El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16

worked as kind OF secretary. and said
that McDermOtt worked with Mulhau
and provided the latter with q room
in the basement # the capitol where
conferred.
dough Don't Grow on Trees.s
Did you ever see any money pass
between MulhaI and McDermOtt?"
asked chairman Garrett.
I never seen any money actually
pass between them" said the witness,
leaning back in his chair and pGusiLg
to puff at the cigaret. But I had rea-
son to believe that plenty of it was
passing. 1 got mine open and above
board"
why do you say you a reason to
believe money was passing?h
The witness leaned forward and
pounded on the committee table.
I'm not a fool" he declared vigor-
ously- When two guys like me and
McDermOtt sit down to a table and the
two of US amt got a penny, n a
third guy comes in and we have eats
and drinks and get up with the dough,
1 know that dough don't grow on trees,
or on the table,
Protest Against Brandy Tax
California wine producers. backed by
the congressional delegation from that
state, protested to the senate finance
Committee against the proposed tax on
brandy used in fOrtifying sweet wines,
AND the methods by which Ohio wine
E-0L-N1 o. E-
their product.
Theodore A. Bell, and NJ. F. Turpey,
representing the California producers,
declared that to levy an internal rev.
enue tax on brandy used On fortifying
sweet wines would ruin the California
wine industry. The hearing was contin-
ued until Monday.
A change was made in the provisions
as to citrus fruits at the request of
the finance committee, so that the bill
now provides a straight duty of half
of one cent per pound on lemons,
lines, oranges. grape fruit and the like.
All references to the size of fruit boxes
was struck out of the bill enato
Williams said the finance committee
had found that the only fair basis for
a tax was that Of the actual weight of
the fruit.
Reduce Duty on Butter.
Efforts by senator Page. Of Yer
mont, to prevent the Democrats cut
ting the duty on butter to ~ cents
per pound were unsuccessful at the
end Of a long debate. Senator Sher-
man, of Illinois. criticised the Demo-
Gratis for trying to reduce the price
Of butter while they refused to reduce
the price of substitutes by taking off
the heavy internal revenue tax.
An attempt by Senator GTonna to
put a duty of Is cents a bushel on pO-
also was unsuccessful. The
bill would make them free at
a c~ountervailing duty.
Senator GrOnna opposed the COM
mittee amendment reducing the house
duty of 20 cents per bushel on lin
seed to Is percent. He said the only
ard OIL would benefit by the reduce
ton and that the five cents would 90
the Standard Oil Golfers instead
Of the United States treasury without
benefitting a single individual The
amendment was adopted.
More Amendments Defeated.
Senator POindeXter led a fight to
amend the bill by increasing the rate
Icised the finance committee for in
creasing the duty on monOpOlized to-
DaccO and reducing it on hay, a pro-
1uct incapable of being monopo1ized.
The amendment was beaten, 81 to &c. I
Hot Fight Over Currency.
Lively discussion continues in the
house Democratic caucus over the ad-
n~inistration currency bill. The fight
Tor the amendments will be taken up
again Monday when the caucus meets
Representative Lardwick. of Geor-
yia, attacked the bill as creating a
great monopoly in money. establishing
gigantic political and ma !
chine for comforting greater power
han n man or set Of men should
nave.
Representative Wingo. of Arkansas,
11scla1ming any connection between
lis amendments and those proposed by
others who are fighting for changes
iaid he proposed to protect the farm
notes held annually in the south
I'm and western banks.
Il plead" he said, for sound bust
less and not Populism."
Representative Henry, of Texas, ad-
7ocating amendments against inter-
ocking directOrates and for what he
,alled corn tassel and cotton bale
asserted that the ~refunding of
two percent circulation bonds by
he three percent nOn-circulating !
bonds would permit a big grab and
teal; by big banks" !