The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-13
BRlSTOW
REASSERTS
That Increased Rubber Duties
Benefits Sen. AIdrlch
in SPEECH LAST NIGHT
Kansas Statesman Takes Up Aldrch
Letter at Milwaukee and Reiter-
ates charges--Says Aldrieh Is
disappearing Facts.
IN SPEECH LAST NIGHT

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. lS-United
States Senator Joseph L. Bristow Of
Kansas last night in a speech here made
reply to the letter Of Senator Nelson
w. Aldrieh, wherein the latter defended
himself against the charges Of the Kan.
sas senator relating to the tariff on rub
her. Senator Bristow launched into the
subject by saying that senator Aldrieh
declares that the Intercontinental Rub.
Der company is not a trust, and at the
same time It is holding company"
Senator Bristow then took up Mr..
Aldrieh's declaration that neither he nor
his family had profted directly or iudi.
rectly by the tariff on manufactured
rubber, yet Senator Bristow said, '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.
Then, referring to his own speech at
Winfield, aKnsas, on July Q, Senator
Bristow declared that Mr.. Aldrich took
exception to his remarks on the rubber
duty, especially.
He ignores the other features Of my
speech Mr.. Bristow said.
Il stated that the Intereontinental
Rubber company owned the capital stock
OF five other companies. in addition TO
those absorbed BY mergers, and that
through some Of these companies it
owned several million acres Of land in
Mexico and WAS producing from is fac
tories from 100000 pounds to 100000
pounds Of crude rubber per month.
@This Mr.. Aldrich admits in his state
msnts, but he declares that the only ele-
ment Of truth in reference to the rubber
duty was the fact that the duty was
Increased On tie manufactured and that
he was foekhoiGer in the Intereonti.
rsrla l'5er company
si6tei also that the lnterconti
nenis bbsr company owned con-
ea atrest IN the capital Of the
A.F congo company, organized
fess * concession given BY the
ia ramen., and that it con-
tss iris concession two and
Oil on acres Of land on the
Con- ca. This Mr.. Aldrich nei-
u is or denies but he knows il
II les that since the tariff bill
pss.e 81 s.nce tile absorbing Of these
other eoEpantes BY the Intercontinental
Ruboer company the price Of manufae-
tured rubber has been advanced to the
people Of The United States about 25
per cent. This Mr. Aldrieh admits. He
denies that he or his family nave any
interest IN any concern manufacturing
rubber, or that the Intercontinental Rub
Der company controls the price Of crude
rubber. Mr.. Aldrich knows that the
Guggenheims, Thomas f. Ryan, II. P.
Whitney and himself arc the controlling
influences in this Intercontinental Rub
Der company, and under its charter it
is empowered to transact any kind of
business on earth except preaching the
gospel, and that it, through the organi-
"a tion Of subsidiary companies, does
transact in various parts Of the world;
that it handles large quantities Of crude
-ubber; that it was organized for the
purpose of getting control of the market
and to supply crude rubber and do other
things, and by the controlling Of the
supply Of crude rubber that every manu-
featuring concern in America would be
absolutely under its control
IF they refused to patronize him,
nder his charter be has ample powers
to engage in any kind Of competition
with them and would be backed by the
ayans, Guggenheims and Rockefellers,
and no sensible man in business would
desire to undertake to compete with
thnse nowerfuI interests.