New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-15
From The Tribune BureSu'J
Washington, gu


LA EOtJ.ETTE AND BAILEY.-Accord-
ing to a report current In the senate anu
credited by many OF the leaders 0eh@.oi'
La Toilette and Bailey have entercu ih'o
an alliance by which they hope 70 'houe'
Democratic Senators and the Democratic
House 70 accent the La Folletta substitute
for the free wool bill. The purpose OF the
Wisconsin Senator is, of course plaih' ii0
knows that the President would 'e'o hi'
or any other wool bill sent to nm a' ms
time. for President Taft has nrhiiy eo"
mitted himself to the policy OF aWntEi5
the Tariff Boards report on lts INJURY
bAfore annroving any tariff bill dealing
with the wool schedule. Just what Is the
obi.ct NJ the Texas Senator 1t is less easV
TO determine. Certain 1t Is that the Dem
ocrats would not satisfy their free trade
sunnorters with a revision which lowered
Tho duty on raw wool only { per cent
Neither would they satisfy the farmers
and wool growers with a bill 80 unii'ein-
gently drawn that II makes the ou'y oi
uoils 30 per cent, while the DUTY OH Ia"
wool is 40 per cent, thus Offering spee'ai
inducement TO the manufacturers 10 import
largo quantities Of short noils TO be WorAeu
I'D into clothing that will not wear >ei'"e'
&C. a. l,,eIv that the Democrats, who nave
evidently given some study 10 the suoJeO'
would be content TO accept pi!i ""iOi
mskes the duty OIL the finest quality o.
v,ooIlen cloth the same as that on cheap
blankets This is a discrepancy winch -
hardly likely TO be appreciated by the
,raaltbv consumer. or even oy the poor
mon "A for the House Democrats, their
ANTIQUITIES In rounding up their RANK anu
file under the lash Of the party cau'"'
whip for duty of 20 per cent on IL" VIZ
were quite sufficient to warn theli 'saiN
attempting to muster majority LOT uu'S
~ az rer cent on the raw product Anu
enauv. as Chairman Underwood says, the
uorsa Democrats are perfectly sausheu
Nth ,be hill they have passed. so that the
indications are that as exponents o' Dei"-
ocrs+,c sentiment In the two houses seha-
tors Ia Toilette and Bailey will ina the'h-
sol,as IN the fattering position OF 'he
rrooI.v street tailors, with Bris'o" Thrown
,,+o g. IN make II minority or thrSe'
rop FREE RICE-Before the farmers
re- riet nil comes 70 vote Senator Louse
vii, urge the adoption or an aihe"N'i,e".
rroviding for free rice. MY. bouse uoo'
NOT believe in free rice any more IMAM ne
helieves in free cereals, Tor ne IL ~
tectionist But he takes the srouii" 'i'"'
- tl,o cereals Of the Northern farmers arc
IN he rlaced on the free list there wouiu
ha M r,stice i'm retaining duty OF " per
cart ON the rice grown by the Southern
-,o,ter There is some reason TO belieNe
that this amendment of the Senator Ho"
Massachusetts, will receive the sohu sup
mort Of tho regular Republicans ana prop-
ably that of some Of the insurgents. Shouiu
q ba added TO the bill Il will he easy 10
detect the loud cries OF anguish uttered oY
soma os the Southern Democrats, even at
&C Great = distance as New York The tact
IS That there is little probability that the
free list bill will stand any more sho" o.
passing than the wool biz, If as much
PrNCHOT ACTIvE.-The part played py
Clifford Pinchot, former Forester III the
ridiculous Controller Bay fake mas peeH
largely a matter Of surmise heretofore puI
TO-DAY II was established beyond perad-
vAnt,,re in the committe room OF the IN
vestigators of this canard and in the PUBIC
prints The story as told by the official
La Toilette press agent is as follows: MISS
n T. Abbott saw with her own eyes q
certain map Of Controller Bay at the War
Department on the 18th of last December.
Mark that date. She was suspicious, out
not quite sure that there was something
deeply significant in this map, and she re-
ported the fact to her chief. Ginord I'm
chot, president OF the National Conserva-
ton Association, by which she was EN-
ployed. The next day, on December l6, to
be exact, she returned TO the War De-
partment, accompanied by her chief, Mr..
Pinchot, and they both saw the map. The
story Of the press agent says the map
has mystoriously disappeared. but probably
that was written before the committee dis
covered that, instead OF having disap-
peared the map is now at the Department
Of the Interior. and was offered in evidence
bv Secretary Fisher. AS the map has been
found, the story is of consequence only as