Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
SENATOR MONEY PRESENTS FIG.
uREs TO SHOW EFFECTS
OF REVENUE LAWS.
TRUST is ATTACKED BY
okLAhoMA's SENATOR
Owen Argues That Protection Has
Built Up Gigantic Organizations
Which Steal Millions From People
Root Argues for Differential Duty
on Lumber.

washington, May 24.-The So-called
sugar trust was the subject of attack
in the senate today by Senator Owen,
Of Oklahoma, who sent to the secre-
tary's desk a denunciation of the trust,
published yesterday in a local news
paper.
This account" said Owen, points
out one OF the most evil and insidious
consequences of the building up in this
country Of these gigantic organizations
protected by this so-called tariff, which
has led to poisoning the fountain of
information 2of the people of the United
States. SO that millions of dollars have
been stolen from the people" He
asked to have the newspaper attack
read in order that it might appear in
the record. which was done.
Cost =: !s-is!s TO the People.
That the total of wages affected by
the tariff amounts to S2,277,S4S,0OO and
that the values of products involved in
consideration of tariff revision reach
the sum of s13, ,27O, 1892 900 is the state
ment made by Senator Money in
showing the vast Importance of the
question now being considered by the
senate. Money has also prepared a
statement showing the cost of indirect
taxation to the people of the United
States. He states the cost of granu-
lated sugar IN 1906 was 2.05 cents more
in New York than in London; that In
1907 the United States consumed o.
100000 tons Of sugar. against which a
duty of $1.95 per hundred pounds was
charged. .edualling $13O.777ooo, while
the duty actually collected amounted
to s6o,1s5,ooo. making the cost to the
people above the revenue collected by
the government $7O.642.ooo. On iron.
steel rails. wire nails and steel billets
the difference in foreign prices and
those in the United States equals the
additional tax over s295 100000, ac
cording to Moneys calculations.
Root Wants Lumber Duty.
An extended plea for differential
duty on dressed lumber was made in
the senate today in connection with
consideration of the tariff bill by Sena-
tor Root who cited the various lumber
interests along the Canadian border
and gave his reasons why they should
be accorded protective tariff. my
impression Is" said Root, that the
differentiaI of the Dingley bill is just
about at the right point to maintain a
healthy opportunity for business and a
healthy restraint upon business. 1 do
not think there can be a reduction in
these differentials that would not
transfer a large portion of the planning
business to Canada"
Hepburn Asks Question.
/ 6enator Hepburn resumed his speech
oun the lumber schedule in the senate
today, He submitted large amount
of evidence concerning the cost of pro-
ducinghnished lumber and the need
for differential duty Hepburn in
quired how much it was proposed b,
the advocates of reducsd lumber rates
to cut the wages of laborers in the
lumber camps. He wanted to know
whether it was the mills in the west Oh
south that it was proposed to close
Only dozen senators were on the
floor.
"The circulation of the Congressiona
Record is so limnted and the interes
of the press in this question so small
prefer TO speak to those who mus
vote DIN this question" said the Idaho
senator. He then questioned the pres
ence of a quorum and a roll was called
A quorum responded. and Hepburn re.
peated his question. The silence which
| followed vas broken by the senator
declaring:
If you don't answer these question.
here you will answer them when elec.
ton day comes around and you wan
to hold UP to the people the fruits of tn.
republican party"
| In the meantime so many senator.
| had again left the chamber that a quo
| rum had to be brought in by anothe
isroli call. "A clash between Senator.
Hepburn and Clapp followed the for
mer's assertion that the promise of tar
| iff revision was made at the Chicag,
convention lin the hour of their fight.
Clapp asked If the Idaho senator die
not want to withdraw that statement
| mo. am not afraid of ghosts, wher
ever I meet them" replied Hepburn
The people know the republican part,
could be trusted to do the right thing
altho inadvertently bad promis,
cfept into the platform" Burkett fol
lowed Hepburn by defending the re
duction of the lumber rates.
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