COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C., Wednesday, May 3, 1911. The committee met at 10.30 a. m., Hon. Boies Penrose in the chair. Present: Senators Penrose (chairman), Lodge, McCumber, Smoot, Gallinger, Clark of Wyoming, Heyburn, La Follette, Bailey, Simmons, Stone, Williams, and Johnson. Present also: William D'Oench, jr., representing the FriedmanShelby Shoe Co., of St. Louis, Mo.; Milton S. Florsheim, representing the Florsheim Shoe Co., of Chicago, Ill.; Jackson Johnson, esq., representing the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co., and W. F. McElroy, esq., representing the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., of St. Louis, Mo. The committee thereupon proceeded to the consideration of bill H. R. 4413. The CHAIRMAN. Gentlemen, we will now proceed. Senator STONE. My attention was called this morning to a matter that ought to be included, if it is not, in this publication. I am told that the report of Mr. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury in 1845, is ordered to be included. The CHAIRMAN. That is my understanding. Senator STONE. But there is another report of Mr. Walker— 1848 that is really a more important one, and it is dated February 11, 1848, and I would like to have that incorporated. The CHAIRMAN. If there is no objection, that will be included in the document. The committee is called here this morning for the purpose of suiting the convenience of those who may be in Washington and desire a hearing on pending tariff legislation. As I understand it, the hearing this morning is more particularly on the free-list measure, and it comes up in this connection, so far as it may have any bearing on the reciprocity bill. Senator La Follette, you have some people who want to be heard; are they here? Senator LA FOLLETTE. There are some gentlemen here from Chicago and some from St. Louis. The CHAIRMAN. The committee is prepared to hear them in their order: STATEMENT OF WILLIAM D'OENCH, JR., ESQ., OF ST. LOUIS, MO., The CHAIRMAN. Will you state your full name to the committee? The CHAIRMAN. Where do you live? 3 |