The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-12
SEN. ALDRICH
MAKES REPLY
Admits He is a Stakeholder
in Rubber Co.
-
NO PECUNIARY INTEREST
However, as to Whether Tariff Rates
Were 80 Per Cent, or 800, His
Answer to Senator
Bnstow.
NO PECUNIARY INTEREST

Washington, d. O., Aug. Ex-senator
Nelson w. Aldrich Of Rhode Island,
enumerating the counts under which he
is Indicted BY Senator Joseph L. Bris-
tow Of Kansas, IN recent campaign
speeches dealing with the tariff on rub
Der, in letter made public last night,
denies the charge in their entirety in
caustic language to senator Bristow and
what he terms 4ilttle group Of men
which entertain opinions similar to the
Kansan.
The letter Is addressed to Representa-.
tive William B. Mckinley of Illinois,
chairman Of the Republican COMPRESSION
al committee, and was sent to the head
quarters Of the committee in this city.
The legislation Of the rubber duties and
the denial OF the charges made against
him BY senator Bristow are based up
on the fact that Senator Aldrieh was
called upon by Republican candidate
for Congress to furnish facts connected
with the changes made in the recent
tariff act.
Referring to the charges made by Sen.
ator Bristow as absurd "misstatementsa
Senator Aldricb said the persistent re-
iteration Of them impelled him to make
fual statement.
In the first place the senator declares
the increase from 30 to 30 per cent on a
small number Of articles Of manufac-
tured rubber articles was for the pur-
pose Of Balying the tariff uniform o..
kindred articles and facilitating the Ia
bors Of the customs officers.
In that connection he made public q
letter to him from General r. S. Shar-
retts, member Of the New York board
Of general appraisers, asserting that the
change was advisable and had been
agreed to unanimously by the Senate and
House committees and BY the conierees
on the tariff bin at the earnest solici-
tation Of tie tariff experts
/ Laying particular stress upon the
charge made BY Mr.. Bristow, the chair
man OF the Senate finance committee
says that neither he, nor any member
Of his family, has ever had any pscuniary
Interest as TO whether the rates on manu-.
features Of rubber we're 80, IS or 800
per cent. or whether crude rubber was
on the free Of dntiable list
Dealing then with the charges that
/ the Intereonlinental Rubber company.
OF which be is director, is a trust,
that it advanced the price Of crude rub
Der, and controlled the works. supply,
4 ana that the company had paid enor-
ni5us dividends. Mr.. AIdrich treats each
separately and at great length.
ut is true that an increase in the
rates took place in paragraph 463, which
included certain manufactures Of In
dian rubber, with other items, and Il is
also true that am stockholder and a
director in the Insercontinentsl Rubber
company, hut none Of the other state
rnents referred to, contain q single
element Of truth
s'Neither the Intereontinental Rubber
company nor I, nor any member Of my
family has ever had any pecunisry in.
terest as to whether the rates on manu-
features Of rubber were 30, % or 800
per cent, or whether crude rubber was
on tie free list or the dntisble list.
"Neither the Intercontmental Riibbei
company nor any Of its subordinate
companies have ever had the siightest
interest, direct or indirect, in the manu-
faoture Of any article covered by th'
change in rates on rubber manufacture
lin the paragraph alluded to, or other
wise.
'eThc Tnterconintental Rubber company
is not in any sense nor of any kindr-
good or bad--a rubber trust. 1t WA
never and no one connected with i
was eyer-in combination, or agreement
or arrangement with anything will
reference to the production Or control
or attempt to control, the price Of erud'
rubber, Or Of any manufacture Of rub
Der.
"Fhe only relations it ever had witt
any rubber manufacturing concern hay.
been solely with reference to the sal
ana delivery Of its crude products.
Crude rubber is and has been on tn
free list Of our tariff, and there ha
been no movement or suggestion fron
any source to place it on the dutiabl
! list. Is this important raw mateTia
which completes with no domestic prod
} uct, should be placed upon the dptiab
list, the duty would clearly be adde
to the cost Of the rubber to the manu-
facturefactmer or the consumer, an.
would stu be controlled BY the marke
price Of the world.
: @0f ALI the ridiculous statements mad
by the kansas senator none il quit
80 ridiculous as that in which he state
that the Intercontinental Rubber com
pany absolutely controls the crude rub
Der supply