Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1910 — Babcock Not Informed About Tariff On Structural Steel. [ARTICLE]

Babcock Not Informed About Tariff On Structural Steel.

Fowler Leader. Among the things the Jasper County Democrat prints about Congressman Crumpacker is the following: “Voted for increase of duty on structural steel, adding to the extortion of the ‘Steel Trust.’ That must be another typographical error for which Mr. Peterson is not responsible. The duty on structural steel was cut in two in the middle by the Aldrich law. Mr. Crumpacker voted for lower duties.