The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-01


means committee, however, had ready and
carried a number of its own amendments,
all of a minor character and designed to
perfect classificatons.
The iron and steel schedule was the
particular largest of attack of Repre-
sentative Palmer of Pennsylvania, in
charge of that schedule for the ways and
means committee was frequently remind
ed from the republican side Of the fact
that the Bethlehem Steel company was
in his district. Representative Mann or
illinois, the republican leader and others
charged that the duty on ferro maganese
was distinctly in the interest of the Uni
ted States Steel corporation, and that
the enhancement of the value of ferro
manganese in this country under the pro-
posed advance in rate, should be suf-
ficient to warrant the Pennsylvania MEM
ber's indefinite continuance in Congress.
Sooner the Better
Mr. Mann declared, however, that while
he thought the pending bill would be
very injurious to the country, he did not
believe in ''prolonging the agony un-
necessarily and suggested THAT as we
are to have the passage in the present
form the sooner the better"
Personalities We're indulged in several
times during the day, particularly during
the discussion of the United States steel
corporation holdings in the Minnesota
mines when Representatives Stanley or
Kentucky and Miller of Minnesota, en-
gagged in a bitter exchange. Representa-
tive Underwood also replied vigorously to
statements by Mr. Stanley concerning
Alabama iron and steel companies.
Representative Austin of Tennessee, re-
publican. said Charles M. Schwab had
sucoee0ed in getting free iron ore after
trying unsuccessfully to get 1t from re-
publican ways and ways committees
When Representative A. +. krelder, a
republican member from Pennsylvania,
offered an amendment tonight to put
hooks and eyes used in shoe manufac-
ture on the free list, he aroused critt-
Icism from Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer. who declared Mr.. Kreider WAS
a ''shoe manufacturer. the president of
the American Manufacturers associa-
tion, whose amendment will put money
into his own pocket
Minority Leader Mann replied that if
members were to be thus criticised
con pressmen from the farms would be
prohibited from discussing rates on the
AGRICULTURAL schedule. Mr.. Mann also
referred to the fact that Majority Lead
|er Underwood, author of the tariff bill.
was engaged i'll the iron and steel busi-
ness He said that Mr.. Underwood need
not apologize to the House for that nor
to explain it, that he meant no re-
necllOn tnereDSi Dul MI. tiiutlWOou an
swered with a vigorous statement
.If L could not represent my con-
stituency and at the same time the
people of the United States without
Involving myself as a special pleader
for interests in my district I would be
unworthy of my position in this House.
Il contend that when representatives
of the people stand in this House ex-
ercising the power to tax people of this
country. that il is at least unbecoming
for them to display selfish interest
in these matters. The time has passed
when the laws of this country will be
written for special interests; when men
can come and ask for legislation to
convert dollars from the pockets of the
masses into their own that they may
grow rich"
The committee completed considera-
ton of the metal schedule after many
amendments had been offered and re-
Mcted Representative Austin OF Ten
nessee failed in an effort to restore the
PAYNE rate on aluminium cents per
pound He argued that the Underwood
rate of % per cent would deprive Amer
ican labor of more than S1,000000 in
four years. Representative Palmer, de-
claring that the American Aluminium
company had a monopoly in this country
and in France insisted that il rate in
the bill was justified was the alumi-
mum rate.