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Show P MARBLE li SUBJECT ! DF DISCUSSION orney General Barnes I lives Figures at Meeting I of Native Sons of of Utah. t ALSO RESENTS SOME ASPERSIONS lares That the Available fonds Will Not Possibly Permit Use of Utah it Marble. 3 '. rigures matlo public "by Attorney liberal Barnes in regard to capitol irble contract question. '$207,029 bid submitted by the Wrgia Marble company. $616,000 bid submitted by the Wsoye Marble company, the Utah c (10. i$2,S00,00O already contracted for i capitol. '$200,000 out of legislative limit $2,500,000 left to spend for marie. mar-ie. If clarinp that althoush the oxact flUTee fii.arioun marble company bld3 wore t'fa tho capitol commission in confi-fe'.he confi-fe'.he felt, because the flpuroa seem Tin everyone's mouth, they wore no it, Attorney Ooncral A P.. Barnea the oxact amount of the loweat and :st marble bids In defending the ol commission last night before a ing of tlie Native Sons of Utah. Ho id that there was approximately a irenco of $400,00 between the Geor-?dtho Geor-?dtho lowest mid tho lilghcst bid it made by Utah company. Ho vir-y vir-y ttcd that the capitol commission tl not accept tho Utuli tone com-l)Jd. com-l)Jd. nnd pave figures showing: tha.t iwowld bo Impossible ie Contradictions. e situation bocame somewhat lied at one point in the attorney genii gen-ii address when J. G. McAllister, mian of the executive committee of Blrdseye Marble company, lntorrupt-ind lntorrupt-ind asserted that the speaker was Rioting his figures.' He said that the r company's bid was really only t $480,000. The attorney gonorul oiled oi-led this by saying that this bid was fcslvo of columns Included in the fela Marble company's bid and that EBIrdseyc tlgurc on these columns, (000, added to the other sum, would :p a total of 5615,000. Further intor-o;ia intor-o;ia were precluded when It was deli de-li that Mr. Barnes should finish his tries without molestation, r. Barnes made hie talk before the Ivo Sons order, .becauao ho declared Rtho organization had passed rcsolu- urging tho uso of the native stone. E'he wished to show them that not 'was this almost Impossible, but that fend other members of the capitol mission were not trying to knife B. but were giving their best efforta alio tho most out of a difficult eltua-V, eltua-V, At the close of his speech, and after irs hud talked and asked questions, -Jmoctlng voted Mr. BamcH thanks for Y,Kttnn&anco and expressed by a unanl- '3lP vote- confidence in the judgment -2Ehe entire commission. ! topted Sons Loyal. jiie attorney general opened his ad-jis ad-jis by saying that while all but two Bibors of tho commission wore not na--HaUtahns, euch men as Governor Spry. 4m, IDern, Anthon H. Lund and hlm-sinvvho hlm-sinvvho "have all their intoreata at stake yy?, could not possibly be disloyal to idoJPljstHte's Interests. Ho .said that ho heard It rumored that the capitol Ajtimlssion was opposed to Utah tnaterlul ,2 LUH0 they were not native sons. I x? Vhy. only the other day down at the U tol commission meeting," said Mr. 7i ties, ".Dan Alexander stood up and A r a flowery Introduction, declared 00 Inorsons not born here In Utah, could li I possibly take the lntorest hi tho state ,d if ; natlvo eons do. 1 told him at the rolP i that It was 'moro twaddle' and I suli tlnslut that that siort of thins io non- 5-" icg ; Knifing State. .ycrf (explaining that the capitol coramls-n-Jl' (has always been for Utah material, , iJj, attorney general assorted that tho Io ;that 5(0.000 moro was Hpent In or-jarl or-jarl il secure native granite when an Ido product could have been secured, o 'one of the principal causes why bo jm J a money has already been spent and " & hlggoat reason why thero Is no ijj c 1V now to pay extra for native mar- He pointed out that Sanpete stone .nt'rt of plaster had cost J30.000 more, hat this loyalty to Utah materials Jrevontlng native marble from being -.in at 1 high figure. He montionod Utah tllo. the Utah concrete and "wj 'native materials, and then asked ' i-li l6r the audlonce thought tho com-jiaH com-jiaH ?n trying to knife the state, Jt prising Figures. jn If apa the most Important part of j ipoech were tho otAtlBllca givon by ,, tf 'ipea2r- Aftjr assorting that there ,y ,J?M00 of the $2,500,000 fixed by il BlBkUuro left, he asserted that It ijfSf ??83lble ?or tho legislature to create in1 .Tnr0 money for the capitol, oithor 'ntr auc or from tho Goncral 'In? WomonstraUng this point ho showed Ut i " institutional borrowing limit &' itlr -?ie,nt, l!f tI,e to1 apprised M- 000.000, makes ?620.000 tho absolute inij " " " .-P ! (Continued oa Pago Ton.) ALBERT R. BARNES, at- ! torney general of Utah, who defended the action of the capitol commission at a meeting of the Native Sons, and during a discussion of the use of native marble in the new state capitol. MARBLE IS CAUSE OF MUCH B1T0I (Continued from Page One.) borrowing capacity and tb utmost possible pos-sible extension by tho legislature. Ho stated that only J2.020.000 of the 52.500,- 000 legislative limit haa been appropriated, appro-priated, leaving ?4S0,0nJ yet to bo provided. pro-vided. Ho ald thnt when thlo amount Ih taken from he borrpwlng limit JC20,-000 JC20,-000 there would only remain 5140,000. This mi in, he said, would bo lnadequato to carry the Mate through tho eumrncr months, whon the loan commission Is often forced to borrow at lenat $200,000 to fill up the depleted general fund before be-fore tho taxes begin to como In. Gives Absolute Limit. After giving these figures the speaker was closely questioned by a number of tho memborn In regard to varlou meth-odn meth-odn of mining this extra money to pay for Utah stone. Ho replied to all their questions nnd finally said: "Gontlomcn. we have gone thoroughly over every posBlblo way and find wo are up against a stone wall, Two hundred thousand dollars Is the absolute limit for marble." Mr. Barnes told his audience that he believed that the various resolutions passed by tho Manufacturer Association of Utah, tho Native Sons of Utah, the Rotary club and the Commercial club had thrown out a wrong Impression and had hurt the capltol commission members mem-bers by making people In general think that these members wero traitors to their ntate. Ho expressed surprise that these organizations should take such action without investigation, and said he was sure none of them had boen given the right figures until last night. Stewart Is Cheered. The attorney general was followed by C. B. Stewart, secretary-treasurer of tho Blrdseyo Marble company. Mr. Stewart sold that it had' always been understood under-stood until recently that his company, or some othor Utah firm, was to have the marble contract. Ho Eald that hlB firm had already spout 550,000 In starting start-ing the Industry, and doclared that unless un-less the contract was given them the Industry would be ruined. Ho was cheered when ho predicted that Utah will eome day, with proper support, bo one of the greatest marblo states In the country. In tho course of hla remarka Mr. Stewart Stew-art said that money wan not the only objection raUed by capltol commission members, but that a friend of hla had heard a capltol commissioner say thnt Utah marble was disintegrate. Tho attorney at-torney general demanded that this man's name bo given. Mr. Stewart refused, re-fused, saying the matter was given in confldnnco. llr. McAllister, who spoko later, however, had no hesitancy In pay- I Ing that tho eourco of Information wn3 R. P, Morris and that tho commissioner alleged to hava made the statement waa Governor Spry. Ho said that ho thought tho governor had merely been misinformed. misin-formed. The annual election of officers for Council No. 1 was held at last night's meeting, resulting as follows: Daniel Alexander, president; James G. McAllister, vice-president: Fred W. Miner, secretary; Oliver R. Meredith, Jr.. treasurer; John J. Gallacher, serjeant-at-arms. Board of govomors Thomas L. Irvine and Robert ll Shepherd. Delegates Dele-gates to the Grand Council Charles F. Barrett, Dan F. Collett, J. Fred Daynes. Brlnnt S. Young, William 0. Margetta and Robert H. Morris. In addition to the forrgolng now offl-t offl-t cers, tho following prominent members wero among those present at the meeting: meet-ing: Judge T. D. Lwls (presiding). Willis Wil-lis H. Booth. Jr., P. E. Connor, Charles F, Barrett. Joseph A. Young, Dr. A. C Young, John T. Hodoon, H. W Chrls-topherson. Chrls-topherson. W. W. Mackintosh, r Tho obligation of the order was administered ad-ministered to James T. Gough, SL E. ' Christopher-son. C. E. Morris nnd M. Bal- I lantyne. 1 1 P. E. Connor, the retiring secretary, reported the organization In flourishing condition and predicted that In the not distant future It will be a tremendous power for the nilvnnccmcnt of Utah and Its wonderful resources. |