Arizona republican., 1913-05-28
This is the Claim of Chair man Simmons of Senate Finance Committee, Who Will Discuss the Situation With Secretary Bryan
MANY PROTESTS
 FROM ABROAD
One in Particular is That Coming from Germany Against Granting } Per Cent Discount of Amerl- can Vessel Imports
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WASHINGTON. May 27.-Chair- man Simmons of the senate finance committee will discuss with Secre- tarv Bryan tomorrow the perpIeXing rroblems which have arisen because of foreign protests to the admins tratfve features of the tariff bill Today's cabinet meeting was prac- tically devoted by President Wilson and his advisors to this phase of the tariff situation.
 Complaints are made that certain clauses of the Underwood bill would abrogate treaties with foreign coun- tries It is understood that Count Won RernstOrff, the German am
 hassador. who recently went to Der
 lin to confer with the German tariff cxDerts. is about to sail for America
 with a supplemental protest against the provision which would grant i've
 ner cent discount in tariff on imports
 in American owned or controlled vessels.
 The tariff hearings by the senate finance sub b-committees closed To- night and tomorrow will begln the actual work of revising the schedules they come ilOIt tue lApG7'- A''A the close of the hearings the tariff became the subject of diecussion in the senate and was eniivened by references to the presidents denun- l ciation of tariff lobbyists and another ltilt between democratic senators on | the sugar question.
 Senator Thomas, of COlOrauo, in a ! rneech in which he said he would | support the Underwood bill as II comes from the finance committee.
 branded as false the reflection on rublic sentiment in his own state in the protest against the sugar schedule forwarded to the senate by bankers and commercial organiza-
 tions of Denver.
 Many communications from the people of Colorado urging the senat- or to stand by the democratic pro
 gram were read. One charged that the employees of sugar mills there
 had been ordered to write letters to
 their senators and to the president
 protesting against the Underwood blli
 and ito advise the heads of thelr re-
 spective departments when they ha" written the letters
 Right here" said Senator Thomas
 T want to call your attention to the
  } sugar manufacturers in the state notified the farmers that $4.50 would be the price they would pay for r bects. The farmers refused to grow
 beets at that price and the manu- l lecturers were forced to pay higher ? prices. which it had been demonstrat- - ed they could well afford to do." Thomas attacked the over capital ization of the beet sugar companies ) declaring that of the $50,O0o,00O ot standardization in Colorado there was , 3O,OO00O0 water upon which theN Q lad paid dividends on preferred ano V watered stock" One of the com l panies had surplus in excess O
 S10,0O0.000.
 q senator Reed. of Missouri, calIe, ' attention to the figures showing tha n the Michigan Beet Sugar cOmpan, ]. had a capitalization of over $9,000, tt GOO, s 1000, ,O00 of which was schedules V as good will.
 Yes" Senator Thomas said, "an D. of the S141, 100000 of capitalization II of this industry in America $60,000, e GOO is water, good will, bad will, 0 anything except actual capital, an v the incumbus the productive en u ergy of a company and these manu 'L facturers charge the Colorado con l0 sumer the New York price plus tn le rate from New York to Denver. -o hear no protests to the senate of tn " United States from the bankers an ~ commercial organizations about this iS Senator Thornton, of Louisian; h spoke of the remarks made by Sen
 ator Maritime, referring to the Louis ' ana senators as calamity hOwlers Y Maritime replied that he did not mea M to reflect upon the Louisiana eer