Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-19 | Page 1 | Smoot Bows to President's Will

siei sows to II Utah Senator Will Not Insist o,n 111 I His Amendment to Postal Savings Rill. "HIGH PRICE'5 INQUIRY if! "WHITEWASH" OF TARIFF il Will He No Public Hearings, but Simply Report of Find- ings Made. Special to The Tribune. BSifl I WASIILNT.TOX, Feb. IS. Senator Ijjj Snioot took lunch at the Whito House Ifflfls today aud capitulated at the same time . Bwlr on his amendment lo the postal savings Mali lianlc bill. A conference at. I.ho "Vhit4 IiSjM House last uichf. at. which five senators. MmM l Aldric.h, Tloot, Crane, Carter, Pcnrd.se gij and one representative. Weeks of Bos- lj ton, chairman o the postofiico commit- H ( tee of the house, wero present, niched ft ; a conclusion with the presidont that mil Senator Smoot, whose amendment had already been ndopted should have it tc- h i considered aud withdrawn. Tho prcsi . u I dont today broke the news to tho Utah I II senator, who was not. prcsont at the B conference, last night. Another con- j n il forejiec was held tonight. fil I When seen today Senator Smoot said ! that he was uot disposed to adhere lo ! his amendment, in face of thu president "a B, expressed belief that the amendment m would render the bill unconstitutional. Bj' The Utah senator said ho believed that, ft without his own amendment the bill j' could uot pass. The Smoot amend- ! Sj mcnt loqllres that postaJ deposits be B ! retained ou deposit in banks iu the I B states in which first received. j m Will Be "Whitewash." ffi The. first meeting of tho sonale com- f I mittoe of which Senator Lodge is chair- m 1 man and Senator Smoot a member, lo B , investigate the high prices of commodi- ! lies developed beyond question that the jfl alleged investigation as Senator Elkim B, predicted-, is to be a ' 'whitewash 7 of M the tariff. Senator Lodge announced ffli there would bo no public hearings. n! The committee will collect such infor- B inaiion as it needs riimugu consuls m, a abroad and the departments in. Wash- f&jO iugton. and thou formulate its report. JU, i Tt will declare probably that tho iu- KM crease of prices is duo to the increased Ej'4 production of gold and that tho farmer j KM is really getting the most of it. i gv ! George P. AlcCabc, solicitor "of the 'H'S department of agriculture, left today k for the southwest aud will visit Ogden i 9' before his rciuru. He goes to iuves- - ; B tigatc forestry mutters. H lutorual Revenue ColJoctor. Callistcr i K and rr?. Callistcr. who havo been in ; H, the east for two weeks, left for Sail IN Lake tonight, H