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Show HOMESTAKE HHG COMESJD I ED Differences Between Com missioners Are Aired at the Conclusion LEAD S D Aug 4 Indorsement by Processor Commons act ng chairman of the federal Indust ial relations commis 6 on of min ng conditions here today brought a quick denial from other mem bers of the body that he expressed their views Commissioners Lennon O Con ne 1 and Garretson all of whom are trades union officials d sag-1 ed with Mr Commons As the hearing was nearing an end Mr Commons fell to discussing the testimony general y all of his re marks going into the record He declared that the bus ness organ zation of the Homestake M ning company was the most remarkab e he had ever seen, and complimented the company on its liberal lty In caring for the we fare of its em p oyees We can make a find ng that th s is a model commun ty and ahead of any mining commun ty certa nly that I ever heard of he dec ared Immed ate y the three other commis s oners insisted that the record show that Mr Commons was exp essing only a personal v ew Mr Commons made h s fact clear in the reco d and a so ca ed attention to the fact that the bus ness men who are members of the com miss on were not present Th s s ate ment led to further remarks by Mr Len non It is true he said that I am serving as a labor member but I am a so serving as an American c tizen S B Sm th former y a local merchant, testified before the commlss on today that he was forced out of bus ness by n fluences "brought to hear by the Home stake M ning company Oppos Ion to h m deve oped af er be as a member of the school board had caused the company to be assessed $6000 in school taxes ha f of which they eventually paid he de c ared Sm th declared he was In the un dertaklng furniture and livery bus ne s He denied that he was ever in a combl nat on to keep up funeral charges. Al detect ves in the emp oy of the Homestake company are deputy sheriffs but make no arrests except for trespass ing on company property accord ng to the test mony of G A rorthan chief of de tectives Their duties include report ng labor union agitators If emp oyees agl tate for unions they are discharged he sa d Chamber Kel ar attorney for the com pany den ed that any of the dut es were po it cal He said he had beein a Re publican until 1912 when he s pported the Democratic ticket. It was brought out that Governor Bjrne whon Ke ar fought, was held responsible for the prac ical doubl ng of the assessed alua Uon of the company s property T J Gr er superintendent of the Homestake said the company severed bus ness relations with R. Sm th because he refused to reduce the price of em balming f om $50 to $10 as others d d He sa d B shop Busch opposed the com pany because the offlcia s d d not favor a plan which wou d have manned the mines with Catho cs exc uslvely The commlss on left for Butte today where a hear ng w 1 beg n Thursday |