The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-04


purpose or another with a view TO bene-
Ntlnr themselves their interests or
their communities in he framing of the
tariff hill
senators Mclean Of Connecticut
Dillingham; II Vermont, l'rady OF Idaho
and Fall of Sew Mexico, Hepuhlicans.
and Fletcher uf Florida. a Democrat III
turn testified that they knew of no ef- i
fort. concerted or otherwise. being made 1
to influence votes FOR or against the I,
tariff hill in the Senate. except the |
methods of lcgltimatc argument.
None of the senators mentioned had /,
any large interests except Senator Fall. '
who told the committee that he and his
son-in-aW were interested IN sheep
herds in Sew Mexico and old Mexico, !
angling at differcn, seasons Of the year
from 100 600 ,o 10000
Ne was also interested in the husi- 1
ness ~ zinc and lead mining. He told
the committee that the zinc miners OF !
his section would 90 out Of business II /
tho tariff should hc removed from this
metal
Mr. Fall also told the committee that
as the zinc trust owns most OF the
mines Of N" United states the, would
prefer to develop their metal where
mining was 'nf tlfdl'St anu tiidt WlNu-
out protection the New Mexican mines
would not I've kept open. Mr. Fan de-
clsred that he was Interested in wool
and expected n depreciation in the
value of his hocks as wool producers.
because at present they were earning
little Free wool the Australian and
other brands II. SAID would drive his
prod,ct out of tho market
Senator penrusc is of the opinion that
the louhyis; Is hing of the past. To
the Commiti"" N" said
The day of the agents. lawyers and
lobbyist, making headway by their ar
Cuments with members of the House
and Senate - ended do not believe
tha, i legislator Of to-day ~ satisfied
To listen to or - giN" credit I" hlrcd
srcum"u,
"IIr wants ju tain Directly. if ~ all
with the principal mean hN that tn"
presidents and general managers ot oiS
corporations. tho oWn'rS of factories
and the producers of Unmanufactured
commodities. The man who IL working
for "A fee and not for himself and his
interests has little influence to-day in
either branch of congress
Senator Feed of Missouri. who has
constituted himself nquisitor- general
Of IN" inquiry questioned senator Fen
rose closely IN regard to the representa-
tiNes ~ the consumers.
We're they represented four Years ago
IN the private. hearings uf senator Al
drIchs rinanc. tommi,tec?" asked
Senator Reed
"They could have bcen." answered
renrosc The Interested labor unions
wrr. and overyhody is a consumer of
h.r n be If
campaign oar opponents were inclined
10 say that the plain people were not
Very welcome at the tariff conferences
and that's all very wei, in the heat Of
campaign. hut it's only campaign
talk
"rhs .obby so-called this year added
Penrose ~ lay no means So large or
50 active as 1t was at the time the
pingi-v Jaw or when the Payne law
WAS ~ he making. or during the rcCi-
proci,y DISCUSSION or while the House
tariff bills were under consideration in
1911 an. l9le.
The interested agents If ihe great
Interests Wcr" moro numerous then by
far than they are to-day. ! do not be-
lieve that at present the number of
people in Washington to help or hinder
the tariff law in it's way through Con-
sress constitute ~ per cent. "f the
lohbes of previous years.
scpni"r Lippiu's Trsttm"",.
Senator lppitt of Rhode Island. who
succeeded Senator Aldri"h i'm Congress
and who has been attacked as the
maker Of the cotton schedule in the
paNnc law told the committee that he
was deeply Interested In the tarlif bill
now pending.
Il have in the Two Years | have been
IN Congress" said he been shifting the
burdens of responsibility Of the general
management Of the Nanville Cotton
Company. am still general manager
and there is SO much of technique and
complication in the business that have
not yet been able entirely 10 divorce
myself from II.
The Manville Cotton Company has
a capitalization Of $6.2SO, 900 ] own a
quarter interest in the corporation.
The preferred stock of It IL worth 800
q share. the common stock In 1871 was
worth sl2j snare. To-day it is worth
about $40 n share, this latter value
being predicated upon the anticipated
reduction in the earning power of cotton
manufacturing business"
Senator Hughes of New Jersey. a
Democrat, was the first member of the
ma iorit" OF the Finance Committee "a
testify. After declaiminc any personal
interest i: any paragraph of the pend
ing bill, SAnstor Hughes told the com
mittee that he had met hundreds OF per
sons, hoif In his previous capacity as q
member ~ the House Ways and Means
Committee and latterly as "A member OF
the senate Finance Committee who had
interests 20 be jeopardized or benefited
they said py the Underwood measure.
1T would seem to me-, said Senate or
Hughes, that all Of their contentious
have been presented in a dignified anG
legitimate way. | do not believe MOI
have | heard OF any attempts to inhu-
ence legislation by the use Of money oi
other articles Of value. 1t is true tina,
I have inherited through these tarif
hearings razor, a cake Of imported
aoap and hat which actually fitted me.
"A razor, did YOU say?" questioned
Senator Cummlns.
Problem About the Rasor.
"'t looked like a razor" sail Senator
Hughes, hut I tried 10 shave with II
and nov ! am not quite so sure"