^as might be CUt Off from the in?
terior of the castle, by the desire of
the Queen, who. we understand, on
lertained apprehensions lest an ecd
d< nt might be caused by explosion.
Her Ha jest) s wishes will, of course,
lie Immediately complied with, and
directions have already been given
to the gas com pan) foi the purpose.
The commencement exercises el
the Si Josephs A<adem> will bn
luid en June ?Ith and Zetta .a a