The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-27
INDUSTRIOUS
AND |N5|D|OUS,
SAYS WILSON
President Expresses Himself
Emphatically With Respect
to Lobby Against Tar
if Measure.
WANTS THE PUBLIC TO
BE WELL INFORMED
Declaration of Executive Re-
wives Interest in Bills to
Regulate Lobbying Pend
ing Legislation.

WASHINGTON. May 2e.-President
Wilson stirred congressional circles to-
day with an emphatic statement de
nouncing the tindustriouso and "in-
sidious" lobby in Washington, at
tempting to create public sentiment
against certain features Of the Under
wood tariff bill This was accepted at
the capital as referring to the unusual
efforts being made against free raw
wool and free sugar.
While the president was declaring
it his opinion that the public should be
relieved from t'the intolerable bur
den,n senators and representatives
were viewing on every hand the evil
dences of the lobbyists which beset
them, and significance was attached to
a statement made by Senator Simmons,
chairman Of the finance committee,
which now has the tariff bill in hand,
that, in his opinion, the lobbyists were
not making any headway.
The presidents g declaration that the
lobbyists were so thick Hthat one
couldn t throw brick without hitting
one,' revived interest in two bills re-.
Gently introduced in the house and SEN
ate TO regulate lobbying on pending
legislation.
Would Restrict Activity.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa and Repre-
sentative c. B. Smith Of New York
have declared they would press bills
they have introduced which would re-
strict the work OF lobbyists, require
their registration and that they be IL
censed to appear before any committee
Or to carry on a campaign for or
against proposed legislation. Heavy
penalties would be imposed for viola.
tions.
Democratic leaders were almost
unanimous in support Of the presi-
DENTS statement maintaining that
they are well able to handle the i'm
portant pending tariff legislation, and
that sugar and wool will be thorough
finance committee and Democratic
caucus before it is reported.
No change Of policy relating to
either schedule has yet been de
termined, however, it is emphatically
declared by the members Of the com
mttee.
Statement of President.
The president later issued the fol-
lowing statement;
"I think that the public ought to
know the extraordinary exertions be.
ing made by the lobby in Washington
TO gain recognition, for certain altera-
tions of the tariff bill. Washington
has seldom seen so numerous, so indus
trious, or so insidious 8 lobby, The
newspapers are being filed with paid
advertisements calculated to mislead
the Judgment not only of public men,
but also the public opinion Of the coun.
that money without limit is being
spent to sustain this lobby and to ere.
ate an appearance Of pressure Of pub.
lie opinion antagonistic to some of the
chief items of the tariff BILL
cit is Of serious interest to the
country that the people at large should
have no lobby and be yoiceless in these
matters, while great bodies of astute
men seek to create an artificial opin.
ION and to overcome the interests of
the public for their private profit. 1t
is thoroughly worth the while Of the
people of this country to take knowl-
edge of these matters, Only public
opinion can check and destroy it.
The government in all it's branches
ought to be relieved from this intoler-
able burden and this constant inter.
ruption to the calm progress Of debate.
] know that in this [ am speaking
for the members of the two houses. who
would be rejoiced as much as / would
70 be released from this undesirable
situation -
Wheat ON Free List.
Following the statement made several
years ago by Senator Williams of the
finance subcommittee, which has the
that the duty on livestock and theiI
products and grains and their products
would be equalized. IL was reported to-
day that the committee had agreed 10
wheat flour. In the Underwood bill
wheat is given a duty OF 10 cents a
bushe while wheat -four is free of duty
u also was reported that the COMMITTEES
probably would recommend removal oil
the 10 per cent duty on cattle, sheep and
hogs in conformity with the free llstine
OF all fresh meats In the Underwood bill
Senator Pomerene of Ohio said toda
that a large delegation of manufactur-
ers of clothing for men and women from
Cleveland, Cincinnati and other Ohir
cities called and informed him that they
did not care one way another about
the tariff duties placed on ready-rnads
clothes.
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