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The Commoner.
MAY 23, 1913
Poindoxtcr of Washington, progres
sive, voted with the democrats. The
democrats objected to the public
hearing because it was a waste of
time. They held that nothing could
bo gained by this delay. Senator
James lead the debate for the demo
crats, declaring that the tariff bill
was in line with the Baltimore
platform.
Charles T. Burns, an assistant
foreman in the weather bureau, sus
pended at the time of the dismissal
of Chief Willis L. Moore, was re
duced in rank and salary by Secre
tary Houston, who declared Burns
guilty of misconduct in the perfor
mance of his duty."
An Associated Press dispatch says:
The campaign for democratic supre
macy at the polls in 1914 and 1916
was opened hero, when the executive
campaign committee of the demo
cratic national committee organized
and discussed preliminary,, plans. The
committee agreed upon permanent
headquarters in Washington, the or
ganization' of an educational cam
paign, and harmonious co-operation
with the democratic congressional
committee, with a continuous mili
tant party organization from now
until after the next presidential elec
tion, at least.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania', caucus chairman of
the house and recognized as the
president's spokesman in that body,
was made chairman, and Rolla Wells
of St. Louis, treasurer of the demo
cratic national committee, treasurer.
At the permanent headquarters,
Thomas J. Pence of North Carolina,
the former correspondent who con
ducted the Wilson press campaign,
will be in charge as manager of pub
licity. With him already is Colonel
John I. Martin of Missouri, sergeant-at-arms
of the last and other conven
tions of the democracy.
Plans agreed upon contemplate
sending of democratic letters from
Washington to approximately ten
thousand weekly newspapers and
two thousand daily papers that have
no special correspondents at the na
tional capital. All this will require
a large fund, and the committee de
cided to appeal to the various states
for contributions. The situation genr
erally and the need fo.: immediate
organized campaign work was dis
cussed at two sessions of the com
mittee and the conferences will be
resumed. The committeemen, ac
companied by Mr. Pence, called at the
White House and explained the plans
for the educational campaign to
President Wilson, who voiced his
hearty approval.
The Washington Post printg this
story: Here is an officeseeker
worthy of emulation. William
Gregory, negro, of Jackson, Miss.,
was told that Senator Vardaman, for
whom he onco worked, would see
that he got a job if he came to
Washington; so William set out on
foot six weeks ago, and recently put
in his appearance at the senator's
office. He was immediately promised
the job of porter in the senate office
building. Senator Vardaman de
scribes his protege as "a respectable,
hard-working negro, who will never
take a seat in a street car while a
woman Is standing. I want to have
William here as an example to the
members of his race," he added.
Former Congressman John S.
Wise of Virginia, -died at his son's
home in Maryland. He was seventy
three years of age.
A dispatch to the New York
Herald says: Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis proposed in a bill intro
duced reqently that congress should
provide for a minimum wage in
very industry in the United States
engaged in intorstato commerce.
The bill was inspired by the investi
gation of the Illinois legislature into
the relation of wages to immorality.
His scheme provides for the appoint
ment of a wage commission in each
congressional district. This offico
shall investigate all complaints of
employes of interstate corporations
that the wages paid by such corpora
tions are "insufficient, inequitable
and unjust," and prescribes a mini
mum wage.
The Now York Herald correspon
dent says: Contributors to the fund
to ransom Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
American missionary who waB cap
tured by Raisuli's bandits in Tur
key, will bo reimbursed by the gov
ernment under a bill of Senator
O'Gorman which was favorably
acted upon by the senate foreign re
lations committee. The amount Is
not to exceed $G6,000. This action
is in lino with precedents in the ad
ministrations of Washington and
Adams, when ransoms were repaid to
their donors. The Turkish govern
ment will not be called on to reim
burse, as the committee feels that at
the time of Raisuli's operations the
government was powerless to pre
vent disorder.
The acting commissioner of cor
porations has mado a report show
ing that the profits of the steel trust
are "excessively high." Following
is an illustration of the rates of
profit in the steel industry, according
to the report of the a"cting commis
sioner: For Bessemer steel rails
the net cost in 1910 was $16. G7 per
ton, including certain estimated ad
ditional costs; the average selling
price was $27.45, giving a profit of
$10.78. The investment in raw ma
terials, transportation facilities,
manufacturing plants and net work
ing capital required for the produc
tion of rails was about $65 per ton
of product. This indicates a profit
on investment of 16 per cent on
rails. On a similar basis, the report
indicates for plates a rate of profit in
1910 of 10 per cent on investment.
These different rates of profit illus
trate, furthermore, certain differ
ences in prico making conditions,
which were somewhat competitive
for plates in 1910, while non-competitive
for rails
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Expansion of national bank note cir
culation to meet debts for currency
in times of financial stress will bo
made easier through an order issued
recently by Secretary McAdoo, of the
treasury department. In a state
ment the secretary announced he
had authorized national banks to
withdraw United States 2 per cent
bonds which they have placed with
the treasury as security for govern
ment deposits, and substitute Philip
pine, Porto Rican, Hawaiian or Dis
trict of Columbia bonds, provided the
United States 2s so withdrawn shall
be used as security for additional cir
culation by banks which have not as
yet taken out the full amount of cir
culation authorized by law. This will
be the first time the treasury depart
ment has permitted changes in tho
character of securities of federal de
posits. Only for a year has the gov
ernment accepted the colonial and
District of Columbia bonds as se
curity for new or additional govern
ment deposits. In connection with
the secretary's recent order charging
2 per cent on all government addi
tional deposits, the banks asked per
mission to withdraw United States
2s to a certain extent and substitute
as security the bonds of the Insular
possessions and the District of
Columbia because such bonds paid
interest ranging from 3.65 to 4 per
cent. In making the concessions the
secretary stipulated that the wlth
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