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OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNK 18, lf00 TWELVE PAGES.
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DAYTON HONORS
ITS AVIATORS
Kinkaid Sees I
WARM REGION
F0KCALH0US
Francis J. Heney Says There is Evi
dence Enough to Send Him to
"Bottomless Pit"
PRINT PAPER
DUTY SCORED
Brown of Nebraska Tells Senate that
that Industry Needs No
Protection.
CANADIANS HAVE NO ADVANTAGE
Cost of Production There is Greater
Than in This Country.
TILLMAN WHACKS NEWSPAPERS
Ballinger About
Irrigation Canal
Congressman Urges Secretary to Push
Completion of Improvement in
North Platte Valley,
Ohio Town Tumi Itself Looie
Honor cf Men Who Indented
Flying Machines.
ia
WRIGHT BROTHERS MODEST
HOT BLAST FOR THE DEFENSE
"Thank You, Gentlemen," Their Sole
Response to Tributes.
THEY WORK PART OF THE DAY
Business Suspended While Townsmen
Join in Celebratin-
HAVE PARADE AND ' T0RKS
Vt-
(iiinlnl Flaere 'of Father than
, . ...
n)lnn r'lmrri lo'l.lrely nt
.Medal Authorised hy
areas Presented Todat
I'.WTON. O., June 17-In the
lili h a few yearn ago they began -
M iiilty Ihelr flrnt experiments with flying
machines, Orvllle and Wilbur Wright today
received the homage of their townspeople,
Escorted by brans bands, led beneath tri
umphal arches, through streets decorated
with models of their aeroplanes and praised
In public speeches, tha Wright brothers ap
prared the least Conscious that anything
unusual was going on.
- When that part of the program was
reached which read, "Responses by the
Wrights." Wilbur and Orvllle each arose
and said: "Thank you gentlemen."
This Is how the Wright brothers spent
the day;
$ a. m. Left their work In the aeroplane
shop and In their shirt sleeves went out In
the street to hear every whistle and bell In
town blow and ling for ten minutes.
9.10 a. m. Returned to work.
It) a. m. Drove In a parade to the open
ing ceremony of the "home coming cele
bration." 11 a. m. Returned to work.
Noon-Reunion at dinner with Bishop
Milton Wright, the father; Miss Katherlne
Wright, the sister; Reuchlln Wright of
Tonganoxle, Kan., a brother, and Loren,
another brother.
2:30 p. in.-Reviewed a parade given In
their honor In the downtown streets.
4 p. m. Worked two hours packing up
parts of an aeroplane for shipment to
Washington.
8 p. m. Attended a public reception and
shook bands with as many Daytonlans as
could get near them.
p. m.-Ktw a pyruteohnloal display on
tho river front. In which their own por
traits eighty feet high and entwined In
an American flag were shown.
When the fireworks were over, Wilbur
turned ty Orvllle and said, : . . hurry
home; you know we have to get up early."
Fluttering In -bemherv- and 'gay decora
tions, Dayton left nothing undone to honor
the aviators. Business was suspended save
for the sal of toy airships and pout cards
illustrative uf the Wrights' home, the mod
cut two-story dame dwelling In Hawthorne
street. It Was alau suspended at Huffman
1'iuirle, eight miles east of Dayton, where
in 1 the Wrights made their first long
aeroplane flight. Le Mans, France, the
scene of many of the European flights of
the Wright machine, was remembered In
a banner which bore these words;
"The three great cities, Dayton, Wash
ington, and Le Mans, France."
After the salute of cannon,, ringing of
bells and blowing of whistles, with which
Ute day began, the opening ceremony was
hold In a park beneath the trees. "Jona
than Daytou," representing the founder of
the city and dressed In colonial coatume
and a wig, with a cast of characters, pre
sented a pageant. The crowds were so
great that people viewed . the spectacle
from fences, trees and house tops. Casting
his eyas skyward, Jonathan Dayton aald:
"Methlnka 1 see two great objects Uke
gigantic birds coming from the eastward
as It riding on the wings of the morning.
What manner of birds can these be?"
"They," Interposed another character,
"are none other than two of Dayton's
tlustrlous sons coming home from foreign
triumphs with the greatest Invention of
the age. Let. us welcome them."
It was after receiving this welcome that
Wilbur and Orvllle Wright, sitting as spec
tators on the platform, arose and said:
"Thank you, gentlemen."
Back to Their Workshop.
A few minutes after the ceremony the
Wrights were back In their workshop,
where the windows were covered with can
as to keep out the gase of the curious.
Ueneral James Allen, chief signal officer,
aooompanied by Lieutenant Lahm of the
signal corps, arrived from Washington to
day with the gold medai authorised by
congress, which he la to present to the
Wright brothers tomorrow. Governor Jud
son Harmon of Ohio la expected to present
a medal on behalf of tho state and Mayor
Uurkhart on behalf of Dayton.
Carlos Gracla Voles, thv Cuban minister,
Is here and It is expected representatives
of other foreign governments will atteud
tha presentation.
Many Are Hurt
at Celebration
of Bunker Hill
List of Injured Resembles that of
' Famous Revolutionary Battle
Itself.
EOSTON. Mass.. June 17.-The l'sl ef
injured In the ilunker Hill icleeratlen to
day rivalled that of tha actual battle of
1J4 years ago. Sixty-five persons were
treated at the hospitals of Boston and
vicinity for Injuries caused by fireworks
and pistols, and many more were at
tended by physicians at their homae. For
tunately there were no serious casualties.
Charleston's great day closed tonight
with an elaborate electrical pageant. The
display waa emblematic of the "gems of
he world," the floats representing tha
brilliancy and lustra of the diamond, ruby,
emerald, garnet, amethyst and kindred
rctous stones, Miss Hettla Turnbull was
the queen of the carnival.
It was estimated that fully 100,000 persona
saw the pageant. Business was suspended
In Boston, Lynn. Cambridge, Newton and
Other cities during the day.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Congressman Kinkaid this morning
took up with Secretary Ballinger the mat
ter of the completion of the third section
of the large government canal, commencing
In Wyoming and extending Into Nebraska.
The secretary, as settlers along the Platte
are aware, has reached the conclusion that
construction by the co-operative plan Is not
legal. However, he Is personally favorably
disposed to furtherance of the ditch and Is
giving earnest and friendly consideration
to the case with the view of dnlng what
ever Is consistent and practical for the de
partment to do under existing conditions.
The Commercial club of Beatrice has been
anxious to have a clock installed In the
new government building there and has
asked Senator Burkett's assistance. The
senator took the matter up with the Treas
ury department and the architect an
nounced today that he would make plans
to have this clock Installed, and specifica
tions for It will be Included In bids that
are to be submitted on the work.
P. E. Taylor of Tekamah, who was re
cently appointed consul to Matirltlas. has
wired Senator Burkett that he will accept
the position and expects to reach Wash
ington in a day or two.
Senator Burkett, who has been fighting
for elimination of duty on paraphernalia
for fraternal organizations, was informed
by Senator Aldrlch today that the finance
committee had decided to put such para
phernalia on the free list. Just to what ex
tent this will affect fraternal organizations
Is not known, but It Is thought thousands
will be caved to societies purchasing cer
tain kinds of regalia and paraphernalia
abroad.
H. J. Tenfold and C. K. Pickens of Omaha
we.-e at the White House today and gave
President Taft to understand that one of
the biggest welcomes he ever received In
this or any other country would be his If
he chanced, to stop off at Omaha should he
decide to go west after adjournment of
congress. The president stated he could
not promise anything because no arrange
ments had been made In view of the un
certainty of tariff legislation.
Assault Victim
Knows Little of
Brutal Affair
Miss Annie L. Owen, Kansas City
Stenographer, Will Probably
Recover from Injuries.
KANSAS CITT, June 17.-Although the
police and city detectives searched dili
gently today for the assailant of Miss
Annie L. Owen, stenographer to tha police
board, who was slugged in her office last.
night, they made but little progress. There
was no due on which to work.
At the hospital It was said that Miss
Owen would recover unless complications
should arise. She suffered concussion of
the brain and Is In a semiconscious condi
tion part of tho time. Miss Owen aroused
sufficiently today to talk, for the first time,
but she was not able to give any definite
Idea of her assailant.
Rewards aggregating 11.500 have been
offered for the apprehension of the crim
inal. The common council met today to take
action In regard to the case. Mayor Crit
tenden said: .
"We will do everything possible appre
hend the criminal. The police have been
ordered to exert every means. The city will
offer a reward and I hope every cltlaen
who can possibly do so will add to It."
Governor Hadley today telegraphed local
officials offering a reward of (300 for the
capture of Miss Owen's assailant.
Prof. Davidson
Given Decree
Miami University Confers Title of
Doctor cf Laws on Omaha
Educator.
OXFORD, O., June 17. William H.
Davidson, superintendent of public schools
at Omaha, Neb., was honored with the
degree of doctor of laws by Miami uni
versity at Its centennial celebration here
tcday. The degree of doctor of literature
waa conferred upon Rev. Lyman Abbott
of New York, editor of the Outlook, and
Brander Matthews of Columbia university.
Declaring he was unworthy of the honor,
George H. Trull of Philadelphia, Pa., na
tional secretary of the Sunday School as
sociation, and one of the most noted re
ligious workers In America, refused to ac
cept the degree of doctor of divinity.
Russian Torpedo Boat
Fires on English Steamer
V1BORG. Finland, June 17. A British
steamer has been fired upon ey a Russian
torpedo beat for approaching too close to
the bay on the Finnish coast, where Em
peror Nicholas and Emperor William are
to meet today.
The British steamer In question Is the
Northberg, Captain Robertson. It waa
hailed and fired upon last night off Wlre
lahtl. Island of Blorke. The projectile from
the torpedo boat pierced a steam pipe and
one member of the crew of the English
vessel was wounded. The Incident shows
the extreme nervousness for the safety of
Emperor Nicholas.
Russian torpedo boats have been patrol
ing Pitklpas bay, the rendesvoua of the
two emperors, and It was one of these
guerd vessels that fired.
STOCKHOLM. June 17. Dlepatches re
ceived here from Helsingfors confirm the
r.ews that the British steamer Woodburn
of New Castle waa fired upon by a vessel
of the Russlsn squadron In Pitklpas bay,
the rendesvous of Emperor Nicholas and
Emperor William.
The first was a blank charge, but this
was followed a few seconds later by two
shells. Portion of the shells penetrated
the bulkhtads and the boiler of the Wood
burn. The engineer of the steamer was
wounded In the leg and was taken aboard
the Rusalau cruiser Asia, where his
He Declares Every Hair of Accused's
Head n Guilty.
ALSO FLAYS HIS HENCHMEN
Charges Him with Committing Other
Crimes to Conceal First.
SCORCHER FOR LAWYER ABBOTT
'. Mild-Mannered a Villain as F.ver
Cat a Throat - or Scuttled a
Shin" rorlrays F.vlla of
Boaalam.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 Francis J.
Heney half completed tonight his closing
argument for the prosecution In the case
of Patrick Calhoun, charged with bribery.
During his address, Mr. Heney admitted
having an ambition to become dlxirlct
attorney under the new administration In
San Francisco. He also outlined the theory
of the prosecution designed to connect the
president of the United Railroads with the
accusation of bribery that has served (ih
the basis of a five months' trial.
Mr. Heney declared the prosecution has
no course open save to grant Immunity
to the supervisors who gave the most di
rect testimony against the defendant.
C onsigned to Warm Regions.
"Isn't there enough here of evidence of
guilt to sink Patrick Calhoun to the bot
tomless pit of hell? Every hair on his
head Is guilty. Caught In one crime, he
has been back of a doxen more to prevent
his conviction, and to obstruct the course
of Justice. A man will do much for his
liberty, even to the commission of new
crimes and Patrick Calhoun Is willing to
pull down the government, of which he
boasts to be so stalwart a supporter.
"I have purposely refrained during this
trial from attempting to gain the friend
ship of any man on this Jury. I have done
nothing to curry favor. But you have
watched me all these weeks and you know
what manner of man, and what manner of
prosecutor stands before you. You know
whether or not I was Justlfed In resent
ing what I did resent. Is there one among
you who would have taken as much as
I have taken? I did not stand It. I have
been fighting for a principle. But I will
never go Into a court again so long as I
live and allow any man to abuse me In the
performance of a public duty, so help me
God.
"What does It matter to me If I am
abused by an attorney like Earl Rogers,
the partner of the infamous Luther
Brown?"
Calls Abbott a. Villain. ..
Reaching a discussion of the activities
of William A. Abbott, of the legal force
of the United Railroads, Mr. Heney said:
"I am talking about W. M. Abbott, than
whom no milder villain ever cut a throat
or scuttled a ship. In appearance a Sun
day school teacher, he is yet one of the
men who was responsible for this record of
black Iniquity."
Referring to the relations of Abraham
Ruef and Tlrey L. Ford, general counsel
for the United Railroads, Heney said:
"They have defied us to produce a wit
ness who witnessed this bribery. Well, I
will produce the man who saw Ford give
this money. If he is here. His name is
Tlrey Ford and he Is the man who saw
his own hand pass this bribe money to
Ruef."
On the subject of bosslsm Heney said:
"The history of this country shows that
the menace to our existence lies In the
great cities, where we foster the bosses,
who are supported by the classes. One
holds forth in the tenderloin, where they
want a permit to commit a crime. The
other class holds forth in the fashionable
neighborhoods and wants higher dividends
from their investments in gas and railway
and telephone stocks. They Join hands
with the Tenderloin to accomplish their
ends and that Is what has made the boss
possible."
Mr. Heney expects to conclude tomor
row. FORTY STAB WOUNDS IN BODY
Woman Found Dying; in Mining; Town
In Pennsylvania Daughter
Also Injured.
POTTS VILLB, Pa.. June 17. With her
skull fractured and forty stab wounds In
her body, Mrs. Kate Speerenxe was found
dying In her home at Coaldale, near here,
today. Her 7-year-old daughter also had
been fatally Injured. There Is no clue
as to who made the murderous attack.
The woman ran a boarding house for min
ers. wounds were dressed. Later the Injured
man was conveyed to a hospital at VI
borg. After making repairs, tha Woodburn
sailed tonight for Its home port.
LONDON, June 17. Neither the British
Foreign office nor the Russian embassy
here has issued any statement regarding
the firing upon the British steamer Wood
burn by a Russian warship in the vicinity
of Vlborg. Tna owners of the vessel,
Whitfield & Co. of New Castle, have re
ceived a telegram from Captain Robert
son, dated Fredertkshafen, confirming the
reports cf the attack on his ship.
MISS WYNNE WEDS OFFICER
Daughter of Consul General at Lon
don Becomes Wife of English
Llentenaat.
LONDON, June 17.-Ida M. Wynne, sec
ond daughter of Robert J. Wynne, the
outgoing American consul general in Lon
don, was married In this city today to
Hugh Ronald French, a first lieutenant In
tha Seventh Dragoon guard. The cere
mony was performed In Brompton ora
tory, only relativea and personal friends
of the bride and groom having been in
vited. Following the wedding, there was
a reception at the Savoy hotel.
SHADES OF JEFFERSON AND JACKSON AT THE
From the Washington Evening Star.
MRS. COULD IN TIfSY STATE
Broker Testifies to Her Condition on
Yachting Trip.
HAD BREAKFAST WITH ACTOR
Hotel Walter Tells of serving; Meals
for Woman and Duatln Fa rn n m
In Her Room More Srrv
ants Testimony.
NEW TORK, June 17. The spotlight of
the cross-examiner continued to oscillate
today In the trial of Mrs. Howard Gould's
suit for separation, fron-uf the estate at
Castle Gould to the St. Regis hotel; from
tho farm at Bine Gap, Va. w the-Niagara,
the Gould yacht, and back' to New York
again, but except for those moments when
It lingered on Dustln Farnum It never got
far away from the butler's keys -.te the
wine cellar.
There was visible an attitude on the part
of the defense, which In this trial of many
surprises has been curiously shifted over
to what is virtually the prosecution, to
prove that Mrs. Gould was not only so
frequently under the Influence of Intoxi
cants as to fall within the rulings of Jus
tice Dowllng that, she must be proved an
habitual drunkard before her husband can
be Justified for leaving her, but to prove
that when she had been drinking her
character underwent a transformation for
the worse.
Delancey Nicoll, former district attorney
for the county of New York, and now coun
sel for the husband, was willing enough
to adduce testimony that the wife was
affable when herself, if only he could bring
her good nature Into contrast with testi
mony that tended to show her violent,
abusive and uncertain In her motives and
confused In her actions at those moments
she waa alleged to have been drinking.
Shrinks In Tain.
There was no abatement of her ordeal
today, and the burdeu of reiteration grew
heavier, she shrank visibly and a look of
pain came Into her eyes, as If, though she
mlgnt have read or seen such things, It
was a new realization of them for her to
hear them applied directly to herself, with
the weight of a sworn oath behind them.
At other times she smiled broadly, shook
her head In amused denial, and several
times stared the witness out of counte
nance. Only once was there a break In the pro
cession of footmen, butlers, chauffeurs,
maids, waiters and bellboys on whose testi
mony It Is sought to prove Mrs. Gould an
Impossible wife, and that was when Mr.
Nicoll called Melville E. Chapman, a
broker, who was a guest of the Goulds
on their yacht, the Niagara, during the
several cruises In the year 1905 and his
narrative walked in the steps of others.
He had several times seen Mrs. Oould un
deniably drunk, he testified, and, led by
Mr. Nicoll, he described several alleged
outbreaks, with emphasis on the overbear
ing manner of the wife and the efforts of
the husband to soothe and conciliate her.
Duatln Karnura In Room.
Mr. Watson read the deposition of a
waiter at the Carroll hotel, who told of
serving supper for Mrs. Gould and Farnum
in her rooms at the hotel on November
18, 1906. The waiter said that Mrs. Oould
Instructed him to set the table with a
chair at the end and the other chair on
the side near the first chair. He left
Farnum and Mrs. Gould In the room after
he had cleared away the dishes.
The following morning the witness was
called to Mrs. Gould's rooms and she or
dered breakfast for two. She stood In the
doorway and read the bill of fare and he
could see but a small part of the room.
He noticed that a door leading Into an
other room of her suite was closed, lie
served supper for them in her rooms that
night again.
She left some time during the night, the
witness testified, for, he said, he went to
the head waller the next morning and
asked if he should go up to room No. 14
(Mrs. Gould's room), and the head waiter
said: "No, they have gone."
Farmer Shot from Ambush.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., June 17.-WU-liara
Moore, a truck farmer, was shot
and killed from ambush In Galloway
county, five miles from this city, today.
William Grlder. who was with Moore, said
that he thought the shot was meant for
hlmstlf. He refused to reveal the Iden
tity cf the man wuom be suspect cf the
killing
Deadwood Editor
May Go to Jail
for Contempt
Freeman Knowles Will Refuse
Pay Fine Imposed by Federal
Court.
to
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., June 17. (Special.)
That Freeman Knowles, former congress
man from South Dakota and for some time
past editor of the Deadwood Lantern, a
weekly publication, Intends going to jail
rather than pay a fine of 1500, which was
Imposed upon him by Judge Carland, of
the United States court in thta city. Is
Indicated by a statement made by the
former congressman In the current Issue
of his newspaper.
At a term of federal court at Deadwood,
Knowles was tried on an Indictment charg
ing him with having circulated objection
able matter through the malls, and was
convicted. The objectionable article was
printed In his newspaper and referred to
the death of a former Black Hills young
woman. The Deadwood editor was fined
the $500 by Judge Carland, and falling to
pay the fine was committed to the Pen
nington county Jail at Rapid City, where
he remained for some days, or until an
appeal had been perfected to the United
States , circuit court of appeals, which a
few days ago affirmed the action of Judge
Carland.
In the current Issue of his paper Mr.
Knowles prints a long statement In ref
erence to the case, In which the follow
ing sentence appears: "I have sent for
a copy of the opinion which was written
by Judge Amldon, and until the opinion
arrives It Is Impossible to state upon what
grounds the Judgment was affirmed. As
soon as the remlttur from the court of
appeals Is received by the clerk of the
district court at Sioux Falls I expect to
be committed to the Pennington county
Jail."
This makes It clear that Mr. Knowles
will not pay his fine. However, the fine
doubtless will be paid by friends of Mr.
Knowles regardless of any objections he
may have. The Free Press league, which
Is composed of Black Hills friends of the
former congressman and present editor,
has taken up the matter of raising the
amount of the fine, and, It Is believed, will
Insist upon paying it to the federal court
and thus do away with the necessity of
Mr. Knowles' going to Jail.
Aldrich Plans
Income and
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 17. -When
the Income tax question comes up in the
senate tomorrow Senator Aldrlch, chair
man of the finance committee, will again
move that action bo deferred until after
schedules In the tariff bills shall have
been completed.
This motion will carry with It President
Taft's program for the enactment of a law
taxing net earnings of corporations, and
the adoption of a resolution submitting the
question of amending the constitution so
as to permit congress to levy and collect
a tax on Incomes without regard to appor
tionment among the atates. Mr. Aldrlch
will make the statement that he believes
consideration of schedules may be finished
by Monday, and he will suggest that the
postponement of the income tax and cor
poration tax measures be until that time.
At a caucus of the democratic senators
today, it was decided that the minority
shall stand by Its previous declaration In
favor of the enactment of an Income tax
law at the present session. The caucus
was well attended. There were speeches
by Senators Bailey, Shlvely, Culberson,
Money, and Rayner, and brief remarks by
a number ef others, In which the opinion
waa expressed that the administration
movement In favor of placing a tax on
net earnings of corporations U destined to
TARIFF DEBATE.
DENY HARMS OPEN HEARING
Board of Inquiry Decides to Hold
Secret Session.
ACCUSER LEAVES PRESENCE
Testimony, It la Said, Will Not Be
Made Public, but Findings of
Board Will Re Announced
To Call Witnesses.
EAST ST. LOUIS, III., June 17.-Secre-tary
of Agriculture Wilson's board of In
quiry, appointed to Investigate the charges
of former Inspector J. F. Harms that the
government's inspection system In the
packing houses here is faulty, held a
closed session this afternoon. Harms,
after being denied an open Investigation,
withdrew from the room.
The board Is composed of Dr. A. B.
Melvln, chief of the bureau of animal
Industry; George P. McCabe. solicitor for
the Department of Agriculture; Dr. F. A.
Rehnke, an assistant Inspector of the bu
reau; Dr. R, P. Stedden, chief of the In
spection division of the bureau, and George
Dltwlg, traveling Inspector.
Dr. Melvln Issued a statement which
said that every man on the meat Inspec
tion forcej w-ho Is In position to have any
knowledge about the alleged occurrences,
will be a witness. The board heard the
testimony of the fourteen witnesses Mr.
Harms furnished the Department of Ag
riculture In his letter of charges.
Klghty witnesses are yet to be exam
ined. The testimony will not be made
public, but It Is probable the finding of
the board will b4 announced here.
Smugglers Get
Prison Terms
Two Men Who Beat Customs Officers
on Dress Goods Are
Sentenced.
NEW YORK, June 17. George C. White,
William Kilgannon and the tatter's wife,
Elizabeth Kilgannon, pleaded guilty today
In the United States circuit court to In
dictments charging them with smuggling.
White and ' Kilgannon are associated In
business as dealers In dressmakers sup
plies on Fifth avenue and Mrs. Kilgannon
Is a dresmaker.
Kilgannon was sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary and White to two years
In the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs Kilgannon was fined $6,000, which she
paid.
to Delay
Earnings Taxes
prevent the Income tax amendment from
reaching a direct vote.
All of these senators did not denounce
the plan of President Taft for the taxing
of corporations. Many democrats belluve
in that plan, but they are opposed to the
sidetracking of the Income tax issue.
Attorney General Wlckersham presented
to Senator Aldrlch last night the draft of
the amendment which President Taft de
sires to have adopted, placing a tax on
the net earnings of corporations. This
draft was submitted to the republican.
members of the flnsnre committee today,
but no action was taken regarding It. It
was not made public, and members of the
committee declined to discuss its provis
ions. The senate committee on finance wi:l not
present an amendment placing a duty on
petroleum, but such an amendment will be
offered by Senator Penrose, a member of
the committee on the floor nf the senate.
It Is expected that Chairman Aldrlch will
then accept the amendment.
The rate to be proposed Is one-half a
cent a gallon on crude oil. and F per cent
ad valorem on refined oil, benzine, naph
tha, paraffine, and other similar products
of petroleum. The amendment will pro
vide also that there shall be no drawback
allowed on petroleum.
Scowls, Stamps His Foot and Cries
"Humbugs!"
MAINE SENATORS TO THE FORE
Hale and Frye Quirk to Defend Wood
I'll I p Manufacturers of Their Own
Stale story of Day's
Tariff DebHe.
WASHINGTON. June 17.-The battle to
pliice wood pulp and print paper upon the
free list was opened tip In the senate to
day under the leadership of Senator Brown
of Nebraska. Going over to the portion
of the chamber In which Senators Aldrlch,
Hale. Frye, Lodge, (Sallinger, Kmoot and
other leaders have their seats, the Ne-
brasknn stood In tha midst of the oppos
ing force, and with good nature bandied
thrusts that came to him from all quar
ters as he delivered a telling speech In
behalf of the cause he has espoused.
Showing familiarity with all available
Information on the wood pulp and paper
schedule, Mr. Brown frequently quoted
from various authorities to sustain his
contention that wood pulp and print pa
per are both produced In the United States
with cheaper labor and cheaper materials,
resulting In a cheaper product than can
be obtained In the Dominion of Canada.
Citing rates of wages In this country and
In Canada, he undertook to show thai the
United States had an advantage In that
respect. Turning to his republican col
leagues, he asked them how, in view of
that fart, they could justify a duty on
the products for the "protection of labor."
Without divulging the source of Ihelr
Information In' any definite manner. Sen
ators Aldrlch and Hale flatly contradicted
these statements In reference to wages
and cost of production. They Insisted that
the Mann committee of the house of rep
resentatives, from which Mr. Rrown
quoted, whs lacking In accurate testimony,
and contended that, even accepting that
report, It could not be maintained that
the United States had an advantage In
the production.
Mr. Brown's Speech.
"Canada Is our only competitor In this
market," said Mr. Brown. "The seas und
the Inferior product of other countries than
Canada protect the mills of the United
States against all competition worth men
tioning. "This question depends on the cost of
production at home and abroad. If foreign-..
era can manufacture print paper for. less
than It costs Americana, that amendment
of the finance committee might find Justi
fication. If the fact be, as I shall prove it
Is, that print paper can be made and Is
being made at a less cost here than else
where, then any duty In any amount la
wholly wrong In principle and utterly un
endurable and extortionate In practice.
"Canada had an Investigation Into the
subject In 1901. The testimony In that In
vestigation showed that the American mills
had an advantage of $5 per ton in the t.ojt
of production of print paper. Following
that report the manufacturers of Canada
petitioned their government to continue the
25 per cent ad valorem duty on paper im
portations. Waaes Higher In Canada.
"Our consul In the province of Quebea
reported that the laborers in the Canadian
mills received as high, If not higher, wages
than those In American mills. It la undis
puted by the testimony taken by this com
mittee that many of the workmen In the
Canadian mills are American cltlzena and
receive higher wages than when In the
United States."
Senator Brown drew the following con
clusions at the end of his argument:
"Our pulp wood supply Is nearly ex
hausted. "The pulp wood supply of Canada Is ap
parently Inexhaustible.
"Free pulp wood would tend to conserve
our pulp wood.
"The production cost of print paper Is
less in the United States than It Is In
Canada.
"A ton of news print paper costs In
Canada $29.64 to manufacture. In the United
States it costs $27.74 per ton.
"The print paper market la controlled In
the United States by combination, and
whatever duty the law may fix, will assist
the combination In that control In violation
of the law In competition to the injury and
outrage of the public.
"By reason of such control, the eost of
print paper to the consumer has been arbi
trarily advanced to an unreasonable and
unconscionable profit to the manufacturer.
"Print paper advanced from 138 In 1M7 to
$43 and $.' per ton In 1808.
"The Importation of print paper for all
time has been negllble.
"The proposed duty on pulp and print
paper Is therefore not necessary for pro
tective purposes, nor useful for revenue
purposes. It is an outlaw duty and should
be stricken from the bill."
Brown und Frye Arguo.
Mr. Frye interjected that the average
cost of spruce wood from Canada deliv
ered at Maine paper mills waa $10.02 a
cord Mr. Bruwn replied he would abandon
his contentions and vote for $$ a ton on
print paper If the testimony of one respon
sible witness In support of Mr. Frye's
statement could be cited.
In opposition to Mr. Brown's statement
that print paper can be manufactured as
cheaply in the United States as In Canada
Mr. Frye said that while skilled labor in
Canada is paid as much as in the United
States, unskilled labor, which, he aald, is
M per cent of the whole labor Involved, Is
paid 30 per cent levs In Canada.
M. Aldrlch said the house committee,
in recommending the i rale on print paper,
did not lake Into consideration the differ
ence In coH of wood at mills In Canada
and the United States and the senate com
mittee had added $2 a ton on that account.
Mr. Brown axked Mr. lisle if the results
of a ten months' Investigation by the houae
committee were lttt-s reliable than a ten
weeks' connlilei atlon by the finance com
mittee of the annate. Mr. Hale aald the
facta brought out by tbe flnanoe commit-
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