The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-12
MIR ALpRICH,s REPLY.


Senator Nelson W. Aldrich has prob
ably given more attention to the full
limitations of Senator Joseph L. BITS
tow of Kansas that they really needed
but few people after reading the Aid
rich letter viii be 10th TO admit that
the subject is fully covered. and that
there is scarcely enough left Of the
Bristow charges TO afford something
10 bury. The gentleman from Rhode
Island, who is chairman of the Senate
finance committee, usually knows what
- is talking about. and touches his
sta tements in the sort OF English that
needs no Interpretation. Even way
faring man. though fool need not
err therein"
Senator Bristow is one Of the insur-
gent senators who is making a great
noise, and insisting that the tail shall
wag the dog, proceeding which ought
! 10 lead Colonel Roosevelt, with his
well known sense OF humOr. TO brand
Bristow, Cummins, DOlliyer and their
Tx as nature fakirs. They insist that
a small minority of the Republican
party shall govern the party, and that
no one who differs from them can pos
sibly be right.
The Kansas senator charged that
Senator AIdrich used his influence as a
Senate leader and chairman of the
finance committee. which framed the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, TO increase
the duty on rubber that rubber con-
Germ which Aldrich had formed or was
about 10 form, might enrich itself and
its stockholders. He has shouted this
in season and out OF season. He
finally said IL so loud that he attracted
the attention OF the Rhode Island sem
ator and the letter from Senator Aid
rich is the result
Senator Aldrich shows that the duty
on rubber could not possibly affect the
business OF the r-Continental Rub
her company, Of which he is
stakeholder, and gives facts and
figures TO prove it, He shows,
therefore, that neither he nor
any member of his family could
benefit, no matter how high the duty
on rubber might be- He shows that
the duty on rubber was fixed at its
present figure at the request Of treas
ury experts. He appends a letter from
the chief expert TO prove his claim.
Senator Bristow undoubtedly will wish
this morning to find a very small hole
into which to crawl. and a strong de
sire 10 pun the aforesaid hole in after
him.
The chairman of the Senate finance
committee says in his letter that he
is proud Of the unimportant part he has
played in the Inter-Continental Rub
Der company, which has developed a
new process for extracting crude rub
Der from plants and shrubs. He shows
that a new industry has been added
10 the long list, and proves that the IN
ter-Continental Rubber company is not
a trust and cannot control production
as its output falls below one-siXth of
the entire production. He shows that
the price Of crude rubber is governed
by the law Of supply and demand, ana
that auctions in two of the great trade
centers govern the price.
Senator Aldrieh points out that in
the past the American principle OF
protection has been defended FOR years
against the ouslaughts OF men Of high
principle. who thought that the sys-
TEN was wrong, but who We're usually
well informed, and who used some
moderation in their remarks; and he
makes IL plain that he does not con-
slider Bristow as a member Of that
class. All in all. Senator BristOw has
no reason TO feel proud Of the fall he
has taken out OF the old war horse
OF protection and Republicanism. SEN
ator Nelson w. Aldrich Of Rhode
Island.