The evening world. Newspaper, January 26, 1921, Page 11

LUMBER INDUSTRY bil ts out of the way, He specifi- cally mentioned the lumber industry a# one he had in minds ~ The Anthracite Coal Operators’ As- » Ms is to be required to pro- duce the indome tax returns of its TO BE REGULATED hat and Others Set Down for Investigation When Coal Bill Is Out of Way. REED’S OBJECTION MET. Senator Produces Letters to} Refute Testimony Compa- nies Favor His Bill. UBpecial From a Staff Correspond- ent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Tho ques- fon of governmental regulation of the lumber industry may be the next Me tackled by the Calder Sub-Com- mittes on Reconstruction. In reply to the objection of Senator Reed that the Calder coal bill singles out a lone Industry for governmenta) super- vision, the New York Senator let !t be known that he purposed to tackle ther commodities in which profiteer- had been rampant when the oo members during the period of con- trol by the Fuel Administration to determine if the companies bad gained om lost money under prices fixed at that time. Senator Calder also put many Tet- tors in the record to refute the testi thony of @ representasive of the An- thracite Operators that the coal companies would like the Calder bill to be enacted because it would really mean highor prices Senator Calder read a leyer from | the Weston-Dodson Coa) Company of Bethlehem, Pa, which had been sent | to producers, wholesalers and reta{l- era, urging tham to oppose the Calder | bilt Senator Gronna suid the coal situ- ation an North Dakota was acute, prices ranging us high us $20 a ton for bituminous, which he declared was an outraye. Senatoi Calder read extracts from about a dozen letters from various parts of the country complaining against high prices and urging legis- lation by Congress, some writers ex-| pressings themselves in poetry. The setters were from Brockton, Mas# Albuquerque, Trenton, N. J. New Brighton, Conn., Portland, Me. Co- lumbus, O.; the Governor of Indiana; A. Houghton, Michigan banker; Stratford, Pas Canton, 0,, L. L, and the Union County Tuber- | culosis League of ersey, the Sayville, | THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, last declaring that 3,000 “families were without coal, The New Britain letter sald fami- les Were actually sufforing for want of conl.and that prices were as high as $19.25 @ ton, 4 Senator Calder said the committee had found in tracing War Depart- ment purchases of coal that some of |\t had passed through the hands of three middlemen and that Section 14 of the bill was designed to eliminate jail but one middieman between the | Operator and the consumer, He ad mitted that the section might have | to drive coal direct to the consumer without intervention of profits, Senator Reed engaged in a conati- tutional argument with the Senator as to whether Congress could tax a intra-State transuction, but Senator Kenyon of Iowa thought the | sourt decisions in the oleomargaurine and State Bankers’ case authorized such AX, a8 the coal was «a part of interstate commerce from the time it loft the mine unit it reached the oon- sumer, 5 Reed thought the bili was unconstitutional in thie respect in that it used the taxing power of | Congress to regulate the mie of com- modities. In reply to Senutor Fernald, Sen- Jater Calder thought the bill also should be amended go as to apply the | brokers’ (ax to all sales, inatead of limiting it as at present to certain les. vurely Senator Reed also criticised this | section of the bill on the grounds that | & would break up the present system <f coal distribution, even to sales in smail quantities by retailers, and as- iled ec hi | to be rewritten, but the purpose was | Administrati country ten biilion Calder reiterated that the people ha: been mulcted of a billfon-and a half dollars in excessive coal prices Jast year, while Senator Reed remarked that the people had been mulcted in high prices on other commodities, ‘he letter from the Governor of Indiana said profitecring had been a soandal, and Senator Calder declared that 90 per cent, of the people desired legislation to prevent high ooo! prices and also better qual- ity of co it cost the rs. Senatoi Senator Reed favored puniehing thoss who conspired to withhold coal to enhanee the price, but Senator Calder knew of no such conspiracy. Senator Reed said he favored getting to the de all information ax to the cost of the articles they purchased, but he objected to “monkeying with de and business” and regulation of tuainess by Government commissions. Senator Reed asked Mr. Thompaon of the anthracite operators to supply information as to dividendw paid by eoul compunies. The witness declared the proposed legislation would ad- versely affect the independent anthra- | cite operators, as it would take their } property and place it under the con- | trol of & Government commission. fafa HOUSE TO REPORT Passed in Senate, Measure Wins Friends in Lower House After | Hard Fight. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2%.—Follow- ing @ hard fought propaganda battle | of several weeks, the Shepiard- Towner bill for the protection of maternity and infancy waa favora- | ‘bly reported yesterday by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | ‘This is the first big legislative vic- — Lord & Taylor’ 38th Street Nineteen twenty-one! FIFTH AVENUE- Announcing The Mid-Winter Sale of Furniture Beginning Mon The year that marks a welcome turning point in prices. The year that sends our hopes higher as prices drop lower. The coming of definite strides we this Sale proves what have taken in this New Era of Lower Prices. day, January 31st The assortments and individual regular stock, all very 39th Street include suites pieces from our radically reduced. Whether you need much or little, you will find your choice interesting. In a great many cases you will recognize pre-war prices. Three Exhibition Days January 27th, 28th, 29th During these three days in advance of the Sale, you may come in and make your selections. We will deliver on or after Monday, January 31st. The Dining Suite Illustrated Is a Reproduced Design of the Italian Renaissance Made of American walnut, this suite réflects the antiquity and soft, dull finish necessary to the design, You" will notice that the grace of design and the simplicity is contrary to many ornate Italian reproductions, and is more in accordance with modern decoration. Table, Buffet, Silver Cabinet, and Service Table, Sixth There are 2 Arm Chairs, 4 Side Chairs, an Extension Floor, $605.00 full sult: adherents faith healing. Ever aince the pres- ent session of Congress opened, mem- bers of the House have been swam: riiory differ from the Senate bill. acted the plan would be adminis tered through the Children’s Bureat of the Department of Labor. EDGE WOULD | \WASHINGTON, Abolish the “*cont-plua’ ON MATERNITY BILL | Bushee of sab ait women since they were given jf and a defeat for the Christian Bolence or with letters and petitions coming from every type of women’s organi- sations in the country. The school children were enlisted and added their appeals to those of the mothers. The measure goes to the floor of the House. The Senate has passed (t, framed now it does not widely When en- The bill appropriates for co-opera- tion of the States $1,000,000 for the fiscal year onding June 30, 1923 and $1,480,000 annually thereafter, KILL “COST-PLUS” SYSTEM His Bill Would Affect Purchase of Government Supplies and Shipbuilding. Special to the eWorld %.—Bteps to yatem in the pplies and in Je jto make ir Jor the Emergency Fleet 1921. the negotiation of contracts for con- mtruction and repairs of vessels owned or controfied by the Shipping Board Wore started to-day by Senator Edge of New Jersey, who introduced » bill to Provide that bide ahall be asked for all contracts involving an expenditure of $5,000 or more. Senator Rdge saya his bill ia designed ible in the future a ree currence of the perpetrated under the “cost-plu om dufing the war, Under his bill “all purchases of supplies and contracts for labor and ma- terials of w value in exces of required for construction ships, barges or other vem to, or control of, the Shipping Bs Now $ 1.00 A POUND Formerly 1.50 shall be made by advertising Ume previously for pr the same. ‘Under thie bill when extra material and Iabor are f award of contract and after the coi tractot has begun work, they id for on @ lump sum basin, the val. 1o be fixed by a board consisting of representative of the Shipping Board, a representative of the contractor, and « third man to be decided upon by the two. whi bill ie simply « plata busi properition,” said Senator Ed wigned (0 aboilah the iniquitiou t the taxpayers PARK & TILFORD Chocolates and Bon Bons In the enormous new Park & Tilford candy factory, wholesomeness and purity standards for Park & Tilford candies are skilfully safeguarded throughout every step in their manufacture. “(A product worthy of the name it bears” ’ MANUFACTURER'S $1,000,000 STOCK OF FUR COATS THE JACKMAN LABEL in a fur garment isa mark of distinction. 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