The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-13
ALUM|NUk|NDUSTRY
TO Be EXAMNEDBY
TAR|FFC0MM|TTEE
Brief Says it is Practically
Controlled by One
Concern.
WALTHAM WATCH CO
TO BE LOOKED INTO
Hearings on Chemicals and Iron and
Steel Have Given no Indication n,
any Material Reduction "Dump,ne
Clause" has been Suggested.

washington, Jan. 13.-Democratic
members. Of the house COMMITTEES on
ways and means 4re planning to az
anime closely into the affairs Of the
Aluminum company Of America and
the Waltham Watch company. when
their representatives testify at an ad-
Journed hearing on the metal tariff
schedule tomorrow. Both companies
haHe YEP been charged with being trusts.
here Friday and Saturday, but were
not reached btfore the adjournment
at midnight Saturday. Today was de-
voted by the committee to tariff
schedule I'D" covering wood and its
manufactures and az" silks and silk
goods Neither Of these schedules was
affected b yany democratic revision
attempted at the last session of con.
gress.
Controlled BY One Concern.
John p Bartlett of New York, rep
resenting clients interested in the
aluminium duty has filed with the
aluminium industry practically is In
the hands Of one concern. the Alu-
minum company Of America, controll-
ing substantially all the sources OF
aluminium in the country.
1.-THE brief also sets forth that the
company was sued in ftderal anti
trust proceedings and that, while II
suffered decree to run against It.
conditions are in commercial prac.
tice about the same.
Arthur v. Davis of Pittsburgh. rep.
Iresenting the aluminium company. has
been urged by the committee to ap.
pear Tuesday.
E. c. Fitch Of waltham is expect.
ed to represent the watch concern
The American watch manufacturer
want a specific duty basis instead OF
the democratic plan Of thirty per cent
ad valorem on watch movements
They claim the foreign manufactures
has an enormous advantage and that
"the American watch industry is de-
pressed"
No Indication OF Charge.
So far the hearings on chemicals
and iroin and steel have not led to
lany indication of any material change
framed at tht last session Of congress
There will be somt minor changes In
classification, with some items taken
out of groups and put into so-called
basket clauses" that take care OF
otherwise unprovided for items at a
changed rate.
There have been some suggestions
OF dumping clause TO prevent the
sale Of any foods imported into this
country at a price much lower than
the selling price at home. Canada.
France and some other countries have
some such arrangement but the COM
mittee has not formally considered it.
Testimony in behalf of the machine
tool manufacturing industry has been
to the. effect that the manufacturers
here feared the effect of dumping
clause would be some foreign retalia-
tion in the way of added traffic and
ba dteeings and a possible lacking
up Of the whole German tariff sys-
tenn against American goods" This
was in response TO the committees
questioning as to the effect Of coupling
Is per cent reduction on machine
tools with the insertion Of dumping
clause in the metal schedule to pre-
vent the American market being
flooded when the foreign market suf-
fered from overproduction.