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Show INVESTIGATION OF MAP INDUSTRIES WASHINGTON, May 3. The investigating in-vestigating trend of congress took a wide range today. Inquiries Into the affairs of the United States steel corporation, cor-poration, tho American Sugar Retlnlng company and the American Woolen companx were placed on the program of the Democratic houso; the shoo industry was under fire, and a senata committee on expenses opened the way for a re-investlgatlon of the charges against Senator Lorimer of Illinois. Resolutions directing that committees commit-tees search tho records to determine whether any of the first three named corporations aro operating In violation of the anti-trust Interstate commerce or national banking laws, have been Started on the legislative ways. Tho steel trust resolution, the creation of Representative Stanley of Kentucky, was approved by the house commit-toe commit-toe on rules, and will bo reported to tho house Representative Hardwlck of Georgii Is the author of the resolution providing provid-ing for inquiry into tho American Sugar Su-gar Refinln? company and this will be considered by tho rules committee commit-tee tomorrow If the committer hns time it also may consider a similar resolution submitted hy Representative Representa-tive Francis of Ohio, directing that a special committee of five bo named to inquire into the American Woolen company. Whether there ia a trust in wool in this country is Information desired by the men interested In the woolen schedule. Opposition attacking the proposed removal of the duty on shoes, aa provided in the free list bill now before be-fore tho house, developed simultaneously simultane-ously In the senate and house ends of tho capltol. While large shoe manufacturers testified tes-tified to the senate finance committee commit-tee they were forced to keep pricc3 high because they were in tho grip of a shoo machinery trust which controlled absolutely every manufacture manufac-ture of shoes In this country, Representative Repre-sentative Weeks on the floor of the houso was praising the concern which owns the patonts on all the shoe machinery In the United States The manufacturers said this trust operates on a different basis with foreign for-eign manufacturers from what it does with those in this country, for one thing allowing those abroad to uso some of their own machinery. Senator Bailey told the manufacturers, manufac-turers, that, In his opinion, their contracts con-tracts with tho trust could be proved Illegal, that in spite of the shoe machinery ma-chinery company's patent rights, he thought their actio:' could be construed con-strued as an effort to restrain trade, and he said the attorney general might make some trouble for the trust after he had learned of the statements state-ments In the canngs. Reprebentative D.fferender of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Introduced resolutions calling call-ing on the secretary of tho navy and the secretary of war to furnish congress con-gress with information relating to show contracts for the army and navy prior to 1909. Similar resolutions introduced in-troduced last week by Representative Gardner were confined to contracts in-1909, 1910, and 1911. Tho Gardner resolution regarding navy shoe contracts was adopted by the house yesterday Tho inquiries were based on charges charg-es made by Mr. Differenderfer that one shoe manufacturing concern has a monopoly on government contracts and has frozen out all competitors. All the resolutions were referred respectively re-spectively to the naval and military committees. The diplomatic and consular service serv-ice also may be investigated. Representative Repre-sentative Brouspard of Louisiana today to-day introduced a joint resolution to appoint a committee to examine the consular laws and departmental regulations reg-ulations The resolution carrying ?25,-000 ?25,-000 for expenses, empowers the committee com-mittee to hold sessions in foreign, countries, if necessary. The resolution was referred to tho rules committeo. It grows out of alleged al-leged favoritism in the appointments. |