Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
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Shortage Of IN|||N||[.
BANKERS FINANCING YucATAN
TRUST TENDER GOVERNMENT
ADEQUATE SUPPLY.
WOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH
TO TIDE OVER FARMERS
Yueatan Commission Alleges Harvester
Company Has Been Guilty of De-
ception - Claims to Be Seeking to
Curb Monopoly - 125,o0o Bales Of
Sisal Needed. -5a

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Sisal Needed. s.r +.
Washington. April 1.-THE Ameri.
sisal growers today offered to place in
control Of the subcommittee Of the
senate committee on agriculture inves.
tigating the alleged monopoly a sui
ticient quantity Of sisal fiber to insure
the American farmer against short
age of binder Irvine. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 bales are sufficient for
this purpose.
The offer was made by Walker
Spencer on behalf of the Comision
Reguladora, and the Pan American
Commission Corporation.
This offer is to hold good for thirty
days, if necessary, the price to be Z -
cents per pound, as at present. unless
there should be an advance in ocean
freight rates. The only condition at
tached to the offer is that sisal fiber
SO distributed must be used in the
manufacture OF binder Irvine and sold
to American farmers up to the full
measure Of. their needs. After that
point there can be expectations.
Fisher Urges Acceptance.
Walter L. Fisher representing the
International Harvester Company. not
expecting this proposal. said he hoped
the suggestion would be accepted, but
did not know about the time limit.
Il shall confer with harvester Of
ficials," he said. las to this point and
also as to the amount they may need.
hope the committee will send to Yu-
catan for a report on the sisal stock
there and the conditions of the in
dustry.
Il want the price Of tx cents per
pound made definite. would like
also a pledge that If there should be
a surplus of sisal in this reserve. that
surplus should be permitted to be sold
abroad. The foreign business OF the
harvester company Is something in
which the American people should
take pride. and it would be distinct
to this country to lose this
business thru failure to make twine
abroad unless the Irvine is needed at
home"
American Farmers First
Senator Gronna interrupted Mr.
Fisher to ask IL me did not think II
the duty Of the harvester company
to supply the American farmer first.
Mr.. Fisher said It was and added
that the harvester company mad
sought to do this. 1t has only with
drawn from the market. he said. when
told that it could get no additional
To- Nd M a
comision reguiadora had refused to
book $4,000 bale order for July ana
August.
Senator Gronna said: 1T has been
shown here today and previously in
the course Of this investigation tnat
there Is an abundant supply OF sinai.
This fact should be sent broadcast
over the country to reassure the Farm
ers as well as the officers OF the COM
ision reguladora to maintain fixed
price for sisal for the approaching
harvest months"
Assaiis Harvester Company.
The comision reguladora. thru Mr..
Spencer, issued the following state
ment:
The comision reguladora earnest
~ desires to call the attention OF this
to the deliberate decep-
ton on the part of the international
Company. to demonstrate
that that company has been managed
In a campaign of wiflful perversion de-
signed to influence the opinion OF this
subcommittee and Of the American
public and to cloud the read moves In
spring It's attacks upon the comision
reguladora- IT, f.. .-..
"Tne international Harvester Com
pany is seeking to destroy govern
mental agency operating for the bene-
fit Of the American farmer. thru the
of the, price Of binder
Irvine. and in addition for the benefit
of: the independent American manu-
facturers of this commodity. 1T Is the
effort and the evident object Of that
company to refasten the grip on the
sisal industry in Yucatan which the
comision reguladora has succeeded In
breaking. Nv ..-., Il
Seek Curb on Monopoly.
THE comision Reguladora has no
other purpose in view than that OF
similar farmer organizations Of the,
United states-namely. the release
from monopoly, the protection OF the
people from exploitation and the OBJ
tanning of fair and reasonable price
For its product-and we believe that
thereby the monopoly OF binder twine
In the United States will be DESTROYED
and the American farmer win reap
The benefit OF free and unrestrained
The charge was made by Lee G.
Brown, assistant secretary OF the Pan
American Commission Corporation,
that during visits to Havana, New
Orleans and New York he has been
by detectives, and that IN
zach of the cities his portfolio. con
tanning valuable papers and memoir
anda concerning the formation Of the
with which he is identified,
has been rifIed and the papers sold.
All His Papers Gone.
Il have not single paper or mem 4
orandum lett" said Brown.
Brown declared that the alleged Of
fer to Governor Aavarado Of Yucatan
Of 100000 was not made BY him. but
that he had said that he was prepared
to make the offer and that 1t was for
the sole purpose OF discovering wheth-
er the Yucatan government Was open
to graft. He quickly learned. ne said,
that AIvarado was an honest man.
Mrs. o. p. Miilard's Funeral.