THE HORNING- OREGOKIXN; KRIDAY, PEBRTJARX 2T, 190G.
iLEY FLRRES IIP.
Veteran .Keystone jraibr,Cori
demns Rate Bill.
STEP TOWARD: BRYAN1SM
Says All Anarchists Supjiort "It and
Suggests Brief Substltute-Shack-leford
Wants Law Applied
to Express Companies.
WASHINGTON", Feb. X The discussion
of the railroad rate'blll -was taken up and
prosecuted ivith -vigor throughout the day. :
So many speakers tiave come to the front
on this measure that the House agreed to
meet at 11 o'clock her6ater until the de
bate Is ended. The feature of the debate
was the lengthy speech of Sibley of Penn
sylvania, -who arraigned the legislation
with arguments of varied character, all
of which tended to give his reasons for
icing unalterably opposed to the Tim.
When he charged that the legislation
was Socialistic In Its nature, and was a
sup toward Gdv'errinient ownership and
the dream of Bryan and Hearst, James of
Kentucky asked what the- reason was for
the right-about-face of the Jtepublican
party In the direction of the Bryan lead
ership. "I will gracefully place the responsibil
ity on my colleagues of broader shoul
ders," -retortediSlbley.
Sibley said he would advocate larger
salaries .for the-Tnembers of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and would content
himself with voting against the. bill.
Knapp (New Tork) spoke for the meas
ure, and Shackleford (Missouri), who ad
vocated the ' Hearst measure last year,
gave his reasons for supporting the pres
ent bill. A speech by Hefiln (Alabama),
also favoring the bill, concluded the day's
debate.
Knapp of New Tork opened the discus
sion, speaking for "the bill.
Wants Jurisdiction Broader.
Support to the bill was pledged by
Shackleford. 'who united with Iamar of
Florida last -session In a report n the
Hearst bill. However. Shackleford will,
at the proper time, move to Include in the
bill control of express companies -and Ju
risdiction to regulate long and short
hauls. Contending that the Commission
sought authority over the long-and-short-haul
problem, Shackleford threw in the
parenthesis:
''I want to say this about the Commis
sion. It has rendered five decisions
against the people for every one against
the railroads, and, when it gets increased
power, I am fearful -what the result will
be."
Shackleford preceded his speech with a
political review of the question., in which
lie recounted three defeats for the Demo
cratic party as -a result of the contribu
tions against it by the "McCalls, Me
Curdy and Hydes." and others of their
class." He justified his support of the
Hearst bill as being his duty to his con
stituents, and denied positively that In do
ing so he had violated a party caucus.
Sibley's Strong Philippic.
When Shackleford concluded the
floor, was yielded to Sibley, who, taking
a positive stand against the bill, de
clared that, paraphrasing Horace Gree
ly, he would not say all men are so
cialists and anarchists who support it.
"None the less it can be truthfully said
that every socialist and anarchist in
dorses this measure."
Characterizing the new policy being
inaugurated as "political rate-making
and business .by lawsuit," Sibley .said
it had -received the high official In
dorsement of Bryan and Hearst as a
distinct advance toward Government
ownership. Why should not the Gov
ernment also fix the xprice of bread, he
asked.
In Washington, he said, we are not
without a striking example of a Gov
enrment engaged in manufacturing and
business. In the Government Printing
Office the prices -average from "two to
three times higher than the same work
done by individuals, firms or corpora
tions. At -our navy; yards the cost of
building vessels had been greatly in
creased, and the product was of a
greatly inferior character, compared
with that 61 cohtract work.
Takes Shot at Canal Board.
"It would seem," said Mr. Sibley, "we
have at present in the Panama Canal
an object lesson of sufficient magni
tude to afford cause for deliberation."
Gleaned from conversation with mem
bers, he asserted, it was the settled be
lief that the canal must be built by
private contract.
Reverting -to the rate question, he
granted there were abuses to bo cor
rected, but asked how men could be
held to stricter accountability than un
der the Elklns bill against rebates.
"If there is dereliction, at present,"
he said, "how' will this measure pre
vent or cure evasion "of duty in the fu
ture?" His Remedy for Jtcbatcs.
At this pplnt Sibley dictated a meas
ure whichtie; 'suggested could In ten
lines cure the rebate evil. He "would
strike out ..aUat ter the enacting clause
in the Heprn.bill and "insert:
That any- coraorjatlon which shall slve a
secret ra.t'e of rebate to any individual. Arm
Or 'corporation rendering to "felfB or them a
sen-Ice on 'different terms or -conditions than
rendered to any.ther shlppervunder eltnll&r
conditions, constitute a" Crime? arid that any
official or employe who has. guilty knowledge
of such, preference given to any shipper shall
be rezarded as a party to the' crime, and for
such violation -of . Katutes there shall be a
fine of sot Jess than. 510,000 nor more than
$100,000. arid not less than two years In the
Ienltentlary nor more than ten, and that any
firm or Individual, firm or corporation or any
officer, employe or Individual receiving such
rebate or preferential terms, or bavins: knowl
edge thereof, ahftll be equally guilty and pun
ishable by the Infliction of the same penalty;
and that one-half the line exacted by the
Government shall go to the Informer.
Sowing of Dragon's Teeth.
The proposed legislation, he said, was
the appje of discord thrown among the
sister states. "This. ' he continued, "Is
the opening of Pandora's box. the som
ing of the dragon's tenh. This Is the
breaking of the union and ties of inter
dependence, and the arrayal of section
against .section, state against state, city
against city, town against town, and, in
place of the people cemented and bound
together as a concrete whole by the tie
which come through the close exchange
of property, we will have rankling fes
ters in all portions of the body politic."
Sibley did not regard the bill as a worse
measure than the -Esch-Townsend bill.
"That would be impossible,"' he added.
"The one objectionable feature to me is
the -granting of power to fix prices to a
political commission rather than a Judi
cial determination by established courts
of law." He gave notice that he would
offer an amendment Increasing the com
pensation of the president of the Com
mission to 535,000 and of the Commission
ers to $15,000 a year. He hoped this would
bo adopted, "so that the President may
have it within his power to select from
among the highest and truest types of
American citizens those qualified by ex
perience and wisdom and iategrity to
discharge the burdensome duties.'
French (Idaho) pronounced himself In
favor., of the bill, and gained privilege
to" extend his views in the record.
A' resolution, was agreed to at the in
stance of -Chairman Tawney, of the ap
propriation committee, calling on the
-Secretary of the Treasury for informa
tion as (to the number of permanent an
nual appropriations which have been
made-during the past two years. It is
-stated that there were 230 such appropria
tions. Tawney has a bill pending to
abolish all of themexcept such as are
-necessary because of existing trusts.
'Preserve Niagara Falls.
The resolution of Burton, of Ohio, look
ing t the preservation of Niagara Falls,
was agreed to without discussion. The
resolution calls for Information from the
International Commission on that sub--iecL
The rcnort says the American mem-
'bers of this Commission are to be di-
Tccted it exert all possible efforts, in
conjunction with the members of tho
Commission representing the Dominion
of Canada, for the preservation of the
falls in their natural condition. The re
port expresses confidence that the Cana
dian Commissioners will co-operate in
recommending necessary measures.
The House passed the Sims resolution
instructing the Director of the Census to
make public the figures on unginned cot
ton as shown by the data that he has col
lected for tho pcri&d ended Januans' 1
1906.
PROMOTIONS IX THE ATOCY
Bates LIcutcnant-Gcncral and Oth
ers Advanced a Step.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Presi
dent today nominated Major-General
John C. Bates, at present Chief of Staff,
to "be lieutenant-General, to succeed
Major-General Adna B. Chaffee, re
tired. He also nominated urigaajer-r
General A W. Greely, Chief Signal Of
ficer, to bo Major-General of the line
to succeed General Bates as Major
General; alRo Colonel James Allen, to
be presiding officer of the Signal Corps
to -succeed General Grecly. It was
.further announced that Brigadier-
General J. Franklin Ben. now in com
mand of the Infantry and cavalry
school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
would be appointed Chief of Staff, to
succeed General Bates upon his retire
ment, next AnrlL
Lieutenant-General ChafTce was at
the War Department today for the last
timo before his retirement, saying rare
well to his friends. He is going to
"West Point to see his son, -who is a
cadet there, before leaving New York
next Saturday for Santiago, Cuba, to
assist In the location of battle monu
ments there.
In connection with General Bell's ap
pointmcnt it -was announced that no
would becomo a Major-General upon
the assumption of his new duties as
chief cf staff.
General Bell is a native of Kentucky
and is a West Pointer, having entered
tho academy in 1S74. He was SO years
old last month. When he went to the
Philippines he -was Captain of the Sev
enth Cavalry -and was made chief offi
cer soon after his arrival at Manila. In
1902 General Bell was made a Brlga-dler-Gcneral
In the regular establish
ment. "Jumping" an unprecedented
number of his senior officers. He has
been, since his return to the United
States, stationed at Fort LcavcnwfPth.
General Bell's appointment as Chief of
Staff, of course, makes it impossible for
General MacArthur to fill that place,
but it does not interfere with the ex
ecution of plans for the promotion of
General MacArthur to Lleutenant-Gen-eral
in due course of time, whtyi Lieu-tenant-General
Bates retires, April It
next. Major-General Corbin, who ' to
day relinquished the command of the
Division of the Philippines and -who
will arrive in San Francisco March 2,
will succeed to the rank of Lieu tenant
General. Ho -will proceed at onco to
St. Louis to take command - Of the
Northern Department.
BILXS FOR THE PACIFIC COAST
Senate Passes Many of Hicm and
Debates Ship Subsidies.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. L The Senate to
day passed 30 or 40 miscellaneous bills
and gave several hours to the considera
tion of tho shipping bill. Among the bills
passed was one providing for a Delegate
in Congress from Alaska and a number
providing for lighthouses, revenue cutters
and fish-culture stations. The greater part
of the timo devoted to the shipping bill
was consumed by Penrose in a speech in
support of the measure.
Bills wero passed as follows:
Ratifying the treaty with the Lower
Brule Sioux Indians of South Dakota.
Establishing a fog signal station at
Edlz Hook light station, Washington.
Establishing a lighthouse and fog signal
station on Red Rock, San Francisco Bay.
Establishing a light and fog signal on
Carqulnez Strait, California.
Establishing a light and fog signal sta
tion near Point Cadclio, California, and
providing for a keeper's dwelling at Point
Bonlta.
Authorizing the construction of a tender
for the lighthouse service in Hawaii.
Granting to the State of California 5 per
cent of the net proceeds of the sale of-
public lands in that state.
Repealing tho law limiting to 1680 the
timo for the presentation of claims for
additional bounties granted to soldiers by
the act of July 2S, 18DS.
Authorizing the erection of a monument
in "Washington to the memory of Commo
dore John Barry.
Authorizing the construction of one
more fish-cultural station on Puget Sound.
Establishing a fog signal at the en
trance of Humboldt Bay, California.
Prohibiting -vessels from anchoring so
as to obstruct the range of lights es
tablished by the Lighthouse Board.
At 2 oiclock the ship subsidy bill -was
taken up. Bacon said that he would be
Inclined to support the bill if its opera
tions were confined to granting aid in
the way of liberal mall subsidies to steam
ship lines between ports of the United
States and other ports with which there
is now no direct communication, such, for
instance, as the ports of South America,
Spooner suggested that the bill would
afford -encouragement to only large con
cerns, for the reason that under its terms
vessels would receive subsidy for only ten
years. Such vessels would then come into
competition with unsubeidized ships, with
the inevitable result, as he thought; of
forcing their sale to the larger companies
operating subsidized vessels.
Gallinger acknowledged the force of the
suggestion and intimated a willingness to
amend the bill so as to meet the objec
tion. Penrose made a. speech in support of the
bill. Carter Interrupted Penrose with a
brief speech in which he expressed strong
support of the bill, expressing the opinion
that it would be indorsed by the entire
Rocky Mountain region. Penrose con
cluded at 4:0G P. M.. and the Senate went
Into executive session, and at 4:15 ad
journed. CAUCUS OX DOJITXICAX TREATY
Democratic Senate Leaders Want
to Enforce Party TJalty.
WASHINGTON. Feb. L A call for a
caucus of Democratic Senators, to be held
Saturday morning, was issued today. The
chief subject to be considered is the
Santo Domingo treaty.
A resolution adopted by the minority
a lew sessions ago, which empowers
two-thirds of their number to bind the
whole to united action, is held by party
leaders to be in effect at the present
time. This contention is denied by sev
eral Senators, including some who are
opposed to the Santo Domlngto treaty,
but it la agreed, that a majority of tae
I Democrats could put such a rule Info j
effect at any time In that event, n
turrt-thlrrig are found to oppose the
treaty, as appears to be likely from the
estimates zas.de by those who are re
sponsible for the call of- a caucus, any
Democrat votlntr for the treaty -would
be classed as an "insurgent" by his fellow
minority members.
IUVAIi TO HEYBURN'S Blili
Money Offers Xcw 3Icasttre to Pre
vent Food Adulteration.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 1. Senator
Money today introduced a substitute for
the Heyburn pure food Din, wnicn na
been favorably reported to the Senate
from committee. The Money bill, it is
said, embraces the Ideas of the National
Food Manufacturers Association on tho I
question of pure food legislation ana
harmonizes conflicting State laws. 3t
takes from the Bureau of Chemistry or
the Department of Agriculture the duty
of fixing food standards, and places it
under the Department of Commerce and
Labor.
The bill makes it unlawful to do any
Interstate commerce business in adul
terated or mlsbrandcd goods or drugs.
to shlD or deliver for shipment saui
terated food or drugs as articles of in-
terstate commerce, or to introduce any Stat Commissioners' Conference on un
adulterated goods Into the United form legislation and representatives of
States. This bill permits, when neces-
sary. the use of preservatives in foods,
.... tt,t. -n-lll f rrirt to I
prevent ptomaine and other poisonings,
SENATORS MAX Vlbll' wuau
Committee Is Anxious to Reconcile
Conflict of Evidence.
WASHINGTON, Feb.
L (Special.) I
A sub-committee of tho Senate com- i
mlttee on inter-oceanic canals may I
visit the Isthmus of Panama in March. I
Much dissatisfaction has been, expressed I
by the members of the committee wltn
the progress made thus far in canal at-
fairs. The chairman has become con-
vlnced that those called to testify are tr of the Ltxttature of thfe State of New
careful Of the evidence they give. The I York, which ctearlr demonstrated the urs-
storles vary so much that room for ;
doubt as to the accuracy of certain
statements exists.
The personnel of the committee to
visit the Isthmus has not as yet been
Wtnit uflon. It is understood that it
will bo made up of an equal number I
of each party, probably four in alL
DEFICIT XEARIiY "WIPED OUT
it CCiUCCCl lO $s,uu,uuu anu nm -" I
Extinct Xcxt Slontli.
WASHINGTON. Feb. L Tho monthly
statement of tho Government receipts
and expenditures Issued today shows a
condition of the treasury wnicn is cmi
rentlv satisfactory to the authorities. One
year ago today there was a deficit of over
J2S.KO.0CO. which has now been reduced
to less than J3.400.W0. with the prospect
that this amount will be entirely wipea
oi within the next 30 days. This Im
proved condition Is due almost entirely
to a large increase in customs ana in
ternal revenue receipts.
Increased Bank Clrcalation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The monthly
circulation bulletin Issued by the Con
troller of the Currency shows that at the
close of business January 3L 1505, the total
circulation of National bank notes was
J543.230.090. which is an increase for the
vea-r of S7S.S07.2J7. an Increase over the
I.... tni:" TVnk tnlol
circulation based on United States bonds
was 150665,743. an increase for the year of
J70,K7.E43, and an increase for the montn
of SL52S.426. The amount of circulation
secured by lawful money was S35.S64.S3l.
an Increase for the year of S3.243.375 and
an increase for the month of S723.297. The
amount of bonds on deposit to secure cir
culating notes was S509,JOl,0, and to se
cure public deposits fcr4.E2.W0.
Will Adopt Plan of Defense.
WASHINGTON, Feb. L The joint Army
and Navy Board, of which Secretary Taf t
Is the head, and which was created to re
vise the plans projected by the Endlcotl
Board for National Coast Defense, met
today to consider a final report. Upon
creation of the Board it was divided into
sub-committees, each taking up a partic
ular branch of the work, ana tnese vari
ous committees have been at work ever
since Inspecting, investigating and study-
inr the defenses as they now exist in or
der that a. detailed report might be made
uDon each. The results of the observa
tions of the subcommittees, together with
recommendations, arc embraced in one re
port, a draft of which was prepared for
consideration at todays meeting.
Imports DoHblo in Seven Years.
WASHINGTON. Feb. L The imports
Into the United States have practically
miMM in in the l.rst itev&n rears.
according to a bulletin issued by the Bu-
reau of Statistics In the Department or
tt,. on Tvbor. in the calendar
year IK the Imports aggregated In value
Jl.lTS.OM.oO, as against jC35.TO3.wo m cal
endar year The Increase in impor
tation? is distributed through all classes.
and practically all articles of merchan
dise.
irilitary Tteserves In Hawaii.
WASHINGTON. Feb. L The President
OY prociaroauoJi nan i -c.uuu
land at or near Diamond Head and at
Kuplklplkio and at Punchbowl Hill, In
the Territory or riawaii. ior munary pur-
poses, until It can he determined by actual
survey what porUons of the land de-
SCriOCU will iro iCMuuiru iui jiuium
military reservations. There is, however.
no thought of establishing any consider
able force of troops in tne islands.
Decrease In Pablic Debt.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The monthly
statement of the public debt issued to
day shows that tho debt less cash in the
Treasury amounts to $9S1,E4.645. which Is
a decrease for tho month of J2,35,072.
Roosevelt's Reception to Congress..
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. President
and Mrs, Boosevelfs reception in honor
of Congress was largely attended, there
being a continuous line passing before
the receiving party ror more than an
hour and a half.
Call for Bank Statement.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Con
troller of the currency issued today a
call for the condition of National
banks at the close of business on Mon
day, January 29.
cw Postmaster at Monmouth.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The President
today nominated the following postmas
ters: Idaho, .Francis ja. winter, iont-
peller: Oregon, O. A. Wolverton, Mon
mouth.
Confirms Oregon. Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. The Senate in
executive session today confirmed the
nomination of Merrltt A. Baker, as Post
master at u eston. Or.
TOTTER IN S IK VI CX.
4ere ef Klrer Beats Is Xew as tfca Astoria
EaJev a triB to Astoria tae Pat tar.
Tea will always remember It- Laavac
A&.ztreet deck every meat at o'atMk.
except 8t&ay. (Satardav sight. It P. K.)
KstiBd trip, . Particulars at TMr jai
wataugtoa litreets. rartuuae.
"The best pill I ever used." is the fre
oueat remark ot Tsurch&aers of Carter's
Little Liver Pilte. When yeu try thea
yen wm say tae sc-
QNElNSURKttGE LAW
Aim of Convention From Thir
ty-Two States.
PROPOSED BY ROOSEVELT
Uniform Action of All State Legisla-
tures Doalrcd to Protect Insured.
Mayer Advises Awaiting
Armstrong Report.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Four Governors, rep
resentatives of 52 states, members of the
me auesai unrcrwriiers nTTV
were recognised as duly accredited dcle-
Kaiea io uie .tauaai iiuiiniucs wuaiwi-
lion, called by Insurance Oswmlssloncr
1UUBHU r XJi .fcC. Al UIB 1UIUUIW J
the banquet hall of the Palmer House
here today. Discussion of the deferred
cupIcd tho attention of the delegates.
and at the close of tho afternoon ses
sion that tODlc. with a number of
others. tocome before the body, was re-
zcrred to a committee.
Thomas E. Drake. Insurance Commls
loner of the District of Columbia, called
the convention te order. His remarks
tvere as follows:
Ths exwure of seese : the wthodi of
h n? ismrar romuniM hr th cosssalt-
est necfrMltr for better laurnc In through
out the coMtry, was the principal reason tor
ralllar toreUwsr tk GTrno.-s, Attorneya-Gen-
erai Iftmraac Cannlcteoera and others of
to mxEx spates sue ie-rrKnt. ice rocciias.
however, T the 4treel relt ei corrindenc
beun
run last Sor
tber y Gere re or Johnson, of
Minnesota, Htii the rrctMect of thfcvUnlteJ
State. x
It was felt that the xtseral preralllnr
excitement and oep reUBff aaaonc poncj
coders ana tse p-JDite is reeeru mere
,uout to convene might 4eT ilrasUo meas
ure, which weaU eel aly he areaonblr
burdensome and haraafai to lranc.copan-
lex. bet also inturlOM to BoHcr-hoIdtr.
After fall consideration, tile foJUrrl&r plan
irxs axreed upoa sad has the approval of the
President and the Commissioners of the- District
of Columbia, and with the necessary changes
In form to make It applicable- may be enacted
by the states and territories, thus maxlns a
uniform regulation of Insurance and avolilnc
the vexatious and costly burden Incident to
differing and often confllctlnc local legislation.
This raeetlne; Is considered one oC the room
Important that has ever taken place- in the
Interests of Insurance. Let us therefore be
exceedingly careful In the preparation of the
proposed uniform hill to administer justice and
fairness to the companies and at the same time
erect endunnr satecvarcs tor ice poucy-noiQ'
era.
Committee to Draw BUI.
The convention elected Governor Jphn
yon of Minnesota chairman and Frederick
II. Nash of Massachusetts, secretary.
The report of the committee on perma
nent organization recommended that
committee of 15 be appointed by the chair
man of the committee to formulate a bill
or bills with a view to establishing a unl
form system of statutory regulation of
legal reserve life insurance in the sev
eral states.
A motion by S. B. Davis. Insurance
Commissioner of Nevada, that a commit
tee on credentials be appointed by the
chairman, brought out a demand from
C. W. Scovllle of Pittsburg, president of
the National Association of Life Under
writers, for a voice in the affairs of the
convention. Mr. Davis declared that he
desired to limit the voting powers to the
State Insurance Commissioners and At
torney-GeneraL
Suggestions by Mayer.
Attorney-General Mayer of New Tork
offered the following suggestion:
First That official action by other states
should await the coming In of the Armstron:
report.
Second That the insurance corporations and
their directors have the power to bring every
action to recover wasted funds which the peo
ple of the State of New Tork. through the
Attomev-General. could- trier.
Third That such actions as mar be neces
sary rhould be hrought by the directors and
their respooetblllty should not be shitted.
Fourth That. If such a course Is sincerely
and thoroughly pursued, the state may be de
pended on to act.
A committee on resolutions, with
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, as chalr-
I hian. was appointed. The entire pro-
I gramme rcicrrcu iu m tuim-
I tee on resolutions with Instructions
to report at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
INSURES ITS EMPLOYES Fit EE
3Iorton Considers Justice of Per-
quJsUcGIven by Equitable.
Tr vnUV TVh 1 Th -taut thrft
,,
h (kA fAu. ntnrn frp
tne ,lvca of lt8 SOo crnpioyes for J1000
eacn becaroe known today. Since the
I f tur. rr inmmnxo imn
acvcnteen deaths have occurred among
tne cmpioyes, And the society has in
consequence paid out iit.ooo. iaui
Morton. President of the Equitable. In
speaking of the matter today, said:
TVhea I entered the rtw or ins KoulUEIe
and learned about tMa ratem, the propriety
ot cosllnulnx It occurred to me, and at a
toeetlnr oZ tbe board of directors the whole
Qoettion waa brosxht up. It was decided
to refer the natt?r to in- cesismee on pen
sions and it is Kill In their bands. "Whether
the system trantcre" any law. I am not
prepared to say. That la a Qsestlon for tha
lawyers to answer. It is a cotnsjon cractlco
of all larre corporation nowadays to carry
Insurance utoo tse Urea of all their cm-
plorea.
Vice-President Gage E. Tarbell. who
Is said to have originated the system
I in the Equitable, declared that, when
I an employe died, it did away with the
I necessity f his fellow-employes con
trlbutlng to a fund for his widow or
other dependent relatives. It also, he
said, induced an employe to continue in
the service of tbe Equitable, as the In
surance ceased the moment he severed
bis connection with the society. The
premiums were paid. Mr. Tarbell said.
in lieu of a slightly higher salary. The
average cost of the insurance to the
Equitable was 313 a year per employe.
BRITONS WANT A DIRECTOR
Demands to Mutual LifeMay Ap
peal to Parliament.
LONDON. Feb. L A meeting of the
holders of policies In the Mutual Life In
surance Company or ?ew lone, repre
senting policies amounting to iMS,iC0.
was held today In the office of Lord
Northclifle (formerly Sir Alfred Harms-
worth). Resolutions were passed, copies
I waicn wui tc lorwwatB io .cw
decsaaalag representation of the British
Uev holders in the home board of the
company and that the company deposit
in Great Britain securities equal to tne
value of its liabilities in this country.
failing a s&usractory repiy to uice ac-
mands, the meeting pledged itself to have
the matter raised in Parliament.
The representative of a firm of London
accountants, wno s now in im ti-
ami nine the securities of the company,
has caMed for lt assistance of aa 'ac
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SWIFT UNDER FIRE
Morrison Rains Questions on
Chicago Packer.
BARGAIN WITH' GARFIELD
Government Offers to Prove He
Showed Packers His Report In
Advance, and They Were .
Satisfied With It.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The crosa-examlna
tlon of Edward F. Swift occupied most of
the day In the packers' trial. District At
torncy Morrison delivered his questions
with the speed of a rapld-flre gun. but
did not succeed at any time in embarrass
ing the witness, who considered his re
plies carefully before making them. The
witness declared positively that Commis
sioner Garfield was given all the Informa
tion he asked for. but several times ad
mitted that he could not tell whether cer
tain specific Information had been given
to the Government agents or not.
Mr. Swift testified that he did not know
whether or not he was a stockholder in 1
the Kenwood Company, one of the con
cerns which the Government declares was
formed by the packers to enable them to
control the output of by-products.
Other witnesses were: Louis F. Swift,
president of Swift & Co., and Jesse P.
Lyman, of Boston, ex-president of the
National Packing Company. The testi
mony of both was unimportant. Mr. Ly
man was still on the stand when court
adjourned for the day.
What Swirt & Co. Told Garfield.
Mr. Morrison, by tedious processes,
brought out the following facts from Ed
ward F. Swift:
That Government representatives made
an Investigation of the Swift books and
papers and that the Swift Company fur
nished Information concerning private
cars owned by the National Packing Com
pany. Mr. Swift told Mr. Durand the
number of cars the Swift Company ran.
Witness referred .Mr. Durand to Mr.
Swift's counsel for further information at
that time. .
Mr. Morrison presented one of the Gar
field requisitions and asked Mr. Swift if
it was not the substance ot an agreement
between Mr. Durand and Swift Sz Co. The
witness said:
"I never made an agreement with Mr.
Durand. We yielded everything he want
ed." "Did you furnish the Information about
the National Packing Company?"
"I am not an officer of the National
Packing Company. It can tako care of
Itself."
"Did you ever give Mr. Durand any in
formation about your holdings in the
National Packing Company?"
"I would not say I did or did not."
Did Report Please Packers?
The District Attorney asked:
"Now. Mr. Swift, honor bright, did not
Mr. Garfield submit the proofs of his re
port to you to see It you were satisfied?"
Mr. Haynes objected, and Mr. Morrison
said:
"Tho theory of the Government Is that
there was an understanding that the mat
ter should not be published unless the
packers were satisfied with tho report.
We will show that Mr. Garfield came
back with a typewritten copy of his re
port which had not yet been printed and
that the packers were ready and anxious
to have this report go to the publishers,
The District Attorney then asked the
witness if he was satisfied with the Gar
field report and Mr. Swift said he was
not.
James II. Eckels, president ot the Com
mercial National Bank of this city and
ex-Controller of the Treasury, followed
Mr Swift on the stand. He said that he
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made arrangements for Mr. Garfield to
meet some of the men prominent in the
packing industry at his office. He was
then excused.
Edward F. Swift again took the stand
and Mr. Brown commenced to read to the
court the requisitions made by Mr. Gar
field upon the packers for their books.
Louis F. 8wlft was tho next witness, but
his evidence developed nothing. He was
followed on the stand by Mr. Lyman, out
Mr. Morrison objected to Mr.. Lyman's
beinjr allowed to testify, because ho was
not a party defendant in tne case. a. long
argument between the attorneys followed,
and the court announced that h would
decide In the morning as to whether or
not Mr. Lyman was a competent witness.
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