Show AN UNUSUAL SITUATION Democrats Favor Increase In Duty While Republicans Object Washington The Democratic members mem-bers of tho house ways and means committee favoilng an Increase in tho rate of duty and the Republican mom beis assuming an attitude against a protective rate on barytes an article listed In Schedule A or the tariff was the unusual situation which developed at Wednesdays healing before tho committee Former Representative M E l niioades A G Nelson S II Evans of North Carolina and Charles J Staples of Buffalo spoke in favor ot increasing the duly on crude baiytes nnd when Mr Evans took up the argument argu-ment speaking of the baiytes deposits I in North Carolina Alabama Georgia and Tennessee the members of tho t ways and means committee became interested |