The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-15

paftment. Rs 81. s5 n " y.
Three years later, Secretary Root
now Senator Root, negotiated about
IS arbitration treaties which the sen.
ate ratified, but In each Of those the
advice and consent Of the senate u
arbitration was expressly provided for.
Diplomatists think the situation much
alike. AT Ss53s
Washington, d. c. - Dinner par
ties were raided. hotel Hobbies invad-
ed and many theater parties broken
up as the result Of day-long flibust-
or against the private pensions bill
In the house. j5. s.. s,5
The sergeant-at-arms and his assist
ants were the raiders and more than
80 absent members were arrested and
hailed before the house to record their
votes. Among those was Mckinley Of
Illinois. manager.tof President Taft's
campaign. The bill was completed and
passed by the house.
Raw Wool on the Free List.
Free raw wool to follow free sugar
was reported to be the program Of
the house Democrats. Although Chair.
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee has been for down
ward revision bill, such as was pass.
ed last summer and vetoed by the
president, it Is declared that majori-
ty of the Democrats Of the committee
insist that a free raw bill be sub
mitted to the caucus and indications
are that such a bill will be ratified.
With the $53.000.000 revenue which
would be lost from sugar, provided for
by the proposed excise tax, the Dem
ocrats are free to provide duty on
raw silk or rubber for the $4,000, 900
estimated loss by placing raw wool on
the free list.
Washington, D. c. - Proposing to
rename the Democratic free sugar bill
ian act to surrender revenue, destroy
competition and create monopoly" the
Republicans of the ways and means
committee of the house submitted q
minority report on the Underwood bill
which will be the next tariff bills en-
acted by the house. The report was.
submitted by Representative Fordney
of Michigan. It charges that there Is
union between the sugar trust and
the Democratic party and that the
free sugar measure is designed to
catch the votes of the consumer and
will in time deliver the consumer to
the mercy of the sugar trust.
The report reviews in the main the
dissenting views of the Republican
members Of the Hardwick sugar trust
investigating committee. It gives cred
1t to the beet sugar industry for hold
ing down the price of sugar during the
advance of last year and predicts that
such a safeguard would be destroyed
If the beet sugar men were driven out
of business.
The report asserts that the Under
wood free sugar bill is "the boldest
attempt in the history of our republic
to surrender an important and growing
industry to foreign importers" and
that it is against the domestic sugar
producers and solely in the interest of
the .refiners of imported raw sugar,
trust
INDUSTRY would Be Killed.
The report says that the sugar beet
growing industry would be killed If
the beet refineries were forced to sus-.
pend by tariff legislation. There are
10000 farmers engaged in growing
sugar beets, the report declares.
Predicting dire days for the sugar
consumers, the report says:
"Not in the palmiest days of the
trust when Mr.. Havemeyer ruled its
fortunes with rod of iron and an am
bition bounded only by the confines of
this country did the American sugar
refining company ever monopolize such
portion of the sugar consumed in the
United States as this bill would de-
liver into it's keeping.
"The Payne-Aldrich bill places an
ad valorem duty Of Is per cent on
bone black. In the Democratic chem
ical schedule the duty on all items In
this section, except bone black is re-
duced from Is per cent to Is per cent.
Bone black is taken out of the section
and placed on the free list. Who uses
bone black? Practically no one ex-
cept the sugar refiners. It is one Of
the principal items Of expense in re-
fining sugar"
Panama Bill is Completed.
The legal machinery for the opera
ton Of the Panama canal and the
transfer Of its constructive force to
its administrative staff was practically
agreed upon at a meeting Of the house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce. The question Of tolls for
the canal was discussed but no con.
clusion reached. VI 4:
Boomer Not Guilty.
Chicago, Illinois. William ]. Boen.
er. former organizer of the Chicago
Typographical Il union. No. is, vas
found not guilty Of numbering Rush
". Demon, 9 non.union printer. n
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