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Show of the tariff experts of the treasury department. Never Reaped Any Benefit. leaving particular stress upon the charge made by Mr. P.rlstow. the. hnirman of thi senate finance commute: com-mute: sn,i that "neither he nor any member of his family ever has bad r.ny pecuniary Interest as to whether ihe rates rn manufactures of rubber were thirty, thirty five or fortv per cent, or whether crnd- was on the fiee or dutiable list." Healinc then with the chafes that the inter-continental Rubber coropnny, of which he is a direct o;-. la a. trust; that it advaneo the price of crude rubber and controlled the world's supply, and that the company had paid enormous dividends, Mr Abtrlch treated each at sreaf length. ALDRICH DENIES BRISTOW CHARGES WASHINGTON. Aug 11. Senator N'eL-on W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island enumerating the counts under which he was indicted by Senator Joseph W. Brlstow of Kansas, In recent campaign speeches dealing with Hi-1 larifT on rubber, In a letter made public pub-lic tonight, denies the charges in tu'lr entirety. Incidentally lie pays his respects In caustic language to Senator Brlstow Brls-tow and what he terms a "dole group of men" who entertain opinions similar sim-ilar to those of the Kansan. TJe letter is addressed to William B. McKlnley of Illinois, chairman of the Republican congressional committee com-mittee and was sent to the headquarters headquar-ters of the committee in this city. The explanation of rubber duties and denial of the charges made against him by Senator Brlstow are based upon the fact that Senitor Aldrlch was called upon by a Republican Repub-lican candidate for congress to fnr-nifh fnr-nifh the facts connected with tho changes In (he recent tariff act. Absurd Statements." Referring 'o the charges made hy Senator Uristow as "absurd misstatements." misstate-ments." Senator Aldrlch said the persistent per-sistent reiteration of them impelled him to make a full Matemenf. At the- outset, ot his lone letter, the t,en-r.tor t,en-r.tor divided the speeches of Mr. Bjlstow Into five parts, each of which rontalned a specific charge. He th.-n dealt with them in order. In the first place the Fenator declared de-clared the increase from thirty to thirty-five per cent on a small number num-ber of articles of manufactured rubber rub-ber was for the purpose of making the tariff uniform on kindred articles and facilitating the labors of the ens torn official. In that connection he nifide public a letter to him from General Thad S Sharretts. a member of the New York hoard of general f.ppralpers, asserting that the change was advisable and had been agreed m unanimously bv the senate and hr.UP committee and conferees on th tariff bill at the eirnest solicitation |