The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-02
NEXT WEDNESDAY
IS SET FOR VOTE
Next Wednesday is Time For Report
ing Measure-Little Chance
For Amendments.

Washington, D. c., June 1.-Public
hearings on the Canadian reciprocity
bill practically were concluded by the
senate finance committee yesterday
and next Wednesday was fixed as the
time when a vote will be taken on re-
porting the measure. No amendments
other than that offered by Senator
Root on the paper clause will have
any chance for consideration, it was
said by member of the committee.
The Root amendment, it was added,
will have to be materially modified be.
fore it can be accepted. 1t was de-
cided to request officers of the Assoc
lated Press and American Newspaper
Publishers association to appear next
Monday to answer some questions in
regard to the paper ana pulp section
of the agreement.
Lumber, paper and woolen manu-
featuring interests, according to tes-
timony given by Joseph H. Allen of
the firm of Allen & Graham Of New
York, offered to contribute to the fight
being made against reciprocity by the
National Grange.
Mr.. Allen, whose firm is employed
to help the Grange in its campaign,
acknowledged that William NJ. Wood,
president of the American Woolen
company; Arthur c. Hastings, presi-
dent of the American Paper and Pulp
Association Chester w. Wyman, as
sistNnt to the president of the Inter
national Paper company, and Leonard
Bronson, general manager of the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association, had
volunteered contributions to the fight.
Whidden Graham of this firm, which,
he admitted, was not law firm at all,
Notwithstanding the claim of N. P.
Hull, master of the Michigan Grange,
that it was employed as the farmers
legal advisers, was asked if any in
terests other than the National Grange
contributed.
VIC nave UCCI plOl11loCQ llOlul4S,
he replied, "but we do expect that any
manufacturer who is interested in this
matter and who appreciates what we
are doing will pay us for our work
If they do, we will be glad to take it. .
Senator Williams asked Mr.. Allen
how it was that if his firm had moi
I'M hn 1,,Va VnAAr1le
or paper interests, that Messrs. Ly
man, Bronson and Hastings had of
fered to contribute to the cause.
ut was voluntary on their part,
replied Mr.. Allen. He added that his
firm would receive a contribution from
anybody who felt like contributing.
When Mr. Graham declined to an
swer Senator Stone as to whether his
firm was to be paid for it's work by
any persons other than the Nationa
Grange, considerable controversy arose
in the committee as to whether Mr.
Graham should be compelled to an
swer.
1t ended by giving Mr.. Graham his
discretion, as Senator Stone said his
questions were not for the purpose o
discrediting the National Grange a!
an organization but to ascertain
any of it's officers we're using it in tn,
name of the farmers to promote spe
cial interests which the national bod.
bod navar considered
Mr.. Graham acknowledged his firm
had been employed in the past by man
ufacturing concerns to further or OF
pose legislation He instanced tn
good roads movement, in which he sai
the pay came from automobile manu-
facturers and carriage makers, an
the fight against denatured alcoho
when the pay came from manufact
urers' fund, contributed by the Dis
tilleries' Security company, the Dar
bury Hat company and several furn
ture makers.
did you ask manufacturers or sut
gest to them that they contribute t
the expenses of the campaign agains
reciprocity" asked Senator Stone.
ITO such as came to me-" said M
ALLEN, II told them it would be har
: fight; but up to date only one mani
facturer actually has given an
money"