Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-17
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equipped and most satisfactory VIII
nesses who appeared before the COM
mittee preceded Mr.. Carnegie by sew
eral days. He declared that the nde-
pendent steel manufacturers require
tariff protection and said that If the
duty on steel should be removed, the
United States Steel Corporation. Oh
whose board of directors he is chair
man, would secure a monopoly OF the
market. The cost of labor woulo De
reduced he said, if the tariff On steel
was taken off entirely. In the course OF
his testimony Judge Gary declared IN
favor of government control of manu-
facturers to prevent them from charg-
ing price which would give them
more than a fair return on their IN
vestments..
Mr.. Schwab, who was formerly
president of the steel corporation, vas
one OF the most earnest advocates Tor
protection for the steel Industry 10
appear before the committee. His re-
plies to the questions of members OF
the committee were replete with hg-
ures and arguments. He declared that
the BeSsemer process OF steel manu-
facture will, within five years, be SUI
perseded by the Open Hearth process.
which, he predicted, will in turn, De
abandoned for the electric system nf
manufacture being developed in Ger
many.
The Lumber Fight.
The agitation for free lumber by
those in sympathy with the movement
for the conservation of the forests of
toI 3v, Cfrn11u ~
peal from the lumber interests Of the
south and the northwest, Representa-
tive Champ Clark, of Missouri. the
minority leader of the house, submitted
the lumber magnates to severe cross
examinations and these hearings were
among the most interesting. 7. b.
Walker and Edward Hines, two of the
largest lumber dealers in the north
west, argued for the retention Of the
present duty on lumber. claiming that
the United States can not compete with
Canada in facilities for cheap trans
portation or cheap labor. A number
OF southern lumbermen also asked for
protection. contending that the cost OF
production has increased.
Paper Trust Arraigned.
A severe arraignment OF the So
called paper trust by John Norris, rep
resenting the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, and defense
of the International Paper Company,
by Chester w. Lyman, assistant to the
president of the company offered one
of the sensations Of the hearings. The
ways and means committee while
taking the keenest interest in the testi-
mony. was predisposed to depend upon
the report of the special committee
which conducted hearings on wood
pulp and print paper last year for me
information upon which to base its
conclusions regarding the paper and
pulp schedule.
Contention Over Wool.
The wool schedule was the occasion
for more contention than any other and
during it's consideration there was
much criticism of the methods by
which tariff bills are framed. While
William Whitman, of Boston, repre-
senting the National Wool Manufactur-
ers was on the stand, Representative
Clark, of Missouri, placed in the rec-
inform the ways and means committee
'how tariff laws are framed" The
name of the author of the pamphlet
was given as Frank P. Bennett, of Bos-
ton.
''The place you get in your work is
not in the house of representatives or
in the ways and means committee but
is in the senate, isn't it?" was one Of
the characteristic questions asked by
Champ Clark, of Mr.. Whitman.
The Sugar Schedules.
The admission from the Philippines,
free of duty, of 100000 tons of sugar,
was the first proposition on which the
ways and means committee agreed.
This action was taken by the commit
tee following a conference with Mr..
Taft. The statement by Edwin F.
Atkins, of Boston, that there was great
danger Of an insurrection in Cuba If
the tariff on sugar is not reduced and
the arguments made by Claus r.
Spreckles, of New York. in favor of a
reduction in the duty were the strik-
Ing features Of the hearings on the
sugar schedule. Secretary of War
Wright appeared before the committee
In favor of free sugar from the Phil
lppines. He declared that the So
called sugar trust was understood to
own 81 per cent Of the stock Of the
beet sugar refineries and that that is.
possibly the reason why the beet sugar
has not grown In this country.
The Louisiana cane sugar growers
claimed that the price to the consumer
Of sugar and the price paid to the
farmer for his product is fixed by the
sugar trust"