Show lA LEASE BILL BILLi Illi rA PASSED IN I i SENATE I Measure Which Means i I Added Wealth for I i Utah Ready to Be BeSent BeSent BeSent Sent to the House HouseW N Sept 4 As As I W WASHINGTON passed by the senate la lat last t I Inight night with two important amendments amendments amend- amend I ments menta offered by Senator Harris Barris Dem of Georgia the bill providing providing pro pro- pro 1 viding for the lease of public lands with deposits posits of oil coal gas phosphate phosphate phosphate phate and sodium today was ready to tobe tobe tobe be sent to the house The Harris Barris amendments the fate tate of which will be determined in the house were in effect amendments to the Clayton antitrust act One amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment would compel constituent companies companies companies com com- of the Standard Oil on company compan to sell their product at the same price in all parts of the country countr The other amendment designed ned Its author said laid to compel constituent companies of the Standard Oil company company com com- pany to become independent in ownership ownership ownership own own- in fact as well wen as name would prohibit stockholders of petroleum corporations from acquiring stock in any other corporations engaged in productIon production production pro pro- of that commodity if the corporations corporations cor cor- I have been created by a court dissolution decree or in avoidance of ot prosecution under antitrust acts ROYALTIES FIXED Placing the leasing of all lands under under under un un- un- un der the secretary of the interior the bill 1 provides for a royalty upon oil lands of not less than 12 per cent nor more than 25 per cent and upon coal lands of ot not less than 5 6 per cent nor more than 20 per cent For phosphates phosphates phosphates the royalty would be 2 per cent of ot the gross value of ot production and one eighth for production of ot sodium AMENDMENTS PASSED The amendments went through virtually virtually vir vir- vir unopposed and appeared to be beIn bein bein in the nature of a surprise to many senators pre present ent They had been discussed in advance however by their author with a large group of senators friendly to th them m and the par- par situations of the bill aided their adoption although their ultimate fate in conference is doubtful PRICE FIXING DEFEATED An amendment to the land leasing bill blU which would have authorized the president to fix and control the prices of coal oil and other products prod derived from government nent rent lands land leased under the measure was rejected 48 to 10 It It was offered by Senator Lafollette Rep Wisconsin and met strong opposition opposition opposition op op- position from Western senators Senator Reed Smoot Rep Utah said the plan was unworkable while Senator Lenroot Rep Wisconsin declared the amendment would further further further fur ther perpetuate the control of ot the Standard Oil company and would re result result result re- re sult in fixing the price of ot oil refined by its dependents while the Standard Oil company would to go go free tree Senator Pittman Dem said that while willing to grant the president power to fix prices if necessary the effect of ot this amendment would be to control the price of only tenth one-tenth of ot the oil produced in this country LENROOT TO DEFENSE A defense of the b bill was made by Senator Lenroot who said It goes further In the protection of ot the public public pub pub- lic ho interest than any bill ever proposed in the house or senate enate To say he added that these lands will be turned over to robbers is to indict the integrity of the secretary of the Interior lie He needs no defense The senate suspended ed business for foran foran foran an hour last night while pages were sent In all directions in an effort to obtain a quorum The necessary number number num num- ber of ot senators finally appeared The senate rejected Mr Lafollette's amendment providing for the elimination elimination elimina elimina- tion from the bill of the remedial sec- sec tion The senate tentatively adopted an amendment by Senator Lafollette re requiring requiring requiring re- re quiring lI licensees at all times to furnish furnish fur fur- nish their products to the United States tates and to the public at reasonable prices LONDON Sept 4 4 Several Several hundred I bodies which were hidden in Budapest Budapest Buda- Buda DudaI I pest have been discovered by Rumanian Rumanian Rumanian Ru- Ru manian troops in that city according I Ito to a Basle dispatch to the Exchange hange Tele Telegraph raph company II |