Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-18
Missouri Senator Declares
He Does Not Propose to
Let Hearings Drag On In
definitely; Hear Speakers
CRAWFORD ASSAILS
CANADIAN N PLAN
South Dakota Progressive
Senator Declares Bill To
Be Outrageously Unfair
to Farmer of u. S.

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Stone Of Missouri, announced today to
the senate finance committee at the
hearing on the reciprocity and free list
bills that he would soon press for
vote on reciprocity. He said he did
not propose to let the hearings drag
along indefinitely. An unsuccessful
attempt was made by the committee to
AK time to close the public hearings.
mittee expressed the belief that the
reciprocity bill hearing would end
soon.
Crawford AssalIs Reciprocity.
The reciprocity agreement with
Canada was characterized as "cow.
ardly abandonment of grave duty"
in a speech delivered In the senate
today by Senator Coe l. Crawford Of
South Dakota.
He charged that 1t would fail tc
promote the general welfare and dc
irreparable harm to agriculture and
said 1t was discrimination against the
farmer in favor of Canadian trusts. He
found in it especial efforts to favorfthe
newspapers. The presidents conten.
ton that 1t would reduce the cost ot
living he would not accept. Senator
Crawford mentioned many Of the
called trusts, among them the linseed
OIL the brewing, the distilling, the bee1
and the manufactured food companies,
charging they would be beneficiariei
of the agreement.
Norris Gives Paper Print Side.
Only by the adoption OF the paper
clause of the reciprocity agreement
with Canada can cheap paper and the
retention Of the paper print industry
in the United States be secured. &C.
cording to John Norris, representing
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, who appeared before the
senate finance committee today.
"The Canadian provinces which con-
troll the raw material Of paper manu-
facture," Mr., Norris said, ARE trying
to force American paper mills to move
to the other side Of the boundary line.
They believe they can starve out the
American paper makers, whose domes-
tic supplies are nearly exhausted"
Mr. Norris said the duty Of 81 ton
proposed by the Mann COMMITTEES
which was satisfactory at that time
to the Canadians would not now be
considered by them.
Concluding Mr.. Norris said:
"The paper industry paid $19,406;
O74 to foreigners in the calendar year
1910. for pulp woods and pulp to keep
American paper mills going"
Statehood Debate Continued.
Debate in the house on the joint
statehood resolution to admit Arizona
and New Mexico continued today with
the prospect that the discussion prob
ably would not be terminated before
tomorrow night.
Before the debate bePan however,
there was considerable informal dis
cussion on the democratic side over
the action Of the rules committee In
moving the adoption OF the sugar
trust resolution OF inquiry and nomin-
ating the special COMMITTEES. The
house adjourned yesterday while the
democrats were fighting on this Ques-
ton, many demanding caucus TO
select the committee. Chairman Henry
Of the rules committee, was ready to-
day to take up the question with possi-
BILE notifications of the plan OF choOS-
ing the committee.
Democratic leaders who had hoped
to dispose of statehood In two days at
the most were surprised to learn that
so many on both sides wished to
speak. The amendment requiring the
people to vote again on the Mccall Of
judiciary is the chief subject OF dis.
cussion. Democratic members OF the
ways and means committee resumed
consideration Of the woolen schedule
Of the tariff bill. At the meeting Mon
day one member referred to the de-
liberations as q study class in WOOL"
The members were given long lists OF
figures bearing on importances and
revenue derived from wool.
Cross Country Roads Proposed.
Alb i'll providing for two national
auto highways was introduced today
by Representative Hobson. 1t author
ICES the appointment Of two commits
sions, its members for the various
states to work out two gigantic high
ways. one to extend from the Atlantic
to the Pacific ocean along the thirty
fifth parallel of north latitude; the
other to extend from Canada to MDxt
co on line near the twenty-third
meridian west from Washington. The
highways the bill provides shall be
known respectively as the national
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