Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-06-07 | Page 1 | To Buy at Home

TO BUY AT HOME President Given Discrotionary Power in Purchasing. WASHINGTON, Juno 6, By a vote of 8 to 3, the threo being Democrats and the olt&t Republicans, tho Houso Committee on Wavo and Means today authorized a favorable report on the Sonate rosoluUon restricting purchases for tho Panama ca-n'a ca-n'a to articles of domestic manufacture and from the lowest bidder, "unless tho President shall In any caso deem tho bids and tenders therefore extortionate or unreasonable."