The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-10
HOUSE TO
HAVE PROBE
A Special Committee of Sew
en- Appointed with Gar
6i rett as Chairman
McMICHAELS, SPY,
LOSES GOVT. JOB
VIM. Whitman Explains All.
About Wool to Senate
Committee

Washington, July 10.-A lobby in
vestigation OF extraordinary scope WAS
authorized by the House yesterday to
supplement the Senate probe. A special
committee OF seven was appointed by
Speaker Clark with Representative Gar
rett of Tennessee as chairman to con-
duct the probe.
During the day, j. II. McAlichaels,
charged by Mulhall with being a spy at
The capitol in the employ OF the Ma
tional Association of Manufactures,
was removed from the government rolls.
He served as chief OF pages formerly
then as messenger to the door keeper
and was recently made elevator con-
ductor in the House Office building.
William Whitman of Mas sachusetts,
whom many members of Congress re-
gard as the arch dictator OF wooden tar
ifs for many years, faced the batteries
of the Overman lobby investigation
committee yesterday after a wait OF
about a month during which the sensa-
tions of the sugar and "AiulhaH" Hobbies
have developed. Mr., Whitman reeled off
to the committee the long list OF textile
companies with which he is associated
and said their combined capital was be-
tween $l5,000.000 and S20,000,000. Win
throp L. Marvin, secretary OF the Ma
tional Association OF Wool ManufactuT-
ers, of which Mr.. Whitman has been
president, and Thomas O. Marvin, his
brother, secretary of the Home Market
Club, were requested also to take seats
in witness row when Mr.. Whitman was
called to the stand.
Mr.. Whitman's opening testimony was
largely rehearsal of the character OF
work done in his mills, Senator Reed OF
Missouri, acting as chief inquisltor. The
testimony brought out that some of the
cotton mills in which Mr. Whitman is
interested spin almost any numbers of
yarn, the larger proportion being below
number fifty. His output Of cotton
yarns is between $4,000 and 100000
Ipoands a week. The total capacity of
I his woocombing plant at the Arlington
Mills Is 100000 pounds a week, and OF
! his worsted yarn machines 100000
pounds for each of two mills. Business
conditions affecting the wooden output
began to become adverse, "and the con
dition is worse to-day than ever in my
experience said Mr. Whitman. The
Stacking up was due chiefly to market
conditions, not to labor troubles Mr..
Whitman smiled when Senator Reed re-
Iquested him to tell the committee what
"wool tops are and proceeded to do
so. The capacity of the Arlington mills
for tops is 100000 pounds week if the
machinery is run night and day.
There are five gentlemen before me, "
said Mr.. Whitman, explaining techni-
cal point. I'VE would take the pro-
duct of each and draw them together to
make a yarn"
"You had better use some other ex-
PLANTATION" suggested Senator Cummins,
evidently recalling the daily combats
between Senators Reed and Nelson. Mr.
Whitman informed the committee that
he did not know the amount of tops
imported last year or whether any were
imported
Senator Reed insisted upon the most
exhaustive description he could extract
of the composition of the National AS
ISOLATION of Wool Manufacturers, learn
ing that it had about one hundred Nom
bers representing about $50 mills. Sen
dtor heeu READ ule DN -ldNo oi tHie as
ISOLATION into the record Mr.. Whitman
remarked that he didn't think he ever
had seen or read them and Senator Mel
son called upon Reed to take note Of
this remark Senator Reed used up an
hour with questions concerning the by
laws, finally requesting Mr.. Whitman to
ascertain the period during which va
rious secretaries of the association had
held Office. His plan evidently is to lay
the ground work for sensational exam
ination of Mr.. Whitman in connection
with supposed activities of the associa-
ton in tariff making of the past.