The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-07-17
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPT. AL
Senate Leaders Believe That
Five Weeks WI Settle
Tariff Question.

Washington.-Discu of the Un.
derwood dSimmons tariff revision bill,
with It's lengthy free list, greatly re-
duced rates on all commodities and
its new system Of ad valorem instead
Of specific rates. actually began in the
senate this week.
Chairman Simmons. speaking for
the democrats at the finance com
mittee meeting. said he thought de-
bate on the bill could be concluded In
five weeks. and Senator Smoot, OF the
minority. agreed with him.
Senator Smoot has In preparation q
new wool schedule, which he intends
to submit as an amendment. Senator
Simmons will have general charge OF
the debate for the democrats. and
Senator Penrose for the republicans.
Lobby Inquiry Into Labor War
All the wars" that have been
fought between labor and capital, all
the efforts that both have made to
secure legislation which would profit
them. and the tangled skein woven
about their relations In the last ten
years are to be investigated by con-
gross. The senate lobby committee
Ia executive session decided that the
wars" must be inquired into.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, will
appear before the committee on July
20 and subpoena was issued for John
Mitchell, vice president of the fedora.
tion and former head of the United
Mine Workers.
At the same time the committee
subpenaed George Pope and j. p.
Bird. general manager OF the National
Association OF Manufacturers.
Senate and House Fight for Witnes,
with Martin NJ. Mulhall. one time
chief lobbyist for the National Asso-
citation OF Manufacturers as the prize,
the senate and house lobby inyestlga.
tors contested for first testimony from
the star witness. The senate won.
The house investigators will contin.
ne to watch for an opportunity to
catch Mulhall when he is not engaged
before the overman committee.
Muihall continued his story before
the senate committee. reciting details
OF the fight he alleges the manufac.
turers financed to beat Representa-.
tive Hughes, OF New Jersey. now
senator. to re-elect Nelson w. Aldrich
as senator from Rhode Island and re.
elect former Representative Little
field. OF Maine.
Mulhall talked OF inside" and "out.
side" work; OF a bookkeeper for the
American Federation OF Labor. whom
he charged with later becoming a paid
spy for the manufacturers' associa.
ton.
Two More Money Probes Proposed
Currency difficulties broke out
along two different lines In the house
with tho introduction OF resolutions
directing Investigations.
The first. by Representative Henry.
proposed a renewal OF the inyestiga.
ton OF the money trust, as an adjunct
and aid to the banking committee In
lts consideration OF the administration
currency bill. The second. by Repre-
sentative Lindbergh. OF Minnesota,
progressive member OF the committee,
proposes an investigation to determine
whether the Glass bill would not ere
ate n monstrous monopoly controlled
and operated by private interests.
National Capital erevitles
The democratic majority OF the
house committee on banking and cur
rency Is said TO be making fair prog
ress with the administration currency
bill.
An investigation OF the financial OPP
erations Of New York Central lines by
the interstate commerce commission
was proposed in resolution passed
by the senate.
Speaker Champ Clark appeared In
the senate lobby committee to place
on record an emphatic denial OF every
statement voiced by David Lamar, a
stock broker, and Edward Lauterbach,
a New York attorney, connecting him
with J, Pierpont Morgan n Co,
Commissioner Osborn, OF the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, has begun an
to determine whether
there is due 10 the federal treasury