| Show westerners PLEAD FOR LEAD TARIFF ernest damberger bamberger speaking for the utah mine producers and jerome J day of wallace representing the hercules tamarac and ouster custer mines if wallace idaho appeared before the house ways and means committee on the and urged that a specific duty of 2 cents a pound be levied on lead in the forthcoming general tariff bill to be reported at the special session of congress the provision which they advocated is similar to the lead clause of the payne aldrich bill with some technical modifications due to changed conditions of the industry bamberger day and clinton biane of st joseph mo were selected to present the case for the lead industry and after the hearing members of the committee said the lead men had made a favorable impression and had shown the need for a measure of protection on american lead determination mi of the lead rate will not be made for several months |
