The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-10
Want Senate Finance Com
rnittee to Hold Public
Hearings on Tariff
ANOTHER CHANGE IN
MEASURE PROPOSED
Reynolds and MoAdoo Suggest se..
tary OF Treasurer be Authorized to
Proclaim Values of Imported Goods
-Amendment Looked ON Favorably

republican fight against the consid-
sratton Of the tariff bill by the finance
Committee without public hearings,
Will be continued. the republican lead
srs endeavoring to win votes for the
Penrose amendment to instruct the
COMMITTEES to open it's doors. Some
democrats are reported to have disap.
proved the decision not to hold hear
mgs, and upon them the opposition
bases its hope to override the major.
ty.
An amendment to the bill. authorix-
mg the secretary Of the treasury to
proclaim the values Of imported goods
or the purpose Of assessing ad valor-
sm tariff duties irrespective Of the
lpproxtmating an ad valorem system
% the advantage Of specific duties.
vas proposed to Chairman Simmons
II the finance committee by Attorney
General McReynolds and Secretary
McAdoo. Both Simmons and Under
good looked upon the proposal with
interest and the tariff bill according
y may be amended IN the finance
eommittee before 1t appears in the
Ienate. President Wilson was appris-
ID that such an amendment would
sut down litigation and take much Of
The work from the board Of apprais-
ers ana It is believed by it's propo-
nents that 1t will be absolutely neces-
sary for q successful working Of the
tarift bill.
Speaking to the Penrose amend
ment to have the bill referred to the
aenance committee for public hearings.
Senator. William Alden Smith Of
Michigan, in vigorous appeal for
consideration Of the bill in the open,
snstead of in ''the darkness and
gloom" Of the committee room. as
sailed the tariff bill. He declared that
1t would result In a repetition Of the
dark days. that followed the Wilson
bill. that the sugar industry would be
suffer, and that business already was
falling of rapidly throughout the
''D "a Il,
CharEf6g that~ffes sasar in three
pears would rive the american Sugar
Refining company and the Federal
which they would forec1ose on the
PROPERTY Of the beet sugar interests.
their only domestic rivals. Senator
Smith declared that the beet sugar
industry in which $4,000 persons in
Michigan alone, were interested. would
be wiped out.
III the American Sugar Refining
company and the Federal Sugar Re-
lining company" said Senator Smith.
"have made an alliance with the
democratic party. It Is an unhdly al
lance. Men who have not shirked in
committing crimes to increase the
volume OF their business, and who are
now responding to the will Of the law.
make very poor allies at republican
party"
The debate warmed up immediate
HAn0HnR
from q Troy, N. Y. newspaper in
which an employe Of shirt company
declared that concern had already
threatened to reduce wages and in
pther ways had attempted to coerce
workers to use influence against the
Underwood bill. '
Take Wrong Course.
Speaking for himself" said Sen.
ltcr Thomas. "I want to say here and
now that tactics Of this sort will pro-
duce any but desired results. I be-
tieve that an industry which resorts to
this line OF conduct in order that its
sn2loyes may be coerced should meet
ehc result Of having placed on the free
list every article that enters into It's
Tine Of business"
II think 1t little less than brazen
enrontery. said Senator Smith Of
Michigan. answering Mr.. Thomas, "for
the sene1or from Colorado to make
these statements and to say that
manufacturers shall not be allowed to
complain about the burdens put on
them by this bill. II you think by
the part Of employers Of labor. YOU are
making a mistake
Suffer Once More He Says.
Continuing Mr.. Smith declared that
what the country suffered twenty
years ago under the Wilson bill il
was shout to suffer again. He added
that the democratic sugar schednle
was q crime. that It would in three
years give the American Sugar Refin-
ing company a monopoly, ana send the
price OF sugar up to what was charx.
ed netore the country had domestic
competition.
While Senator Smith kept the floor.
Senator's Reed; James, smoot, Works,
Thomas ana Hitchcock entered into an
sugar to the manufacture Of furniture
and then back again to sugar.
Prefers to "Buy Monopoly"
Senator James said he would prefer
to have the sugar monopoly bought
by money from the treasury Of the
United States than to give the ''mono-
poly permission to continue to rob
the people,"
Senator Thoas got into an argument
again BY stating that Syrians, Japan
ese. Chinese. Mexican poems and 9th.
er foreigners We're employed in the
western beet fields and that the usual
wage paid was about twenty cents
day. senator smoot denied this.
Senator Hitchcock wanted tc, know
Why the furniture manufacturer 81
Michigan were afraid Of the proposed
tarim on their products and Senator
smith replied that the manufacturers
feared competition with furniture
ouht IN Europe by cheaper labor.