Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-24
SENATOR GORE, GOES EVEN FURTHER
tic introduced Resolution That Bids
for the Two Proposed sattlcshlps
be Received from Any shpbuildlno
Concern in the worId-Last Stand
for Four Battlcships.
Osy Associated pross)

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April pa
amendments to the naval approrria-
non bill were offered In the Senate
today by Senator Gore, Of oklahoma.
10 allow the building of the new bat.
'icsnips submarine boats, etc. auth.
oriHcl by the bill ut any shipyard in
me world and taking away the res.
friction in favor Of domestic steel.
Mr.. Gore had no support in his first
motion to permit the building of The
Nahips abroad and G2 votes were regis.
tered against him.
His second motion was 10 strike ON,
he provision tina, all Tho PARTS OF
these SHIPS and The steel material
used In them shall be of domestic
manufacture. On motion of MIR. Hale
that amendment was laid on the table
by otc of As TO .. Mr.. Gore securing
the support of Senators Bacon Cul.
berson, Davis Gray, McCrcary. Mil
ion Money and Simmons. all Demo.
Gratis.
MIR. Gore offered The amendments s.
he said. to secure this country from
The tolls of the steel trust" which
he regarded as "thc tape worm OF
The treasury"
The steel trust he said not only
held up The country lat II held up
tho American merchant marine
MIR. Bacon also spoke In favor or
eliminating the provisions requirin.;
materials of domestic manufacture.
as he said. it would by law force tho
government TO buy of the trust at OK
tortionate prices. He remembered.
he said, hearing the senator from
Maine, (Atr. HALEY on a former oc-
caslon say the steel trust had the
opportunity to put the knife into u.s.
Country at Mercy of steel Trust.
He said the armor plate could be
made by only two or three concerns
in the United States and when the
time came to bid for it they would
have combination and the country
would be at the mercy of the trust
Saying some one near him had said
he was unwilling to trust the enemy
with making our weapons of Defense
Mr.. Gore declared that the experts
of the government could be depended
upon to see TO the quality of mater
ial purchased. II his amendment, he
said, had been adopted not a ton of
steel would he purchased abroad.
What ! want declared Mr. Gore,
us to leelslate so that we can &c.
three instead of two battlcships for
the same money
MIR. Money offered an amendment
providing that material for the new
ships shall he of domestic manufact-
IRE but permitting ii TO be purchased
abroad Explaining that II Was well
known that American goods were
sold cheaper abroad than in this coup
try.
Mr.. Hale said that rs wordcd, the
bill would permit Just what the MIS-
sissippi senator commended for. and
the amendment was withdrawn.
Mr.. Beveridge insisted that he had
reliable figures showing that the
United States pays less for It's steel
plates for battleships than any other
nation Of the world except Japan.
Mr.. Bacon offered an amendment
providing that the President of sec.
Rotary CT The navy shall bc authorized
to purchase any part Of the material
abroad IN any case where the mater.
ial or domestic manufacture, cannot
in his Judgment he purchased at u
reasonable price. having regard to The
cost of manufacture at reasonable
by q vote of "a TO So
What Different Countries Are Paying.
Replying 10 the question MIR Hale
said tho United States was paying
$l16 per ten for its armor and chat
Germany paid $3.50. France $500 and
England $625 per ,0n. .,.
Mr. Hale insisted that The iIvesti.
CATION Of The steel trust" somc years
ago had brought about reduction ol
The price for armor from $3.50 aud $500
to SllG.
a committee amcndmcnt proposed
b. MI Hale reducing the stipulated
speed of the two feet ccllicrs from
16 TO Is knots was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Hale the appro
priation made by the House OF ST.
100000 toward the construction oil
eight submarine torpedo boats was In
creased to $3,0O0,OO0 which may Dt
applied toward The completion OF
submarine boats heretofore authoriS
ed An amendment approprlatine