Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-13
ALDRICH IN
ANSWER TO
Mr.. BR|ST0W
RHODE ISLAND SENATE LEADER
SAYS CHARGES MADE BY KAN
sAs SENATOR ARE GROSSLY
MISLEADING AND UNTRUE.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 12-sen-
ator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, enumer-
ating the counts under which he is in
dicted by Senator Bristow, of Kansas.
in recent campaign speecnes dealing
with the tariff, in letter made public
last night denies the charges in their
entirety.
The letter is addressed to William
.B. Mckinley, Of Illinois, chairman Of
the republican congressional commit
tee. The explanations are based upon
the fact that Aldrici was called upon
by rel Iublican, candidate for con-
,gress in Illinois to furnish facts. Re-
ferring to the BristoE charges as gross
misstatements Senator Aldrich said
the persistent reiteration of them i'm
PEELED him to make statement.
The senator declared that the in
crease from SO to 35 per cent on a
small number of manufactured rubber
articles was for the purpose of max
ing the tariff uniform on kindred arti-
cles and fe snlating the labors of Gus
tom officers, and that it was adopted
by the house and senate committees
and not by the senate committee CAL
drich's committee) alone as Senator
Brinstow charged
increases Were Helpful.
Senator Aldrich produces support to
his statement in the form of letter
from r. s. Sharrett. of the, New York
customs asking for more uniform
classification. He says that under the
. mr. ho
nous litigation to settle with import
ers over values. Sllarrett says the
wisdom of the charges have proven
themselves for there has been no liti-
cation whatever under the present
tariff act.
tor Aldrich and others, after passage
OF the law organized a rubber trust,
known as the Intercontipental Rubber
CO., in which Senator Aldrich was Il
director and stockholder, and that was
the reason for the raise in the manu-.
factured list. Senator Aldrich says:
Neither the Intercontinental nor I,
or any member of my family, has had
any pecuniary interest as to whether
the rates on manufactured rubber were
80, 35 or 100 per cent, or whether crude
rubber was on the free or dutiable
list"
Rubber Company's Organization.
He says the International was or
ganized In 1906, long before the tariff
of 1909 was thought Of He says it
was formed Of several subordinate
has no interest in any business save
the production Of crude rubber outside
the United States, and thus was not
concerned in any tariff change on
manufactured rubber. Senator Aldrich
says the company is not trust and
does not control the price or the sup
ply Of crude or manufactured rubber,
as Senator Bristow charged. Senator
Bristow had said that the company,
after the tariff change, had advanced
the price of crude rubber making enor
nous profits.
AS to these dividends Senator AL
drich says they were deferred pay
ments of cumulative dividends and
could in no way have any connection
with the tariff.
Senator Aldrich went on to say that
he had been greatly interested in the
crude rubber industry for many years,
and detailed the growth Of the Inter-
continental, saying:
'.In the success it has attained. the
tariff of the United States has played
no part whatever"
Cause Of Increase in Rubber Price.
He declared the rise in the price of
crude rubber was due to the enormous
Increase in recent years of the demand,
with no visible increase in the avail
able supply and he could see no con-
nection whatever between that and the
raise In the rates on manufactured
rubber. with which industry his con-
Germ had nothing to do.
Without raising any issue concern
ing the insurgents" or the campaign
nerally Senator Aldrich referred to
Senator Bristow and his immediate as
sociates as follows
"In the tariff discussions of other
days, advocates of a protective policy
have usually been called to meet in de-
bate men with convictions on the sub
ject-democrats of character, whose
theories Of government differed COM
pletely from those held by republican
protect who had some re-
gard for the accuracy Of their state /
ments and some knowledge of the SUBJ !
lects they discussed.
Now the attacks upon 6. republican
president and republican measures are
ed by men whose political existence
depends upon their capacity-and to
This there seems to be no limit-for |
Misrepresentation and the ignorance !
of their adherents. Strangely enough |
This little group of men-yery small in |
number, has arrogated to itself the
leadership of the progressfves. and it's |
members prate about the treatment of |
the tariff as moral question"
Cedar Rapids Merchant Dead.
/. Cedar Rapids, Aug. 12.-(SpeciaD-.
Alphonse Franchere, proprietor of the !
Fair store, one of the largest depart |
ment stores in Iowa, died this morn
ing at the age of so. He had been
ill for many months. He was one OF /
the most prominent men in the city.
Waterloo Woman Victim.
Waterloo. Aug. IL (SpeciaD I
George Miller, living three miles
south of Waterloo is suffering from in
fantile paralysis. She is % years old.
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