Senate subcommittee backs protesting manufacturers
A Senate subcommittee signals support for the protesting manufacturers, pledging ample time to hear their case and review the issues raised regarding the industry.
19 May 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1913
Page
1
A Senate subcommittee signals support for the protesting manufacturers, pledging ample time to hear their case and review the issues raised regarding the industry.
Washington May 19. Senator Hoke Smith will conduct private hearings on the cotton and chemical schedules with publication urged by La Follette and Bristow. The finance committee plans to send questions and cost data to manufacturers and allow press attendance at private hearings. Senate aims to report the Underwood tariff bill by June with no changes to wool and sugar schedules, while caucus action may determine final positions for supporters and opponents.
In caucus discussions the last word is said to be reached and western senators who opposed free wool and sugar in the past are ready to support the measure as a party bill.
On Wednesday Thursday and Friday this week from 10 a m to 6 p m Miss Jane Chauvin presents a water color painting collection by well known American artists. The exhibit is upstairs over Julius Lemle's store on DeSiard street in the hall formerly used by Monroe Commercial College. Admission is 10 cents.
A New York paper report alleging John T. Stone of Chicago led a deep political scheme to elect him moderator of the Northern Presbyterian memorial assembly was denounced as untrue. The assembly later adopted a resolution to seek organic union proposals to Presbyterian supreme judicatories.
William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, with Dennis J. Collins and Fred E. Atteaux, arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on an indictment charging conspiracy related to dynamite planted in Lawrence to inflame opinion against striking mill operatives last summer. Eminent counsel for the defense is engaged, signaling a landmark Massachusetts legal fight.
The Weather Bureau bulletin notes generally fair conditions for the eastern half of the country early next week. Showers will persist in the Pacific States and plateau region, then spread to the plains and Missouri Valley by midweek. Temperatures in the South are expected to be about normal.
The joint committee from the State Bankers Association and the New Orleans Clearing House met in New Orleans on Saturday to discuss the state bond issue. Mr. T. E. Flournoy says he had no notice or knowledge of the meeting and was not present. he had submitted a plan on May 10 and demanded correction of published claims.
Secretary Bryan condemned subsidized patriotism that pushes for war for profits in armor plate and battleships and criticized sensational mercenary newspapers. The address, given in Washington on May 19 at a Hague anniversary gathering, was hosted by the Washington Peace Society. It marked the fourteenth such event.
Three thousand carpenters plumbers structural iron workers painters brick layers and other craftsmen walked out this morning in Birmingham as builders and contractors refused a five cent wage rise. Three sky scrapers are involved in the action.
Washington May 19. An amendment to the Underwood tariff bill by Senator Kenyon would, if a corporation is adjudged a monopoly, remove its products from the tariff free list. The plan would have broad potential to overturn the tariff schedule.
Sacramento May 1 Gov Johnson signed the anti alien land bill amid protests from Japan and opposition from President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. The act becomes law ninety days from date and enacts restrictions on land ownership by aliens in California.
Boston May 19 Morning prayer in King s Chapel opened the American Unitarian Association anniversary week. The Ministerial Union met at Chan ning Hall. Taft is among speakers with events at Tremont Temple and the Edward Everett Hale Statue unveiling scheduled Thursday.
A Washington dispatch reports President Wilson may be delaying Louisiana nominations including Fontleroy for internal revenue collector to pressure Senators Thornton and Ransdell on sugar and rice schedules. Similar postmaster and postal appointments stir Republican and Democratic reactions as Louisiana sugar interests prepare a detailed brief for the Senate finance committee.
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