Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-01
MONDAY, AUGUST /, 1910.
SENATOR BRIsTOW SPECIFIES.

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Senator Burton, in his speech be-
fore the Ohio republican state con-
yention, INDUCED in the usual
'spread eagle variety of talk GUS
tomary upon such occasions. He
ridicuIed the idea that the so-called
Especial interests" have any inhu-
once with congress and called upon
those who are making such charges
to specify instead of, as he puts it,
indulging 'in mere catchwords or
generalities."
This will do for a political con-
yention speech where those present
are delegates all of one party, a ma
jority of them under control of one
political boss or another. 1t is their
duty to cheer at such words and they
doubtless did. Just at that moment,
In their minds, the Grand Old Party
could do no wrong.
But Senator Burton and the rest
OF them evidently forgot that Presi-
dent Taft himself admitted to a
delegation that waited upon him
While the tariff was being revised,
in an effort to have the wool schedule
reduced, that their wish could not
be gratif1ed because the wooden in
terests had too much influence with
the majority in congress.
Still more recently than Presi-
dent Taft's declaration, and with
charges even more direct, is the
statement made by Senator Bristow,
Of Kansas, who, during a speech, de-
clared that Senator Aldrich had the
rubber schedule fixed for the benefit
of the rubber trust and that within
four months after the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law there was
q merger of all the big rubber on.
Germs with Senator Aldrich's son as
vice president and treasurer and
with Senator Aldrich himself, Dan
lei Guggenheim, a brother of Sena-
tor Simon ~Guggenheim, and others
among the board of directors. SEN
Gtor Bristow charged that this rub
Der trust with which Senator Aid
rich Is SO closely identified, controls
many acres of land in Mexico and
along the Congo river in Africa
where 1t has plants for making the
crude rubber. This crude rubber is
on the free list and can be shipped
to this country in it's crude form
without paying any duty, and here
the rubber trust manufactures it
into rubber goods.
Senator Bristow further charges
that while crude rubber is on the
free list, manufactures rubber was,
under the Dingley tariff, listed at a
duty Of 80 per cent, ad valorem;
that the House committee in revis-
ing the tariff at the recent special
session, left this duty as it was, but
that the senate committee, of which
Senator Aldrich was the leader,
raised the duty to from 80 to 35 per
cent. Senator Bristow further
charges that such a raise was not
needed as the duty OF 80 per cent.
under the Dingley tariff, was SO
high that very little manufactured
rubber was imported into this coun-
try, leaving the field entirely to the
rubber trust, and that under the new
tariff with the duty raised to 35 pei
cent, the rubber trust has advanced
the price of all kinds of rubber
goods, from baby nipples to auto.
mobile tires. % per cent.
Senator Bristow calls upon Sena,
tor Aldrich to specify any misstate-
ments he has made in reciting these
facts. Senator Aldrich is silent
Senator Burton asked his ohic
friends to specify an instance where
the special interests" have inhu
enced congress. Senator Bristov
has specified as Senator Burton re
quested. Aldrich is silent. Perhaps
Burton would like to reply.
The New York World asks, al
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