The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-14

on the free list and remarked 20 me
Republican side OF the chamber
L am here protecting Mr. Payne
rom the Republicans Of the senate.
He said he did not believe the Cuban
iron ore would go west of the Allie
ghenies but IL would be available TOT
the steel companies on the Atlantic
coast. in eastern Pennsylvania. Dele
ware and Maryland The companies.
he said. were competitors Of the United
states steel corporation, from Whlch
they now buy their iron ore
Mr.. Smith Of Michigan quoted
Charles Sehwab as stating before the
house ways and means committee that
to put iron ore on the free list would
not reduce the price Of the manufac-
Il don't believe some things, either
replied AIr. Smith.
There seems to be something about
the tariff" said AIr Rayner, that per-
verts the human mind and aspirations
and longings OF the soul for truth.
rs that true OF importers as Wen q
OF manufacturers inquired Mr. D-cN-
Truth Not in Them.
"Tha situation in Washington here
today repI.ed 8Ir. Rayner. is such
that YOU cannot get the truth out or
auvb0dv. I am very fond of iiars-i
have studied them By day and night.
but I never in nay life saw such an
aggregation Of them as are assembled
I'm this capitol and they can lie VITO
equal facility upon one SIDE OF lus
other OF The same question
Mr. smith of Michigan replied that
81. smoke not for the steel corporatcn
hut for the great body Of men VINO
owned the iron ore of Michigan ana 10Y
the thousands of men VINO Worked VI
those mines Of his state.
Later MI Smith said Mr. SchWao
owned more iron ore property ~ Nupd
than anybody else. and tnat con
dueutiy free iron ore would give MN
a fine bonus on his property there
S;borf sDeechrs were made by sena-
tors defining their positions with rel
Arence to the proposed protection OF %
cents a ton on ron ore MI. Neisoi.
gRenubIicanD. favored the free entry ol
/ that Drod5lct Mr.. Daniel democrat
yyau.ed il 20 pay the duty % SIX cents
Mr. Tulman inquired whether any
thing was ever to be done ABOUT luv
! illegal absorption OF the Iel,nesSt
Coal & Iron company by the oHi'S1
/ States Steel corporation
[ AR Culberson replied that If the at
| toruev general had not information u
show the illegal nature OF that con-
biustfor ne could furnish I to HIM
Tariff for Revenue.
CT am for revenue" declared Mr.:
/ Money. who is minority member OF
the finance committee lie introduced
/ "a statement giving the total value OF
/ products and the total wages into each
under each schedule of the bill.
| ..Tbis bill does not carry revenue
enough" he said. "I am OF the opinion
that the expenditures of the govern
ment cannot be reduced, and / will ven
ture TO predict that the next supply
bills instead OF carrying $1-032-O 600, 900
viii amount TO Si.100.000.OO0.
Il am one man at least VINO IS tof
the United states of America. and next
FOR the consumers.
Mr.. Money had read circular calling
upon people to write letters to senators
iaslxing for free hides. and to request
others to do so, and characterized the
! system as an endless prayer business.
| Now. if these people would get to-
rether on free hides. free leather and
free shoes. humping them all together
4 I might stand FOR the program said
MI Money.
Estimate of J. J. Hill.
AIR. AIcCumber referred~to the esti-
innate of j. J. Hill that the merchants
BILE iron ore OF this country would be
exhausted i'm thirty years
Mr.. Aldrich, quoting from the report
of the chief of the geological survey
said the estimate of iron ore in sight
was so. coo 900 900 tons. which he said
would last 1.5O0 years.
| Analysing the economic features in
volved in free iron ore as giving tht
United States Steel corporation The
same advantage of cheapDess as il
would give the Independent companies
Mr.. Bailey was arguing that the levy
ing Of the tariff was q matter of rev
'enue when Mr. Rayner asked how il