The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-03
WORLD DIVIDED
into THREE PARTS
1t Is "Like All Gaur to Trust
Which Manufactures Armor
Plate.
CAN'T GET FOREIGN BIDS
Daniels Tells Committee Why
Cost of Battleships Is
So High.
;AN'T GET FOREIGN BIDS

Washington, February 2.--Secretary
Daniels is convinced that there Is a
worldwide armor plato trust, which
has divided the globe. like all Gaul
into three parts AS n result OF this
mammoth combine. tho secretary has
INFORMED the House Naval Affairs Com
mitteo. tho Navy Department, In it's
efrorts TO balk the exorbitant e1ac-
lions of home battleship plate pro-
ducers, has been unable to get q bid
from foreign manufacturers.
Though you cannot establish It," the
secretary told the committee, there Is
no doubt OF an armor plate trust all
over the world-that is to say. the peo-
pie abroad who make armor plate will
not come here and submit bids, be-
cause they know IL they do our manu-
facturers will go there and submit
bids. They have divided the world,
like all Gaul, into three parts"
Would you be willing now to build
two more battleships with the knowl-
edge THAT these corporations couldi
beat the government out OF much
money on armc- plato. rather than
walt till we could get n reasonable
price?" asked Representative Wither-
spoon. of Mississippi.
Il hope" Mr.. Daniels said. that at
the next bidding we can get the prices
down. even IL we do not build our
armor plant. But with ships getting
old and the necessity for keeping our
navy up TO high standard. / think we
had better submit to 1t for one time
than to stop"
Literacy Test Indorsed.
The llteracy test to be applied to i'm
migrants was Endorsed by House mem
bers to-day by u vote OF 173 to 120. A
record vote on the proposition will
come when the bill IS brought up in
the House on final passage.
VI
evening 1t had failed 10 act on an
amendment To the immigration bill,
proposed by Representative Haye.. ct
California. excluding as immigrants
Hindus and members of tho yellow
races. Nalays and members Of the
brown race, and members OF the black
race.
Bitter personal prejudice and politi-
cal rancor marked consideration OF the
bill. Chairman Burnett started to
leave the House to fight with Repre-
sentative y. NJ. Mahan, of Connecticut,
but Representative Alexander. OF Mis-
souri,. caused cessation of the threat
ened hostilities. Representative RaSer.
OF California. accused Representative
Hayes OF smothering the Asiatic ex-
clusion legislation while Republicans
were In power, and advancing 1t now
to embarrass the Democrats.
Chairman Burnett pledged that the
Asiatic exclusion bill. under considera-
tion by his committee. would be
brought into the House for considera
ton. He said he could not forecast It's
exact provisions. Objection TO includ-
ing it's terms in the immigration bill
he said arose through fear that the
Senate might reject the immigration
bill. or the President veto it, because
Japanese immigration was a matter OF
treaty consideration
Representative Goldfogle. OF New
! York, forced 4 vote OH the literacy
i test -lause by offering an amendment
/ to strike out that feature OF the bill
/ The move was followed by the pro
/ posal OF many substitutes for the lit
eracy test clause. Chairman Burnett
defeated, 10t to IS. The clause ther
stood as originally ordered.
sounds Democratic Rally.
| Democratic Leader Underwood
sounding Democratic rally. declared
! The proposed literacy test is no
directed against any nation or any
race. When we exclude tho insane ant
the criminal, We admit tho right tc
draw the line. We want to maintain
| the standard OF living, of morals anc
| OF the home
The literacy test will help to main
| tain that standard. The States spent
! millions to maintain this STANDARD
| NHicuEH pupitN euuSaNioi. why duill
| the illitcratc not up to that STANDARD
| of education and exclude the crimina
and insane as not up to the STANDARD
OF morals?"
Representative Madden. Republican
of Illinois, said: The test of admis
sion should be morality. integrity, ply
steal fitness. frugality, energy and will
ingness to work. II n man has thes
qualities, and cannot read or write, h
should not be disqualified. The maj
| who builds the sewers and lays tn
water mains in our great cities per
forms a more important function [,
| society than the man who runs tn
banks. The first aids in the construc
ton of a system of sanitation for tn