Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1912 — U. S. TO MAKE OWN POWDER [ARTICLE]

U. S. TO MAKE OWN POWDER

House Strikes Wireless System Clause From the Bill. Washington, May 27.—8 y a vote of 91 to 54 the house Saturday afternoon determined hereafter that the government, shall manufacture powder for the navy. An appropriation of $1,500,000 for “purchase and manufacture” of powder was amended to apply only to manufacture. The vote came after a bitter debate, wherein it was charged that the Dupont Powder Company, principal bidder on navy contracts, was making exorbitant profits, and was "a trust.” The long debate delayed a vote on the two battleship building program. Gn a point of order by Representative Fitzgerald of New York, the $1,000,000 appropriation for a world wide wireless system was stricken from the bin. The plan contemplated stations which would connect the Pacific coast, canal zone, Hawaii, Samoa, Guam and the 1 Phiillpines.