The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-05
German Matter Has Weighed Upon the Senate and
 NH be Settled
ND NAMES ARE GIVEN
 IN CORRESPONDENCE
From the Papers AIdrich Will Present It Will Be Seen That Germany Resents Accusations From
 United States Senate.

Washington, June 1.-The summary of the contents of various memorials of the German chambers of commerce and industrial establishments, criticsing state ments made by American manufacturers who appeared before the ways and means committee of the House, will be pre- sented to the Senate tomorrow by MT. Aldrich, chairman of the Senate finance committee. He considers it sufficient vindication of his action in charging that German manufacturers had been 'imper- tinent' in their invasions of American legislative halls for the purpose of in- fuencing Congress in their behalf while a tariff bill was under consideration.
 The statement of MT. Aldrich having provoked a storm the abstract of the German memorials was prepared and the entire report printed.
 It is contended by members of the House ways and means committee that the request made through American dip lomatic and consular representatives in Germany for facts relating to the wage scale in the various industries In Ger many was sent abroad before the hear ings on the tariff bill were begun. New ertheless it is shown that the desired information was not gathered by Ger man chambers of commerce and manu- lecturers until after the hearings given by the committee had been published and that the German manufacturers made their replies directly to statements made by Alnefscans to the ways and means committee instead of supplying
 
 Names Withheld.
 Without exception the names of the individuals who supplied information to German chambers of commerce were withheld by the German government and so far as the Senate finance committee is concerned all of the statements were ananymous. Witnesses before the House committee were criticised by the Ger man manufacturers and statements in numerous cases are stated to be incorrect and misleading and in one case, it Is asserted, that data presented was false.
 Following are some of the most striking criticisms
 Credited to the chamber of commerce at Nuremburg is the statement that the request of American manufacturers for q raise of duty on bronze from 12 to 15 cents pound is unreasonable" The same statement admits that American wages are twice what they are in Ger man, but asserts that the difference In wages is not sufficient to warrant the increase of rates asked for by Ameri- can manufacturers. It Is asserted also that only about 100 persons are employed fin ind which statement, the New Jersey sena- tors say, Is untrue as there are over 200 persons employed in New Jersey alone. Testimony given before the House com mittee by MT. Burgess, an American man. ufacturer of china and porcelain, Is crit icised and termed inaccurate by German manufacturers, whose names are with held and whose places of business arc not given. The statement of a MT. Kurth regarding labor cost in the manufacture of clay pipes to the House committee is characterized by memorial of the chamber of commerce at Limburg to be inaccurate" A statement by an Amer ican manufacturer of coal tar dyes named Schoellkopf Is declared to mot prove anything" The name of the critic and his place of residence are not given.
 Criticisms Made. Similar criticisms are made in answers to statements to the House committee by the Corset Manufacturers associa- tion of the United States by former Con- gressman Littauer, concerning the manu- fracture of gloves; by producers of hops, and by manufacturers of gold leaf jew elry, knit goods, Autographs, musical in struments, optical instruments, all kinds of paper, pencils, pottery and a large number of other articles It is denied in the report that the German exporters undervalue their goods. In a number of cases the language of the criticisms made by German chambers of commerce is iden- tical and frequently the expression is used that "the chamber challenges the truth of the statement" Concerning figures given by George D. Boyden, an American manufacturer of knit goods, a memorial in the chamber of commerce of Chemntz asserts that the rates of wages quoted for Saxony are totally false" Arguments are used by the various chambers to show that in spite of the cheaper labor in Grmany the low cost of manufacture there is offset in the United States by the fact that coal is cheaper and water power in many in stances is available.