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Show SENATE MAY GO AFTER ANTHRACITE TRUST WASHINGTON, Janl 6. In Introducing; Intro-ducing; a bill to; suspend the duty on coal for ninety days, Senator Lodge said he was aware that such a measure must originate In the House, but he desired to call the attention of the finance committee, ty existing; -conditions. . In his section there was great suffering for lack of fuel, and many factories might be forced to shut down. The duty of sixty-seven cents on anthracite an-thracite coal, he said, could be re- 1 moved for ninety days without Injury to the coal producers of the country. Mr. Culberson followed with a resolution reso-lution providing for the removal of the duty on anthracite coal, and asked Its , Immediate consideration. , Mr. Platt of Connecticut, objected, i saying it was his understanding that there was no duty on anthracite coal. Mr. Vest took exception to this statement state-ment and said that the board of general appraisers and President Roosevelt had ' decided that such a duty Is Imposed. Mr. Vest also Introduced a resolution on the subject. Another resolutldn bearing on the subject of coal, Introduced by Mr. , Jones of Arkansas, recited the charge of W. TL Hearst that there was an illegal il-legal combination among certain railroads rail-roads to control the shipment of anthracite an-thracite coal, and called on the Attorney-General for the evidence which It was alleged had been secured by him. It caused a lively debate. In which several sev-eral Republican Senators vigorously resented re-sented what they thought was a reflection reflec-tion on the Attorney-General. |