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,.,,,,, Said 1t Would Kill Inter-
state Commission.
i rnr INTEREST OF A GREAT TRUST
-, uuticr, Who Wanted To
yyhy such Indecent Haste
wa. Urged for Its Passage

| No senate up to the woo' sen'iu''' '"'
Wv ,.",, ., which was considered but Tot
completed. ~ 49,, .
,our, on the wool schedules urging III
..,,.sa rates for wool growers, AMI Mr..
na,lsr o, North Carolina made plea in
,,A,lf OF the income tax.
The senate met at ii a. m. today with n
.,w N expediting the tariff bill. Two
,,ssches were announced for the day. enc
~ Mantle (s!iyer Rep. MONTH Oh tue wool
..,.au,o of the tariff bill, and another by
Mr. Butler pop, N. CO on his Joint res
,u,on TO amend the constitution so as 10
,,,o congress the power 10 impose income
ulss.
Mr. Mantle was recognized at the open
pr Of the session and spoke at length.
Nj. Mantle was followed by MIR. Butler
81 North Carolina on the subject q on
income tax. The senator referred at the
ou,s., 10 recent supreme court de;iaions
on the income tax and on the antitrust
law He added an expression of SURF rise
Al the indecent haste with which the rCol-
INK bill was being urged before congress,
Immediately after the decision OF Tho SUI
meme court OH the anti trust law.
This aroused Mr.. Cullom. Chairman of
lhe Interstate commerce committee, Low
Considering the pooling BILL TO spirited
reply. The senator from North Carolina
vas making statements about which he
knew nothing. said MIR. Cullom. The pool
hill had hg.ln hntnra ia,
months before the supreme court decision
md 1t sought to strengthen the interstate
M lie resented the statement OF I'm
tetent haste" and said such character
kion was misrepresentation nf facts.
Nr, Chiffon OF Texas, another member OF
Tie Interstate commerce committee, said
hehad been on the committee for two wears
md be had never known OF the pooling biu
beng pressed until after the recent SUI
Ftme court decision against railway pool
hs He said he disagreed with The chair
naa OF the committee that the pooling bill
Faso, 10 strengthen the law. in his jddg-
lent IL would destroy the interstate com
nerce law and the passage OF the I'M
would be fatal experiment..
Mr. Butler, resuming. said Mr.. Chilton's
nlement had fully justified his original
utron. and he would leave +, 10 he
!aello TO judge whether there was indecent
use He would. he said insist upon the
calderatlon Of n measure a,,tho,i,lna ~,
i,,pue tax before ANY n,o,ina Mi XII" "n
retnt before the scrate. He declared
G~olihg bill was in the interest Of the
IN pgannc trust in existence. compared
va which all other trusts are pignies
Ts senator then smoke on tho mari,a NJ
20 titome tax.
The consideration Of the ,arin hill nv
Paragraphs began Mt o'clock Load otc
lsai iross and metallic mineral .,,h.t,rcos
w TO 1911 were passed over.
The mica narngranh (1Sp1 ioa 40 o,,,
ts, Mr.. pot,iercv ot $50 ru S' a ro.'
royed 10 increaso tho rate hy ,ddIn,,
iy.cifc tax OF 10 ce,,,s ,,a, 80 ,''4''s "
clifton to tho rate IN the nil of ao nor
ent ad yalorem ''' y ~ F''
Mr. Chandler Of New uounsb,ro oIeo
Urged the absolute neress,tv ~ nm ,nrIa
GUY on mica in order ia 1evoIon IVA ,in,,
Mica deposits IN tbis country
hnted letter from Fdnnnd Iy,tso, az
NH, Ivy on electrical affairs. saying that
electrical nudsry n,d "I ,ha ,'" ,h 10 me
nica requisite for thIs snr,,,oa Nv. oo S'sS W
M I W me United States
'ne rates proposed vero eesortiai "a 81
'e the cheap labor ~ IN" III, ~ J,
seal to this country ''''' '"'''
This brought out a sn.ec, from, W. po,
lsrew' which attracted much intaros, il,
Tie bill The issue o 70 , ms a,.1uae toward
l'y No political marty ' vnr ~ ou's oV"n
come into power on n nIotSn,',, "S S
Trade Tho ,.e,,a p'"''ViH vi llee
.hedues Only. and IL had ceased IA he
question OF which the Two great roIl,ie
W parties could he divideJ m, ,,rea,
ssue before the peoplo ,odav Am Nv, r SIs".
schedules. but TO tho ey,o.o- ,,,ostio,,
whether The rovcrn',,on, i ,',.',',
ua corporations shall ,au W p'',",
VIC rule OF the peonIa '""' '"e f'''' VI
AFTER further discussion the nico nara.
ptph again went oyo,. a., a., 49, - -
.ae succeeding parnpranhs rela,in, IN
rs penholder tr!rs and nins ware sgresJ
a. reported
The quicksilver parocro,h Ia, ,,r,,,
To amendment ro EI","s' up nad commit
wuha'
~ Vest and Mr.. Jones NJ Arkansas on-
n Sthe amendment ana Messrs stewart
Nevada aud Perkins ", v raIi,orr ae'w S,,n
Asd It. '''''' -" sup
,, az Perkins asserted tba, tho po,he-
- us controlled The aubcIs,,ya,. ,arrAss
Tue world outside tbosn ~ C,,isor n'I' :" ,nd
-. Rates meant turning oyor No "a" hrn u""
A. ~ markets 10 the Ro,hscb,Ids, n ~,
rrg mines N4'''' ''''"
The Committee