St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 1929

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” BUNGLES: RESIDENCE ¥ t aR ~ co n ees MUST iG : seeetesevee UT IT's VERY _ rT MADAM AND.....YOU sae HIM U2 AGAIN ABUT may THE MATTER IS VERY, VERY ee .: AND.. -+ee MELLO. see - di ‘HELLO... a . HELLO.. yt bet ; - pr ODAY LONDON PM 31. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service SPORT FINAL = NO. 20. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929.—52 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS MRE inte Cys no aoe % + : LL STREET WISH BANK IE UP-BRISK CK RALLY y De aches Violent laa ions in About a a of High-Priced Spe- “sas Shorts Cover. , " LOANS SHOW 2 ‘$192,000, 000 GAIN g: Increase Due to Cor- wrations and Individuals, ids Supplied by These ing $234,000,000. 3 4 Associated Press. mw YORK, Sept. 26.—The re- in stock prices, which set ard the close of yesterday's wket, was resumed today, and 4 through to the close. The » reached violent propor- sin about a score high priced sities, Which were run up 10 y 25 points, presumably at pense of an over-crowded interest. Final quotations wally were around the high of the day. Mali money held steady all dry . inoney was The New Hper cent, and time quoted at 9 to 9%. * Federal Reserve Bank an- ced no change in the 6 per wrediscount rate. The increase the Bank of England rate from 06% per cent apparently had fully discounted by the mar- “ was not considered likely : f would result in any iim- withdrawals of gold in wrk for shipment to Lon- t it semt Sterling Exchange mough to check the possi- of any further gold im- f re, and probably will check flow of gold from. England ance and Germany. & | Loans Up $192,000,000. bans to brokers and dealers by New York Federal Reserve tber Banks for the week end- pt. 25 were announced by the eral Reserve Board after the bof market today as $6,761,- 00, representing an increase $192,000,000 as compared with preceding week and establish- new record for the sixth con- mive week. fhe huge increase in the loans idue chiefly to the activity of ferations and individuals who Md a total of $5,860. 000.000, an b of $234,000,000 in the The loans by* the banks rown account and for the t of out-of-town banks each fa decrease, the former 0,000 and latter $21,000,009. imbian Carbon was again the lar individual feature in smarket, soaring 29% points telaining all but 5 points of fin. Commercial Solvents, wnal Biscuit, ‘Warren Bros.., fan Water Works, Louisville & Electric, General Electric, mughs Adding Machine, United mand Standard Gas & Elec- Rclsed 10 to nearly 20 points t, the last three reaching new m records, @ score other issues, in- American Telephone, “an Waterworks, National ‘Simmons Co., Philadelphia . n Kodak, U. S. Freight. “mM Auto. United Aircraft, Pa- hting and Western Union | “d net gains of 6 points, or simbia Gas Stock Dividend. * §& Steel common closed 1% “higher and Radio and Gen- Motors declined fractionally. nda Copper lost a point in ey of speculative disap- ‘ent over the failure of the to raise the annual divi- M $7 to $8 at today’s meet- lumbia Gas, directors of “nounced a 25 per cent dividend after the close, sold Marly 3 points. Marmon Mo- Deed 12% to a new low at Express tost’all but a fraction of its early 30-point " Union Pacific dropped 4% et $1 railroads to report August earnings showed a early § per cent in net "S income over the same year. Superior Oil re- 8m increase of 35 per cent earnings. ing Is Higher. ™ exchanges ruled higher. Metling cables advancing Thalf » cent to $4.85 7-16 in © the higher bank rate. stock prices, with | ) and market news, on Pages 43, 44, WEST INDIAN HURRICANE STATIONARY NEAR NASSAU, EARLY MOVEMENT UNLIKELY Warnings Still Displayed From Miami to Jupiter, Fla. — No Indication Storm Has Veered Off to Sea. ISO EARTH SHOCKS UNE MOST VIOLENT, IN DAY IN HAWAll Buildings Wrecked; Occu- pants Flee Into Open — Eruptions of Three Large Volcanoes Predicted. By the Associated Press, HILO, Island of Hawaii, Sept. 26.—The severest earthquake with- in the memory of residents here shook the western part of Hawaii early last night, destroying build- ings and walls. Dwellers, already frightened at the prospect of eruptions from nearby volcanoes, rushed for the open. A seismograph on the western shore of the island was ruined by the violence of the temblor. The violent seismological dis- turbance followed an announce- ment by Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, volcanologist, that the numerous earthquakes which Western Ha- waii has been experiencing in the last two days presaged eruptions of the three large volcanoes in this vicinity. In the 24-hour period preceding Dr.. Jaggar’s announcement about 150 tremors were felt in the re- gion of Kona. The temblors became less frequent but more violent yes- terday. $6,500,000,000 TO BE SPENT IN SOVIET BUILDING PROGRAM Government Will Er Erect Factories, Power Stations, Dwellings and Schools MOSCOW, Sept. 26.—-in the year beginning Oct. 1 the Soviet Gov- ernment will spend $F,50C,000,000 in construction of factcries. power stations. dweilings schocls and large state farms and in other building enterprises. he announce- ment was made today by Emanuel lonovitch Kviring of the State Planning Commission The Government. he said, going to undertake 23 enterprises, each costing more than $25 000.000. Kviring declared that in certain lines of investment for the develop- ment of industry the Sovet Gov- ernment had already reached the Americal level, NELLIE’S APRON NO’ LONGER NAME OF ARKANSAS TOWN Napron, Its New Designat on, Pre- serves Tradition But Is More Dignified. CONWAY, Ark., Sept. 26.—The town of Nellie’s Apron henceforth will be called Napron. Railroad men are responsible for the change to what they consider a more dignified name Napron cannot easily be found on the map, but nevertheless, it lies midway between Votier’ and Yellville, on the White River divi- sion of the Missouri Pacific Rail- road. The legendary origin of the name is that a girl named Ng3lie was drowned in the White R ver and the only trace of her ever found was her apron on the r‘ver bank near the site of the presen’ town. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; SHOWERS LIKELY THE TEMPERATURES. mm. m 75 per cent. Dp. Relative humidity at noon, 7 low tb Yesterday's high 79 (2 p m.): ‘G@ a. m.) ' Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably with showers; not much change in temperature. Missouri: Gen- erally fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Illinois: Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. probably with showers; in north and cen- tral portions to- night. ®: sunrise (tomorrow) THE SHIP—- BUILDERS ROCKED THE Sunset 5:5 5:53. no change. cooler | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Sept. ?8.—The Weather Bureau today is‘ued the following storm warning: “Advisory 1% a. m. the tropical disturbance has remainea almost stationary during the jast jz hours with center apparently shcrt dis- tance northwesi of Nassau. It is likely winds of hurricane f<1ce still prevail near storm center Its fu- ture course is uncertain but no rapid movemeut in any direction indivated for next 24 hours.” Indications Are That Storm Has Not Veered Off to Sea. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 26. — The tropical storm raging over the At- lantic off the Florida lower east coast has moved from its former position due east of here to a new one farther south, Richard W. Gray, official meteorologist, said this afternoon, “If the storm now moves west- ward,” Gray said. “The center will pass over Miami or slightly south of Miami, giving the city the maximum intensity of the storm. “If it had moved due westward from its former location its center would have passed north of Miami placing Miami on the left-hand side of the storm, which is consid- ered less dangerous. It is not known when or whether the storm will move westward. Reports re- ceived up to 2 p. m. and condi- tions prevailing at Miami did not indicate its future course.” The approximate center of the storm was fixed by Gray as “‘more than 100 miles east,” in the vicinity of the northerly Berry Islands,: some miles west of Great Stirrup Key and north of Andros Island. Gray’s latest statement followed receipt of a notice from Wash- ington which instructed him to continue hurricane warnings at 2 p. m. from Miami to Jupiter and declared that no indications had been received of a material change in the posttion or intensity of the storm. The Washi:gton notice and Gray's statement laid to rest pu» lished st+ports feoin Havana thiilt the disturbance Fed veered cff to sea, Nassau. pleasure city of the Ba- hama Islands, has been out of communication since shortly after noon yesterday. No lives were lost at Governors Harbor, Eleuthera [sland, Baha- mas, which last night experienced a “heavy hurricane,”’ according to | a message received from the ‘island Was | by tropica! radio here shortly be- fore noon. The message said: “Heavy hurricane lasting till late last night passed over Eleuthera. Wind abating now, but still high. Communications outside Governor's Harbor lacking, but no lives lost.” Governor's Harbor is a mid-point on the Western Central Coast of Eleuthera. The island lies east of Nassau. Residents of Miami. West Palm Beach and other communities have boarded up their homes and busi- ness buildings and turned their ef- forts to completing a system of re- lief work to follow in the wake of the predicted hurricane. Some residents cf the Everglades and southeastern coast areas re- luctantly closed their homes and joined a throng that (filled the highways leading to the north and west to seek safety. Others re- mained at or near their home sites to join in the general organization for protection and relief should the latter be necessary. Gray issued the following state- ment at 7 a. m., today: “Barometer readings on the low- ee = coast of Florida have been cally stationary since | Wednesday afternoon. Local con- 'ditions at 6 a. m.. do not indicate Stage of the Mississippi 2.9 feet, | any material change in the storm center relative to Miami, but loca- tion of the storm center cannot be definitely determined until reports are received. “Barometer reading at the Miami weather bureau at 7 a. m. Was 29.80 and the wind velocity 11 miles an hour.” The tropical radio station re- ported it had been in communica- tion with the British radio station at Clarencetown in the Bahamas at 5:50 a.m. That station reported a barometer reading of 29.76 and a wind velocity of 25 miles an hour. The direction of the wind was given as south-southeasterly. Fears that Nassau had suffered heavy damage were voiced by the Washington Weather Bureau. In addition, the Tropical Radio Co. at Miami had been unable to get Nassau stations since noon Wednes- day, although it had held commun- ication with Bimini and West End last night. Bimini, about 49 miles due east of Miami in the Bahamau, report- ed to tropical radio and the Miami Weather Bureau this morning that the barometer was 29.60, with 36 miles of wind out of the north. The weather report was the first communication with Bimini “Kelker ' present ALTION DEFERRED UN NEW STRECT GAR FRANCHISE Commission to Send Kelker to Detroit to Report on Operation of Utilities Un- der Revocable Permits. CO-ORDINATION OF BUS SERVICE URGED Only Through City Owner- ship Could City Escape for 50 Years From State Control of Fares. Because several members desired more information about the opera- tion of public utilities in Detroit, Mich., without franchises and about the history and success of municipal ownership of the street railway system there, the Trans- portation Survey Commission yes- terday decided to defer action on the recommendation of R. F. Kel- ker Jr., its consulting engineer, proposing a new 50-year franchise for the St. Louis Public Service Co. Another report submitted by recommending co-ordina- tion of bus service with street car service and unified management under an operating agreement if consolidation of the street car and bus companies should be impracti- cable, was referred to a specia: committee. Nothing was said about the street car rerouting recommendations submitted by Kelker early in May and referred to a speciai committee ot which Erastus Wells is chair- man. These recommendations were for the purpose of speeding up street car service throughout the city and particularly in the down- town section. Mayor Miller and Comptroller Nolte, both ex-officio members of the commission, did not attend the meeting which was held at the City Hall. They were in Chicago on official business. Members of were Krastus Wells, H. M. DeLore, A. H. Reller, Claude B. Ricketts, Waiter J. G. Neun, E. R. Kinsey, Edward L. Kuhs, Charles J. Eisenring and Stanley Clarke. Kelker to Study Detroit Plan, After Commissioners Walter J. G. Neun, president of the Board of Aldermen; Edward L. Kuhs, member of the Buard of Aldermen, and Charles J. Eisenring bad ex- pressed a desire tu know more about the Detroit situation, which has been fully described in articles in the Post-Dispatch, the commis- sion voted to send Kelker to De- troit to study conditions theré and report at a meeting set for Oct. 10. Kelker had previously told the commission he was not well enough acquainted with conditions in Detroit to give off-hand answers to the numerous questions that were asked. Kuhs asked if it were true the Detroit street railway company had operated under a day-to-day permit before it was purchased by the city. Kelker said it was true the cars were run, but he under- stood the company made no ex- tension or improvements and per- mitted its cars, tracks and other property to deteriorate during a period in which the city grew to more than 1,000,000 population. Neun asked Kelker if it were true that by refusing to grant a franchise St. Louis could regain contro! over fares and service of the street car company. Kelker said it was a legal ques- tion he could not answer with au- thority but in his opinion this is what would happen: Upon the ex- piration of the franchise the city’s right to collect the mill tax would cease. the city might order the cars stopped or the tracks removed but the company would refuse and would apply for an injunction and then would go to the Public Serv- ice Commission and obtain a cer- tificate of convenience and neces- sity under which it could operate. Muench Expounds the Law, Here Kelker was corrected by City Counselor Muench who in- formed him that under Missouri laws the Public Service Commis- sion cannot grant a certificate of convenience and necessity to a street railway unless it has per- mission of the city to use the streets. Kelker asked if the City could afford to order street car service stopped and if so how many alder- men would be -returned to office Stanley Clarke, president of the Public Service Co., a nonvoting member of the commission, volun- teeréd the opinion that the fact the commission Chairman Russell, Bixby, C. P. Continued on Page 3, Column 6. | Continued on Page 4, Cal b MnO. PANTAGES CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER Theater Magnate’s Wife, Found Guilty in Fatal Auto Crash, Faces One to Ten-Year Term, JURY OUT 28 HOURS; FIVE WOMEN ON IT Defendant Hysterical, Falls at Husband’s Feet When Verdict Is Read at Los Angeles. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 26.— Mrs. Lois Pantages, convicted of manslaughter for the death of a Japanese gardener after a collision of their automobiles, was under court room floor when the jury’s verdict was read last night and was carried sobbing and “pr eaming from tbe building. The five women and seven men, who had heard three weeks of tes- timony concerning Mrs. Pantages’ alleged intoxicated condition at the time of the collision June 16 and the subsequent death of Juro Ro- kutnoto, found her criminally re- sponsible within 28 hours after the case had been placed in _ their hands Superior Judge Carlos Hardy set Z p. m. tomorrow, for pronounce- ment of sentence, which is fixed by California law at from one to 10 years, He reieased the woman un- der a $50,000 bond posted prior to the trial pending action on motions for probation and a new trial which defense counsel prornised. Pantages Weeps In Court. Alexander T. Pantages, husband of the convicted woman, who him- self faces trial next Tuesday on two charges brought by Eunice Pringle, a young dancer, wept dur- ing the closing of the trial. The multi-millionaire vaudeville im- presario was unable to help his wife out of the court room after she became hysterical and fell at his feet. One of the outgrowths of -the trial was the beginning of contempt of court proceedings against the Rev. Dr. R. P. Shuler, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Los Angeles, and the Rev. Gustav Briegleb, anoth- er pastor here. The Rev. Dr. Shuler and the Rev. Mr. Briegleb were accused of de- liberately casting reflections upon the integrity of the jury which convicted Mrs. Pantages. At the time the jury was selected the Rev. Dr. Shuler, in a speech broadcast by the radio station of his church, allegedly said the jury was “hung” before the taking of testimony had begun and that he could name the man who would “hang” it. Dr. Briegleb was accused of having made similar statements from his pulpit in St. Paul's Presbyterian Chureonh. Judge Hardy yesterday ordered the two ministers to appear Mon- day to show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt. The county grand jury previously had censured the pastors. Shuler him- self, when called upon by Judge Hardy for an explanation, declared he had based his remarks not upon direct information but upon re- ports. A Compromise Verdict. Jurors expressed astonishment that insinuations had been made they would not reach a _ verdict. They said five ballots had been taken, with the majority favoring conviction of murder in the second degree from the first, and only one voting for acquittal. When a com- promise on manslaughter was pro- posed no difficulty was experi- enced. Ira F. Gay. the juror against whom the pastors launched their attack, declared he would not comment. “But I was not the de- fense juror.” he said. Joseph Ford. defense attorney. said every effort would be made to obtain probation or a new trial! for Mrs. Pantages and if failure were met in these two moves the verdict would be appealed to the highest court. District Attorney Buron Fitts, who took part in the trial only once, to make a successful motion for permission to reopen the State’s case after prosecutors haw been taken by surprise by defense medica] experts who testified the Japanese died of asphyxiation, an- nounced his office would “fight to the bitter end” any effort to set aside the verdict. Coolidge Autographs 1000 Books. By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Sept. 26.—Calvin Coolidge autographed 1000 copies of his autobiography in three hours, 25 minutes. Two sec- retaries and a representative of the publishers facilitated the work. Be began at 8:50 a. m. last Sat- urday and finished at 12:15 p. m. | The copies are te sell for $25 each. URRESPONDENT SAYS SHEARER WAS OBSTACLE Al GENEVA PARLEY Drew Pearson Tells Senate Committee Propagandist Mingled With U. S. Na- val Experts. ““TALK VIOLENTLY ANTI-BRITISH” Declares Sinister Purpose to Wreck Negotiations Was Apparent in Atmos- phere of Conference. Post-Dispatch Bureau, 201-205 Kellogg Building. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. Drew Pearson, now of the Wash- ington staff of the Baltimore Sun, who covered the Geneva naval arms conference for several pa- pers in 1927, told the Senate’s In- vestigating Committee this after- noon that William B. Shearer, big navy propagandist, mingled freely and on friendly terms with Amer- ican naval experts at the confer- ence, some of whom were described by Pearson as being obviously in sympathy with Shearer’s views. Replying to searching questions b’ Senator Alien, himself a news- paper man, Pearson said that a sinister purpose to wreck the ne- gotiations was apparent in the at- mosphere of the conference, Pearson testified that he had been in newspaper work 15 years, having been a correspondent in China, Japan, Australiaand various European countries. He attended the Geneve. naval conference of 1927, asrepresentative ofthe Japan Advertiser, an American-owned pa- per in Tokio, the Consolidated Press and the Washington Star. Reported In Luxurious Apartment. He saw Shearer the day after he (Pearson) arrived at the con- ference. It was common gossip, he said, that Shearer had a luxuri- ous apartment in a fashionable quarter of. Geneva. One of the first things he “heard was that “Shear- er is in town.’ He saw Shearer nearly every day. “He was a good mixer,” said Pearson. ‘Mixer of what?” asked Chair- man Shortridge, and everybody laughed. Pearson said his own duties were to get “exclusive news of the con- ference.’ He sent a dala, cable- gram about the sessions. Senator Alien called his atten- tion to an article written by Pear- son from Geneva, in whick Pearson told of the dissemination of violent anti-British propaganda by an American at the conference, Pearson described Shearer as a “flashily dressed gentleman, who was active in mingling with news- paper men.” He learned he said, that Shearer had also attended the preparatory sessions or the confer- ence. Violently Anti-British, Sfiearer, he said, had a letter from the New York Daily News, which got him admission to the press room. Shearer was always violently anti-British and openly declared that the conference should not be allowed to succeed. He called himself a “big bass drum” engaged in drumming up sentiment for a big navy. Pearson said Shearer purported to be a representative of the D. A. R. and the Native Sons of California. Moreover, said Pearson, it was generally accepted among newspa- per men that Shearer represented the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Mingled With the Experts. He said that Shearer gave out handouts to newspaper men and mingled with the experts at the conference. The experts, he said, spoke freely in Shearer’s presence. Allen sought to learn exactly what were Shearer's relations with the delegation. Pearson said he often saw Shear- er in the hotel lounge with mem- bers of the American delegation, and sometimes he (Pearson) was invited to sit down with them. He was asked to tell the trend ef the conversations. He named several naval. offi- | Continued om Page 3, Column 2, Found Shearer Useful LAWRENCE R. WILDER. ANONYMOUS TIP LEADS TO $11,521 CUSTOMS FINE Undeclared Clothing and Watches Found in Baggage of Banker’s Wife. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Sept. 26. — An anonymous tip which caused cus- toms agents to search the baggage. of Mrs. Saul Singer, wife of the vice president of the Bank of Unit- ed States, when she landed here on the Aquitania from Europe, Sept. 6, cost her $11,521 in fines, it was learned at the customs house yes- terday. Mrs. Singer had 12 pieces of lug- gage and because the appraisers would have been occupied at least four hours in going through her belongings on the pi it was de- cided to take the baggage to the appraisers stores for examination. Several days later customs offi- cers reported the examination still uncompleted, but one day last week, it was admitted yesterday by a customs official, Mrs. Singer paid the fine. It is understood several wrist watches and a large quantity of undeclared wearing apparel were found in her baggage. NO BIDS ON $6,000,000 CITY IMPROVEMENT BONDS Present Market Said to Be Un- favorable for Selling; Private Offers May Be Received. No bids were received by Mayor Miller and Comptroller Nolte today for the praposed sale of $6,000,000 of the 1923 bonds to finance next year’s improvement program. Ben H. Charles, bond attorney for the city, explained that under current conditions of the bond market se- curities bearing 4% per cent inter- est and having average maturity of 12% years, as is the case with the proposed issue, were unattractive. Sale must be made at par or better. The Maycr and Comptroller will receive offers for the bonds pri- vately up to next Monday, in the expectation a change in maturities may be arranged or that the offer may be made more attractive by having the city itself buy up about $1,000,000 of the bonds with ear- liest maturities. The city could do this by expending money from the sinking fund and depositing the bonds in its stead. One private offer was received after the time for the letting today, there being about 20 bond house representa- tives present. The city will not raise the interest rate BANKER WAGGONER UNABLE TO OBTAIN $100,000 BAIL NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Charles D. Waggoner, Telluride, (Colo.) banker, charged with defrauding six New York banks of $500,000 was in the Federal House of De- tention today in default of $100,- 000 bail. The bank president arrived from Cheyenne, Wyo. yesterday and was arraigned before Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy, Cheyen- ne, who is sitting bere as a visit- ing judge. The indictment charged Wag- goner with using the mails to de- fraud by sending forged tele- graphic money transfer orders directing the six banks to place amounts totaling $500,000 to the credit of the Telluride Bank. Waggoner watched the proceed- ings calmly and showed no con- cern at the amount of bail fixed or failure to obtain it. At the Marshal's office he met his wife and son, Charlies D. Wag- goner Jr. BORAH CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TELL WHETHER HE FAVORS NEW TARIFF SCHEDULES ASKS IF PROPOSED BILL REDEEM CAMPAIGN PLEDGE Idaho Senator Disapproves Practice of Executives in Influencing Action of Congress. WANTS NO SECRET RATE MAKING BODY But Since White House Backs Flexible Clause, He Requests Opinion on Whole Measure. By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Sen- ator Borah (Rep.) Idaho, in a re- markable speech in the Senate to- day, took note of the statement issued the other day by President Hoover in favor of the flexible tariff provisions, and called on the President since he had “put his hand to the plow,” to go further and make public his attitude toward the rate provisions of the pending bill. “I ask from ‘the floor of the Senate,” said Borah with great solemnity, “that the President ad- vise this body and advise the coun- try whether he approves of the industrial schedules of the bill.” He asked the ’President to say especially what he thought of the proposed duties on shoes and on “cement, pig iron and other mat- ters which increase the profits of the steel] corporation.” He asked if the President were satisfied with the duties on farm products, and’ whether or not he felt that the bill met the pledges of the Republican party in the last campaign. Reductions in Order. Senator Borah first recalled the circumstances under which the law of 1922 was enacted. He said the law was passed-with the design of holding the prices of manufac- tured goods as nearly to the war level as practicable. He added that duties jwere based upon war time conditions and that it was thor- oughly understood that the great- est task of the tariff commission would be to reduce the duties as conditions changed. “What reductions have been made?” asked Borah. “What re- lief has been given to the consum- ers of the country under a law en- acted at a time when there was practically a condition of war? To my mind, the record is one which condemns the Tariff Commission if we are to regard its operations as having anything whatever to do with the question of reducing tar- iff rates. “I take the position that not a single reduction of any moment whatever has been brought about or been recommended by the Tar- ifff Commission; that not 1 cent of the tremendous burden laid upon the consumers of this country by reason of conditions under which the tariff was enacted has been lifted by the action of the Tariff Commission during these seven years.”’ Assails Tariff Commission. Borah detailed the reductions made in seven years to show they were inconsequential, including such things as the reduction of the duty on Bob White quail. He denounced the idea of turn- ing the taxing power of the coun- try over to a commission “on the inside of whose chamber the pub- lic will seldom be permitted to look.” “T cannot conceive of a more se- rious proposition,” he added, “than that of giving the rate making power, the tax-levying power, to a small coterie oi men, working be- hind closed doors, subject to the tortuous metheds which sre now revealed by one of the members of the commission itself. “The best evidence of the fact that the Tariff Commiss'on has been without effect, thy* # has ac- complished little or ne rg along oa line on wich it was eu to work, is the fact that presidential campaign m fought out on the proges'tion of i eT Site” AGT BO AGM SPE ae shove OT Snepigl GORE?