The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-02
Extra Pay for volunteers.

Extra Pay for Volunteers.
"A committee amendment was also
adopted striking out the last paragraph Of
the bin and inserting the following:
That the act approved January u. 1899,
granting extra pay to officers and enlisted
men Of the United States volunteers shall
extend TO all officers and enlisted men OF
the volunteer organizations who have
served honestly and faithfully in the vol
unteer arm OF the United States during
the war with Spain. and have been honor
ably discharged prior to January H. $780,
with their organizations, without fur
Tough or by reason of their services being
no longer required. or at any time by
reason OF wounds received or disability
contracted in the service and in the line
OF duty, and who have not received the
extra pay granted in said act or subse-
quent acts1of congress supplemental there
to-"
Berry's Antitrust Proposal.
Berry offered the following amendment:
1.-THE quartermasfer.s department. In
making contracts and purchases OF arti-
cles and supplies for the military SERVICE
shall give preference, all other things, in
Guiding price and quality, being equal, to
articles of the growth. production and
manufacture OF the United States. and as
between the producers, manufacturers
merchants dnu 0sbtTS OF the United
States, preference shall be given all other
things, including price and quality. being
equal. to those producers, manufactures,
merchants and dealers who are not mem
beers or In any way connected with any
trust or combine formed to produce, man
nacture or sell the articles which are be-
ing contracted for and purchased by the
quartermaster's department for the mill
tary service"
Sewe1l ON the Trusts.
sewell inquired what he meant by a
trust What were commonly known as
trusts, he said, in many instances had
proved to be public benefattora He desig-
mated the standard OIL Company and the
American Sugar Refining Company as two
combinations OF capital which. had cheap
ened their products TO the people.
This "Populistic sentiment about trusts,
he said, was tho adoption OF the small
ways OF the past Of transacting business.
and was not in any respect based upon
good sense.
Berry replied he had not expected Seweli
to be In sympathy with any effort to our
tail or destroy the power of great tombi-
nations OF capital. lie know. he said, that
the leaders OF the Republican party were
not In favor Of trusts, and pointed out
that the Republicans OF Ohio only last
week adopted a platform condemning
trusts
.of course" said Berry. "the plank was
feeble one. but It was plank"
Hawley opposed the amendment, on the
ground that the officers OF the army had
no option but to accept the lowest bid for
supplies.
stewart Opposes Grassy LegisMtion.
Stewart said most of the legislative ef-
forts against trusts had been perfectly
wild and crazy" and the proposed amend
ment was one Of a comedy OF errors on the
eubject.
pettigrew attacked Sewelrs statement
that the standard on Company and the
American Sugar Refining Company were
benefactors of the people. and had cheap
ened products. lie produced figures. or
which he maintained showed that neither
Of the companies mentioned had cheap
ened their products. their action at all
times being directed toward the crushing
out OF competition and the increasing OF
their own profits.
Stewart maintained that tho only rem
edy for trusts was competition. IL leg
islative remedy could be found he would
favor Il. There were combinations OF cap
ital that were bad and others that were
good.
Teller--'will the senator tell us what Is
the difference between bad trusts and good
trustsr'
The senate OF the United states is
trust" replied Stewart, and. l believe,
good one qAughter)
Some OF the trusts. he said, were mo-
nopolies, and they were bad.
Leave composition untrameled and
the people will rid themselves of all bad
trusts. OF course we cannot In any wny
stop the oyerproduced industry OF howl
ing against trusts simply to win votes to
get offices"
TeIt~r,s Views ON the subiect
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