Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-13
IMMENSE IRON
ORE RESERVE
Loss of Revenue If
Duty Were Re-
moved
$500 men EMPLOYED
Senator Burrows Argues
Against Proposed Reduc-
ton in Tariff.

ators present today, Senator Burrow
| of Michigan spoke In favor of tn,
duty on iron ore as source of reve
nue.. The present duty of forty cents
which the committee proposed to re
duce to twenty-five cents, yields, h,
said, revenue of $4,000 which
would be lost by placing iron ore OF
the free list as proposed by the House
Burrows said it was reasonable tt
state that $500 men were receivins
$3l, 100000 annually in the production
of iron ore which industry he said II
was now proposed to open to the
competition of the world. QUOTING
from advance sheets of the next an
nual report Of the geological surye,
ne said that there are now $500 mil
lions OF tons of available high grade
ore in the United States while there
are 12,Ooo,o0OOoO tons of low grade
Speaking of this basis of facts, Sen
ator Burrows said: "The Senator from
South Dakota yesterday told us that
our iron ore deposits would be ex-
hausted in thirty years, but according
to the statement Of the Geological Sur
vey at the rate Of consumption now
going on, the ore will last six thou
sand years, SO there need to be no
concern on that score" The Senator
also discussed the iron ore schedule
saying that if the Senate should re.
1ect the act of the committee on
finance placing duty of Is cents a
ton on iron ore he would later move to
put that article on the free list. He
said that the duty would rebound 10
the benefit Of the United States Steel
Corporation and injure the independ-
ent mills who are compelled to buy i'm
ported ore. He said he did not believe
that Cuban ore would go west of the
Alleghenies, but would be available
for the steel companies on the east Of
the mountains who are competitors of
Steel Corporation.
Washington. May 13.-"The situa-
tion in Washington today is such that
you cannot get the truth out of any
body. l am very fond of liars. I
have studied them day and night but
never in my life saw such an aggre.
cation as are assembled in the Capital
now. They can lie with equal facili
ty on either side of the same oues-
ton This burst came from Senator
Rayner this morning in the Senate
upon the discussion of the iron ore
schedules. Rayner pleaded for free
ore on behalf Of the independent COM
panies and was met with the state
ment by Smith that Charles M.
Schwab had said that to put ore on
the free list would not reduce the
price of the manufactured article.
Pumping Station For Portales.
washington, D. c., May 13.-Dele.
gate Andrews today introduced a bill
for a pumping station at Portales,
Roosevelt county, the sum to be ex.
pended to be 100000. The pumping
station is to test the advisability of re.
claiming arid lands with water drived
from underground flow.
Delegate Andrews also introduced a
bill appropriating $25,O0O for a fishing
station on the Gallinas, near Las
Vegas. s
Representative Stone OF Pennsylva-
mia, presented protest from citizens
Of Willard against the proposed bond
issue for 100000 by Torrance county,
the citizens believing that the county
seat will be removed within two years
to Willard from Estancia and that is
suing bonds I'd. erect a court house at
Estancia at the present time would
be dead loss therefore.
Bill for Porto Rico.
Washington, May 13.-Olmstead Of
Pennsylvania, in the House today Of
fered bill amendatory to the act
civil government in Porto
Rico. The bill provides that: IF at
the termination Of any session Of the
legislature, appropriations necessary
for support Of the government shall
not have been made, an amount
equal to the sums appropriated in
the last appropriation bills for such
purposes shall be deemed to be ap-
oropriated.' The bill also authorizes
he President to designate one Of the
executive departments to take charge i
II Porto Rican affairs.
Troops for Arizona Posts.
washington, D. G., May 13.-The
olloWing troops have been ordered
rom the Philippines to posts in Ari.
'ona: Eighteenth Infantry, band and
me battalion, to Fort Apache; one
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