The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-05
CALLS DINGLEY LAW
A MAKER OF TRUSTS
Manufacturers Committee
Chairman Meyers Asks
Lower Tariff.

when the Din sley bill was made
law. the Congress OF the United States
, went into the trust making business
! up 20 its eyes"
J II. j.. Meyers, chairman Of the tariff
/ committee of the National Association
, OF Manufactures and who~is supposed
/ TO represent the views Of Pres!dent-eIect
+ Tart on real tariff revision, made the
foregoing significant statement today
/ in his opening remarks before the Ways
and Means Committee Mr.. Meyers,
when interrupted early i'm the proceed
lUEs, asked the members Of the COM
mlttee kindly 10 allow him TO conclude
his remarks. in the course Of which he
said he would JreSL the matter IN
/ Wv that would justify about twenty
questions q minute when he concluded
He began by lambaStiug the Standard
1 OH Company reminding the committee
that rHe wage cost of OIL production was
e. per cent and the tariff 50 per cent.
The idea OF q duly fifteen times the
I wage cost of an article. he SAID. was
UIep5sterCus-
Pays More for Oil.
"Thc American Consumer" he said,
"is paying % per cent more than the
foreign consumer ca oil. and under the
, DnEIey act. the Standard oil Company
extracts from the American consumer
2
he would have 10 pay aDTUdd.
~ appreciate IhsL Jle people have
suueIeu TO this extent of thirty millions
OF dollars not because Congress put the
STANDARD OH GA the protective list, but
because they were NOT advised Ia -
practical manner that when they did
Z TINS thing for tie Standard OH Com
pany they were delivering the Amerl-
can people into the hands o. the trust
because. tOgsOoth, Russia, before the
days OF the duma, delivered her people
into the hands of the Russian trust.
II know OF no better answer to- The
. question: how the Standard OIL accom-
pushed this, than that given - II. II.
Rogers when friend Of mine asked for
the Information
Mr.. Rogers laughed"
Mr. Meyers said that lie Id IL on
g0Od authority that NJ Cdrncgie's re-
cent uttcrances on tariff revision affect
ing q e Steel trust were not only his
. individual opinions, bUt the opinions
also n a number of leading steel men
. fl New York and throughout the East
we viii want to know the names Of
these other men, said Chairman Payne
OF the committee.
We shall have them in private.
intend 10 back Up all the statements
thaJ make TO you, replied Mr. Mey-
ers vigorously.
Proof Not Up to Him.
In my argument. however, do feel
/ That the burden OF proof is on me 10
show that the money in my pocket as
consumer did remain there. The
money in the pockets of the consumers
Of the United States belongs to them
and IL should not be legislated out of
their pockets except for value received.
. The man who desires to take this money
from the consumer, above the cost OF
production and their profit should be
required to prove why he had a right
TO do THIS"
Speaking further on the general sub
lect Of trust protection Mr. Meyers
SAID that S46,000.0O0 Of iron and ore were
exploited from the United States each
year. Before going into detail, after
the manner in which the DingIey tariff
/ tostered this industry. d recess for
lunch was ordered and Mr.. Meyers was
! told that the committee would hear him
| again this afternoon.