THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1913. STEEL TRUST HAS NO TARIFF FEARS reach that, the last ditch, then labor will come -in with ita cry." , "Our purpose is not to make yon sac rifice your profits," Underwood ex plained, "but many of the rates of the Payne law are prohfbltlve. There must be revenue and if you Tjuild up a Chi nese wan and say nothing shall come in. then how we can expect to derive revenue through the tariff? The Iron and steel schedule should bear its proportion." Independents Say They Would Go Down With Foreigners Under Low Rates. MANY INTERESTS HEARD Singer Sewing Machine 'Company, With Great Plants Abroad, De scribed is Indifferent to Tariff Revision. WASHINGTON". Jan. 11. A picture of the United States Eteel Corporation crushing the independent tinplate man ufacturers In the event tariff bars were let down for foreign products and a revelation or the complete Indifference toward tariff revision shown by the Singer Sew i or- Machine Company, char acterized by the Independents as a trust, featured today's hearing on the metal schedule before the House, com mittee on ways and means.. There were many witnesses testifying to a great variety of articles relative to the iron and steel portion of the tariff. The committee continued in ses t slon tonight. Steel -Corporation Feared. Independent tinplate interests were represented by F. R. Crawford, of Pittsburg, president of the McKeesport Tinplate Company. The United States teel Corporation was not represented Jir. Crawford offered a compromise suggestion of a tinplate tariff ot 85 cents a ton and was sharply 'cross examined. He explained that 98 per cent of tinplate is thin steel. He said if the tariff were cut so that foreign .competitors of the steel corporation . were let in. he feared that the cor poration mould retaliate by adjusting matters so as to crush foreign competi- ' tion -and that the independents would . go down with the foreigners. "The United States Steel Corpora tion." he added, "'simply suffers us to do business. It Is strong enough to put us out of business in less than a week If It cared to." Tariff Vaed as Excuse. "Do you think." Representative Palmer (Den), of Pennsylvania, asked, '"that we ought to legislate on what you fear, or on the basis of the con trary history of the last 11 or It years?" ) "You might put a weapon in their hands to enable them to make a price to keep out foreign producers, with ' whom we might go down." Mr. falraer responded by asking- if . the witness thought there were danger, in the present state of public mind, that the corporation would drive the independents out of business. The wit ness said that a tariff reduction in . favor of foreign competitors mightglve the corporation an "excuse" to drive out competition, and that he wanted the tariff to keep that excuse away from the-corporalion. .He. testified to his belief that the : Steel Corporation has steel producing . capacity today- greater than Great Bri tain and Germany combined, and that ' with all that, it represented 6S per cent of the steel producing capacity of this country; that it could defend its po sition even if the tariff were wiped out; that it felt secure and "can take care of itself from legislation, no matter : what may arise." Ghost f Corporation Ralwrd. He said there was a shortage of steel today, and that the corporation was "at the helm." What he was afraid of, he said, was that the steel corporation would go out after the California market. "There goes the ghost of the corpora tion again." Representative Palmer said, scornfully. . K "Do you think," Representative James (Dem.) asked, "that the steel corpora tion should be subsidized to the extent you advocate, to enable the independ . ents to do business?" "I don't regard it is a subsidy." W. VV. Chase, secretary of the White Sewing Machine Company, said he un derstood the Singer Sewing Machine Company, with great plants abroad, was interested In subsidiary lines, forestry, r mining and so on. The Independents, he said, would like to know the Inside business plans of what he called the so called "trust." Democratic "Covenant" Cited. Joseph- Auerbach. of New York, a Ucmocrat, representing the metal ball bearing interests, and protesting against disturbance of. the present tariff on ball bearings, referred to the covenant of the Democratic party, in revising the turiff on a revenue basis, to consider the difference in the cost of production here and abroad. Representative Longworth, of Ohio (Rep.), asked where he found any men tion of such a covenant in the Demo cratic platform or otherwise. "I tind it everywhere," Mr. Auerbach said, adding that he would cite utter ances of the leaders. Mr. Longworth 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 believed that "the question of cost prices was more important than the cost of production." Steel grit, shot or' Iron sand, pig iron, silverware, textile machinery, guns and Jewelry were, among other , matters in testimony. lade-wood Bill Criticised. John A. Topping, president of the Re public Iron & Steel Company, of New York, bitterly opposed the general pro visions of the Underwood bill, passed by the, lust Congress and used a a basis! for the present revision of the tariff. ' , "The bill ifr objectionable on account of Its inconsistency and ambiguity." Topping said: "Business must be pro tected from foreign competition; the bill is discriminatory and unfair and will disturb business because it favors one class against another.' Topping said 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 wltnaas said. "No products are made by the -trusts that ere riot 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 con vince the committee of the fairness of capital towards labor. Labor profits in proportion to capital." Chairman Underwood IriTerjected at this point that the witness looked upon the bill from a manufacturer's stand point. (verament Arrdm Proanerltjr. "Has It occurred to you," Topping re turned, "that the Government's interest is the people's interest and you can't have revenue unless you have pros perity? Tlte bill shuts off prosperity: profits will be sacrificed, nd when you Mr. Underwood said he was inclined to think the iron and steel people could take care of themselves. Mr. Tppplng aroused members of the committee considerably by his bitter attacks on the Democratic tariff policy. Not all the witnesses waiting to tes tify on the metal schedule having been bsard when, the committee adjourned at midnight, it was decided to postpone conclusion of the hearing on this SALEM ATTORNEY APPOINTED IHSPl-TV PROSECUTOR fOR e ' ,VA J I - J i, - ts - 4 ' I if - Walter E. Keyes. SALEM, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.) Walter E. iCeyes, who has re ceived t;he appointment from Gale S. Hill, of Albany, District Attor ney, as deputy for Marlon Coun ty, will hold one of the most re sponsible deputyships in the .state. Marion County has juris diction for practically all state cases -covering- election and initi ative and referendum contests as well as where all state officials and hoards In their official ca pacity must be sued. Mr. Keyes has been practicing: in Salem for a number of years. He is a graduate of George Washington University at Wash ington, D. C, and is pne of the Instructors in the law school of Willamette College. He was for some time associated with John H. McNary, the Tetirlns District Attorney, and also served as City Attorney here. schedule until after the hearings on the other tariff schedules had been held. MARCHERS PICK SPEAKERS Montana- AVoman to Be Mouthpiece on Trip to Washington. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 11. Miss Jeai ette Rankin, of Missoula, who has charge of the .woman suffrage cam paign In Montana during the session of, the Legislature, announced her ac ceptance today of the invitation to toe the official speaker of the suffraigist army which will march from New York to Washington, preceding the inaugu ration of President-elect Wilson. The invitation came -from General Rosalie Jones, who will lead the marchers. BILL CURBSM0AN SHARKS' Senate Adopts Report and House Probably AYII1 Approve. .WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The confer ence report on the long-pending bill regulating lending of money in the District of Columbia, known as the 'loan shark bill," was adopted by the Senate today without discussion. The bill makes It a misdemeanor to charge more than 12 per cent annually. senator Curtis gave instances of charges amounting to 372 per cent. It believed the - House -will accept the report. GREAT :REMOVAI Offers special values for this week. 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Selections still good. 273-275 MORRISON STREET Future Home Northwest Corner Seventh and Morrison .005E LAY PLANS Organization by Counties for 1914 Is Present Aim. NAME FINANCE COMMITTEE FREAK ROOT IS FOt-XO LONG BEACH. I llllilia 1 jllllllllill Carlo na Formation That Reaem- , blra Bird. I ' ' Picked up on the beach at Long I Beach, Wash., is the strange root i shown in the accompanying; pho- t tograph. Dr. Thompson Corbeth, f of The Dalles, and Edwin Wer- i lein. Jr., found the curiosity last Summer, and it has been in tna possession of the latter ever since. causing considerable amusement when shown to friends. Almost to a degree does it resemble some quaint bird. Only one leg is missing to make It a fine quadruped, with bushy tail, and the weirdest of all back legs. Two knots form Its eyes, a short branch which was broken off becomes its nose, and a little tuft of .hair grows out at the back of the head. Xo one seems t able to tell what root It is. Woman to Have Charge of Bureaus or Cliild labor, Popular Gov ernment, Cost of Living and Other Branches.. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. "Straight out nniitical organization, throughout the United States" Is to be the watchword of the Progressive National Committee for the next two years. So says a statement issued In New York at the elose of a two-days' session of the ex ecutive committee. "The first objective," says the state ment, "is the organization of the Pro gressive party in every county and Congressional district throughout the country for nominating county tickets for the election of 1914 and making an effective Congressional campaign in that year." The statement adds that provision was made for the perpetuation of va rinn. rcimmittees. including the leg islative reference committee, whicaJ will endeavor to instruct State Legis latures "in the dissemination and co ordination of Progressive measures." Futnre Confereneea Outlined. As to plans for Progressive meetings in the near future, the statement says: "A great conference of five states is to be held in St. Paul on January 24, at which the organization of the party in the States of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin. North Dakota' and South Dakota will be represented and plans discussed for extending its. work. At a later date-a-conference will be held in Iowa at which representatives from all parts of the state will be present and work of organisation In that state will be thoroughly discussed. A sim ilar meeting will be held in Kansas, where the Progressives will be for mally organized as a party." Woman to Hold Bureau. Miss Frances A. Kellor, with head quarters in New York, will have charge of the committee on education, which comprises the bureaus on child labor, popular government, social and indus trial Justice, cost of living and other divisions of the Progressive campaign work. Permanent headquarters will be maintained here, and O. K. Davis will continue as director of the publicity bureau. The organization work will be in charge of Walter Brown, of Ohio. The committee provided for com pleting the work of the finance com mittee and Elon H. Hooker, chairman, announced the appointment of the fol lowing committee to assist him: George C. Priestly, Oklahoma; Charles S. Bird. Massachusetts; August Hecksher, New York; Charles Henry Davis, Massachu setts: H. D. Bngltsh, Pennsylvania; Qeorge F. Porter, Illinois, and Arthur L. Garford. Ohio. WAR'S RENEWAL PROBABLE -(Continued From First Pace.) plains the powers did not keep their word that even the war should not change the status quo in the Balkans, the powers were able to answer that the fault was Turkey's which for 34 years found no way to put Into effect article 22 of the Berlin treaty,- con cerning refornis in European Turkey. The note practically amounts to nothing more Ahan advice. The -Turkish delegation openly de clares it knows the porte will not be moved by the powers' note, and will answer with stronger refusals than heretofore. The allies a're becoming impatient with Inaction. Some desire a more res olute attitude and remark that after the untlmatum of January 3, It is un dignified to remain In London more than a week without making deeds fol low words. , Sofia Impatient, Too. " The feeling in Sofia favors the recall of the delegates, but some are inclined to remain a few days, awaiting the ef fect of the powers' note. Roumania demands continue to be the uppermost topic of interest. M. Joneeu, the Roumanian Minister of the Interior, whose wife is English, has learned that public opinion is against Roumania and that that country's ac tion is regarded in the nature of black mail, which, if persisted In, must mean war with Bulgaria In the near future M. Jonescu is understood to have re ceived this impression also from a con versation with Sir Edward Grey today. The Bulgarians declare unhesitating ly that if Roumania puts the knife to her throat now she will pay dearly for It in the future. A Sofia dispatch says that Roumania has received energetlcTepresentatlons from Great Britain and Russia, which has decided hev not to cross the bor der, as she was prepared to do. FRUIT LOSS MOUNTS CONVICTS FLEE IN AUTO TWO MURDERERS AVD THIEF LEAVE JOLIET PRISOX. Men. Are Seen by Farmer Disputing as " to Route Chicago Police Are Watching Roads. JOLIET, 111., Jan. 11. Three convicts escaped from ,ihe state penitentiary here today and are thought to be on the way to Chicago In a stolen automo bile. Two of the men were serving sen tences for murder. They were seen two hours after their escape, In the stolen car, speeding north along the road eight miles from JolleL The convicts were lh their prison garb. The farmer who saw them and telephoned the prison officials here, said the men had stopped the car and were standing in it, disputing aoout the route. The convicts are Sigmund Brosche, 4o years old, serving a life term for mur der; Stephen Ayers, 45 years old, serv ing a 14-year term for murder, and Ed win Sheldon, 42 years old, serving an Indeterminate sentence for larceny. All were sentenced from cook county (Chicago). Illinois. The men were employed in the prison garage to care for the cars of several prison officials. They were not missed until afternoon rollcall and then had been gone half -an hour. Chicago police are waiting for the men at all roads into-the city. Elbert HuHhard Fined, Paroled. BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 11. Elbert Hubbard, of East Aurora, indicted on six counts by the Federal grand jury fpr sending improper matter through the malls in his magazine, pieaaeo guilty before Judge Hazel today and was fined J100 on one count. Sentence will be suspended during good be.ha"ior on the other Ave counts.- California Interests Out Total of. $35,000,000. RAILROADS ALSO SUFFER Fruitgrowers Bear More Than Half of Burden, lint Shippers and Refrigerators Are HitVege table . Crop Hurt. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. (Special.) The first official figures compiled by- the -Santa Fe, Salt Lake, and South ern Pacific Railroads concerning the monetary loss occasioned by last week's cold snap in Southern California were announced today. The figures show that the loss ex ceeds the estimates first made. The figures do not Include numerous Incidental losses sustained, for in stance, by box manufacturing concerns in the cancellation of orders for fruit crates and boxes. They show only the approximate loss to growers, shippers and carriers. The figures follow: , Cancellation orders eliminate the use of 30,500 cars for the movement of the fruit crop. Loss to shippers estimated at $4,792, 000. . Loss to fruitgrowers estimated at $19,169,880. - . . ... .- Loss to Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake railroads estimated at $9,765,000. These are official fieures cotnniled ,n the South by special railroad agents whose sole duty consisted of gathering data on the damage. The Pacific Fruit Express loss, in re frigeration will be $384,745. The Southern Pacific loses on move ments east of Chicago alone $1,441,200. The reports declare that only a small portion of the fruit is free of frost, and that the damage to the young and matured trees will be found to be tre mendous. The losses sustained by the railroads and producers through damage to veg etables Is also estimated at a total of $436,000. Thus the total loss in round figures is probably not less than $35,000,000. There is, some talk of asking the Leg islature now in session to pass some measures by which orange growers may be financially assisted by the state until they can recoup their losses. the song "Illinois" will be rendered as a solo. The committee which has the programme In charge Is as follows: John S. Rohrer, chairman, J. M. Jordan, Miss Glendora Stewart, Dr. Maude Tan ner, Mrs. M. A. Foley. . Refreshments, consisting of cider and gingerbread, will be served.' No admittance will' be charged "and all rdrmer residents of Illinois are Invited to attend. Illinois Society to Meet. The Illinois Society will hold a meet ing Tuesday, January 14, beginning at 8 P. M., in the parlors of the Portland Hotel. W. T. Vaughn, a former resi dent of Illinois, will give an address on "Illinois and Her Sons." J. S. Ham ilton, who is a veteran of the Civil War, will speak of "Illinois Soldiers." Another feature will be a pictorial trip from Chicago to Cairo, shown upon a screen. 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