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PART TWO
VOLUME (XIII.—NO. 55.
ARMOR PLATE AS
SOURCE OF GARY
DINe SCHEME
William E. Corey Admits on
Stand Steel Trust Ate
Well and Plotted
Better
HOME CONSUMERS
GIVEN WORST OF IT
Pool Formed to Get Govern
ment to Pay Top Prices
for Battleship Metal
XFW YORK. .Tan. -?.. —"William Kllis !
Corfcy, former president of the United;
States Steel corporation, again a wit- j
neM today in the hearings of the gov- j
ernment suit to dissolve the corpora- '
ii under the Sherman anti-trust
I
lav, further testimony in s\ip
port of the povi>rnmcnt charges that |
the corporation is a monopolistic com- j
bination.
ITe testified that "understandings" |
to maintain prices were reached at
the famous "Gary dinners'' plven in ;
Xpw York by Jadfffl Elbert 11. Gary,
chairman of the corporation, at which
a large majority of the steel manufac- :
turers of the country werp represented.
He grave testimony, the flret addu- :?<i
n an?" witness in the s'.iit, it was
paid, as to the existence of an interna- i
tonal armor plat* pool in which the
ted States Steel corporation had
participated. He confirmed in teetl
mony t; .(• existence of a "'plate and
pool* , and declared that j
Jtldffe Gary had had knowledge of it.!
He declared that he himself had given j
orders for the closing: down of blast!
Furnaces of the corporation for the,
purpose of maintaining the price of
;t, d .
UOMF.vm MK\ •■(iOATS ,,
Ifi Corey atoo steel rails sold
■ to ." ■: •;= :i consumers than to j
; <=stic. and he furnished testimony
intended to prove that the Tennessee
Coa' and Iron company was a com
petttor of the steel corporation in the
rail market prior to its acquisition by
the corporation.
Mr. Corey, who resigned as president
of tfw corporation in 1310, jr.ade it j
plainly evident in his , testimony that in j
many respecfs be had clashed with '
•ludK" tia'y and the members of the
•: rjtc Committee on the matters of
policy- He declared that be jjerer
had favored the lease of the ITiT! ore
lends by the corporation in l? 07. Which
was abrogated by the corporation ai
-t coincidently with the filing of the
sent suit.
"We p&:.{ d<">'ible the price the ores
■were worth." h» said, adding that the j
Bnan.ce committee had overruled him.
<">n the question of maintain! n?
pries through the agency of the Gary
•lint!- rcr, Mr. Core\ s.-iid he had been in
"favor of competitive conditions." and
"prices were maintained longer
I deemed advisable."
Mr. Corey's testimony in regard to
se dinners was in direct contra
.on, it was pointed out by counsel
tonight, to what the steel corporation
said in his answer to the governmental
plaint. This answer denied that
any of said meetlßC 9 •* at any
■ r lime and place there was an."
reemettt or understanding that prices !
should be maintained."
TOOK PLATE OF" POOLS
■ Gary dinners. - ' which hogan 'n
T>o7. took the place, the government!
maintains, of various poois in main- j
raining prices in the steel trade. In '
his testimony concerning a number of j
these pools Mr. Corey said that the
> I corporation was represented in
the "plrftf- and structural pool" by the
rnegie Steel company. He admitted
that the pool divided business and Im- I
Bed penalties when the business of ai
ber exceeded Us allotment.
•
ARNOLD SUGGESTS CARS
HAVE WIDE PLATFORMS
Trnffle V.xprrt Advlnem 'lira* Better Ar
r*BscnjoiH» for B«4*irfsjßj Br Pro
vidrd by Company
i'-stions for rf street
platfortns and seating fadlttfef
were made in a report to the super
terday by Bion J. Arnold.
V trafßo expert advises that plat
tia should be enlarged and the
of pay-as-you-enter cars
- Mcd so that advantage could be
. full width of the entrance
p. For some cars he suggests
platforms, and for
others the elimination of the entrance
■J d I c placing of the par
on inside the car, as in those of the
■ road.
CHECK PASSER ARRESTED
»ranc Shtk Hγ I tfered l'letitiotin Paprr
lint Didn't lonkrrprr
■ nla! of one of the
rainst him was entered by
• ■■ hen he arrived from
to yes efday in custody of De
tective Daniel Driscoll. Crane was
looked for passing a fictitious check
efraudins; an innkeeper. He ad
jassing tlie cheek. bU4 s;j ys be
did not intentionally defraud any one
d Kranclw o.
Cfane denies ht is a college profes
>or. and sayi ...■ Is an advertising man.
v.Ue met a local won, a
overland train a short time ago
and the woman introduced b,tm at tin-
Savings Union aiid Trust
he deposited h $■>>)<) draft f<>t
roUectlon and drew f*6Q on ai
He *lao passed two checks on the
Union Square hotel. The accused will
appear before Police Judge Sullivan
today.
PRESET* \ VI !O\ Ol' GAME lISH
American Gamp Pret«otlv« and
Kgration < ommis-sion iia joirifd
witli BOUtherti ("alifornians in the flgrhl
■ the prencj'Yatlon of gmme ffeh on
Pacific eoa«t. The eottnttissfon ad
-4 itr-5 tJiP proposed law prohibiting
rig of panic Suh irithtr\ milcH
ea of Catalin* 'Blanii. This
I w-ii| be eubmltted ;it tU« present
ertea F. IJolMei. of the
■
ANDERSON GIRL IN INDIANA
Sister Reveals Babe's Sale
Mrs. Fred Certain, who rscs Miss Lillian Anderson, found living in
\ Marion, Ind.
Young Woman Now Wife of Navy Man, Never
Saw Mrs. Slingsby in Her Life
When Lillian Ahdersd'n gave lip her
infant in Doctor Fraeer'a I'ffico she
knew only that it -was sold to a
"wealthy woman" and did not Itnow bcr
name. This became yeaterday
to Attorney l'ickert. It •s\".\s
also learned that Miss Anderson is now
Mrs. Fred Certain. Wife of a navy m;tn,
and lives at 2601 Meridian stl*et, Ma
rion. Tnd.
Detective Williams returned from So.
noma county vrsurilav with cOJUpletf
information concerning tlie Anderson
girl. From a sister. Mrs. Carrie B*ick
man. of San Rafael, details of the birth
of the child and its subsequ'-n t s;«le
were learned by Detective Williams.
Thk-; information fits in, piece by piece,
in th>? chain of cvidonce tending to
prove, the Slingsby child fJ not a
t'lingshy.
According to Mrs. F.'H'kman. her sis
ter gave hirt'i t<» a child in September,
which was turned eyer to Doctor
Fraser. The mother stayed in a pri
GOULD HEADS NEW BOARD
OF IN MOUNTAIN ROAD
Permanent Directors Chosen
to Fill Places of Tem
porary List
NEW YORK. Jan. 23. —'"hanges of
Importance •rera effected in ;i meet
ing today of the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain and Southern Railroad company's
dire'tor*. A number of temporary di
rectors vho were effected laat spring
pending the execution of the company's
mortgage were dropped,
and new directors representing prom
inent banking interests elected in their
places.
The board as now constituted con
sists of George J. Gould, chairman; B.
F, r.'-ish. president; Finley J. Shepard,
assistant to the president; Jamefl
Speyer, KdKar I* E. T. Jef
fery. JBi C, Simmons an ! O. L, Garrieon
of Louisz J. G. -Metewlfc. Albert H.
Wig-gin, Jay Gould, K. <i. Merrftl at;d
C. A. Pratt. Mr. Pratt In the oniy
member of the board chosen hist spring
'~ bf> re-elected. Geors ,, -f- Gould
was elected chairman of the executive
c -ominiitee.
The St. I<ouiK. Iron Mountain and
S'outherr railroad is -ontrolled by the
Missouri Pacific and with the latter
road forms the backbone of the Gould
-system, BOW in U»e way of enlarge
ment.
Changes in C, M. and St. P.
Xi:\V rOftk. -'an.:'•■:. --H. R. Wil
liams was elected today vice president,
director- and m<-Miber of tfte f-xecutlve
committee of the Chicago. Milwaukee
an.l St. Paul raff road. Formerly lie
president of the sound di
vision.
Hγ. Williams, with headquarters
here, wifl be in rharce Of the com
pany's finances, to that extent succeed*
itiß the late Fio<nvei! Miller, who was
chairman of the board.
Other changes announced todny
were; E. l>. Seawall, now assistant to
the president. ei<" ;cd a yhtx president
with headquarters in Chicago; l >. L.
Hush, elected h vice tuesiden!. si\ro to
■ >i iti i 'I ieaeo: I [. !"- CHrUjier.
r-li'ctfd a vli'i pr< liileni, wiiii
ters in Scat! <• •.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
SAX FKAXCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1913.•
yate room of Doctor Frarfer's office ;> d
diii nut see Mrs. S 5 . ; , nor
her name,., hut Doctor Fraser took her
child and gave it to the "wealthy
3;id.\" and rufused to tell MiM Ander
si'ii an>t!iing more about it, aecordlijaj
t.j the detei tive.
.After this Miss Anderson and' her
ri?trr. Gregory, alias MiVlard.
worked together In San I'raucjHco.
'.;i.-t Jaly both were married iji C);.V;
-I'Mid to navy T.iUian tn <'f>rtain
and Kate to E. L. \Vlckard, They went
t" Irvdlana, Mrs. Certain establisJ>liig a
hofne. in Marlon :ind her sister in Tn
clianapolis.
Deteittve Ellchaxdi also learned that
Paul t'olvfn, who iji tho birth crrtjt].
• ate appears as fnther ef the child, is
■on of Rev. Colvln of Bant i Rmta,
iind whs last heard from 10 days
in Santa Ana.
Handwriting K\per* Kytkn will
make his report tomorrow. T!ic cstae
of Dfoctqr Fraeer conaes mji kfondaf
afternoon before Police Judare S^ortall.
MUZZY RANCH BOUGHT
BY BIG SYNDICATE
To Be Added to Large Hold
ings Recently Acquired
in Solano County
I
After negotiations tasting over a
j period of six- months, ttfe eaJe of the
! great Muzzy ranch in Sola no coumy
! lias been mad" by A. J. Rich ft r O .
-. Tue Solano Irrigated Farm?, inc., will
1 add this big- tnjet to their gigantic
holdings.
The Muy.z. property embrace* about
5,000 scree of land near Klmira i id
baa been Considered one ..f the most
valuable and largest properties in this
section of the s<l ate. T/Yie price is ap
proximately $3f26.(K)0.
Tins ranch la famous t&roughout the
roantry (or the Quality of atoch v/hieh
it lias raised, a? the Muziy sheep ha\-e
j been in special demand for the
(last decade. This the largest un
rlividr,] estate of this character in
Solano county, niul will now be
brought under water and cut up into
I small farms. These far:,is v.:'! be on
; the main line of the Northern Elective
railroad running between Sain Fran
cisco anil Sacramento.
This property v. us owio-.l |. ,j, o
heirs of tlie Muzzy estate, who are Mi.
Iloratius B. Muszy of Sotano county j
ntvl Mrw. G. Albert Landrtrura;, wife »f
Die prominent Sen liancfsco. archl
teil.
"HOTEL" MEANS WHAT?
,
j Owners Join to ila\e Word Defined
l».v Male and I >flernl | >llr
CHICAGO. Jim, _::.-—Hume Miller of
I Omaha vu made • ■hairin«i> oi tlu- X;i -
lidivti of American Hotel as*
gcctatfohe organized ijpif. ludav hj
-111>i••! ewflers jMi«i prcKidenin e>? St*te
Hotel AMociattons 'l'h«- congress will
I inpct lytr* agaifi iv>i,ru;)iy :: to adopt
li'invs :iti<l a COBStltUttoß, Til* '
of t lie »»»oclation is to obtain a ilplini- I
tion of tltp worfl hotel" I>\ sintv ami
Kovprnntpril run noiit ip>- ;i n «l ti> tttgig \
nees. ■ J
GOVERNOR OUSTS
GLAVIS WITHOUT
MUCH CEREMONY
Secretary of Conservation
Commission Guilty of
Serving Lumber In
terests in Deals
DEPOSED OFFICIAL
DEFIED THE STATE
Contended Private Contracts
Totaling $50,000 Were
His Own Business
CAIX BUBEAir.
SACEAKEKTO HOTEL,
Sacramento, January 33.
Louis H. Gtevis, former secretary of
the consf - ' ation commission, entered
Intn special service contract? with pri
vate lumber" corporations while serv-
I Ing , the state estimated by Governor
Johnson to amount to between $40,000
and $ r>o,ooo.
The resignation of Glavfs was not
voluntary. It was demanded by Gov
ernor Johnson.
That demand—or. rather, the. gov
ernor's direction that the commission
separate Giavis from the state's pay
roll—was bas<*d on the disclosure of hi*
contracts with private corporations, as
■harped by Surveyor General Kings
! bury.
; DISMISSAL ORDKRF.U l> DIXEMBEH
Tlie order for the dismissal of Giavis
'■ w.is written by Governor Jqhnson under
Onto of December ad, Hit. That iet-
I ter was made public tonight.
In a resume of the ■whole case the
1 governor set forth the fact that while
lin the employ of the stHtc at a saiar>
;of $:)00 a month Ola vie "ntered Into
I contracts with the Weed dumber com
pany, the Standish liiimhfr company,
I the UeCloud River company and other
! private concerns.
17is contract called for advance list
■ ing and patentine of lands for those
concerns aggregating, according to the
1 governor's finding, from £S.#OQ to 30,
- The contracts called for com
pensation »t the rate of from $1.20 to
$2 an acre.
i:mpi,ovs i'rkv
5"o assist him in the prosecution of
: his private contreetf , . Glavig employed
,-Milton T. U'ren and a Washington man
I ii.iini'i] Marshall, both of wAom were in
j the oinploy of the state. .
The sjfj.friitii'.-, letter disclosed the
I fact that Giavis contended that hi*
j private contract were none of the
i state's b!i?jn.f.^V : ,Co.'i' p ding tint there
'v. as.no ni^ai'^ufpn tnde in tlie tran."
a , tion. tlie jrWerm.r insisted that the
state's representative? could not work
for prly4f* Interests and demanded the
dismissal of Glacis.
Cunuomning tlie three pt&te emplt»ye«,
I the- governor said that the state could
not. with any de«r~e of complacency,
observe three of those in the employ*
timi tof one of Its most important com
mis.'toi.s serving the interests that
.commission was designed to protect
the people from.
TISA\MRIt»T VOMMI\OrS
The trattacrtpt of t!i<- bearing is
I \i>;iiminous, but the main f>n ts are
i < 'Hit iuued in the following- lett-r from
Governojf Johnson, addressed to both
boards, suggesting that Giavis re
si g n:
SACnAMEXTO, Dec. 30, 1312.-~Sfnc«
i our ifcpnt meeting when we discussed
the 'llavjs matter, I have given to the
subject tin- most careful consideration.
My sole purpose, of course, has been
accurately to ascertain tlie facts and
I then with these facts before us from
the standpoint of vie service of the
[state and Its duty to reach a just OOD
'lusion, just alike to the secretary
of tlie board and the stale itself.
From tlie remarks of the members
ol the cobsmLesion present, it may b*
taken as indubitable that Giavis has
I rendered a« your secretary signally
valuable service and that his work
In bis position has not suffered or in
any wise been ' neglected because of
the employment Hereinafter men
tioned.
Giavis was the secretary of both the
commissions that are commonly des
ignated as the conser\ ation boards. Hβ
received froni each a salary ot tloQ a
month. Certain specified work was
under his direction that involved in
vestigation both in this state, and in
Washington. T!iis Work, as the mem
bers of the board -were glad to certify,
iias been Well done si rn-J his salary
therefore presumably has been earned
end could not be withheld from him.
u< j;i'ti;o PRIVATES i;>irM,oviiE\T
While secretary of the PO'umissions
hi accepted private employment ironi
various corporations uud individuals
uiio were entitled io patents Iroffl the
state of California. \< itliout in uetail
describing this employniein, suffico it
to say tuat Hie state huh sold certain
lands aggregating some 200,900 acres,
but because these had not been listed
by the State the purchasers have not
been able to obtain their patents. A
long drawn out controverts} has c*-.
Urted between the state and the federal
officials regarding these lands and the
last legislature undertook to close that
controversy through the attorney gen
eral and the surveyor general.
An agreement of settlement by the
two officials mentioned was finally con
summated with the secretary of the
interior and it was hoped that the state
would be able to have th* land.* duly
listed and then issue patents to those
who had purchased these lands. Giavis
with knowledge of the situation, en
tered Into contracts with tho Weed
Lumber company, th» Standish com
pan\. McCJotid company and
others by which \<e agreed to have the
lands to which they were entitled
listed by the federal government to
th' stale.
Involved la these contracts are some
."..000 to 30,000 acres, and Giavis would
receive as compensation from his em
ployers sunns ranging from $1.23 to $1'
per acre. The amount in value of his
contracts aggregates probably between
t>40.409 and $jO,OOO.
<'OXTKVriOXS OF GLA VI9
It Is insisted by him that the state
was no longer interested in the titles
to tf.e ?and. nor in the subject matter
of his contracts*, It is true that tlie
state had parted with its title to the
lands involved, but nevertheless the
state, through its attorney general and
Its surveyor general, was, for those for
whom the state owed the obligation of
title, endeavoring: to have in the order
In which the tilings had made listings
designated by the national authorities.
Giavis and those employing him agree
that the fact that he was in the em.
ploy of the state had nothing to do
with the private employment whicl&he
accepted.
As sidelights on the whole transac
tion, it max be mentioned that one of
the attorneys employed by Giavis at
Washington to attend the applica
tions there in behalf of his privat"
(■Hems was Mr. Milton T. URen. who !
was engaged in doing: some special
work for the conservation commission]
at $:'OO a month.
Lite attorjney who represented Giavis
ftnl !iis private clients "bttiVm-ia* in
wa» « Mr. Marshall, who
v,cs supervising Uu; work uf the con
WEISS UNABLE TO GET BAIL
Accused Physician Jailed
Miss Elisabeth Maync. who suffers nervous breakdown as result of trying
experience with Doctor Weiss, the "mash note ,, man.
Miss Elisabeth Mayne Overcome by the Trying
T>r. Samuel Wei.«s. the physician
whose "mash notes" to Mtss Bl)Sβbath
Mayne, leading woman in the headline
act at the F'antagos theater this week,
resulted in his arrest by a postofftce
inspector and a city detective as he
•was keeping an appointment with the
brave young girl, was held on a bond
of $I,oiii*t yester4aW by United States
Commissioner Francis Krull.
Throughout the d»y the phvsirian
pleaded in the name of his aged parents
to be released without further punish
ment Or h'Jml Uation. Miss Mavnp was
in a highly nervous condition and re
ct;iroj ( the attention of a physician sev
eral times after her thrilling experi
ence.
Doctor Weiss was unable to furnish
the bond, although United States Mar
servation comniission in Washington at
a salary of $T0 a day.
Many other things might be stated, ]
but I have purposely refrained from
drawing even warranted inferences or
dwelling upon controverted matter*
From this brief resume, perhaps im
perfectly stated, we may conclude that
In the private employment of Glavjs
the state was not injured and that his
services to the state were rendered
with fidelity, unshaken by private in
terests.
POI-ICV OF ADMIMSTRATIOX
But the entire effort of this admin
istration has been to require every
public servant, every official, high and
low alike, to give to the s.tate his un- j
divided allegiance and never to place !
himself in a position where his loyalty ;
to the public might h? strained by any
private Interest. The very essence of
the contest waged was in 191 n, the |
drastic measures adopted in I Ml. in ;
which at times the legislature aided, j
all were with one purpose to demand;:
and require of officinis that the pubiic ;
service should never within the ;
of possibility be where private inter- ;
05ts might conflict.
While it may be true that in this i
particular instance, Giavis has not con- '
sciously depflrted from the strictness I
of the attitude that we insiet must be j
maintained by every man in the em- !
ployment of the state, still one of ni-p
discrimination, ought never to have put j
himself in the provision in which Giavis
voluntarily placed himself. s
!NO HKFLKCTIO* 7 O> LAWYKRS l<
The state can nor with any decree of i
complacf.iK >■ observe thre« o< ' t.iosc
employed in <iue of its most important I
comnjissions , a conimission the \ cry de-.!
sign of w iiich was to preserve ior all j
the people from pri\ ate rapacity the ,
resources naturally belonging to all, ]
actiitg tor private interests eyeij '
though the acts have no taint and are j
fraught with no injury to the state,
and I do not by this in any manner i
reflect upon or criticise Me«sr«. U*KeO
or Marshall. I think Giavis if he de
sired the private employment which he I
has taken, should have relinquished
his public employment or at legist he (
should have at once explained fully to j
those .entitled to know the two con- \
missions he represented, exactly what
he contemplated. He did not disclose I
his employment to his superiors. He I
says he did not because it was none
of their business.
I totally disagree with him. Tt was
their business to know whether he en- J
gaged in private undertakings with
any who might by any possibility come
within the jurisdiction of the conimis- !
sions, and generally speaking it was j
their business to know in what fieir :
confidential employee engaged.
T think Mr. Clavis' connection with
the commission's should at once he',
severed, and T trust that such action in i
that direction will be tnken a« may i
be by the members of the commissions!
deemed appropriate. Sincerely yours, I
HIRAM W. JOHNSON. Governor.
To tie Conservation \n«] Water '
Power Commissions of the tSate of j
California.
HERM.%\X*S «iO>S BALL I
The United Order of Hermann's Suns'
will hold their twenty-third grand an- ■
nual prize masquerade ball in- the •
Auditorium. Page and Fillmore sireete.
Saturday evening February 1. The;
prrand march will start af !»:;>o;p. m. '.
The following Is the commlftte in i
ehargp: Joseph Hess
Charles Zlmniermann, T»r. Charles
M. Troppmann. H. J. Maas, W. Gerken,!'
If. W. Adaru?, Herman Muller, Uhirlos
Schatz. • ■' '■' I
shal C. T. Elliott kept ?iim in his office
until :. o'clock tact night in the hope
that, the money would be furnished by
that time. At that hour he was re
mov«d to the Alameda coiinty jail.
Will tain G. Weiss, an attorney in the
French Bank building, is a brother of
the physician. The parents live in
Ingleside.
".Vow that it is all over." said Miss
Majnp yesterday, 4 T wonder how I
ever managed to go through with the,
ordeal. 1 am heartily glad the man is
behind the liars, for I should never feel
safe if lie were at large. Inspector
O'Conneil find Detective Conlon told
me he might have killed me if I had
ignored his notes. I am very glnd we
inflnaged to trap him so cleverly."
This is a most suc
'--*••'■ /ffl&bv ■'* :'■' '•■ -■'•"'' ' cessful ■; '. sale .. indeed '
/ ml% / and shows that real
k ; shoe bargains are
™L known and appreci
ated. In .every de
%, S?n partment complete
J lines of seasonable
;:. winter footwear of
; the best grades and most approved
, styles are on sale at P^^^
substantial price 1 : ! 5/ j
cuts —it's simply a |ml J
case of disposing of 15/ /
winter stock now; 5/ I
such odds and ends /*%j A
. as we have are in- J
eluded at %VIW
$mmwss l^safmatisi
836 to 840 fc? 119 to J^S
, Market SL istores i Grant Aye,
near Stockton , - y " ■ near Oeary
PAGES 11 TO 18
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COTTON TARIFF
MAY BE PARED
TO LAST NOTCH
Milling Interests' Attack on
Proposed Reduction Moves
Democrats to Consider
Lower Rate
CHEAPER FABRICS
WILL BEAR BRUNT
Southern Manufacturers Are
Willing to Compromise;
Northerners Show Fight
WASHIXOTOX, .Tun. 23.—TThen th«i
wayg an<3 means committee concluded
today the taking- of testimony on the
lotton schedule, it seemed apparent
that attacks hy mill interests on tl c
proposed tariff redaction on textile
manufactures had resulted in a deter
mination by the majO'-ify to strike a
lower rate of adjustment even than
planned in the previous cotton revision
bills.
These reductions wiil run np low ks
r> per cent on the cheaper goods. The
compromise revision schedule proposed
yesterday hy L. TV. Parker of Green
ville. S. C. former head of the Ameri
can Cotton Manufacturers' association,
assumed importance today as a Hasis
for democratic tariff reduction plans
and was referred to frequently in the
examination of witnesses.
SOMR MIT\ESSRS i OXCIMATOTtY
Most of the witnesses wanted reten
tion of rates on jacquard figured cot
ton goods, upholstery, print Cotton
goods and cotton handkerr hiefs. hut
some witnesses were disposed to 1«*»
corrciliatory in view of the attitude
of the democratic leaders toward re
duction along revenue lines of the more
common articles used by the poorer
class.
There also will he some reduction*
in "Schedule J." the part of the Payne*
Aldrich law which deals with flax,
hemp, jute, nnd their manufacture.
The democratic realise, bow
?vpr. that this schedule is ipore
petitive than some of the others. It
(Oibracti the lace and linen industries
and covers articles deemed luxuries,
which warrant high tariff from the
democratic viewpoint. This schedule
■will be taken up tomorrow.
MAMFAfURERS OISAC.REF.
Southern and northern manufacturers
do not agree on the extent to which
th«« committee should ko in cutting.
It ha» hern indicated that the commit
tee might drop the minimum ad
valorem rate on cotton cloths to 10 p<»r
c*nt. ."» per cent below the present
I Underwood schedule. While the
southern men are disposed to concede
compromifo reduction;?, the northern
men are ftgrhtingr for retention of the
tariff at approximately the present
figures.
COXSTIH-CTIOX TOMPAAV rvil.S
XBW YORK. Jan. 2i —An Involun
tary petition in bankruptcy vis filed
today atjainpt tli«» T«nnee»ee Con
fftruciion rnmpnny, a Mis«<Hiri corpora
tion. by the Amoriran Surety cornpeny,
thp Continental hml Na
tional hank of Chicago, an'l WlHlem
Hayps, as trustee of the estate of Jeti »c
Bp«Uldlng of Chirajro. Thp clatane ..f
thf petitioners 1510,000.
