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Show Mellon Seen as Dr. Jckyl and Mr. Hyde OT WO Impressions of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon were given in pooches In the I ouse the other day. Uepr"sei.tutlve Ficnr (Hep.. V:s.). renewed re-newed his nttneks upon Mr. Mellon, de-ecribltur de-ecribltur !!s annual report as "n ciui-(cssion ciui-(cssion of the nicest slunnrfiil conditions condi-tions e'er disclosed In the treasury tnvlng nicblnery." Iteprestttitlve Fess (l!rp., Oh'n), recently elected to the senate, asserted that Serre'Ty Melpin's admlnlstn'.tlon of the Ttn"ry department has proved "the mnst brilliant since the days of Alexander Hamilton." Representative. Frear demanded an investigation of charges made by l.im In a series of tellers to tin; secretary. lie repeated charges that upwards t $2.0(K),0(K).0H In corporation i.eeii-mulnled i.eeii-mulnled surpltiKC-i are rscnplng p nal tics and 'Individual surtaxes, thai tin ull company controlled by .Secretary Mellon started "the wild melon curii;.,; nine," that the tax administration o' the Internal rc.vcmio i!Ii'"e Is under the control of a amall group f wh"-' activities have become a public sc:m-dsit, sc:m-dsit, tbut the Aluminum Company of iMCdofl, Staadard fctcel cuuipuuy and other corporations litive been fa vored. llepreM illative Fess reviewed ihe progress of goverfne tai lii aai-'n,' under un-der Secretary Mi lion. He said: "Fnder Mr. Melon's i:ri-Cin t ! , i -nat io-i l.as balanced Its I ud-t I. ie dia ed ilM phlilic debt by owr S.'.'J 11.-1 11.-1 1 2.J V ."", hiKineeil its loan i, '.tiawed out i'-l fnven credits, re'case'l its ns-ets for hid'i-try, ti-aile baiihlii:: ca-i cr. low-ered low-ered rales i f inlcre-t an I rediseiuinn. revixi l business, Imliished uni n i ; I ; incut, and brought the governlm t credit hack to p:ir. Tii'.l ai bleveiaehl will challenge tlie recoi'd for nil equal pct'Ioi'Uianco In U.e Llatcry sf Auauco " |