The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-26
EXCUSE ME-CARNEGIE
MADE MONEY ON PROTECTION AND
 KEEPS QUIET.
Iron King Declines to Give Payne's Tarin Committee Benefit of His
 Advice--Ofbers are


 Washington. Nov. 25.-Sereno Payne, chairman of the House, Ways and Means Committee. today received a reply to the Invitation which he ex- tended to Andrew Carnegie to appear before the committee on the hearing on the metal schedule.
 MT. Carnegie thanks Mir. Payne for his invitation but asks to be excused from appearing before the committee, saying that he has served his full term in Washington upon tariff matters.
 T am no longer in business and in my Century articles" read the letter, "companion to that of My Experience With Railway Rates I have said all that I have to say upon the subject. Manufacturers will appear before you from whom you can obtain the required details"
 Mir. Carnegie says that judging from the comments upon his article by vari- ous distinguished men in Washington, as published in 8 New York paper. he feels that they have not read the ar ticle itself, but only few striking extracts separated from the context.
 When you read it. he continues, you will discover that my faith in protection wherever 1t is proved to be necessary Is as strong as ever. and
 
 surest way to secure needed protection Is to reduce duties from time to time and finally abolish them when no long, CT needed.
 Pursuing this policy our party has already reduced duty on steel Tails from $2S to S7 and other duties in greater or less degree. The Mckinley q case in point. It would prove false to its history and its pledges if 1t failed now.
 "In the most critical times the pro- tectiye policy has received indispensa- ble aid from patriotic Democratic in Congress, as I have shown. This is as 1t should be. Duties on imports should cease to be a party question. Only what is best for our common tach supreme importance to the main tenance Of present duties on luxuries used chiefly by the rich,, not from the protective. but from the revenue, point of view.
 Yours as a true protectionist,
 Andrew Carnegie"
 In reply to the above letter, Chair man Payne presented the regret of the committee that he would not accept the invitation.
 There was a large crowd when the hearing on the metal schedule of the tarih begun. Zine was first taken up. and D. Mitchell of Carthage. Mo, and Alexander O. Ihlsing of Oronoga, Mo, asked that calcinine or zinc oxide be taken from the free list and assessed a duty of 1-2 cents a pound.
 Representatiye Boutell brought out the admission that the prices on zinc, ore and sheet and pig lead would be increased if fithe duty should be im- posed.
 Don't you think that If the tarin is to be lowered, to equalize the dif- ference in cost of labor, that labor should receive all the behefits from the tariff?' asked Representative Champ Clark, who Is the first member of the committee to argue questions. Bourke Cochran of New York was endkavoring to show that the pro- tection asked was much more than was required to equalize labor cost in this country and abroad when the question was asked: "Is it worth while arguing these economic facts?"
 That's what I thought the purpose of this inquiry was-to determine who shall pay the tax" asserted MT. Cock ran, but in view of the senslbiIity of l the chairman I won't insist upon my inquiry being answered" Willis L. King of Pittsburg. who is a member of the committee appointed in New York yesterday by the lead ing pig iron interests. was the first to speak on the iron and steel schedule. He asked that iron and steel bars be similarly classified and that the duty on steel bars should be increased one tenth of a cent.
 MT. King suggested a reduction of two tenths of a cent in the duty on iron bars. MI. King asked that the duty of five tenths of cent on manu- factures of structural material and plates be retained. He was questioned at length by Bourke Cochran of New York and admitted that the American steel industry competed with England in Canada.
 When Mir. Cochran pressed him for his reasons for wanting an increase in the tariff when his business was in a prosperous condition, Mir. King said:
 "The mills of Germany and Belgium are anticipated and have little capital If this duty Is not increased, it Is my belief that these European mills will add to their capital, modernize their plants and use this country for mar ket.
 "Then you wan t an increase in