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Show FREE LUMBER AND FREE MEAT Washington, Jn p: "Free lum- b.-l as pal t Ol' the I 'ellioel at ie I,,, . iii program of the coming exti i i sion of congress seemed assured m. dav at the hearing before the house ggiBBBaBSBBBSaaB I committee on ways and meanB. The lumber schedule was closed so tar as the hearings were concerned The colloquicB between the Democratic members of the committee and the witness indicated the intention of a majority of the committee upon putting put-ting rough and dressed lumber, hewn an. squared timber, shingles, laths and fence posts on the tree list. Representative Kltchin of North Carolina, Democrat, referred incidentally inci-dentally to meats and Representative Ixmgworth of Ohio. Republican, asked . ' Do you Democrats purpose to put meat on the free list "' "Yes," replied Kltchin Tm going 10 vote for it." Representative James of Kentucky Democrat, in the cross-examination referred to the greater necessity for conserving the interests of the poor people than of conserving lumber." The lumber schedule occupied a little more than three hours' consideration consid-eration l ater today the silk schedule sched-ule wan taken up. with the Silk Association As-sociation oi America, comprising two-thirds two-thirds of the silk industry of the country represented its spokesman was Horace B. Cheoney of South Mauche.-tei Conn who urged retention reten-tion of the oroscnt silk tariff. |