Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-07
GENERAL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
watch Trust and Denatured Alcohol
Occunr Attention of Sneakers.

"uNcn Trust ana Denatureu
Occupy Attention of Speakers.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The tariff, rail-
way mail subsidy. denatured alcohol and
enlarged postal facilities for western cities
were the features of the debate in the
house today. What were alleged to be the
iniquities of the Dingley law, so far as the
manufacture of watches is concerned, were
discussed by Mr.. Rainey of Illinois, whose
tariff revision speech was listened TO with
much interest The so-caIled standpatters
made copious notes for the discussions on
protection which are foreshadowed.
Mr.. Rainey, after the house met and the
journal had been approved, recalled his
speech on the alleged iniquities of the pro-
tective tariff. Using the Watch trust as
an object lesson to show how protection
works in behalf of monopolies. the, lone
democrat from Illinois in the national legis-
lature set up "a kindergarten school Cor
standpat republicans"
Mr. Rainey displayed a number of
watches of American make which. he said
had been bought abroad and are now being
resold in the United States.
"why does the gentleman continue to
speak of the watch trust7" asked Mr..
Gardner CMass0 II am a stakeholder in
the Waltham company and / have no
you may have 10 show that before the
ways and means committee" retorted Mr.
Rainey.
Mr.. Rainey read a letter from the speaker
TO friend in the west. in which he stated
that tariff revision would come in the not
distant future"
How can it come il the speaker doesn't
want it?" asked Mr.. sulzer IN. y.
1T will come because the next house will
be democratic" responded Mr.. Rainey
which brought a round of applause from
the democratic side.
Mr. Rainey said i'm 1880 there were twenty
seven watch factories in the United States
Now there are but thirteen. He said that
there is Is per cent mere men employed
in the watch movement factories now than
in 1880 But there is 800 per cent more
women employed and 200 per cent more
children, which, Mr.. Rainey thought, fer
the perpetuity Of the race this condition
ought TO be investigated.
Mr.. Rainey asked the republicans if he
had been sufficiently explicit regarding the
Watch trust-whether he had satisfied the
chairman of the committee on ways and
means He charged Mr.. Payne IN. "
with having gone about the chamber yes
terday and advised the republicans not to
ask any questions,
you must have been a mind reader"
replied Mr.. Payne.
There are no leaders on the majority
side Of this house." continued Mr.. Rainey.
THE real leaders OF the republican party
are the McCurdys McCalls and Hamiltons-
the Rockefellers, who skulk behind stone
walls to resist servioe-they are the real
leaders of the republican party"
Mr. Murdoch OKan) speaking in favor
of the bill denaturalizing alcohol. said:
Mr. Murdoch made the claim that II the
tax is taken off denatured alcohol it will
work revolution in the field of fuel,
power and illuminants. He said:
This will be accomplished partially
through known methods, but a greater de-
velopment will come through methods 10
be discovered, for there is no industrial
American genius BY known methods the
same volume Of alcohol burns nearly twice
as long as kerosene and gives a far better
light; 1t Is cleaner ana safer fuel than
gasoline. BY methods that are to come /
believe alcohol will advance far beyond
it's present superiority. l believe this be-
cause this country, the chief producer OF
corn, which is the best source Of alcohol,
has for nearly fifty years held Industrial
other chemical products and fuels and
| iluminants have been free. Burnable al
eohol for Industrial use has been held
back. Release IT, let American genius
have hold of Il and II will open the door
! to a chamber OF marvels.
The most important effect Of removing
/ the tax on denatured alcohol would be It's
/ regulation of the present erratic price OF
/ kerosene and gasoline. Gasoline sells in
some OF the eastern cities at cents per
gallon and in some of the western states
/ at 80 cents per gallon. Kerosene has a
similar range. The price OF both Is ar
bitrarily fixed. Actual tests have demon
4 strated that alcohol al 80 cents gallon is
| cheaper for light than kerosene at Is cents
/ a gallon. Twenty-cent alcohol would drive
/ 1O-cent kerosene down in price or out of
| the market For internal combustion en-
gines 20-cent alcohol would bring S0-cent
gasoline down TO % cents and would In
/ time supplant H. perhaps because gasoline,
Of which petroleum yields but per cent,
/ Is increasing in price because Of its in
/ creased use in engines
] The internal combustion engine H. maxi
ing a cOnquering march through the land.
/ Ilghht In weight, small in size, easy 70
| start, requiring a minimum Of attendance
l while in operation, Il Is everywhere bring
| ing new economics. II Is turning the
/ weekly newspaper press the town feed
/ mills the lathe OF the village blacksmith,
the belt OF the local eleva tor. and IN some
7 sections Il bales the farmers hay, shells
his corn, shTeds the fodder, pumps the
/ water separates the cream, saws the wood.
] With the tax removed from denatured
/ alcohol the use of the Internal combustion
/ engine will increase by leaps and bounds.
/ Experts estimate that the output VIII
I reach 10000 alcohol engines year
In 1850 this country produced 40No0.Wg