Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-30
Minnesota Republican Senator De-
cIares Rates, While 0stensib|y
Lower, Really are Higher.
ENORMOUS INCREASE N PRICES
Product Of Saw Mills 81 Per Cent
Higher Than Eight Years ago
Raise in Wages IS to 20 Per Cent
Every Evidence Of Trust combi-
nation.
(By Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. April 60
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota. took
the floor today to present his objec-
lions to some CT the tariff bill. He
manifested especial satisfaction over
the discovery by himself of what he
said were numerous "jOkers" in the
lumber schedule.
While ostensibly the rates of duty
on lumber were lowered. he said they
in fact were higher even than the
Dingley rates.
Speaking especially upon the lum-
Der schedule, he quoted prices to
show that in several classes of lum-
her the increase of prices from 1900
to 1907 was more than 81 per cent,
while the increase of wages was only
from Is to ." ger cent.
Uniform Prices Preserved.
They say We have no lurnter
trusts" he said. We know that We
cannot show that the lumbermen
have ans written agreement among
themselves, but We who are the con-
sumers OF lumber know that whether
We deal with one or another Of them
it is all the same-there is no diff
ference in price,
Addressing Mr.. Piles and other SEN
ators, Mr.. Nelson said that lumber
men all made great fortunes.
you can sheer at this" he said,
but we find men engaged In that
industry turning up as millionaires
when no one else gets to be mil
lionaire. unless he has operated In
stock watering in connection with
some railroad"
Il think" said Mr.. Nelson, that
the men who have captured all this
pine stumpage are at the bottom Of
this business of q high tariff. on lum-
Der. i know that the lumbermen in
Minnesota who are contending for a
high tariff are the men who bought
up the millions of acres Of pine
On the Pacific coast. in Ore
gon and Washington, and the yellow
+ inc in the South
Bad as Steel Trust.
Insisting that the monopoly in lum-
her in this country was as complete
as the hold of the steel trust on the
iron ore, Mr.. Nelson added:
These big men have patted Mr..
Pinchot on the back. They have been
glad that he took so much Of the
timber in forest reserves because they
knew that the more he took, the
closer would b.. the corporation among
themselves"
Mr.. McLaurin inquired how It hap.
pened that II. as had been stated,
the labor in the lumber camps CT
Canada was cheaper than In the Uni
ted States, such IabOrers do not move
across the border into the United
States.
They do" said Mr.. Gallinger
They are coming here in swarms.'
Compete With Americans.
Then it brings them in competi-
ton with our labor" suggested Mr.
McI.aurin. rs that fair to them?"
But 1t does not reduce wages hero
because We need them"
Mr.. McCumber declared that the
tax on lumber was a tax laid on the
extinction Of the American forests.
You develop the industry in lum.
her, he said. when at the present
time the most extreme men will tel
you the lumber supply will 10 e&
hausted in less than thirty years"
Mr.. Elkins. obtaining the floor. as,
serted tina; the senator from North
Dakota was committed to free trade
On the things which his State did
not produce"
Did 7 not vote for sixty per cent
protection for your steel products
asked Mr.. McCumber.
Put what have you against lumber!
Why dent Won want to. protect that
industry"
Mr.. McCumbcr replied that he vo
ted for PRODUCTS that. could bc in.
creased by the protective tart2.
AI0rieh lnterro9stes HeelsWria.
As this seems 70 lc m experience
meeting" Iraid Mr.. AIdrich. Il would
like TO ash the senator from MIssis
sippi whether he 10 for. duty On
lu1ber or for free lambery'
u am not for q protective duty On
humber" said Mr.. McIaurin. placins
emphasis on the word protective
amid general laughter.
"f an effort is made here ne ad
dcd. TO raise the duty ON lumber
shove the rate provided by the House
Z viii not vote against %, and ] an
not sure ] wi!i not vote for free Ium
Ser
VIII you agree to a six pcr cent
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