Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-06-29
GENERAL NEWS Of NATIONAL HAPPENINGS

! Washington, June 20-The House OF
Representatives by vote Of 221 to
100 today pased the Underwood wool
tariff revision bill, providing for a
reduction of the duty on wool and
wooden goods. Twenty-four Republ-
cans voted with the Democrats for
the massage of the measure and ono
Democratic Representative, Francisco,
Of Ohio, voted against it.
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted be-
iDg slight change in phraseology
Almost five hours were spent b. the
House n debate under the five-min-
lite lllIe.
Immediately preceding the final
vote, motion offered by a represen-
tativa of New York, that the bill be
resdbmitted to the ways and means
committee, with instructions chat it
await a report from the tariff ;5rd
On the wooden industry before max
ing final report of the bill, was lost
by a vote of 189 to 49,
Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee and in charge of the bill kept
his forces well together in their op-
position to sall amendments. While
some Democrats proposed amend
ments, with one exception they voted
with the party when the bill came to.
passage.
Representative Gray, of Indiana, Of
fered an amendment to place raw
wool on the free list, instead of pre-
scribing a duty of 20 per cent ad
valorem, and commit the bill to the
committee with instructions that man.
ufactures be reduced to 20 per cent
ad valorem. This was lost.
Washington, June 20.-Through its
first witness, Cyrus H. Mccormick,
of Chicago, president Of the Interna-
tional Harvester Company, the Lori
mer investigating committee succeed
ed today in introducing into it's rec
ord the principal allegation in which |
the senate was induced to reopen
the case against the Illinois senator.
1t was to Clarence S. Funk, man.
ager of the harvester company, that
Hines is alleged to have made
the request for a contribution of S10,- |
900 as a part of fund of 100000 |
to be raised in behalf of Lorimer. |
Mr. Mccormick said Funk told him
Of his proposition, and said that he
had refused, and by his refusal had
won his (McCormick's commenda-
ton.
Mr. Mccormick said further that
the harvester company had made
practice to hold aloof from politics,
and to avoid efforts to influence leg
slation. Taking this as a cue, coun-
sci for Senator Lorimer sought to
show that in many states the com
Dany had made an effort to prevent
he passage of bills considered objec
.ionable to it. The winess admitted
hat the company had made a general
opposition to legislation providing for
he manufacture of binding twine in
prisons.
Washington, June 19.-Frauds
to several million dollars
n duties on importations of cutlery Il
Turing the last few years have been
discovered by the secret service
gents of the customs service, who
lave been working in this country
md in the Solingen district of Ger
many, whence most of the imports |
ome to the United States.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
1eagh began an investigation several
months ago. 1t is not sufficiently s
to say what action may be |
aiken to recover the duties it is al !
eyed the government has been de- :
rauded Of :
A seizure of cutlery made in New {
'ork on Saturday illustrates that fact. >
In 43 cases of cutlery entered as =
aving a value of $10,243, an under +
of only 1858 was found,
ut on that one seizure the govern T
lent had been defrauded of $3397 |,
4 duties. v
The duty on cutlery is very high v
Washington, June 1S.-The report
ust submitted by the attorney-gen- b
raj to the committee investigating S
he expenditure in the department OF d
lstice shows that special counsel en- h
loyed in land fraud cases in the S
Vest have received liberal fees dur "
lg the two years of the Taft admin
;tration. The compensation of all Il
uch employees is fixed arbitrarily by .
he attorney general, according to /
hat he believes their services are "
'orth
The report shows that B. D. Town
end, from the beginning of the Taft
to date, has received
2401S for his services in the South :,
IN Pacific land grant case and as y
Decial counsel in the Alaska and II
ther land fraud and coal cases, f,
racey NJ Becker, for his work on n
regon land fraud cases, since March d
1909, has received S15,7SS. S. R.
ush, who prosecuted land cases in f,
iaho and other western states, has il
aceived $19. 593 in two years and IL
eyton Gordon, for similar prosecu- lC
ons, largely in Idaho (most all of 1
hich have faile6, has received z,
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