The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-15
THE LEADING
SCHEDULES OF:
TARIFF fbjii: biti:ts :
Evidence Upon Which the
Committee Relied in Con-
structing the Measure
C0NFl|C1|0ks AND IMCONCRU|T|ES
N SHOE AND LEATHER SCHEDULE
Tariff on Steel Wanted by Every Man.
ufacturer Except Carnegie-Lumber
Rates Demanded Because Of the In.
creased Cost Of Production.

Rates Demanded Because Of the In.
creased Cost Of Production.
Washington, D. c., March 15.-Fully
three hundred importers and export
ers, manufacturers and agriculturists,
and tarih experts appeared before the
house committee on ways and means
at the various hearings which began
ON November 10 and continued daily
until December %, and also at sew
eral supplemental hearings. Some Of
the most prominent men in the manu-
featuring and financial worlds pre-
scented testimony of a varied and in
teresting character. In addition to
this testimony there were thousands
Of briefs filed with the committee,
which added to the statistics furnish
ed by the various government depart
ments and agents sent abroad, to-
gether with special data compiled by
Thomas j. Doherty, assistant counsel
OF the treasury department ami Major
Herbert NJ. Lord, who was clerk Of
the ways and means committee when
the Dingley tariff was framed, has
ven the committee Information more
4 nplete than has ever been at the
disposal Of a tariff framing committee.
Some witnesses
Andrew Carnegie, Charles H.
schwab, Judge f. H. ary, and other
steel magnates furnished the most in
teresting testimony. Mr.. Carnegie,
who caused considerable discussion by
proclaiming, In magazine article,
that the steel manufacturers Of this
country do not need any tariff protec-
ton, was before the committee for
nearly eight hours. FIis testimony,
while witty and entertaining, did not
offer the tariff makers much specific
Information regarding the cost Of
manufacturing steel rails and other
articles Of steel. He dealt largely in
theories and deductions and avoided
figures, claiming that he was not ia
miliar with the details of the steel
business at the present time, but
spoke from his general knowledge
gained in the business before he re-
tired to private life
Tariff on Steel
Judge Gary, who was one Of the
best equipped and most satisfactory
witnesses who appeared before the
committee preceded Mr.. Carnegie by
several days. He declared that the
Independent steel manufacturers re-
quire tariff protection and said that
II the duty on steel should be remov-
ed, the United States Steel corpora
tion Of whose board of directors he is
chairman, would secure monopoly
of the market. The cost Of labor
would be reduced, he said, II the tariff
on steel was taken off entirely. In
the course Of his testimony Judge
Gary declared in favor Of government
control Of manufacturers to prevent
them from charging a price which
would give them more than fair re-
turn on their investments.
Mr.. Schwab, who was formerly
president Of the steel corporation,
was one of the most earnest advocates
to appear before the committee His
replies to the questions Of members
Of the committee were replete with
figures and arguments. He declared
that the Bessemer process Of steel
manufacture will, within five years, be
superseded by the open hearth pro-
cess. which, he predicted. will in
turn,be abandoned for the electric
system of manufacture being develop
ed in Germany.
The Lumber Schedule
The agitation for free lumber by
those in sympathy with the movement
for the conservation Of the forests Of
the country resulted in a strong ap-
peal from the lumber interests of the
south and northwest. Representative
Champ Clark, of Missouri, the minor
ity leader OF the house, submitted the
lumber magnates to severe cross-ex-
aminations and these hearings were
among the most interesting. T. 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 cannot COM
pete with Canada in facilities for
cheap transportation Or cheap labor.
A number of southern lumbermen
also asked for protection, contending
that the cost of production has in
creased.
A severe arraignment of the so-call-
ed paper trust by John Norris, repre-
senting the American Newspaper Pub
fishers 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 TAX
ing the keenest interest In the testi-
mony. was predisposed to depend upon