The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-05
on Pooling Bill, Delay or
Income Tax
A SEE-SAW WITH CULLOM
Chiffon CORROBORATES THE
TARHEEL SENATOR.
MR.. PRITC-ARD'S MICA FAKE
Trying to Divert Attention from His
Cotton Tie Vote by This SleezY
Song and Dance -.SloW
Tariff Progress,
Tariff Progress.

a period of speech making to-day, and
as a result littleprogress was made on
the tariff bill The advance covered a.
bout two pages or seven paragraphs and
brought the Senate up to the wood sched-
ule, the first item Of which was consider
ed but not completed.
Mr.. Mantle, (Iont), spoke for two
hours on the wool schedule, urging in
creased rates for the wool grower and
Mr.. Butler, Pop, n. c., made a plea in
behalf of an income tax.
The Senate met at II o'clock to-day
with view to expediting the tariff bill
and MI Mantle was recognized at the
opening of the session.
Mr.. Mantle received close attention
from the Republican side of the cham
ber, Mr.. Hanna, who was referred to
during the speech, taking a seat beside
him and attentatively following the en-
tire speech, while Mr.. Foraker and other
Senators from wool producing States were
interested listeners.
Mr.. Mantle closed at :45 and Mr.. But
Ter followed Immediately on the subject
of an income tax. Mr.. Allison showed
some impatience at the delay of the tar-
iff debate, but was assured by Mr.. Butler
that he would not speak long.
Mr.. Butler had no sooner started than
he was involved in Il lively colloquy with
Mr.. Cullom, Qll) The North Carolina
Senator referred at the outset to recent
Supreme court decisions on the income
tax and on the antitrust law. He added
an expression of surprise at the indecent
haste with which the pooling bill was be-
ing urged before Congress Immediately af-
ter the decision of the Supreme court on
the antitrust law. This aroused Mr.. Cul-
lom. chairman of the Interstate com
merce committee, now considering the
pooling bill, to a spirited reply. The Sen
ator from North Carolina, was making
statements about which he knew nothing,
said Mr.. Cullom The pooling bill had
been before Congress for months before
the Supreme court decision and it sought
to strengthen the Interstate law. He
resented the statement of indecent
haste" and said such a Characterization
was a Misrepresentation of facts.
Mr.. Chiffon. (Texas). another member
of the interstate commerce committee,
here took a hand in the controversy,
Joining issue with Mr.. CullOm. Mr.. Chill
ton said he had been on the committee for
two years and he had never known of
the pooling bill being pressed until af-
ter the recent Supreme court decision a
gainst railway pooling. He differed
he said, with the chairman of the
committee, that the pooling bill sought to
strengthen the law. In his judgment it
would destroy the Interstate commerce
law and the passing of the bill would be
q fatal experiment.
Mr.. Butler. resuming, said Mr.. Chill
toms statement had fully justified his ori-
ginal assertion and he would leave it to
the public to judge whether there was
indecent haste. He would, he said, in
sist on the consideration of measure
authorizing an income tax, before any
pooling bill was brought before the Sen
ate. He declared that the pooling bill
was in the interest of the most gigantic
trust in existence, compared with which
all other trusts are pigmies. The Senator
then spoke on the merits of an income tax.
He pointed out the inequalities of our
that the tariff BILL when enacted, would
impose it's burdens on 9S per cent of
Door people who were least able to bear it,
while it benefited the two per cent of
those who did not need assistance.
Mr. Butler declared that if this ques-
ton of income tax could not be present
ed to the people, then it was time they
should know it in order that they might
he r. pol
vention to right existing wrongs. He
warned the elements of wealth that the
income tax was but Il small part of the
demands of the people, and that if
driven to IA constitutional convention there
would be supreme effort to go back to
the first principles of a government by the
t>e ple.
The consideration of the tariff bill by
paragraphs began at O'Clock. Lead
ORE lead dross and metallic minerals
substances Q79 to 1S1 inclusive) were
passed over.
The mica paragraph 1S2) led to a con-
test
Mr.. Pritchard (N CO. proposed an
amendment fixing the rate ON rough
mica at Is cents per pound and on cut
mica at 30 cents per pound.
After a lengthy discussion, the mica
paragraph again went over; also nickel
When the wood schedule was reached
in paragraph 1872, covering timber hewn,
sided or squared, or round timber used
for spars or in building wharyes, Mr..
Allison moved a committee amendment
increasing the rate from one cent to 112
cents per cubic foot.
Mr. Gray asked why timber was taken
from the free list, to which Mr.. Allison
responded that the first reason was to
raise revenue and the incidental reason