The Washington times., 1910-08-13

MILWAUKEE, Aug. e. - United
States Senator Joseph T. BrfsrOw. Of
Kansas, in a speech here has replied
10 the letter OF Senator Nelson " AID
rich. wherein the latter defended him
self against the charges Of the Kansas
Senator relating TO the tariff on rubber
Senator Bristow launched into the-sub-
ject by saying that Senator Aldrich
declares that the IntercOntineutaI
Rubber Company Is not trust, and at
the same time admits It IS a holding
Senator Bristow said in part
In my speech al Winfield. Kan. on
July = / criticised the Payne-Aidrich
tariff bill, referring especially 10 the
duties on lead and lead PRODUCES. cotton
cloth and WOODEN especially referring
TO duties on cotton clothes and manu-
factured rubber I declared that the
duties on these various commodities
were fixed not IN the interest Of the
people but Of certain trusts, combines
and speculators-
Mr. Aidrich in d signed statement
takes exception 20 my remarks ora the
rubber duty especially He ignores the
other eatUTeS Of my speech He also
made a number of sarcastic references
tors who saw mt 90 vote iE the interest
OF our constituents rather than aS Ar
Aldrich wanted Us TO-
II stated that the IntercontinentaI
stock CT FIVE other COMPANIES in addi-
ton TO these zbSOTEed by the mcTEcrS
referred TO- AMI that through some OF
these conDs-ies It owned several million
acres OF land in Mexico and was pro-
dUCin- from its factories from $1,000 10
l.lH,o'3 pounds Of cTude rubber per
--Thfs M AIdrfch admits in his state
ments. but he declares that the only
element Of truth in reference 20 the
rubber duty was the fact that the duty
was increased on the manufactures and
that he was a stockholdsr in the Inter
continental Rubber Company
I stated also that the InteTcOntinen-
tai Rubber Company owned a CDutrOIl-
IuE interest IN the capital stock Of the
American Congo Company organized
through the concessions given by the
Belgian government and that If con-
trofIed under this concession two and
Congo in Africa This, Mr- Aldrich
neither affrms nor denies, but he knows
il 5 true
Denounced As Trust
ct stated that since the tariff bill
passed, and since the absorbing Of these
other companies by the Intercontinen-
tai Rubber Company, the price Of man
ufactured rubber has advanced to the
people Of the United States about . per
cent. This Mr.. AIdrich admits.
He denies that he or his family have
any interest in any concern manufac-
turing rubber. OF that the Inter-Conti-
mental Rubber Company controls the
price OF crude rubber
Mr. Aldrich further admits that the
increased duty Of manufactured rubber
resulted in decreased imDortatiOns This
Mr. Cannon in Kansas denied and
stated II q public address at EmpOria
that I made false statements in regard
TO such decreased importations- Nr.
Aldrlch, IN his statement, admits that
Il was right Then Mr. Cannon made
the misstatements-
Mr.. AIdrich admits that the annual
producJG9n OF from thirty to forty
million dollars worth OF crude rubber
produced on his plantations in Mexico
comes into the United States without
paying any duty or taxes 10 the Cen
eral Government, and in his own
statement SAYS that he Increased the
duties on the products OF the Ame-i-
can factories, his customers, thereby
aiding them to mOnopOlIze the Ameri-
better prices for the raw material
which he had TO sell and which they
had TO have. Yet ne declared that he
had no interest IN the increasing du-
THE long letter submitted from
Sharretts Is one Of those ridiculous
statements that this man ShaTretts is
accustomed 10 make TO suit the con
Fenience OF MI AlGriCh when there
Is any explanation made in regard to
the tariff bill 1t is a long involved
EEOEL 70 inlSlee4A anu deceive Li4DSe
who are patient enough to reaG Il
ard has no practical bearing OF the
I should have been glad If Mr..
Aldrich had said something about the
Lead and the GuEEenheim Smelling
trust, and about Mr. Lippitt's testi-
mo1y IN regard to the Increased duty
on cotton cloths and stated why he
put increased duty on those cloths
when the n ufaCtureTs said they did
not want it"