Arizona republican., 1914-06-21
Shoot of Utah and Owen of Oklahoma Clash on the Causes for Decrease in Exports and Increase ill Imports
THREE GROUPS
 OF MEN CONTROL
These Can Wreck Country if They So Desire by Thwarting Action-Smoot Denies This Causes the Trouble
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WASHINGTON. June 20.-Critics and friends of the administration joined in a sharp ten minutes pros reritv debate in the senate today. Senator Shoot held the tariff re- sponsble for the alarming condi- tions. while Senator owen blamed three groups of financiers in New York.
 Shoot stirred the democratic lead : CTS by predicting on a basis of the treasury's statement of foreign trade during May that if the present trend of business conditions does not change within the next few months there will be disastrous results, He said the report showed the inn ports during May increased s29,900, 0OO. while exports decreased 33000. 900 over May, 1913. He read news paper clippings of recent large gold shipments to Europe
 No senator, I believe. would ven ture to say he thought it a wise policy to permit in any way machine rule, fraud or corruption in our cleo ton machinery" said owen. But no individual seems to feel charged with the responsibility of preparing the necessary measure and urging it's rassase. I propose therefore a reso- lution charging the committee on privileges and elections with this duty in the hope that it may meet with the sympathetic cooperation of not only the democrats but republi : cans and progressives as we'll
 Senator Owen called upon his democratic colleagues in the senate to remember the plank in the party platform calling for the extirpation of corruption. fraud and machine rule in American politics." and of fered four bills designed. he said, to bring about the needed results
 If he said, the democratic par ty now in powe. leaves the country under machine rule system with the door open to fraudulent practices, in nominating senators and members of congress, after it's solemn promise to the American people, after it nas been trusted with power for the chief purpose of con trolling the special interests, the vicious alliance between corrupt business, and corrupt politics, it un- doubtedly will receive severe con demnation for violating these vital promises so intimately affecting the integrity of government"
 Senator Hollis, making the first reply for the democrats said the foreign distrust of American stocks, arising from the collapse of the New Haven and of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroads, had resulted in American stocks being turned back on this country and the necessity of the sending of gold to Europe in return.
 Senator Thomas suggested that some European countries must have profited by the business America was losing. but Senator Shoot re- sponded that the treasury report did not enter into that question. Sena- tor Shoot added he was in favor of American labor getting the benefit of business rather than foreign la bor. Senator Thomas suggested European laborers were crowding every ship to America to escape the prosperity abroad the Utah senator was picturing.
 | Senator Owen advanced the state | ment that three groups of men with headquarters in New York were re | sponsble for present conditions. He said these men control $200OO, 900 practically all the railroads and ev- cry big industry in the country | 'These men can forbid the .,ail- ways to buy rails or buy steel cars or to buy frogs and switches or tc ] buy lumber or to buy cross ties These men can put out of employ ment thousands upon thousands o1
 men, these men can construct cred it's in every district where a repre-. sentative is to be elected this fal
 and in every state where a senator i. to be elected. These men have it il
 their hands to send down to defea
 any candidate. be he democrat O republican. who does not sympathiz with them
 Senator Shoot insisted that thi
 lad nothing to do with the decreas
 of exports or the increase of i'm
 ports.
 Senator owen explained that on
 of his bills was designed to proven
 unlimited campaign contribution
 from individuals: the second pro
 vides for government publicit
 pamphlet to be issued at gove-nmen
 expense and delivered to every citi
 zen, in which candidates for fedora
 offices would have an opportunity t
 explain their views. The third meas
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