Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-23
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Senator Charges Cannon and Other
Regulars with Manipulation
of Schedules.
IN INTEREST OF MONOPOLY
Denounces Speakers Statements in
Regard to Himself.
EFFORT TO REDUCE FAILED
Demr:7ds Uncle Joe's" Reasons for
Previous Actions.
SMELLING COST TEN DOLLARS
He Says Difference Between Duty on
SMELLING COST TEN DOLLARS
He Says Difference Between Duty on
Lead and Lead Ore Ia Greater
Than Entire Cost of MAN.
ufacture.

MANHATTAN, Kan, July Ex-senator
Joseph l.. Bristow, in a speech here last
night, charged Speaker Cannon and the
standpat' congressman with manipulation
OF the lead schedules OF the tariff bill in
support OF the Shelter trust" so-called.
a duty not measuring the difference
IN tne cost OF smelling at home and abroad
as promised In the republican platform
out from $3.50 to 50 higher than the entire
cost OF smelling in this country was i'm
posed ON lead" the senator said.
Ihis was done not in the interest of
protecting struggling American industry,
out In the interest Of a monopoly con-
'roiled oy the Guggenheims, backed by the
great Rockefeller financial interests.
because l presume to object to this
sort OF thing, Mr.. Cannon calls me a demo-
uat' demagogue, a lunatic and pick
pocket Mr. Cannon. holding the great Of
ice OF speaker Of the house. second in
power and dignity in this government, has
Deen routed over Kansas for a number
OF days denouncing the insurgents, my
Seil IN particular. Instead of induiging in
VIluperauon' why doesn't he give the rea-
sons why he insisted upon ignoring the
piain' specific declarations of the repub-
ican national platform? Why did he stand
Dy the senate In the interest of the
Guggenheims?
The duty on lead in ore. ss the tariff
Dill passed the house, was $50 a ton. The
outy on pig Lead or lead bullion, was the
same The bill came to the senate and was
referred to the COMMITTEES on finance OF
Wnich Mr. Aldrich Is chairman, and was
reported back with the duty on Dig lead
increased from $50 to $3.50 a ton. making a
oitrerencs OF $3.50 between the lead in the
ore ana the lead bullion. Therefore. ac-
corning TO the republican national plat-
FORM ana our campaign pledges, si260 a
Ton should measure the difference in the
cost OF smelling lead in the United States
and In our competing countries.
~ hdwar6s y. Rush. aeneral mana 80, =,
the American Smelling and Refining com
pany, an organization which controls 40 nsr
cent of the lead smelters of the limited
states testified before the ways ana means
committee Of the house that the entire cost
OF lead from the ore to bullion from actual
tlsures ranged from $555 to $t0O6 a ton.
NO witness before the ways and means
committee gave as the entire cost of smelt-
ing greater figure than $40 a ton,
a most vigorous effort was made in the
senate 70 reduce the duties of the senate
Dill back TO those provided In the house
measure out without effect. To protect
our struggling American industries 4 duty.
not measuring the difference In the cost
of smelling at home and abroad, but a dutv
of from $3.50 to Sc a ton more than the en-.
tire cost Of smelling at homo was i'm
posed|'
Cannon Calls IT Ravinr.
DANVILLE, ILL.,, July 22.-Wben sneaLa-
cannon was shown the speech made bv
Senator Bristow at Manhattan, Kan. last
night and asked what reply, IL any, he had
to make. the speaker said: IT do not care
10 discuss or to pay any attention to the
rawlings and statements OF Senator Bristow
and those who Cooperate with him in an
ettort to put the republican party out Of
business. j endorse the Payne tariff bin
as the best tariff measure ever eracted."