Show 1 J i j od's Candidacy Threatened by Day Du Ponts Fonts Claim lUNCE r. r A I t USED IN r rr iNGRESS r y It I tt to o Cu Curb rb 0 Opposition 1 r I Ies tuf Al u t r 1 b 1 Withdrawal 1 a 1 of oft t li cal Su Support P ort Ch Charged ar ea l i des R R. Nourse f l I S rl e Staff SU ti l r rahem May 7 i. An An Ln amazI arnaz- arnaz attempt ahem I tempt P t to influence le lei slaP sla- sla no ess b by y offers of su support I Ithe port the P presidential residential candidates before bc the Senate today toda I Ponts Fonts of or Delaware have to lo withdraw their support a n. n Leonard on rd Wood Food i If Ir Senator loses ores Woods Wood's local manager manag r. r hl his his hands ol oft oU tho rho dyc- dyc il I pending in the Senate been charged b by opponents i I s re that if Ir passed In It Its I fonn rm it would give the Du absolute over the trY sir tn which was built up Ind in d during tho the war Impo Tariff 11 h Would impose a prohibitive all ll Importations of oC dyes and reed would place Ucc American completely at the the ripe the Du P Pont nt corporation f Mos S is the author of oC an anit nt it which strikes at the creaIs crea- crea Sils Is Is- monopoly Ho lie introduced solicitation of New England nuta r a who ho ho are fearful I suits alts that would follow conow enact- enact thc bill in its present shape is s s amendment would author- author ot oc tho the treasury to toa if a fair lAir s selling price for the of t those industries fostered Ill ll reduction of tho the amendment ht to Senator Moses Yoses the the Du Ponts Ponta to drop their ot f General Woods Moods candidacy t ln In advocating th the t Contained d In Letter Litter b beat eat reat a was as conveyed to S Sena- Sena naf na- na f a in a letter from Cram an official it u Pont corporation Senator Lof of of Iowa had the letter read enate toda today It Is s as fol fol- ol- ol pu Du Pont do de d Com Com- piston ington g on Del April 16 1920 George GeorgelL IL I States Senate Washington ton Senator Moses among on the gathering of or Repa Re- Re pa ai at the th playhouse In Wll- Wll I on on the of ot April 16 15 16 i ened cued with great Interest to aress ress yell yell- In la support of ot the cand- cand Cea Leonard Wood al III In Thorough record Accord cord of your OUr can candidates candidate's I on on national preparedness was wasy y Interesting Inasmuch as the general to be In fn thor- thor icard ord ard with all aU bt bf the principles fin the pending legislation for of a ael self contained industry interested In this Indus Indus- i which you ou have of- of d your active opposition in tho the fines ages nes features of or the dye dc bill of us ug to bo be not in ach ac ac- h n your rout candidates candidate's 8 position or our ur fervent appeals to us to r V. V because of his stand f for Cor r na- na t u to Support Suppo Arm Army T Man inn Wally nall I 1 want to tp suPPort Gen Gen- od but I find It difficult It t tt tn to tnt n e tho rho tW two at altitudes of one of ot t l. l important m portent rUnt he be raP man man- one on the floor floorn of oC t the h c land the other on n t the thc pUblic ly to have havo full Cull faith OUrse o OUtlining a 1 p camhe cam cam- t he public concern concern- relent status sinful of oC the n. n Ia fa I oak proposed y ou t o o ht i as to the U a pp a rent t In h n your our J attitude altItude 5 on the ISO so th that at I may bo perfectly in w What hat I a wrIte Ver truly yours d t CHARLES I K VEST 01 I r y Bureau Burcan In la Id presenting theone the tho It t Was a threat directed one one of oft the ho candidates for tor Pre si ono one of his managers managers I He Ie saM said t ilon f from rem both to hat have ha c r r put 1 In in n the tho record t Thrown brOD on Method nw ot tiro th id a attacks flacks that hat have hao o H e a on opponents of or the tiro bill 1111 bill Kenyon nyon added adde It t Is js w well J to o the chief pro proponent D one ent of ot thc the theto i arv are ape and and also to obtain obis a little BlUe tho e tnt tnt-rn ot methods method iv they tit the A a ro em employ employ- p i to Y co c the iho senators to s support rosee Is Ie out o ot at thc rho ell city Illy r hat ha on Plo Dafo i 7 DU PUNTS PONTS THREATEN CANDIDACY OF WOUD Continued from PaGe 1 e eIng in Ing gone to New eW Hampshire on campaign campaign cam cam- m- m work Following the reading reading- of or the letter r the contents of oC which amazed senators who heard it It the attacks s on the tiie bill became more violent Senator King of ot Utah made mado it tho the subject of a chargo against Senator of New cw Jersey that the senator w was working in the thc interests of or the tho Du Fonts Ponta Senator sen re resented this thle charge chargo and pre precipitated a bitter controversy controversy con con- b by demanding tho the words uttered ut- ut uttered uttered ut ut- by Senator King bo be expunged from the record He glared across the aisle at Senator King and exclaimed better watch out At the tho end of or a n. heated argument a argument Senator King admitted that perhaps ho had gone too far and Ml asked ed to toh h have ve his statements against Freling- Freling huysen withdrawn 1 It t has been known h here hens rG for sometime some somo time that the Du Ponts Fonts were behind the dye dyo bill and that the they were also interested in Sn the candidacy of oC General Wood It ha had never been revealed eat d. d however that they made their support of th the general beneral a 3 candidacy conditional u upon n unstinted support of oC the tho bill b by General Woods Wood's Washington on manager who happens to be a a. member of the the- Senate The amendment which Senator Moses oses put in to protect manufacturers manufacturer of or cotton prints against a an unrestricted monopoly in the tho hands of the Du Fonts Ponta proposes to strike out of or the tho measure I all of ot section which imposes specific specific duties of or from 21 to 5 u cents per perl l pound on chemical dyestuffs and substitutes substitutes substitutes sub sub- a provision pro to this effect That tho term fair Ir wholesale le sellIng selling selling sell sell- ing prices' prices of or an article means tho the lowest lowest low low- est wholesale price sufficient to Insure the maintenance In the United States of the production o of such article by an anI efficient plant operated on a a. scale reasonably reasonably rea rea- I adequate to supply ordinary domestic demands and the term sat substitute means meana an article 1 for tOr which it is proposed as a substitute The secretary of ot the tho treasury shall I from time to time determine what Is 19 such fair wholesale selling price and such satisfactory substitute The Tho amendment also changes chanes th the provision of ot th the bill regarding reCording additional additional addi addi- specific tariffs in excess ss of ot the tho 30 0 per cent ad valorem provided pro in the previous b by fixing the tho special dut duty to be coll collected at a sum equal to the sum of or the tho dutiable value of ot the article under the act of or 1913 plus non- non dutiable costs charges and expansion lon of importation plus 20 0 O per cent of ot the tho talc fair wholesale selling prices |