The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-02
ARMY Bl PASSED
THE HULL MEASURE CARRIES ovBR ss9y0O0,OuU.
House Rushes ThrOuwh ths Forafker Rin Providing for the Marking of
 the Graves ef EpRtNderate

waahtnStan. AlAr6in i.-.w Tue Honss today passed the army appropriation blli. alSo the Foraker LIlI providing for the marking Of the groves Of confed- crate dead buried tn tue norths The passage of the latter plll was hasten : ed by reason of q discussion of "a bill on the same subject What was said developed the unanimous svntinaent in favor of marking ConfederRts graves and as the bill had during the morning session of the military committee re- csived a favorable accon. 1t was brought in by MT. Prince and passed unanimously and amid applause on both sides of the House.
 The alleged powder trust came in for scoring in debate and Democratic en- deaver to have the gsyernnaent begin | the manufacture sof its 2 own powder consumed some timest but met deteat both on points of order ana finally by
 The army blIi as passed carries something more than $69.000 ,o00.
 Points of order by Mr. Smith CIowa) were fatal to two paragraphs in the bill, one providing $260,000 for cable ship for the Atlantic seaboard and the other 915O,000 for a torpedo planter and launches for the Pacific coast. New Legislation" was the basis of the point.
 The profit in the manufacture of sniokeless powder was called attention to by Mir. Graf (Il1.) who said that for several years there had been but four bids to furnish the government with smokeless powder and that each bid was the same--seventy cents per pound The Dupont Powder trust, " he said, ''controlled the four plants. They were the Dupont, with capacity of 1000 pounds daily: the Latiin and Rand. with the same capacity; tho In- ternational with 5000 daily and the California with 1000, pounds capacity. The government, he said. could build four plants with equal capacity at a cost of s250,O00 each and save enough in the manufacture, of sulokeless pow der in one year to pay for all the
 MT. Rixey (va.) said the navy had a sniokeless powder plant at Indian Head, and that Admiral Mason had recently testified that 1t cost sixty cents a pound to manufacture tho pow der there MT. Rixey said he was will ing to increase this plant and would also favor a government armor plate factory.
 Anamendment setting aside SI50.ooO of the amount appropriated for ammu- nition to erect a government powder plant wass offered by Mir. Gillespie (Tex.) but was defeated by a point Of order.
 He immediately offered another amendment providing that no part of the appropriation should be available to buy. powder from any powder trust
 Tn opposing the latter amendment MT Hull said he would support provision for a government powder factory. but 1t could not come from ms committee The amendment was defeated.
 MT Williams moved to increase the amount for ammunition from $629,000 to S92s. 900. This. he said. was for the purpose of government manufac- ture of powder. Mir. Hull said the amendment would not effect the pur- pose sought because 1t could not be spent for buildings or plant. He sug- Tested that Mir. Williams's offer the proper amendment and ask unanimous consent to make 1t in order. This Mir. Williams did and Mr. Tawney made a point of order against 1t, which was sustained.
 "Weil,' calculated Mir. Williams, that was done so quickly that did not have time to ask the gentleman if he is ip coIlusion with the imputed inten- tion of the executive departments no. to get out of the clutches of this DOW der trust"
 "In the first place." replied MT. Tawney. Tt has not been established that the government is In coilusion. I made the point of order because 1t Is not the way to get out if we are in"
 still persistins. Mir. williams moved to insert the words. (Which shall be manufactured by the government" applying to the provision for ammu- hilton This Chairman Boutelle ruled was in order. it having been shown that tho government is now mauufae-