Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-25
Austin Arouses Palmer's Ire.

World demands upon product or capital
and labor.
Austin Arouses Palmer's Ire.
Representative Palmer became involved
in spirited argument with Representa-
tive Austin of Tennessee. who in the
midst of a discussion of the meal sched-
ule interrupted the PENNSYLVANIA repre-
sentative to ask.
Isn't ii true that a steel company in
the district represented by the gentleman
from PENNSYLVANIA imports annually
'i.p.Vp tons of iron ore, which it has
heretofore paid duty of l. cents a ton
and which this bill places on the free
lst?''
There is steel mill in my district
which imports iron ore. and we did put
IRON ore on the free list shouted Mr..
Palmer, shaking accusing finger at
Representative Austin. but the gentle
man from Tennessee knows as well as
every other member of this House that
iron ore was not placed upon the free
list at the instance of myself as means
OF securing any privilege for any interest
The gentleman knows that the Bethlehem
Steel Company is one of my bitterest
enemies.
But 1t is true. is it not" insisted
Austin, that this bill benefits steel
company in your district TO the extent
OF $4,000 it now pays as duty on iron
ore?''
: Yes rejoined Palmer and ii is also
true that this steel company will pay
more duty on ferro-manganese. which we
have placed on the dutiable list, than it
viii save on free iron ore.
Company's Worst Enemy
Representative Lloyd of Missouri, inter
rupted:
Il was talking last night TO Nj
Schwab. the head of the Bethlehem Steel
Company. he said. and he told me that
the worst enemy of the Bethlehem Steel
Company was the representative in Con-
gress from the district in which the COM
pany is located He further said that he
had invested $50 .UO0,uUo in the steel bust
ness and that he made profit of ~
per cent"
1t is true declared MIR. Palmer, that
the men at the head of the Bethlehem
enemies and that MIR. Schwab is the chief
Of these, but l thank God that the men
who work in his mills are my best politi-
cal friends
ed the rates in the Underwood bill and
denounced false the predictions that
the industries OF the country would be in
Jured by the measure. He replied in de-
tau % the charge that the rates We're so
low as to jeoparfize the manufacturing
industries. and declared that no financial
disturbance would be brought on by the
enactment OF the bill into law.
Prospect of Early Action.
With only three more days left for
general debate on the tariff bill in the
House the prospect today was that the
measure would pass the House and go to
the Senate during the first week of May
Majority Leader Underwood has given
notice that general debate on the bill
will close when the House adjourns Mon
day night. Tuesday the bill will be call
ed up under the five-minute rule for read
ing and amendment. At that time it is
the purpose or the majority to fix some
limitation on amendments to hasten the
bill along and TO guar dagainst flibus-
ter.
The orinigal estimate Of fifty hours of
debate made By the House leaders will be
cut down considerably. two days having
passed without night sessions.
Long sessions We're planned for today
and tomorrow. however. Eesdes Repre-
sentative Moore. Representative \. Mitch
ell Palmer. for the democrats. was prorni-
nent in the debate TO-DAY
The House had its fill of oratory yes
terday when several new representatives
let loose the speeches they have been
preparing 10 spring on the world for sew
era weeks past Among these was Rep
resentatiye Quin of Mississippi who in
formed the republicans that they and the
plutocrats Were all cut from the same
piece OF cloth. while Representative Hine-
baugh of the progressive camp contended
that the present bill il compromise be-
tween the power of patronage and the
power of privilege.
Representative Asweu of Louisiana a
new democrat, declared that the pro
greSsives are one per cent bli! moose.
and the remainder bull CON- Representa-
tative Barley of Kentucky democrat
called the progresSives "a mere branch
shoot from the trunk OF repubIicanism =
There much vituperation as
there was tariff discussion yesterday.