The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-08
OYESTUFF BILL IS
CAUSE Of HEATED
DEBATE IN SENATE
Letter Concerning Candi-
dacy of Wood is Con-
struedas ThreatAgainst
Him and One of His
Managers
BY JAMES II. NOTRSE


(StaT Correspondent of Universal
Service.)
Washington. May 1.-THE DuPonts
OF Delaware. have threatened to with
draw their support from General Leon
ard Wood If SensE>r George Moses,
Woods local manager does not keep
his hands &C the dyestuf bill now
pending in the senate.
1t has been charged by opponents
of the measure that if passed in its
present form It would give the Du-
Points an absolute monopoly over
the dye industry v<.ch was built up
in the United States during the war.
The bill would impose a prohibi-
tive tariff on all importations of dyes,
and il is charged, would place Ameri-
can cotton manufacturers complete
ly at the mercy of the DUPONT cor
poration.
Senator Moses is tho author 81 an
amendment which strikes at the crea-
ton OF this monopoly. He introduced
it at the solicitation OF New Eng
land cotton manufacturers who are
fearful of the results that would fol-
low enactment of the bin In its pres
ent shape The Moses atnendmen nj
would authorize the secretary of the
treasury to establish a fair selling
price for the products of those in
dustries fostered by the bill
The introduction of the amend
ment has brought to Senator Moses
word from the DuPonts to drop their
support of General Woods candidacy
if he persists in advocating the amend
ment
This was conveyed to Senator Moses
In 4 letter from an official of the
Dupont corporation Senator Kenyon
Of Iowa. had the letter read in the
senate today
Senator Kenyon, in presenting the
letter said that it was a threat" dill
rected against one OF the candidates
for president and one OF hts manag-
ers. He said he had permission
from both to have the letter put into
the record.
IN view of the aRlcks that have
been made on opponents of the bill -
Senator Kenyon added "it is we'll 10
know who the chief proponents Of
the measure "a also to obtain a little
light on the methods they are EN-
ploying 10 force the Senators to sup
port it,
Senator Nose is os:t Of the city, hay
ing gone to~~.ew Hampshire on cam
paign work.
the contents OF which amazed sena-
tors who heard it. the attacks on the
bin became more violent Senator
King of Utah. made it the subject of n
charge against Senator Frelin ghuysen,
of New Jersey, that the Senator was
working in the interests of the Du-
Points.
Senator Frelinr&uysen resented this
charge and precipItated a Bitter con-
troVersy by dema nding the words ut
tered by Senator King be expunged
from the record. He glared across
the aisle al Senator King.
AT the end of a heated argument,
Senator King admitted that perhaps
he had gone too far" and asked to
have his statement against Freling-
huysen withdrawn
It has been known here for some
time that the DuPonts were behind the
dye bill and that they were also in
terested in the candidacy of General
Wood. 1t had never been revealed
however. that they made their sup
port OF the generals candidacy con-
ditional upon unstinred support sf
the bill by General w 2d's Washing
ton manager. who happens to be a
member OF the senate
The amendment which Senator
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