The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-19
WILL NOT
ABANDON THE RACE
CONTINUED from Page one.1


dom OF the majority of the party. For
tnat reason. 1 supported revision when
az me republican platform declared for
The Payne bill has been in opera-
ZION since August 5. Two hundred thou
sand freight cars. then idle. are now
Dusy. Under that law. we so arranged
mat more goods are admitted free than
unuef any other law in our history. The
SNerage per cent on all importations
Tor the last fiscal year was 2O.S per
sent &c The Wilson law duty ged
Y per cent. We cut the iron schedule
in tow. The chemical schedule was
cut 40 per cent.
Let's see who stands for the in
tserest. The duties on lumber. leather,
boots and shoes. iron and steel are a N
lower under the Payne law than under
ne Dlngley law. Every man who voted
against the Payne bill. thereby voted
70 retain the highest duties of the
Dingley law"
Reply to BrIstow.
Speaker Cannon closed his speech by
replying TO Senator Bristow's recent
charges concerning the tariff on rub
per During this portion OF his speech
81. cannon read from typewritten
manuscript. as follows:
= senator BristOw In his speech at
W 7field charged that Senator Aldrich
an others brought about an increase
OL ne duty on manufactured rubber.
anu lnereupOn organized a rubber trust
senator Bristow said that under the
operation Of the Payne tariff law there
wes decrease in the amount OF manu-
Incurred rubber Imported and therefor
loss In revenue.
Either knowingly or fenorantlv.
senator BEristow, DID not state the
Iacts- The truth IS. as shown by the
official figures OF the bureau of sta
SsllsLlcs Tor the nine months ending
March 20. 1910, under the Payne law,
mere was an increase in the importa-
S sssa ,9of crude rubber amounting to
For, the same period the revenue
rubber Increased S126.3S4
Inc senator further said that for
the same period as indicated above,
S1O.OOO.OO0 in the amount OF crude rub
Der imported.
Kansas Senator Untruthful.
submit that the senator intended
ms audience to understand that. not
withstanding the increase in irnporta-
ton Of crude rubber. the fmpo-ts OF
manufactured rubber decreased. The
truth is, as 1 have shown from official
featured rubber increased under the
higher duty.
"since May 30. 1903. there have been
increases in the price OF crude rubber
amounting to 45A per cent. due to the
increased use Of rubber in the every
day life OF the people for automobile
tires. electrical purposes. etc, But the
price OF crude rubber as given Is that
OF the open markets Of the world. and
cannot be ascribed to the tariff for
rubber is on the free list
The figures I have given show that
even the increased rate is not suf-
ficient to prevent the large increase in
importation OF manufactured rubber
| made by foreign labor in competition
| with labor OF America. Upon these
misstatements, which Senator RrfStou-
makes himself responsible for. he
| builds his charges against his brother
senator. So far the statement is Mr..
/ BristOw's
What Bristow should DO.
Then he proceeds to put in quota
ton marks-what his authority is GOD
I only knOws-that Senator Aldrich and
/ others organized a rubber trust L do
I not Know whether Senator AIdrich and
] others organized a trust Being unfr-
| FORMED, | neither deny nor affirm but
| II Senator Aldrich, occupying his great
! position, did organize a trust then.
I under the sherman antitrust act. pro-
tvided that trust is engaged in inter-
Z state commerce. he is liable not only
/ to severe punishment by fine but TO
/ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
/ Let me suggest TO Senator BriStovv
l and his constituents that instead OF en-
/ deavOring to make political capital
| against the brother senator. he had
/ better, as a good citizen. give the in
/ formation that ne processes TO have 10
l the appropriate grand jury and TO the
/ department. of justice for their action
/ in the enforcement OF the laws that
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