The San Francisco call., 1910-08-13
BRISTOW REPLY
SCORES ALDRICH
WITHOUT mercy
Kansan Senator Riddles State
ment OF Senate Boss About
Duty on Rubber
Further Expose OF Plot Which
Has Laid Heavy Tax on
the Public
Aldrich Shown to Profit EnOr.
mOusly by the ImpOst on
Manufactured Goods

Manufactured uOOdS
N N ILWAUKEE, Aug. 12.-Senator
M Joseph L Bristow of Kansas in
his speech here tonight. which
he stated was in reply to the letter
of Senator Nelson w. AIdrich. defend
ing himself against the charges of the
Kansas senator relating to the tariff
on the rubber. launched into the sub
ject by saying:
Senator Aldrich declares that the
Inter-Continenta1 rubber company is
not trust, and at the same time ad-
mits that it is a holding company
What Aldrich Admits
Senator Bristow then took up Mr..
Aldrichs declaration that neither he
nor his family had profted directly or
Indirectly by the tariff on manufac-
tured rubber. saying: yet he admits
that he is producing millions of pounds
of crude rubber per annum. selling it
to American manufacturers and that
he increased the duty on their products
when they did not need it for protec-
tion."
Then referring to his own speech at
Winfield. Kas.. July ., Senator Bris-
tow declared that Aldrich took exeep-
tion to his remarks on the rubber duty
especially.
He ignores the other features Of my
speech. Mr.. Bristow said.
Organizing the Trust
Going into the question of organiza-
tion OF the nter-cOntinentaI rubber
company. senator. Bristow quotes from
his own speech. saying that the Con
tinentaI rubber company was organized
under the laws of New Jersey, January
%. 1903. and that the Continental rub
Der company of America was organized
under the laws of New Jersey. January
5, 1906. and further that Aldrfch says
that the first two companies named
were subsidiary companies of the In
ter-continental rubber company and
that it owned all their stock. aud that
they were organized for the sake of
cOnveniences"
Bristow asked. How could they be
subsidiary companies of the Inter-con-
tinental rubber company and organized
for its convenience when both of them
were organized before it was?"
Bristow's Speech
Mr.. AIdrich declares that the
Iuter-Continental rubber companv
is not trust and at the same
time admits that it is holding
company that controls numerous
subsidiary organizations that were
organized for the purpose of
handling the crude FubbeS busi-
ness in various parts OF the world.
He says that neither he nor his
family has profited directly or in
directly by the tariff on manufac-
tured rubber; yet he admits that
he is producing millions of pounds
of crude rubber per annum. selling
it to American manufacturers. and
that he increased the duty on their
products when they did not need
it for protection and when they al
ready had control of the American
market and were exporting rub
Der; that is. he increased the duty
enabling the manufacturers to ad-
vance the price to the American
did advance the price. yet he says
that neither he nor his family has
profted directly or indirectly.
He admits that dividends had not
been paid before the consultations
of the various companies into one.
and that after the consolidation
enormous dividends were paid, as
stated in my speech.
my Snaech al Winfield
July 9. I criticised the Payne-AId~
rich tariff bill. referring especially
to the duties on lead and lead prod
ucts. cotton cloth and wooden. es-
pecially referring to duties on cot
ton cloths and manufactured rub
ber. declared that the duties on
these various commodities were
fixed, not in the interest of the peO-
pie, but of certain trusts combina-
tions and spectators.
What Aldrich Ignores
Mr.. AIdrieh, in a signed state
ment. takes exception to my re-
marks on the rubber duty espe-
cially. He ignores the other features
of my speech. He also made a num-
Der of sarcastic references to my
self and other republican senators
of our constituents tAt.ier than rs
MIR. Aldri.-h US to- His
opinion of myself and the other
senator's is of little consequence.
but I desire to call special atten-
tion to some of the statements of
MIR. Aldrich made in his eNplana-
ton.
He says: 1T is true that an in
crease in the rate took place in
paragraph 463- which includes GER
tain manufactures of India rubber
with other items. and il is true THAI
/ am stock holder and director in
the Intercontinental rubber COM
pany: but none of the other state
nents referred 10 contain a single
element of truth
Now. what were the other state
ments i made?
I stated that the Continental
rubber company was organized un~
der the laws OF New Jersey Janu-
airy %, 1908: that the Continental
rubber company of America was
organized under the laws of Neg