New-York tribune., 1910-08-12
sristo~'s Statements "RidicuIous.-

. u al the RIDICULOUS statements made by
aile Kansas senator. none is quite so ride
Nous as That in which he states thai rba
'fttrcofltlflei.tal Rubber Company a absolutely
controls the crude rubber surT,Iv The
world production of crude rubber in 1903
~a5 about $4,000 00e pounds. of which the
nlted States took about a, ,000 900 hounds
5'er company and its subordinate com
LANES was about 10 000, ,G00 pounds. or less
fiiall Der cent OF the whole.
As 1 have already stated the Tuteroo,7
HHentaI Rubber Company has never had
any relations with the other producers and
has never controlled or attempted TO conf-oi
or 10 influence either the production or tba
p-lce Of crude rubber. ANY one Who baS
ordinary Intelligence must understand low
iH,Ie Sucn an attempt would be- Il made
- 20 say tilat the advance which took place
from month 10 month in the price of cr'|6a
5upper throughout the world, from "a oa-,+e
1n I9o2 10 50 in 1910. was owing Ia a,1 -
important increase of from "a 10 O. 81 ui1 @
teht IN August, 1909, Oh iniDortations af
Iecnhs teSS Than per cent in value of the
lolal pro0uct Of rubber. displays a dentb
% ignorance which has rareI,r tes,'
-eacfed The claim that this same cbaoea
-, =. olia a 81 70 80 per cent enabled party
VINO never had any interest whatever ar
'tHF connection with any one ,.rgarIeJ7 - ~ l
'Defol acture OF rubber to advance the rrice
"i al rubber products and N 49,
ei!1llious profits out of such advances dis
,.,seS ,,.,, marvellous aptitude for fiction ia
As TO the dividends paid by The 1n.er-
Contfnental Rubber COMPANY. on it, 90 ,era
ietTeo stock in The early months of t,fs
resent year, L viii say that these vsera
oelefrea payments Of cllrnuIatiy.e di,l;
dencS; deferred. as the earnI1cs % -
ioihl9aIlN mad heretofore been l1Sad i, -
a.sISlopInent :. of its business. Net one mill
"I SIle earnings from which dividends Zt-era
t-ala Sould be attributed, as I have al-eadz,
stated, 10 the tariff of the Tinted Statas
O. 70 any change in tariff rates.
Why Change Was Made.
ne ne ehanse IN the tariff on r1lanufs ctures
a - = ,,oS 11o' Otherwise provided for, from
not made or recommended for. y,ro3ac,i+.o
- poses or al the instance of or fo, ~
beoent OF 2lly domestic lnanlIfa ctyrer II
- Ilaoe upon the recommendation of tba
licasurs experts. solely for adrnInis+ra+i,-c
PURPOSES. lie fact IS that at the limo
r..S ta1lf' a,t vas passed the American
rQopef manufacturer had for most ciacg.s
81 goods undisputed control of he 1neTi ir;91ss
IN market. and ir number of Caeee ti'e
oonesuc producer Was z bic to oxport some
portion Of his product 10 OH. co,,,,.; 5IS
The statistics submitted by 1ba Ejnanra
ofnmiijee 10 The Senate in AnriI 15.ls
SAoNtu q Natiie pf manufactured a,rod1Icfs
IL tire country in 1%o4 of sl4s ofg, ts,, s,,d
exports i'm 1897 10 the vai1,e of f,-e,. e 20
tfH, white The imports of tha ..i...-~so' ~o',., -
1fffe" 70 nd ve never reac ched In value IL
per cent OF the domestic paoducrfon
There has been in recent Years a can
imports OF rubber manufactures ovinl-
largely % the fact that the Alner:csr yoarI7
,'acturei-s '.ero gradually taking posses
Sloh OF Tie American market for si,tor,a
bile tires. and 10 the fact that two oF ~
most important makers OF tires-Nicbesji,,
-, .sia tae Continental conpany-transferre
fheif plants for the supply of the Ameri-
can market 10 the United States
When the tarin bill reached the Finance
committee 1t was stated 10 US nv fTe
reasdry experts who had been assisr,.d
Aa President 10 assist the committee
IN the preparation Of amendments that q
was extremely desirable that the rates az
duty imposed by paragraphs Isa .97 a.
7nd 4s5 OF the House bill on The ,nisceI
lIneois manufactures OF various materials
should be uniform Hifil the rates inlnoSe5
on similar manufactures in other nartS nr
the bill i " 20
Sfarretts Recommended CHANCES.
Senator Aldricf then quotes the letter
of Appraiser Sharretts saying that lac
recommended the changes in the rubber
schedule III the Interest of uniformity
and toavoid exhaustive and tedious con-
irorcrjes between the government and
the importers. The letter is, in mart as
follows
To aVoio expensive litigation. delav and
uncertainty IN classification leading i'm