The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-13
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Trust GIFTS Prices and Seeks Sc s. Y to
Divide With the Midvale
Company. s5S
eETTlNGtREA!D Y'F /: . | 1 CAMPAIGN 9 '.
John Sharp Villains to Take
Stump oh His Return from
Abroad. AZ q

a {Froiri Our Regular Correspondent3 855
"a WASHING IN !, D. e. g. July = 2.---rlie
nnost8intcnsc interest attaches to tho case,
! 81 the steel corporation and the arfnor
Z plate bids, which nrc now being corsid I. 4
cred by the Secretary Of the Navy. The
bids are for tic artnorS plate for the new
sbattlsshlps South Carolina and Micfiga
1he Bethlehem Company and the Carnegie
Company. \ representing the Steel Trust Trust.
4 were underbid by the Midvale Company
and tho contract should go to the attGr
company. The bid Of the b thlehcm Com
I pany was Sic, 900 higher than that Of the
AMidvalc Company, and the bid of ~,
Y carnegie Company M was & q bout x2oV, wv
Y higher than that OF the NJ idvale people.
( n Both tho Bethlehem and the Carnegie
Companies offer to supply the plate at e.s
tho price at which their competitor Will
entire cortratt ia tho 1idyale people
would throw thousands OF employees OF the
Carnegie and bethlehem works out Q {,
employment. n They have cut the flgu
since the bids were opened, in order 4 TO
ret d share OF the contracts, and the ofii- Il
4 ciaIs Of tho trust, including Charles NJ.
Schwab, the president OF the Steel Trust rust.
has been here d day OF two Tor ne sTu Z!
pose OF Influencing ecrctary Bona arTt e
q TO give the corporation show
.sz7 II is predicted that the Secretary OF
the Navy will divide the contract, giving
eacl Of tho three companies a share. The
Injustice OF such action Is q apparent to
/ everybody. but Mr.. Bonaparte may yield
$tof the urgent irsistence OF the trust peo-
!sple, who will probably influence him pyt
st},e{%tnlk OF hundreds OF people pelns
thrown Of work BY failure g .ne TVS TVS
4 to get any portion Of the cor trac e ne ne
y deliberate reduction OF the bids to meet
that f tho Afidyale Company is evidence
OF the enormous profit which the trust
would have made on tho contrac had N y
been 4 awarded 1t. The prices are about
those at which armorS has been supplied
nv the trust for all the other vessels OF
the navy. 3i5g 4! ssi
i Williams on Politics.
BsS Hon. John Sharp williams Is here to-
day, on his way to ~ IVY York, WI nc :'
he will sail for London this " eek, 70 q y
tend tile 8Intcrparliamcnta ry5s convention
as one OF the delegates from the Congress a
4 Of the United States. Mr.. lliams spent
y nearly all his time to-day and tonight
revising several OF his speeches delivered
Eauring the recent session Of II Cong ress,
u which the Democratic Congressional Cam
4 paign Committee will distribute as CAM
paign documents. rs.
u 900 expect to return In August. SAID
b Mr. W Illiams. land will then be at the
4 disposal OF the congress onal committee
H Ia he sen where I can do good .''' &
sfS..I think there III little or no doubt that
the Democrats Wilde ea t Hon.. Charles
sfE. L4ttlcfeld for5 rc election from the Sec
pnd Maine District said sccretary Ed a
q WI rds. Sof the Democratic Committee to-
day. 81 II do 4 not think there is 4. much:
II greater reason to doubt tina tive will de-.
tent John Dalzell, OF the P ittsburg dis
titys To- n
4 al these gentlemen will have sea ts In the.
6ixtieth Congress, mo matter who else
q Nj - Littlefield and Mr.. Dalzell g are
charged with being responsible for the
failure OF the spassago of the Selgh hour
law at this session. n The bill proYlded
that government contractors should NOT not
day. Tho workngmen OF both MI. D az
{ yell,s and Mr.. Littletleld's districts are said
8 10 be lighting those gentlemen tooth and
i nail. js.A ss s3 I. M
5HS,rhe Indictment charges that the com
panics and individuals indicted, controll;-
ling rs per cent. of the Ice business q
tho District OF Columbia. ended their
competition with each other on or before
!, April go, 1906. and did unlawfuly and
S knowingly " combine, Contract and conspire3
that they the said American Ice Com 4
pany and the nald Che PIN Sachs Com,
h pany, would thereafter charge the same
\ price for ice which they. or either Of
them, should sell to the said dealers IN
Ice, and did thereby restrain the said "a
business, commerce and trade Of them. ls
The men indicted gave bond IN the sum
Of 81, 900 each for their appearance IN.
y court Tomorrow. .g558i "a;
Washington Is alarmed over the sta te-!!
ment OF the health officer to-day that
ufty-six babies died In the D!strict3of
y Columbia In the week ending Yesterday.
One OF the best known children specialists:
Y In the city said this afternoon that the
leo famine of last week was responsible
Tor tho alarming rate OF infant mortality,
the poor classes being unable to get ice.
with which to keep the milk for the
babies sweet and wholesome It Is said
that tho famine In ice, which lasted two