Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-09
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0 ON !. tariff cuts.
SCORE or MAN UF AcTURERs AND
IMPORTERS AND OTHERS II
/. /. AIR GRIEVANCES.
! y CHIPS 70 SOAR.
ALL Sorts 81 Things Discussed Ne.
jority Of the Witnesses Urge III
If that Present Rates BE ". s "
a # 4, H Retained. H 3s.Fai @

liueAAiulaCSuIcIS, liIllOFLeFS ana repre-
sentatives OF other interests, affected
by customs changes. aired their griev-
ances before the house committee on
ways and means in the first of Sc
RES. OF hearings preliminary to the
sharp revision Of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law at the coming extra session
Of congress. vi =. IA H I} III M W. 435j5 I Hi
Range Of Subjects. X
The discussion ranged from poker
chips to spcnges5 and from caustic
potash to laundry soap. The burden
Of the arguments was the mainten-
ance Of the present tariff instead Of
the changes proposed by the Demo
Gratis along the line. Of the terms Of
the chemical tariff revision bill that
was put through both houses to a
White House veto last year. III III 1. 4
Chairman Underwood and his assoc
ciate members Of the committee ex-
aimed each witness and after the Isl
minute argument the committee allot-
ted them, there was some joking to
tleaven the tariff tinkering.
z@ The spectre of a gigantic trust,
whose tentacle reached out over Eu-
rope, and also into South America,
was raised by Charles Delaney, presi-
dent OF the National Association of
Glue and Gelatine Manufacturers. II
Deianey's Picture.
.35 Mr.. Delaney pictured the Euro
jpean glue trust" as doing it's work
with the approval Of the various Eu-
ropean governments, absolutely con-
trolling the glue manufacturing indus
try of Germany and Austria with
plants in Italy and France, Holland
and Russia and recently extending its
operations to South America, control
ling rs per cent Of the output 81 glue
of the continent of Europe.
The glue trust, he said, also was
largely engaged in the manufacture OF
Eelatine The witness said the pre-
sent tariff on Clues and getatine was
not prohibitiye and government re-
venues from these articles had In
creased under the present 4tariff. He
said any material change IN the pre-
sent conditions would seriously weak
en- the industry He suggested separ-
'ating the two items, saying the labor
cost as to gelatine was two, to five
times as great as for glue. He agreed
there could be some adjustment Of
the rates il glue and gelatine were
separated in the tariff classification.
Mr.. Dorian wanted shellac and CO.
pal kept on the free list, instead Of
making them dutia5le as proposed by
the Democrats and he intimated that.
the effect might be to shift the manu-
facure Of their large export business
10 their London factory. 5@ Il ii n
Mr.. Underwood drew from Wit
ness that the graphophone company
pays Z per cent dividends, amounting
to 100000 on a $1O,0O0,O0O capitaliza-
lion, that it carries bonded indebt-
edness Of more than $1,OOO,OOO and
that the. suggested duty on these two
articles on which the Democrats plan
to raise about 100000 would mean an
expense Of about $25, 900 to $50 900 to
bis company. He did not care to state
hom much Of the capital was paid in.
William H. Wadhams, representing
Boap interests, paid tribute to the
great need Of laundry soap. He por-
trayed it as 9 necessity Of life and
rontended that to put the burden Of
tariff on the raw materials used in an
lrticle that goes into the homes Of the
poor would be unjust. III,
t Albert Hart Of New York wanted
tarin encouragement for the infant in
lustry Of manufactured or bleached
Iponges. u. HI a XII 4. E3 . ~
II. 70. Reuhm OF Niagara Falls asked
lor tariff on caustic potash to com
pensate him for the increased price az
the materials used in making it.