The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-13
Made Splendid Impression on
the Committee and Those
Who Heard Him
HEAD Of THE CHANGERS
HANDED OUT warm ONE
Organization Had Employed Law.
yers to Furnish 1t With Technical
knowledge on the Tariff and This
Fact Was Criticized by Advocates.
(By H. E. c. Bryant)

(By H. E. c. Bryant)
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Washington, May 13.-N. G. y
Larimore was the first North Da- .
kota man to speak before the .
senate finance committee in op- =
position to the Canadian recip-
rocity treaty today. He said that .
1t was not only unfair to the .
wheat farmers of the west but to =
the corn farmers Of Missouri and
other middle western states. .
Corn will follow wheat. Free .
lumber and free farm imple- =
ments will not make up the loss. .
After a farmer builds his home .
and outhouses he needs very lit
tie lumber and 20 cents differ .
ence his way in the price of .
barley one year will give him .
= enough to pay for all the farm =
= machinery he needs in ten years. =
Mr.. Larimore made q splendid .
impression on the committee and .
on the audience generally. .
He was followed by R. T. .
Kingman. The western farmers .
are in dead earnest about the
. Canadian treaty. They have =
shown considerable feeling in =
the matter. .
Washington, May 13-All hopes Of
the senate finance committee con.
Guiding this week It's hearings on the
Canadian reciprocity bill was aban-
doned today. So prolonged have been
the arguments OF the objecting farm
ers' representatives that Chairman
Penrose was planning when the ses-
sion of the committee began today
to extend the hearings for few days.
He intends, however, to finish at the
earliest moment possible without cut
ting of any who may desire to be-
heard.
Indignant at the Insulting infer
ence" that the farmers of the country
had acted improperly In employing
lawyers to advise them in their fight
against reciprocity, N. P. Hull, head
of the grangers who have been before
the committee this week, today mott
fled the committee that he would have
the attorneys of the grangers appear
before the committee next week to
answer any questions.
Senator Stone had interrupted the
committees public hearing on the
reciprocity bill to ask that Allen and
Graham, lawyers of New York, be
subpoenaed to appear before the COM.
mittee and bring with them copies of
the literature they had distributed in
opposition to reciprocity.
His action was supplemental to the
presentation to the senate of a news
paper article questioning the identity
of the clients Of these attorneys.
"Ill tell you something about that"
exclaimed Mr.. Hull. Eve farmers
employed these lawyers and it is the
first time that ever knew of a SEN
ate committee questioning the right
Of body appearing before it to pay
lawyers to furnish technical knowl-
edge about tariff rates. That's what
these lawyers did for U.s."
He said the lawyers had been en-.
ployed by the farmers for years upon
occasionS.
Members of the committee uues-
toned their right to subpoena the
lawyers as Senator Stone suggested
and Mr.. Hull settled the affair by
promising to have the lawyers appear
with all literature sent out.
Herbert Williams of Ohio, DR.. ]. L
Snyder of the Michigan agricultural
college, c. NJ. Freeman Of Ohio, Sec
retary Of National Grange; C. e. Bas-
set. secretary Of the Michigan State
Horticultural society; H. N. Ensign
Of Ohio: ]. R. Waterbury, formerly
Of the Michigan legislature, and Tim.
othy Healy, international president Of
the Stationary Firemen's association,
opposed the bill.
A delegation from Rochester, North
Tonawanda and Buffalo, N. Y, was
the first delegation to advocate tho
bill. 1t included George M. Forbes,
representing the Rochester chamber
of commerce; Harlan w. Brush Of
North Tonawanda: Elliott c. Nc
Dougall, Buffalo banker, who said
the consumer had originated the reci-
procity pact and H. V. Burns of Buff
falo who said he was willing to have
the duty taken of malt and beer as
well as of barley and that the re-
moval Of duty would not reduce the
price Of barley in the United States.
Maurice Preisch Of Buffalo spoke for
the removal Of the duty on rough
lumber.
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