The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-28
|. AN ADVOCATE OF
TIN PLATE DUTY
Iohn Williams Makes Plea Be-
fore the House Ways and
Means Committee.
PAYNE READS A LETTER
WITNESS ACCUSED OF HAVING
VOTED FOR BRYAN.
PAYNE READS A LETTER

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Washington. Nov. 27.-Representa-
tives OF labor appeared before the ways
and means committee of the house to-
day to advocate the maintenance Of the
duty on tin.
John williams. an official of the
ANA lgamated Association of Iron. Steel
snd Tin Workers, asked that the duty
on tin plates be maintained and that
the system of drawback in exported tin
HlAnuEdElulcH Dt dDUliSllCh. ANhQC-
lion OF the duty. he said. would democrat
lze the American industry.
AS williams was about to leave the
stand, Chairman Payne read a letter,
under the seal of the United Sons of
Vulcan of Pittsburg. protesting against
Williams appea4 ing before the commit
tee TO represent tin workers. The letter
gave as a reason the fact that he had
advocated Bryan's election
This led Mr.. Williams to denounce the
rival union
But you are in the employ of manu-
facturers?" asked Mr.. Payne.
Positively not, sir" was the reply.
Radical Reform Advocated.
Tarif reform so radical as to exceed
that urged by Democrats was advocated
by Jesse F. Horton Of the New York
Tariff Reform club.
]. II. Mutt, employed by the Western
Bar Iron association. including plants
in Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
asked tAat the same differentials be-
tween steel and iron bars be observed
and that the duties be high enalsgh 10
,naiHtain The small c.stablishgsfentx. .
John W. Walton OF CleveEandf deal
er. importer and consumer 81 v,ire rope.
asked that the duty an that article be
reduced.
IF you want to raise revenue YOU
should reduce the rates,H. advised Mr.
Walton Now the American manufaeI
turers get all the benefits and the GOV
eminent nothing. for the rates are pro-
h5itive'
Pig Iron Should Be Free.
When Nelson Lyon, secretary treas
uHer OF company manufacturing wire
articles in TarrytOwn. n. Y. took the
stand to ask for removal of the tariff
N pig iron. Representative Griggs in
CURED:
Are you making any money!
A little, but not much" was the re-
sDOnse
He claimed that If the entire tariff
had been removed from pig iron during
the last year American manufacturers
would have received Sl53. 600 900 moro
Than they received for the product in
1904. In that year. he added. a profit
Vas made, for the steel trust does NOT
Produce unless it produces at a profit
Mr.. Lyon said that the removal Of th4.
DUTY on pig iron would mean a reduce
ION OF cost of $500 on HIS output of
wire articles amounting TO $4,000 a wear
How much would that reduce the
price OF eggbeaters TO the consumer. /
Tor no family is complete without an
eggoeater?' queried Mr.. Cochran.
Could Reduce Prices.
We'll. they are very cheap now" re-
piled Mr. Lyon.
Would you reduce your price 81
tom insisted Mr.. Cochran.
hope to be able 10 40 so" replied
AIR Lyon
IN an attack on the steel trust. Afr
lyon said that during the panic last fall
our great President Roosevelt. who
Iu'es our land in righteousness, allowed
me steel trust 10 turn 20 per cent of
'iielr employees out 10 starve''
He said the president encouraged this
corporation 70 absorb its competitors.
,.-e tennessee Coal & Iron company.
We are also told" continued Mr.. Lyon.
mat President Roosevelt promised this
Cust immunity from prosecution; so
uiey came out boldly and told US they
HOuid not reduce their price OF produc-
non Why our great president is fol-
owing the Standard Oil company to
prevent II shipping oil a few cents
eAeaper than its competitors and lets
us steel trust go scot free while
S-sallng from the public through the
Ioooer tariff from 81. 900. 900 to s.. OOO. 600
year Is beyond my comprehension
representative Vreeland Of New York.
OF behalf Of a constituent Ceorge w