Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-06
Absent Members Called
Back to Washington
To Be Ready Monday for The
Free List Bill Fight.
Graft and Trust Cases --PuzzIing
Question In Antitrust Law.


Warburten of Washington, a newly
elected Republican member of the
House of Representatives, announced
his intention of supporting the DEM
ocratic free list bill, in a speech in the
House today. Warburton said many of
the Republican criticisms of the bill
were undoubtedly well founded, but
others were overdrawn. He believed
the DILL would not do all its Democratic
sponsors expected of it, but it was
step in the right direction. He urged
removal of the duty on sugar.
Bartlett OF Georgia attacked the So
called Cotton bagging trust" He said
there was evidence that manufactur
efs of jute bagging for bailing cotton
were working with an understanding
equivalent to combination. Mr.. Gill
let, Mass, challenged=-th statement
and Bartlett cited testimony before the
ways and means committee in TO- He
said the Southern farmers were dis
eliminated against in that cotton bag
ging was dutiable, whereas binding
Irvine was free of duty, and that
Southern planters paid s5,000000 to the
alleged "Bagging Trust in five years.
Washington, May 5.-Recognizing
that the real fight over the free list
bill will come Monday, leaders of both
parties in the House today issued per-
emptory orders to absent members to
return at once to Washington. The bill
will be taken up then for amendment
under the 5-minute debate rule. Rep.
Wilder of Massachusetts opposed the
free list bill today in a speech opening
the debate.
Washington. May 5-A bill aimed at
the United Shoe Machinery Co., and
it's alleged monopoly of the shoe man.
ufacturing machinery business was in
PRODUCED today by Rep. Peters of Mas
sachusetts. The bill provides that any
owner or beneficiary of United
States patent cannot forbid the use of
other machinery when leasing his pat
ent
The United Shoe Machinery Co.
leases its machines under contract
prohibiting the lessees from using the
machinery of any other firm. The bill
was referred to the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce.
" Acii' ~'ioS liiNNchieeSAOAio VI
charges of graft in connection with
the contracts for shoes for the army
and navy was begun today by sub
committee of the military affairs COM
mlttee of the House The inquiry is
to determine whether bids and spec
ifieations have been SO arranged as
to throw the contracts into the hands
of one firm. A request in the House
by Rep. Gardner, Mass, to have the
military affairs committee discharged
from further consideration of the res
olution brought forth this fact from
Democratic Leader Underwood, Gard
ner thereupon withdrew his request.
Washington, May 5.-Raduction of
the wool tariff or placing of wool on
the free list would not have the slight
est effect on the price of either raw
or finished wool. declared Rep. Fran
cisco. Ohio, today, in a statement ex-
planning his reasons for asking Con-
gressional inquiry into the American
Wooden Co. That corporation, he
said, controls absolutely mills with
capitalization of $69,000,000 scattered
throughout New England, New York
and Pennsylvania and prices are ar
btu drily fixed by the so-called Wool
EN- Trust" He said he was not in
favor of free wool and hoped the pro-
posed investigation would convert
those of his fellow Democrats who
wanted to revise the tariff along that
line.
Washington. May 5.-Seyen distin-
guished Americans now dead are
named among the active members of
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters in bill creating that body
introduced in the House today by Rep.
Mccall, Mass. When the academy was
originally proposed the seven were liv-
ing and in presenting the bill to the
Congress revision of the personal was
overlooked. The seven were Samuel
Clemens MARK Twain of Connect
cut; Charles f. McKim of New York:
Richard Watson Glider of New York;
Edward Everett Hale of Massachu-
sets; Julia Ward Howe of Massa-
chusetts; Francisco Marion Crawford
of New York, and John La Fargo Of
New York.
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