The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-25
Steel Committee to Inquire About Subsidiary
 Railroads
TO VOTE TUESDAY ON
 CHILDREN'S BUREAU
Other General News of Nations Capi- tal-President Must Publish in- dorsements of Judicial Posi-
 tions if House Bill Passes

Washington, January 2L-Inquiry into the operation by the united States Steel corporation. of its subsidiary railroads n the Birmingham. Lake Erie, and Lake Superior districts Is to he resumed next week by tho House "stee trust investi- gating committee. Freight rates on ore and manufactured products alleged to op- crate to +he disadvantage of competitors of the company are 10 be inquired into. A witness before the committe probably on Monday will be Attorney Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, who has been mak- ing a study of railroad rate problems. particularly the Steel coiporation's trans- porttaion rates and methods. Brandets knowledge of traffic problems in eopeeae. .is said lo have prompted the chairman. seek his aid. e
 Gray Testifics l Richard IT. Gray a San Francisco iron and steel dealer. related a transaction whereby he was forced by the Shelby Steel Tube company to default on a gov ernment contract to re-equip the Inflated sGnboat Bennington. which blew up tn 1906 and to pay more than $1100 for freight after part of the contract had been given to the Shelby company. He was cross- examined by Representative Gardner If Massachusetts. This resulted in the pro- duction of a letter to him from the Sec retary of the Navy, showing that the de- partment had declined to refund him the forfeit money because of the discovery that he was a middle man and had for feited on his contract, because of careless ness in bidding without being assured To
  carry out the contract. The witness charged the Shelby com- rany and other concerns with conspiracy against his business in 1906 and told how his business correspondence with big deal CTS asking for prices on seamless tubes found It's way to the Shelby company.
 Children's Bureau
 After two hours general debate today. the Senate agreed to vote next Tuesday on Senator Borah's bill 10 create chil- orens bureau in the department of com merce and labor and on amendments sue- gested by Senators Works and Pomeron to limit the circulation of the bureaus reports.
 Senator Bailey renewed his attack on the bill on constitutional grounds and criticised Mir. Borahs efforts to put children on q level with pigs"
 Hlhc effort is to raise them to the level of pigs" responded Mr. Borah MT.
 
 pendltures of millions of dollars for in- formation concerning the condition of hogs and cattle justAes the $3O,O00 asked for the ehildren's bureau.
 Mr. Bailey said if was mere faddism'' and that there even too much legis- lation in the interest of live stock ad- ding that at the present rate we wlli soon be sending d school master into every district
 "Accordng to Colonel Watterson that is just what you are about to do" MT. Borah replied MT. Bailey replied that This part of the party" had no sucn intention.
 Senator Overman of North Carolina criticised reports of child labor investi- gators. Some of these reports. he said, were obscene.
 They told of children chewing tobac- CO.," said he.
 Wasn't there strong opposition to that inyestigation2' demanded Senator Dixon Mr Oyerman said he had not heard of it Senators Hepburn and Thornton also opposed the bill.