Show HIGH COST OST C Of fOOD INQUIRY Lodge Resolution Reported in iii inthe inthe the Senate and Caustic Com Corn Comment Comment ment Made by Senator El Elkins Elkins Elkins kins on the Vital Matter WEST VIRGINIA MAN HAS MORE GRIEVANCES His Resolution Proposing An Investigation Introduced a Month Ago Still Sleeping With No Hope of Awakening MAY BECOME INSURGENT Washington Feb 3 Senator Elkins today made bitter complaint In the Sen Senate Senate Senate ate concerning treatment he received in connection with his Ms resolution providing for an investigation into the th high cost of food lIe He charged Senator Aldrich with a de desire desire desire sire to shield the tariff law lav and the I trusts in the inquiry and he intimated I that hereafter hert after he might be an insurgent insurgent I Igent gent if his hig wishes s did not receive more respectful consideration The discussion was precipitated by Sen Senator Senator I ator Stone woo soon after the reporting of ot the tilt Lodge Iod resolution to investigate the cost oo t of living in mock solemnity raised the question whether the committee on I contingent expenses t had yet reported the Elkins resolution which had been en intro introduced introduced introduced early earl last month Responding Mr lr Kean J n said that probably the measure mt asure would l he e amended and reported soon Complaint of Mr Elkins Taking the floor Mr Elkins complained that the finance committee had reported I Ithe the Lodge resolution after fter a days das con consideration consideration whereas his own measure had been held up by the tile contingent commit committee tee for a month Mr Ir Elkins contended that many important features of his I measure had been omitted from the Lodge resolution and asserted that the latter had been so framed as to avoid any an in inquiry inquiry Inquiry into the effect o oC the tat tariff Iff on food prices i Why Wh do you ou want to dodge the t ta tariff I riff he asked and added I am a ta tariff tariff tariff riff man myself and andl I am not afraid to face the question in connection with this investigation He then referred to the participation of Chairman Aldrich of ot the finance com oom committee in preparation of the tariff bill billand billand billand I and said Mr lr Aldrich was quick to act in anything affecting lila his child I Would Not Be Convinced When hen Mr lr Lodge read his resolution as amended by the th finance committee to show that it proposes es to include de the ef of effect effect feet of the tariff in its inquiry the West est Virginia senator was wail still unsatisfied declared the me m r as imparted a amere amere mere method of ot sidetracking the ques gaas question question tion while his own measure had been so manipulated as to cause it to sleep the sleep of death At this juncture Mr 11 Bailey suggested Continued on Page Ten HIGH COST Of E fOOD tOti IS INQUIRED INTO y Continued from Page One Oneto to In l Mr M 11 Elkins hat that if i he desired to get gett t L in n by bv the finance finace committee he should E t on n that committee I I suppose so 0 responded Mr r Elkins 1 I have hae gotten oten anything out of oft t l it t ul except in the I in m n of the tariff when I got gt a a a few drop I r gs s by begging for them and by b vot vet t ry T r ed for cr everything else el that tat they sug Suggestion By Mr Bailey ien jU Mr Ir Bailey further suggested that t effective Mr Ir Elkins should hould feme ome t an insurgent the West V Vi i fc b i Jin j in jokingly responded that he hI might c PO POI 10 a I do it i while the th tariff bill billue bi ue 1 pending hut but now I have more water to 10 swim in more sea room rm Mr r Aldrich replied that the t Lodge res resL nt v Iton L was much broader brode than Mr 11 El EI ElI I lr s had represented Let Iet Lets s R see responded Mr lr Elkins if ifS S i is I Where here is there anything in It about abut I ts and monopolies Are Ar they to be bei b i as a to their effect on fe food fo od cea ts Lets see who is nursing them J M 1 Aldrich replied that he had hd no de do deE d dorre E f re IT to dodge doge a full ful inquiry or to pro prot pr i t any an his resolution with a re rest rec cst c st that it I be t referred to the finance Mr tr lr Elkins said saido So o far I have hae kept In the procession r rd A I stayed sta 1 on the th reservation But 1 I Ithan 1 j t than have to stay st there always tariff is 15 do not nt live forever |