The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-12

the Republican insurssnts Of botA ne
Senate and Houss. They insiss this
courss win be followed II Mr.. Aidrioh
and his feisowvfs ere alive V the sit
uatiou and ere not determined In adj
vance to place on. the stAtnte books
. law that 10 pleasing only to the New
England pennsylvania combination.
Tuwnsy Fsssan1st1s.
RepressntAtive Ta~uey. OF Atnneso-
n. who 10 Q low tariff man but who
trains with the House organization.
and - . leader BY reason Of the fact
that he ~ chairmsn Of the Appreprta-
ton cemmittse. ssys the tariff bill WIN
remain In conference fully three
weeks. He does not see how Il 10 pos
sible to adjust the differences any
sooner.
Representatives Of the American Pro.
tective Tariff League and other organ
izations interested n high rates OF
duty are bringing great pressure 20
bear on the Republican oonferees Of
the Senate to stand f1rmly for the
leading schedules a. arranged By the
Senate and not to surrender " the
House. Predictions are already being
made that before the adjustments are
made the House copferees will back
down on At least two out Of three
propositions In dispute. II tails 10 not
the result II win be different from any
thing that has ever happened since
Mr.. Aldrich has been manipulating leg
islatton at Warrington.
Csttcn Dag81ng Free.
The other day Senator Aldrich as
sured Senator Johnston, Of Alabama.
that he and other Republican confer
ees on the part OF the Senate would In
sist upon keeping cotton bagglne on
the free list OF course, Senator john
ston does not know how this thing 10
going to turn out In the end, but he
IL hopeful like most Southern senators
that Mr.. Aldrtch knows what he Is
talking about.
It 10 very important item to the
cotton producing States, but Il IL caus-
ing the men behind the bagging trust
win do their utmost TO have the House
duty restored on bagsfng.
The baggfng trust also got another
severe lick In the Senate. Senator
Bradley. OF Kentucky at the request
OF the hemp growers Of his State, se-
cured an amendment In the Senate
putting . duty on tute and lutte
butts. The House bill placed both on
the free list. In accordance with the
wishes OF the baggins manufacturers.
Naturally they are snoring because
the Senate adopted the Bradley amend
ment.
Begsfng Trust On Knees.
The baggfnG trust representatives.
have been around Washington for
months with Illustrations ana state.
ments showing how they are unable to
compete with the mills Of India. The
photographs show thousands Of the ma
tives In almost q naked condition
working in the mills of India for,
fan IA A x-rAa L.
tended that the cheapest labor In the
United States Is si.So day.
But these trust fellows did not say q
word about having slipped into India
last year and having bought mp three
Of the ave mammoth mills In that
oountry. the product Of which they
absolutely control, and therefore enjoy
themselves the benefits Of the cheap
labor OF India. This fact was recently
much TO DO with the action Of the SEN
ate In putting cotton bagging on the
free list.
II IL generally hoped It will stay
there. but IT 10 hard to tell yet just
what win remain IN tact In the bill
over which the conferees are now
worryinsi
Johnstons WIN Go Abroad.
69uAtOE ana MrNl johnston nave en-
gagged passage for Europe on the
steamer Baltic Of the White Star line
fleet. and expect to sail early In Au-
gust, the supposttion being that Con-
gress will adjourn in time for them
20 carry out their plans. For the past
twenty years Senator Johnston has
been contemplating q trip to Europe.
but something has always happened
to prevent, and II he gets on this time
II will be his nrst Visit to the coun-
tries beyond the Atlantic Ocean. He
expects to visit Scotland frst and then
viii go through ireland and England.
Senator Johnston will combine busi-
nsss with pleasure. There are several
important things he desires to investt-
gate, particularly In England, and
which have q bearing upon matters
that affect the section OF country he
In the Senate.
The Senator and Mrs. Johnston ex-
pect to remain abroad about two
monthA OF course while away they
will also go to Paris and Brussels. and
to Berlin and other points In Germany
and probably to Vienna.