The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-24
COMMITTEE READY TO
HEAR FROM CARNEGIE
Invitation Extended TO Steel
King to Explain His Views
on the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.--As re-
suit of the declaration of Andrew
Carnegie, in an article IN the iorlh'
coming number of the Century maya
zinc, that the tariff schedules on iron
and steel should be reduced, the ways
and Means committee of the House TO-
night formally invited Mr.. Carnegie to
appear before it this week to tell what
he knows about the steel industry and
the possibility of reduction OF the
tariff on iron and steel products.
The committee desires him TO appear
temporarily on Wednesday, when the
iron and steel schedule will be taken
up IN the hearing now beng held oy
tho committee, looking. toward n re-
he iron and steel rates will continue
until Friday, and if Mr.. Carnegie hnds
it impossible TO appear Wednesday, the
committee is anxious 20 hear HIM on
Thursday or Friday.
Reply Expected Today.
No reply had been received from Mr..
Carnegie by the committee when II
took a recess at II clock tonight m
Ill tomorrow morning, but as the tele,
gram Of invitation was not sent until
late, 10 reply is expected until tomor-
row.
The telegram was as follows:
rThis committee will have a hearing
on the iron and steel schedules Wedncs-
day. the 25th instant, and continuing
Friday, the eth. We would be very
glad TO have you appear before the
committee, on one of these days, prefer
ably on Wednesday, and give the
committee such information as You arc
able upon the subject. The daily ses-
sions commence at $3.50 a. m--Sereu0
Payne, Chairman.
The members of the committee were
n unit in refusing TO discuss Nj
Carnegie s article, although all of them
admitted having read 1t as published
this morning.
consider the tariff schedule on tales,
lime. cement, carbopS and kindred
articles, the committee put in full time
In the course Of the night session
II. L. Sheppard and Orin 2. Perry. of
the Royal and Rockport (Maine) Lime
company, were put through grllllng
examination when they asked that the
present duty of 3 cents 4 hundred
pounds on lime DO maintained,
Mr.. Perry asserted that his company
was organized in 1900. when seven or
eight firms were purchased. He ad-
mitted that the price of lime had ad-
Vanced ever since.
Chairman Payne asked why his firm
was the only one that demands
duty.
fBecause VIC are so near to the
Canadian markets, and because OUTS is
the best made In the United States,
ne replied.
'sWhy, 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, Repre-
sentative Clark figured out that the
company is making p per cent profit.
Bernard Traitell, representing the
Tile, Crate and Mantel association OF
New York, asked that the crate used
To import quarries, which form the
floors. of the humblest cottages, bo ad-
mitted free of duty,
E, e, Cary and Hugo Reisinger, i'm
porters of carbon, asked that the tariff
of 50 a thousand on carbons or electric
lights be reduced, in order that they
might compete with the new carbon
company of Cleveland, which they said
controls go per cent of the domestic
trade. j. S. Crider, Jr., representing
that companny, insisted upon the neces-
Sity for duty