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TATC t.Jv-n:f- KhhIIKm filrAhllHhilllhliUnnrll 1 1 to I Willi" l..ww.. w Chamber of po'merce' ,Ci? mmjjtte and City Council -Talk of Proposed Leaislatlon-ommlttee . Is : ' h mi& tQ?J3 raft' Plan , ' A very Interesting informal discus sioa of proposed legislation for the city.and county, was held yesterday at- ternoon at & ocipck i..iub uuf Mayor Jos. D. Smith at the City Hall, by the Chamber of Commerce commit tee named upon the invitation of Coun cil to go over ' a -numher of important propositions tfith the members,' wh a view of ascertaining just .what should (be asked of the Legislature at this session. r . ; : , - , :- - i There were present Mayor Smith and Councilmen B. C. Moore, r. y. Moore, W. E. Perdew and M., Tiencken; Assistant City Attorney Geo. L.. Peschau and Capt. Thos. D. government ; and Col. Walker Taylor; Mr. J. A. Taylor, Mr. Wflliam Gil christ and Mr. H. C. McQueen, from the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McQueen was. called to the chair and presided over the meeting. Mr. Peschau stated the purpose of the meeting, going over a number of sub jects that are claiming the attention of the city and county at this time. He said that what was desired was an un derstanding of the legislation most needed. There were the questions of an amendment to the city charter, an act that would separate the city ana fountv tax districts, so that tne city could assess its property at nearer its without havinc to bear the burden of a county and State tax on the increased valuation; the wharfage question, the right to condemn prop erty for wharves; a .bond issue for continued Improvements of the streets; the incorporation of suburbs; a greater control of public utility com panies; the right to fix telephone rates and control public vehicles,' and more power as to buildings, so that a more uniform building, plan could be follow ed; the proposed State-wide law which would give a blanket form of commis sion government to the towns and cit ies of the State, allowing them to change their own charters when the Legislature was not in session, after having had the Attorney General pass on the legality of changes proposed, which would -be then submitted to a vote of the people a plan that has produced admirable results in New Jersey. Councilman B. C 'Moore also can-4 vessed the needs of the city, stressing the situation as to the subject of the assessment of city property. The city, he said, had gone the limit with bonds unless the assessment of prop erty were Increased, so' as to admit of the sale of more bonds for needed improvements. The real estate Of the city is valued at eight or nine,, mil lions, and it was declared that twenty five millions would be nearer right. Mr. Moore- pointed out that the -city. !had no control over - leasing street docks, ' and' thatfthe situation was a constant source-i f annoyance to - au thorities In charge. The city receives bo revenue from "the present dock ar rangement and private parties "occupy the wharvesv He declared 'that "with power to act, theclty could rent these properties and that the industries along the river front would be willing to pay rent for them. The fact, was pointed out that the city has a right to vote on the building of warehouses, but the present might not be the prop er . time . to discuss that. , The speaker . j a a i.- 4.1. .11 . Ll . tsuessieu uiiu. uie ciiy secure - auiuui ity to sell "its. 100; acres of land - at IWnghtsyille Sound, which he -understood was worth at least J100 an acre and apply the proceeds to the develop ment of the park property. The chll dren of the city had been neglected, he declared, in the " matter of parks. There was the question ", of public toilets at the' intersections'' of Front with Walnut, Grace, Chesnut or Prin cess streets; the pressing.need of fa cilities for "the reformation of Incorri gible youths, and Mr;1 Moore declared that if the State did not provide ample . facilities of this kind, he wanted to see the. city do something. The Stone wall JacksonTraining School at Con cord, he said, was forever crowded. Tttnwi ? it maavI Via n H n n ft ' 2.0 . n 1 aucic jo uccif uc tuuimucu, ui. ci.tx auto -"Black" Maria7' which, would cost about $2,000; and he suggested that if SO cents or $1 were added to the costs In each case of conviction in the 'Re corder's court, this needed vehicle could be paid for. Last year there were about 2,000 arrests. The city supports the court wbile the county gets the benefit, but as the money goes into the school fund,; it was not so bad. The city last 'year received about $4G from the court. ; Mr. Moore, noting that' ten" bids were received yesterday on the sewer extensions, said these bids ran from $135,000 up and that only about $100,000 would be available for the work: Therefore, if the assessment idea of Mrf Peschau could be carried out. the city, - with: a larger snowing oi weaitn. coum sen bonds sufficient to meet the expense ; of 'this improvement. The ' speaker Earnestly declared that the street im .provementS; should never be 'Stopped where" they are, that the city's future was dependent on continued progress ; - in' this way : ' . ' : On the enforcement of prohibition - laws,; Mr. . "Moore gave his support tq a search and seizure law such, as Ash e vllle . has, asserting that with such a law, there' would be little trouble in dairying : but. the . law on this . subject. He 'touched on the increased efficiency of ithe, fire department by reason of . thelpurchasef of motor-driven trucks, stating' thatlf .the . fcost of new horses, their feed, the pay df drivers were con - sidered; and the further fact consider? ed that; the city, has , three, years in - whicirto payfor these trucks, it would . fotfonnd 'that-"Investment was a good one; and he said the same of the $6,500 poUce-call system, for, which the city" has three years to, pay. ' He con sidered this' increased the efficiency " of the department fully as much as an appropriation : of " fiO.OOO. The depart-- ment-noJ costs ;$40,000.-; Before" all these Jthingsr however; cam the ques: tion ;of ,Jmeans "that' 'money s must "be 4 first considered. ; r : . ''I';-- ylr.?3 i Taylor speaRing or tne oresent Inability qi tne crcy to noai .Si-ii .nnaiiprihie success., r;T. I erea J- - . - . - . J - n . M " VIHIM, H I IIIiTILlT-1111 1 II K WU- ' " I s V U LUI K any: more hoh . thought .well of the J .; - : ( AdTertisement.). - - f " , I idea of an. arrangement whereby the asaessedvaluation of the city property could be increased without, the county or State sharing in resultant taxes j aid he advocated the New York- plan of floating bonds for terminals, based on terminal property, the . revenue ftom which could be applied to the bonds, which would be-entirely sepa rate and s. distinct "from, ' the bonded debt-of the city. o -V-1 ;;v;; . Col. Walker Taylor thought that in view of the proposed annexation ol Northwest township, Brunswick coun ty, the city should secure by condem nation, 'or - purchase, the prbpertj across the river for . wharfage pur poses: 'He also spoke of the need 'V?f a more -concrete form of law whereby the. county and city, ' practically...; one, coiild operate together without need less duplication of. machinery. k; i Captain Meares, referring, to the re cent meeting of representatives of mu nlcipalitiS in N High Point, and . the second meeting to be held in ' Raleigh this, week,' brought out. the very: gross injustice meted r to towns and ? fcitie? by the Stae and county, and ; he em phasized the necessity of an enact ment " whereby the incorporated ' .comr munities;rof the State-, could - get i "4 square; deal, irrm ' '-f,;:rfl . ' ; f After- the ; discussion; n motion Councilman PerdeYr,; a committee was appointed "as follows, to prepare a defi nite statement of what the . situation needs: and demands in the -way of . re form measures: ; ,"-v-;;-'tWikf Assistant City Attorney George , JA Peschau, Councibnahi B C 4 Moore and CaptV ThbsIlr' : Meares. representing the :ity ; Chairman Mv; ;S . -Willard and Col; . JohEtVyanB.! Metts.l representing the County rCominissiohers.il and.; W J . A . Taylor and Mr . v.Wm a CilcUrJst; representing Ithe - Chamber :: of ri- ;Cjomi merce.-Ai'' ; :ilH;V:';ViHv:h: ;1 Viv i . The"; meeting:, was marked by : a. spirit of harmony, co-operation " and earnest ness in the work or smootning me way for a Greater lmingtQni on the part .of this represenUtiveibody of citizens. TRIED TO SHOOT OFF.iCEBS:-. Joe and Jess Mason, Charged With . Robbery, Resist Policemen.;, , 1 Officers rr: M. Hall and J. S. Lane had an exciting :-jmoment last evening when they arrested Joe rand: Jess Ma son;', white," at the i! Mason boarding house on,Front and Orange, streets on complaint of William B. ; fl egister, whci allesed that . they had robbed him, of articles of ;personal property ;ana wouia not give them ' Wtr WJibb the jpmcers entered the room where" the: two. men were, they found both;of th.ent armed, and when the policemen attempted, to disarm them and effect the arrest, Joe Mason, the officers shy, tried to use his gun. t "" : " " pfficer Lane . managed to hold Ma son's pistol hand down, so that when Mason shot, the ball entered his own foot. Officer Hall laid out the other one with his night stick, and ' they were soon In the" lockup. They had four razors, the pistols and plenty of ammunition. They bear pretty bad reputations, and' ft Is said they have served sentences for crimes prior to this. They will appear this morning for a hearing. The Incident was one that will rank with about the toughest jobs the officers ; have had and but for quick wqrk, one or both might have been shot by the men. - ' r CHILD BfJRNED TO DEATH. 4-. Little Colored Girl Dies in Hospital ' ' as Result of Burns. Carolina Hill, a little colored- girl about eight years" of age, died in the James Walker Memorial Hospital, yes terday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock as ! a result of fearful burns received yesterday morning when her clothes became ignited from an open fire place at her home in an alley between Daw son and Wright streets. The flesh was so badly burned that it was actually charred; and the child lived only about six hours. . Statement; By Mr. Crock In regard to the altercation between himself and Mr, L. W. Warrock Mon day afternoon, in Mr. J. O. Brock's place ' of business on Market street between Front and Second, Mr. BrooL last night stated to .The Star his side of the matter. He said that Mr. .War rocfc came in his place and asked for credit on a . brass . solder torch, and that he declined; to extend credit be cause, he said. M"- Warrc.ck had de: nied an account . once. - The refusal angered Mr.-. warrock ,and ;he ap proached .Mr;- Brock. "says the latter, with .an 1 electric ;sad': Iron . concealed under h-is coat, and without warning, struck-'Mr; Brock on the head with the iron. Mr. Brcck says that the as sault was wholly uncalled for and. tin expected, else he could liave defended himself easily; and that he did not strike Mr.'. Warrock before the attack, and in" fact, was enly pam'ing a lick when he knocked off.. Mr, Warrock's glasses. The full, evidence will be heard tomorrow. Tried, to Escape. Sam Wilson, the negro whom Mr. D. D. George shot and wounded at Mason boro Sound, and who was .placed in the hospital for treatment, decided 'that he would try his hand at an escape, but " was arrested and thisxtime was put ih' the county jail Where he will be quite safe. It will be .recalled that Wilson drew a pair of pliers from his hip i pocket; In the . style gunmen erif pliy when drawing their guns, and Mr; George let drive at bin) with a shot gun. The case Is' likely to . come -up tomorrow. '. : r : ' :, ' PHYSICIANS PRAISE 'J: ' V- ; ' CONSUMPTION REMEDY Most ' Eminent Throughout Europe In dorse Preparation- Brought,, to '': New York - V; . During ihe lust year there .hds -bven in trortneed into tbe tluKed-States remedy for Consumption which copies t with a most remarkable list of indorsements from the Ie8dlng- Ki)ecta lists f Europe. - If had leen nsed ior seveiwi years on the otbr side,; and cse after ase- has yielded to.it. ;;; ;.;:?:;'v;.v,S'v--v1-1' . ;;;: This DreDaration Is called Sirclm., and Judging from the Condition of some- tf the natients 'whom lti-naH 'iiven, aa con- sumptive need fear that.he is too f.ic gone lo ne Denenieu y !.. .-' - Sirolin builds np the bodyjby increasiarg the a tmetite arid assfistlDK wlieeston. ' It checks the racking cough aha lessens. ;thp gathering, oi mucus .on cne-iungs ju n -remarkable way. WU V : ,1: ? ; If you or any of your friends are suffer-ine- from n throat -ot long ailment do not fail to' send for full Information about Sirolin to'the SirOlln ICo.h 228 West Broad way, .New York City -. All leading drngr gists are recommending ana distributing Hlrnlln Tflth nnaldprflhle snCCeSS..- ' HEARD HIS Medical Society LUtenS olStent of. Dr., Nesbitt as to .VVhat Me; ; k new of New York:NewK ,,j ; paper Article. J', ; . ;f "Whereas, certain statements have appeared in the New York Globe and Commercial Aaveruser wu;u nrinted in the Wilmington Dispatch of lamiarv tlih; which sralements are J an untrue and libellous attack upon the medical ; proiession ui vvyuiumsi"". bo it :u- . "Resolved, uThat the secretary oi h?& Rririetv be Instructed to secure as far as he may be able from M,r. Corey, who appears as the writer orxne am m in the Globe and Commerciaj -Ad vertiser, ; bis authority" for; his .state ments. . . ' )"'... " 'L ' - The above resolution, offered Dy ur, ili H. Harriss, in: a .nut. shell tells the iiation of the New Hanover Meaicai to Mfttv in .snecial session In the Mayor's office : last night for the; purpose -Of in vestigating the .sources or lniormauon uponi which was based an article, state ments in' which wert cqnsidered va re jection ;.qu 'the medical profession and the people of vVJimingion, . puousueu In- the New .York .Giooe ana Aaverus ar a few weeks ago and. reprinted in a. local newspaper- last - ssaturaay. y was without a doubt the largest meet- i.:ig or- tne. meaicai socieiy; iu nore than 25 members being;present, nearly aU attracted there beeause they expected a. rather lively oiscussion. , in tils they r were L disappointed. It ! is doubtful if. a more cool and dispassion ate, session of, the body had been held in some time. ! There appeared to be a natural version ' to" talking and rvery little as saidi the session lasting less than.-pne houKi v!; V-4LmonP, those present .were, noted Djrs. .MMl Caldwell, J.: B. ;Cranmer, S. E.Koonee, William Houston Moore, J. UWWUUingham; ; J4j Ji Borneman, it. '-Jarllee Bellamy, R.' B. Slocum, Joseph Afcermani EJ. s Wpodi,' W D'MacMil- Jan John LeGwin,T Chas. .T -Harper, earnest jSBullnck, J. G. Mnrphy, John T. Schonwald. DeWitt Schonwald, c. p. Bolles, G G ' Thomas, ThosifS.; Bur- bank,; A; " H.; H.arrisSi ; W,f i Galloway. Pride T;homas, J;vH, Honnet, D. w. Bullacki Thos, M.: Green, and others. ,; !;T.he jne,etingv :wa,s presided; over by Dr.: J;vp,; iMurphyrrthe president, ana Dr.; Ernest S. .Bulluck, the secretary, kept a record of . the proceedings. Dr. Murphy, called upon DrBurbank for a statement.of the object of the meet- "ng. Dr. Burbank stated that he had asked , that the meeting be called on account of an article, reproduced in a local newspaper, which he considered libellous and slanderous and a reflec tion upon the medical profession and the people of the City of Wilmington, and he thought it well for the society 6 see just where the article originated. Upon motion of Dr. Joseph Akerman, the' secretary was instructed to read the article, which he did. The article, as stated, appeared in a recent issue of the New York Globe and Commer cial Advertiser under the head of "New York' Day by Day'. and was written in what souie might consider a humor ous vein by ; Herbert corey. mere verefrpauent references. to Dr Chas. , T. Nesbitt, the city superintendent of health of this city, and many uncom plimentary and unfounded statements about conditions - in Wilmington. A flarge portion of the article purported tq be Dr. Nesbitt s opinion pf the con ditions In the Borough of Queens. New York, and the remainder was taken "tip with exaggerations of Wilmington and the chr.nges that had been made under the crusade of the health department, and accredited Dr. Nesbitt with- doing everything from the installation of the sanitary; can to closing up the "blind tigers" and running the. women pf the underworld out of .the city. About the .only fun of the evening was occasioned when the secretary, in "following copy" read that Dr. Nesbitt had introduced the "new and modern method of flirtation," the last word evidently being a misprint for filtra tion. .,'-:- ';v"';;: ;-: "V.""; When the secretary had finished reading the article in question, Presi dent Murphy asked for the opinion of anyone present. Dr. Edward .Jenner Wood said he was one of the number ?Iad tq see the .meeting and .advocated t for several reasons. First,,the ques tion is one that concerns all the pro fession here and all feel a certain righteous indignation about the state ments contained in the article. Sec ond, he felt and still feels that, if Dr; Nesbitt, who, -he said, was : present, r.ould give a satisfactory explanation of why the article In question was pub? lished his work in Wilmington,' which, he said, in many respects has been a. great 'success and has much to com mend it, would be continued . with" more or less co-operation of the medil cal profession, but if he could not give an, explanation .satisfactory- to the -society he i would have the antagonism-of the profession, and consequently his work here would ,be practically at an Phd so1 far as getting good results are confer iied.. : He oxpressed the hope that Dr. Nesbitt-would make an expla nation that -.would -be, satisfactory to J the pociety so that he could continue to have i the aid .of . the profession in his work regardless of the article in the Newj York iaper. - . i Df; Nesbitt said that, the article to which reference had been made had ilready been fully explained in the local newspapers. ' He said that even before the, society had .tat"; en cogni zance cf the tlocal publication , of the article- he-had in mind ; telegraphing the writer of th.e article for a state ment as tq whether or not he (Dr. NesCwtt); had anything to doiwithwritr ing it. But as soon as the Medical Society took the matter up he wrote a telegram, in. the office of President Murphy; who saw it, .to Herbert Co? rey, of. the New York Globe, and the reply he had received he thought quite sufficient, to. answer' any person desir ing to know the course of information for the. article in question. The tele gram, which Dr. ,Nesbitt received . yes terday from ''Mr-...-C.reyr;;was'.'read. -by" the secretary; and- was as follows: "Dr. Chas. Nesbitt, ,, Health Wilmington, N. C. . . ..; . v"You did not inspire article recent ly published about Wilmington ; nor are you . responsible for any of th4 statements save those upon Queens, county, of New. York. The facts upon the situation in Wilmington were eath- Dy one or tne foremost and most reliable magazine Writers, whq 5 made EXPLANATION ........... Whose story has yet. to be(i published.; ; .; . V 1 . . : ' ' ' r;VA-:-Thff lobe 1 After- the reading, of v the telegram Dr. .Harris s offered 1 the--'resolution Which is given latf the opening of this articled Jt-Jwas seconded by Dr. Bur banic -: Before itwas put to a -vote Dr.; Nesbitt said that: perhaps- he could save the' secretary -some Htouble by stating "for- hi3 information that the magazine writer referred to was Mr. FrankvStockbrigdei pf New York, who wasAhe only magazine writer he knew to have been here. He said that he thought a telegram to 'Mrv Stockbridge would Confirm what hd been said by Mr. .Corey. The resolution was then adopted. . ' . sl - ''. . Drii Akerman asked if it was meant that ;the secretary should inquire Of the author where he got' his informa tion br go further back even than that and fipd out whq gave the author's in formant, the information? .Dr." Nesbitt suggested that the mat ter ;&e. gone , into, just'sfar as pos sibl:e,sas he would. Uk' all the facts in tiio ..patter to comqqu,- At the request' of "Dr. R. Harllee Bellamy a further statement was made by Dr.' 'Nesbitt asito his connection with Stockbridge. Dr. Nesbitt said that Stockbridge;. was here. fQr. several days sbmei weeks' ago for the purpose of gathering data for a magazinq ar ticle, which has hot yet been publish ed; but will be within the next few months. He said that he gave the visi tor all the information possible, tell ing him the "whole truth of the situa tion hefe," to use Dr. Nesbitt's words and also let him have his scrap book containing all newspaper references to the local work. Stockbridge saw a number of other persons while here, so he, told Dr ; s Nesbitt, and after : a stay of a few days returned to New Yorfc carrying with him the scrap book.' Asked by Dr. Nesbitt if he piade any ref erence4o . the magazine writer or the uonreaeraie . veLeiJtua, etc., Dr. Nesbitt said that he did not. . Continuing, Dr. Nesbitt said that the story published in The Globe and Com mercial Advertiser- evidently originat ed frdttfa conversatitm he had in the office of Stockbridge and Reading at which Corey was present. There was a newspaper man prgsqnt by the name of Everett, of the Bprpugn oi,yueens, and also another person, whose name Dr. Nes-bitt called, but was not caught by the reporter. Dr. .Nesbitt said that he had just spent some time 'at the. Borough of Queens and was dis cussing conditions there. Everett, vho lives there, made some rather strong remarks of conditions of Queensbor ough and monopolized the conversa tion to a large extent. When they had finished with the subject, Corey re marked that , it was a good story for him. Dr. Nesbitt said that he told him that he had no stqry so far as he was concerned; that in the first place his opinion was of no value, and in the second that he would appear to be abusing the hospitality of the Commis sioners of Queen&borough should the remarks made in the discussion be published. He said that he made no reference whatever to Wilmington. After the city editor of The Globe and flbmmercial Advertiser sent a re- pqrtefvto DrNes oitjfs home, he said. asking for an interview on the Bor--jto ouffh of Queens. Dr. Nesbitt saia ne told the young man that -he had nqth ing for him in the way of an inter-, view, but talked with him a while: lis tening to -the, reporter's remarks rela tive to some" line of investigation he was carrying on in the metropolis. Dr. Nesbitt explained that he did not take The Globe, which, is principally a. fi nancial journal, arid he' did not know of the Particle until he returned to Wilmingtonhen a good friend of his in ; the;, pfftcjf of the city clerk and treasurer; informed him about it. ;x The article, said Dr. Nesbitt. . con tained many inaccuracies, and he as serted thatvno' member of the Medi cal Society resented the article any more than he on account of the false lieht in which it put Wilmington. This ended the matter under con sideration for the evening. Dr, Joseph Akerman, who was su perintendent of health just before Dr. Nesbitt came in and who has served several times as superintendent of the James Walker Memorial Hospital, ask ed permission to take this opportun ity to correct. what he -considered one or two errors in Dr. Nesbitt's annual report, issuedr a short time ago. First, he took up the matter of control of smallpox by quarantine. He said that as a matter of fact he did control the smallpox epidemic here through vac cinatioti and when he went out of j of fice turned over to Jthe new superinten dent only one case " of smallpox, .and this one was in a shanty car on the : railroad." - Seqond, he said that he no in the nrinted report pf - Dr. Nes bitt ttiat he i stated that no permits oiednrf to the1 James Wai.ier Memorial Hospital was required until November 10th,' 191. . He took: issue on this both as a former superinten dent of the hospital and as a former superintendent of health. He said that he "Wanted to make a .correction 33. he thought the statements reflect ed upon the superintendent of health and the superintendent of the hospital. Permits, he said, wererTequired.-' ; . He- was ' answered -; by Di. Nesbitt, who said that he had found that Quar antine in case of smallpox was a very important matter. The State has abolished quarantine and the city has recestablished it ,f or; Wilmington. Dr. Nenbitt said that his department had not - been -able. Tto exclude smallpox 'without quarantine. He 1 ; remarked that there was a good deajl of room; for divergehce of opinion on the matter of control of smallpox; v He said . that in his report he was in error in saying that the V la. ; relative to, quarantine went into - effect January 1st, as he had ' since' learned, that; it was -not ef fective until ; March 1st; As to the permits-'for-the James Walker Memo rial Hospital; ,Dr Nesbitt said that he had reason- to believe that noj per mits .were required from the fact that no request ?was made at his ;offlce for them and that he had a great deal qf difficulty in -getting physiciaps toap ply for them. -showing conclusively to his mind that they had not: been in a habit of -gettingthem. ' - . - 'I Sv . Prsid?Et , Murphy called -upon Dr, W.C Galloway f fotf few Vremarks. Dr Galloway, said Chat he did not tiink it of any:riss to say anything else, that he had "come expecting to see. some fun beihsr fond of ; it some times, biitfls he had been disappointed and . everything i had been settled he would move that-the meeting adjourn. The motion prevailed. , , , METAL TARIFF IS AGAIN UNDER FIRE . ' Continued from Paj3 One.)y ed the .present tariff' retained on the products of the file and tool - industry. During the discussion" Mr- Ker ad vocated a dumping clause to prevent the sending of goods into this coun tryat prices lower than in the 'Coun try of production. , -.. "if e had a dumping clause in this metal schedule," asked Chairman Vn derwood. ."don't you think that the rates fixed in our metal schedule last session would be sufficient?', r "I don't think that is so, we don't know as to that yet." Mr. Underwood as'ed as to the rea sons for the United States Steel Cor poration's proposed increase of. wages. Mr. Ker said he thought "that the corporation was taKng time by the forelock to hold its labor." Affairs of the Waltham Watch Com pany, of Waltham, 'Mass., also were taken up by the committee, which con tinued" its sessions far into the night. E. C. Eitch, of Waltham, Mass., tes tifying today that , the company could manufacture watch dials cheaper than he could buy abroad, said the Waltham Watch . Company was originally capi talized at $5,000,000. and that it re organized with, a capitalization of $12, 000,000. The witness told of the former exist ence of a selling agency that handled the Waltham Watch Company pro ducts. He said he was one of three partners in the selling agency, each of whom received $GO,000 a year sal ary. "'- .; -- , ' ' - "Don't you compel wholesalers to sell at a certain price to1 retailers?" asked Representative Rainey. "Try to, but don't -always succeed. In hard times, they almost uniformly fail to keep that price," said Mr r Fitch, who added he "had been pret ty strenuous" in trying to prevent the watches sent abroad, where they are sold at cheaper prices, being sent back to this -country to compete with do mestic prices. Mr : Rainey Vead let ters bearing on the practices of the company and a copy of an agreement to regulate the prices to the consum ers. The witness said he had' a list cf "approved jobbers" to whom the companies watches were sold. Mr. Rainey tried to bring out that jobbers selling below fixed prices were barred out of the trade. The witness finally said the Elgin, Waltham, Crescent and Keystone 'Watch companies, constituted .what -is known in the industry as the "Big Four," but added that there were oth er sources of supply. . ' i - Mr, Fitch said his company discrim inated only against one man, C. A. Keene, of New York, whose, transac tions," he said, were contrary, to the policy of the Waltham 'company." "Keene," said Mr. Fitch, "came to the Waltham's London agency - and said he wanted to sell the watches in Egvpt. and 'they were sold to him with that distinct understanding and were delivered aboard a ship about sail for Egypt. But before sailing. Mr . Keene removed the watches and let them remain in the United States." . ."Thati was an awful crime," com mented Mr,' Rainey. "You were bill ing that the Egyptians camped on the sands ' of the desert should get your watches at" reasonable "prices, while you compelled the American consumer to. pay perhaps double price?" C. A: Keene, of New York, the watch retailer, whom E. C. Fitch, of the Waltham Watch Company, criticis ed for violating the. company's priced staTiaarns. ureea me coiuiuiLLee to ua. a tariff of 30 per cent ad, valor em on watch movements of all ;grades " and with regard to watches brought back from, abroad 20 per cent, to apply upon the improvements only. 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