The Daily Missoulian. [volume], January 12, 1913, Morning, Page 6, Image 6

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IEPENDENTS FEAR.
SElT l T
WITNESS SAYS SMALLER COM
PANIES ARE SIMPLY SUF
FERED TO EXIST.
Washington, Jan. 11.--A picture of
the United States Steel corporation=
crushing the independent tinplate;
manufacturers in the event the tariff
bars were let down f,.r foreign prod
ucts and a revelation of the complete
Indifference toward tariff revision
shown by the Singer Sewing Machine
company. characterized by the inde
pendents as a trust, featured today's
hearing on the metal schedl:e btefore
the house committee on ways and
means.
There were many witnesses, te.stfy
ing to a great variety of articles
borne on the iron and steel ptorton
of the tariff. The committee con
tinued its d.scussion t ..ight.
Independent tinlat:e in teslts wiri
represented by E. Ra r..-wford of
Pittsburgh. presidert cf : c. MrcpteK 's
port Tinpia:te c npar.y. The --n pea
States Steel cot-rair s a
resentead Mr. C3af.rd ,:":_ d a
rats~m .':ir e: m. ht· I-rd :.st Ihe"
"c- :ronn iisb - r,.e f l :- ta .,-i
tariff cm-.t rn s. a tot r h : r~~e
Is ;crcý-ss-i .- Fan i r .`.a:
HPar er o:f en tiff era.
"Y'ou might put a weapon in the'ir
hand s to enable them to make a prie
o keep out foreign producers, with
d lsuls ma.t ers s[, a- t us -pier
whom we might go duwn."
-Mr. Palmer responded by asking if
the witness thought there were dan
oer, in the present state of p ublic'
mind, of the corporation driving the
independents out of business. The
witness said that a tariff reductioni
in favor of foreign competitors might
give the corporation an exN'use 'to
drive out competition aid thaet r
wanted the tariff to keep that ex
cuse away from the cor dortion.
Mr.e tstifealmer, tre his ponlidedf t asking the
ste,:l cgrporotion "hna stee.-prodluclh
cathe wacitness thouday greater than rdan
Blrtamn and Germany com',il:ed. End
gerhat in th all that, it represent stated 65
per cent of the steel-producing capa
city of this country, that it could dthe
fend its position even business. Tthe tariff ere
witnped out; that it felt scure and uction
take care of itself from legislation no
matter what may arise.petition ad that
wane teaid there was a shortage of steel
tousay awayd hat the corporation was
"at the helm." roraton hat he was afraid
of, he naJd, was that the steel capa-r
ofend ts position would go out ater the Calr
imatter what may arisare.t.
"There goes the ghost of the cor
Corsetless---Heelless
Mrs. Edson Bradley and Mrs. Hunt
ington Wilson (at the top) and Miss
Margaret Preston Draper.
\ashington, Jan. 11.-(Special.)
Social Washington has found threwi
new topics in which to interest itself
-the corsetless girl, the heelless slip
per and the "introduction squad."
The corsetless girl has been heard
of around Washington for perhllaps a
year, but not until the rscent ball
given by Mrs. William II. Draper.
widow of the former AmeriIcan am
bassador to Italy, for her daughter.
Margaret, did she really make hiri
debut. At the Dra.per ball the pro
ducts of the corsetiere w.re' negligi
ble. Miss Draper, herself, a leading
heiress and beauty of the capital, is
in favor of doing away with the cor
set, and the younger set is with her.
The prevailing style of frck, with
its high-waisted effect and its fe.male
air of languishment, makes this new
est "dress reform" possible.
Not to be outdone by their younger
rivals, the smart matrons have adopt
ed a few new sartorial tricks them
selves. The heelless slipper is one of
them, and to pretty Mrs. Huntington
Wilson, wife of the assistant secre
tary of state, goes the credit for its
introductfon. Mrs. Wilson is just
coming into second mourning, so her
heelless slippers are white or black to
mn.sdh the white or black gowns which
follow the. lines of her supple figure.
Unlined, the frocks are generally
weighted by falls of crystal fringes
oraet..,mbroideries and they suit their
dakr-eyed, olear-complegloned wear.,
He'd Rather Go Walking
wr
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GiVInG
UIC AuD
CHASE S. OSBORN.
se .ca::: ,." is tl:r,uch riding in a ltomobiles and other tvrhicles and
S-:s, . nd i that hr"l.ftr he will walk and enjoy the beauties of
rni. ture. ! , rr s!,',rn of \llichigan;recently announced that he has given
a is . :.-,:.ss~'ng.r tI.uring car and his beautiful Kentucky riding
ad ,dr'' . r.s t !his most intima.te friends.
--.7: ", r - I .'r ing to te avil and see. more of the world than I
has.e ecr selun in tin· vast." said the governor. "But I arn going' to en
ji .- -..::ies ,f nlateur in miy tra\vels by walking instead of being shut
upi an t: .::~.:ii-. or g..tig so fast it is all one can do to catch his
.r-. . -..." -.. .
. .-:: pr, sntative Pal
n.: .thmk the steel corpora
ac, :;: to be lslrsized to the ex
:::. advocate, to enable the in
.- . -r.- s to dto t us:ness? asked
:.'t e.'ardi it a- a stubs:dy.'
V W. 'i a.--. se. rt-tary of the White
S: cang MSa.t:i company, said he un
Srs:to"d the Sin ge Sewing Machine
.In.;nyy. _:,Ih great pants abroad,
,:.. i, s.s,.t it stublsidiary lanes, fir
r, .m .ný ant S, Inll. TI'' inpedt-n
dents, hie said. would like to know
the ;nside business plan of what he!
called the so-called trust.
Jlosepll Aierlach of New York, a
d.ci tirat, represepnting the nietal ball
bearing interests and protesting
against disturbanlce of the present
tariff on ball hltearings, referred to the
covenant of the democratic party in
revising the tariff on a revenue ba1sis,
to consider the difference in the cost
of production here and abroad.
ILepresentative Longworth of Ohio
asked where he found any mention of
such a, covenant in the democratic
pl tform or otherwise.
"I find it everywhere," Mr. Auer
bach said, adding that he would cite
utterances of the leaders.
Mr. Lmmgworth read into the record
a speech of Representative Harrison
of New York, a democratic member
of the ways and means committee,
which led Mr. Harrison to say he al
ways bclievetd that "the question of
cost prices was nmre important than
the cost of production."
Steel grit, shot, or iron sand, pig
iron, silverware, textile machinery,
gunls anld jewelry were anlong other!
matters in testiimony.
Jiihn A. 'ltopping, lresident of the
ReIputlic Iron & Steel clmllpany of
New York, iittetrlti opposed the gen
ii K
er, who, to keep up the ensemble of
elingitg dr.aperites and satin-shod feet,
tears her pidentiful black hair dressed
with G(recian simplicity.
Mrs. Edson Bradley, one of the
smartest hostesses of the capital, is
responsible for the "introduction
squad." Mrs. Bradley gives many
balls at her beautiful home, and In
order to do away with the "wall flow
er garden," she conceived the idea, or
rather borrowed it from Boston, of
employing a little squad of young
men and women at each social func
tion to introduce everybody to every
body else. The "squad" is composed
of young people who themselves have
a wide acquaintance. The scheme has
worked splendidly and is being adopt
ed by other hostesses.
,ral provisions of the Underwood bill
passed by the last congress and used
as a basis for the present revision of
the tariff.
The bill Is objectionable on account
of its inconsistency and ambiguity,"
Topping said. "Business must be pro
tected from foreign competition; the
bill is discriminatory, unfair and will
disturb business because it favors one
class against another."
Topping stated that two standards
could not be maintained and that the
Underwood bill tended to work that
evil.
"It is a popular move against the
trusts," the witness said; "no products
are made by the trusts that are not
made by thousands of smaller inde
pendent companies. Besides the bill
would seriously impair the payroll of
400,000 iron and steel workers. The
employes of the United States Steel
corporation are the best paid laborers
in the country, and this fact should
convince the committee of the fairness
of capital toward labor. Labor profits
In proportion to capital."
Chairman Underwood interjected at
this point that the witness looked
upon the bill from a manufacturers'
standpoint.
"Has it occurred to you," Topping
returned, "that the government's in
terest is the people's interest, and you
can't have revenue unless you have
prosperity? The bill shuts off pros
perity; profits will be sacrificed and
wheri you reach that, the last ditch,
then labor will come in with its cry."
"Our purpose is not to make you
sacrifice your profits," Underwood ex
plained, "but many of the rates of the
Payne law are prohibitive. There
must be revenue, and if you build up
a Chinese wall and say nothing shall
come in, then we can't expect' to de
rive revenue through the tariff. The
iron and steel schedule should bear its
proportion."
Mr. Underwood stated that he was
inclined to think the iron and steel
people could take care of themselves.
Mr. Topping aroused members of the
committee considerably by his bitter
attacks on the democratic tariff
policy.
All the witnesses waiting to tes
tify on the metal schedule not having
been heard when the committee ad
journed at midnight, it was decided to
postpone ocnslderation on the metal
schedule until after the hearings on
the other schedules have been held.
ROTARIES- PRECEDE
ALL TRAINS
ANOTHER SNOWSTORM IN THE
CASCADES HINDERS THREE
RAILROAD LINES.
Seattle, Jan. 11.-A heavy snow
storm that began at noon in the C'as
cade mountains has almost put a stop
to traffic on the mountain divisions
of the Northern Pacific, Great North
ern and Milwaukee railroads. A
Northern Pacific passenger train is
being dug out of the snow near tun
nel No. 4, west of Stampede pass. The
Milwaukee has no telegraph wires and
does not know where its trains are
and the Great Northern trains are
marked 12 hours late.
At 9 o'clock tonight nearly three
feet of snow had fallen today on the
Northern Pacific mountain division,
but the precipitation was becoming
lighter. A local passenger train, due
in Seattle at 6 o'clock tonight, was
almost buried by a small snowslide
near Stampede. At 9 o'clock tonight
an army of men with shovels had dug
out all of the train except the' loco
motive. The passengers probably will
arrive in Seattle tomorrow morning.
Passenger trains No. 1 and No. 5
are being held at Ellensburg. All
trains proceeded with rotaries in front
of them.
A Great Northern train due here at
9 o'clock this morning arrived at 7:40
tonight. Trains are marked 12 hours
late, but continuance of the storm
makes their movements uncertain.
With no telegraph wires, traffic on
the Milwaukee is at a standstill and
no trains are arriving or departing
over that road tonight.
Commercial telegraph companies are
suffering as a result of a fall of wet
snow that began at dusk and is con
tinuing.
Roumania's first census in 13 years
was taken -last lonthL
UNION &GlIPIC AND SOUTHERN
PA*'CtFC MEN CONSULT
WICOIRi8HAM.
Washington, Jan. 11.-Steps will be
taken imsmiadltely by the Southern
Pacific railroad to elect a board of
directors distinctly allied with that
road, to represent it in the negotla
tions with Attorney General Wicker
sham for the formulation of a plan
dissolving the. Union Pacific-Southern
Pacific merger Int accordance with the
decree of the stupreme court.
This fact developed today after a
conference of the attorney general ahd
the protective committee of the South
ern Pacific appointed to look after the
road's interests In connection with
the dissolution.
Because of the present large hold
ings of Southern Pacific stock by the
Union Pacific, the board of directors
of the Southern Pacific is regarded
as largely representat!ve of the Union
Pacific interests. The attorney gen
eral desires to deal with men closely
representing both roads in order that
he may have the benefit of the, points
of view of. pach party concerned.
Today's conference between the at
torney general, James N. Wallace, Al
bert A. Wiggin, Frederick Straus, J.
bert HL Wiggin, Frederick Straus, J.
New York, was. the first discussion
the attorney general has had with
representatives of the Southern Pa
cific since, the decree of dissolution,
the negotiations previously having
been entirely with the Union Pacific
interests.
Only the general phases of 'a ten
tative 'dissolution plan were consid
ered today. It principal feature,
which the attorney general is under
stood to approve, is that the Southern
Pacific turn over to the 'Union Pa
cific the Central Pacific line which
runs from Ogden to San Francisco.
This line, the $67,275,000 common and
$17,400,000 preferred stock of which
is owned exclusively by the Southern
Pacific, would give the Union Pacifid
an extension to the Pacific coast.
By the tentative proposition, the
transfer would be accomplished by the.
Union Pacific surrendering to the
Southern Pacific a part of the $126,-.
000,000 of Southern Pacific stock
held by the Union Pacific and ordered
relinquished by the supreme court.
A conmplication in this connection is
the fact that the Central Pacific is
now reserved as collateral for the.
Southern Pacific 4 per cent bonds.
If this exchange is agreed upon, an
involved problem. faces the negotiators
in reaching an agreement as to the
disposition of the remainder of the
$126,000,0006f Southern Pacific stock
held by the union Pacific. Officials
of the department of justice concede
that the supreme 'Court's decision does
not forbid the. Unionh Pacific dis
tributing or selling a small part. of
these holdings to its stockholders.
The attorney general maintains, how
ever, that no substantial proportion
can go to Union Pacific shareholders.
Conferences of the last few days
have encouraged the attorney general
to believe, it is said, that all the in
terested parties are disposed to make
a serious effort to reach an agree
ment of dissolutipn for presentation
to the courts fo.. rlatification. The
Southern Pacific committee, which
presented no partiqular plan, but as
sumed an attitude of study of the
situation, returned to New York this
afternoon for further consultation
with Southern Pacific interests.
IONTANA COMPANY
IN GOOD fORM
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FIRE INSUR
ANCE COM fANY HAS AN
NUAL MEETING.
Great Falls, Jan, 11.-The stockhold
ers of the Rocky Mountain Fire In
surance company held their annual
meeting in this pity this week and
elected directors bnd officers for the
year. The affarfs qf the company
were carefully gone' over and every
thing was found to be in a very satis
factory condition. The entire stock
issue orf $500,000 has been ful!v sub
ecribed and is held by over 400 stock
holders, all residents of this state and
including some of the largest prop
erty holders and most influential men
in Montana.
The following directors were elect
ed: Paris Gibson of Great Falls;
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Helena;
N. J. Blelenberg of Deer Lodge; C. E.
Shoemaker, Lewistown; George M.
Stone of Lewistown; Owen P. Mc
Elmeel, George Lloyd, Stuard R. Jen
sen and P. H. Sexton of Great Falls;
Judge John J. McHatton of Butte and
John W. Blair of I-elm.tle.
At a meeting of the directors, the
following officers were chosen: Paris
Gibson, president; p. 'IL Sexton, first
vice president; Stuart4 RL Jensen, sec
ond vice president; .N; J. Blelenberg,
third vice president. .d Leo P. Mc
Elmeel, secretary-t r.
The company has z'~qived its li
cense to write insurance from' the state
insurance department and will com
mence at once to do business. The
Rocky Mountain Fire Insurance com
pany is starting with a capital and
surplus large enough to make it a
credit to the state of Montana.
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ROADED TO ASYLUM.
-Chicago, Jan. 11.-Mrs. Caroline
Whlsh Clinton, a sister of the Count
ess de Felice of Abruzzi, Italy, who
was declared insane here recently and
remanded to the asylum at Kankakee,
Ill., was ordered brought back to Chi
cage today by County Judge Owens,
who vacated the insanity verdict.
Judge Owens said that "activity of
certain interests" in the case appeared
to him to warrant reopening the case.
24Irs Clinton inherited a fortune
from her father, who died a few years
ago in Syracuse, N. Y. She is said tot
have lost $200,000 in the last few years
as the result of ill-advisecd specula
tions, ut is reported still to have
large means. She was taken lrto cus
tody for the, firs time here last Sep
tember at the request of persons W~ho
said that her actions in her hotel In
dicated that her mind was unbalanced.
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IS1S
The King of Them All
Program for Today.
Matinee at 2 Evening at 7
LOOK! EXTRA!
The PATHE WEEKLY will show
some actual battle scenes between
the Bulgarians and the Turks; also
several other very important hap
Denings. Don't miss them.
The Kalem Company Presents
MIss Ruth Roland, in the happiest,
merriest, funniest comedy of the
season.
The Manicurist and the
Mutt
The Angel of the Desert
(Vitagraph)
,You will see in this picture the
nobility of manhood and gratitude
Ixtolled in a manner that is un.
mistakable.
Johnny Goes Ducking
A side-splitting comedy that will
seep you in an uproar throughout.
ISIS
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Mayers' Honorbilt shoes for
men are sold in Missoula by
James Thueson
Western Hotel Building
'CAItr NATIONS
rTHE srT IN Ths WORE
issoula Nurstry C.
Harnois Theater
Friday Evening
January 17
Benefit of the Equal
Suffrage Club
The Big Musical Review
Onma Roof
Garden
With Donald MacDonald and a
Company of 75 People
Prices: $1.50, $1.00, 75c and 50c
Seat Sale Thursday
.Program for Sunday Only:
Matinee, 2 p. m. Evening at 7
Is LoveUnconquerablel
A sprightly comedy sensation that
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The Telephone Girl and
the Lady
A feature Biograph story of a
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The Gunfighter's Son
An intense picturesque tale of the
early west.
Special Tomorrow :and Tuesday
THE REINCARNATION
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Vitagraph's feature in two reels.
A mythological story, bewitching
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The University Lecture
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lARNOISTnEATER
Monday, Jan. 13, 1913
Ticket No. 4
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Will lecture, modeling in clay and
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Doors open at 8, Lecture at 8:30.
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