Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-24
ASK CARNEGIE
To TELL WHAT
he KNOWS
TARIFF COMMITTEE
SENDS HIM INVITATION
Anxious to Get IronmaSter'S S
Views on Iron and Steel
Schedules Busy Session cf
Commission Yesterday,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Washington. NOV, 23.-As a result
of the declaration of Andrew Carne-
gle in an article in the Forthcoming
number OF the Century magazine
that the tariff schedules on iron ant
steel should be reduced, the ways ano
means committee of the house tonight
formally invited Mr.. Carnegie to ap-
pear before it this week to tell What
he knows about the steel industry and
the possibility of reduction of the tar
iff on iron and steel products.
The committee desires him to ap-
pear temporarily on Wednesday when
the iron and steel schedule will be
taken up in the hearing now being
held by the committee, looking toward
a revision of the tariff The hearings
on the iron and steel rates will con
tinue until Friday, and if Mr.. Car
negie finds il impossible to appear
| Wednesday, the committee is anxious
10 hear him on Thursday or Friday
No reply had been received from
! Mr. Cerncgie by the committee when
! if took a recess at II o'clock until to-
morrow morning, but as the telegram
| of invitation was not sent until late,
no reply is expected until tomorrow
| The telegram was as follows.
This committee will have hear
ing on the iron and steel schedules
Wednesday, the 25th inst, and con
tinuinG until Friday the 27th. We
would be very glad to have YOU APP
pear before the committee on one OF
these days preferably on Wednesday,
ana give the committee such informa-
tion as you are able upon the subject
The daily sessions commence at $50
a. m.-sereno Payne, Chairman"
The members of the committee were
unit in refusing to discuss Mr.. Car
negie's article. although all Of them
admitted having read it as published
this morning
Sitting in long night session to
consider the tariff schedule on tiles.
lime, cement, carbons and kindred ar
ticles, the committee put in fun time
at work today.
In the course of the night session.
II l.. Sheppard and Orin f. Perry, Of
the Rockland- ROckport CMaine) Limo
company. were put through grilling
examination when they asked that the
present duty of five cents q hundred
pounds on lime be maintained
Mr. Perry asserted that his com
pany was organized in 1900. when sev
en- or eight firms were purchased. He
admitted that the price Of lime had
advanced ever since
Chairman Payne asked why his
firm was the only one that demands a
duty.
Because we are 50 near the Cana
dian manufacturers and because ours
is the best made in the United States"
he replied
why, we have the best in the
world right in New York" declared
Mr. Payne, with a show of state pride. |
Yes, we sell most of our product in !
New York, retorted Mr. Perry
Using figures furnished him, Rep |
resentative Clark figured out that the |
company is making "a per cent profit |
The bureau of manufactures of the |
department of commerce and labor |
had issued an exhaustive report on the |
pottery industry of Germany This |
document, prepared by Special Agent |
Charles NJ. Pepper for the use Of con
grcsS in its proposed revision of the |
tariff, gives much information regard |
ing the exports Of pottery to the |
United States. the cost of labor and |
material. freight rates and profits Of |
the industry i'm Germany.
Mr. Pepper places the total annual |
pottery output of Germany at from |
$45 0O0. 600 TO $4,000, 900 an increase
of from so TO 100 per cent within ten
years. About one-half the product is
exported to other countries and in
1907 the expectation to the united |
States amounted to $7,SS1,41S. Most
Of the articles brought to this country
consist Of tablcwarcs, the production
OF which, according 70 Mr Pepper. is
largely represented by a general or
ganlzation which not only fixes prices
put undertakes TO control to some ex-
tent the relations of the manufacture
ers ana their employes.
The wages of German pottery work.
men range from IS cents 10 Sl32 Ter
DAY Tor adult male workmeu. while
women earn from S2.1G To s2.6l per
week. Notwithstanding these modest
wages, Mr Pepper estimates that Ia
Dor represent 40 per cent OF the cost
of the pottery produced in Germany
J'rom" Jones. of Boston repre-
s'nting th" wholesale dealers In crock
cry and glassware. was the first to ad-
dress the committee today we be-
lieyo that the domestic manufacturer
is entitled to protection" he said.
bat not beyond the point which hc
himself during the past twelve years
has demonstrated as sufficient. We
believe that the difference in the cost
.F r.rtTH.ff.r az Au1.rf,,r ,v1 f,r
,igu ware b. nearer 80 or 80 per cent
than thr - per cont on white and 60
per cent ou decorated ware which are
the protected duties imposed by the
present law. This difference Of about
25 per cent represents excess protec-
tion
Mr. Jones said that protection on
the poorer grades of toiietware is un-
necessary and excessive on the betterI