Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-05
BUTLER WANTS INCOME TAX'
Urges the Necessity of Legisla-
 ton to That End.
HITS THE POOLING BILL
Saying It Was Being Pushed With Indecent Haste CuIIom Makes Feeble Reply
 Tariff Bill Moving Slowly

ss Washington, June 1.-The senate had a period of speechmaking today, and as fua a result little progress was made on the tariff bill. The advance covered about twenty pages or seven paragraphs, and brought the senate up to the wool sched- J ule, the first item of which was consld@ cred, but ncs completed.
 soe MT. Manle, republican, of Monltanas Spoke for two hours on the wool sched- fasule, urging an increase in the rates Tor rtowool growers, and MT. Butler, of North r Carolina, made speech In behalf of an income tax.
 isa The senate met at Il o'clock today with a view of exepdfting the rarif bill, and Mir. Mantle was recognized at the open ing of the sessicne
 MT. Mantle received close attention from the republican side of the chamber MT. Hanna, who was referred to during osthe speech, sat by and listened a9teal- lively to him. MT Mantle closed at 1:45, and MT. Bu1- Ter followed immediately on the subJect of an income tax.
 sthe delay of the tariff debate but was as- | sured by MT. Bu,ler that ne wou.u IT. ips,. sneak long, iMr Butler had no sooner
  hcollouuy with MT. Cullom, of lillnols ine Mort Carolina sena tor referred at the out e=set to the recent supreme cours decfsoins on the income tax and on the aihti-llu9 sdaw He added an expression or surprise sAat the inSoent haste Win Wnlcn tne pour ing bill was being urged before congress Immediately after the decision Of the su- fpreme court on the antitrust law. This aroused Mir. Cualom, chairman or the ln7 tere1t ate commerce committee, now con sidering the pooling bil to a spir1ied re- ply. The senator from North Carolina was making statemenlts of which ne Knew -nJthine. said MT. Cullom. The pooifnS bill had been before congress for mortns before the supreme court decision, and it sought fo strengthen the interstate law. He resented the si9atemeLl of insoleat haste, and said such a characterization was a misrepresentation of facts.
 MT. Chiffon, of Texas, another member of the interstate commerce commissio took a hand in the controversy, joining is- sue with MT. Cullom.
 . MT. Chiffon said he had been on the commit tea for two years and he had new CT heard of the pooling bill being pressed until after the recent supreme court de- cision against thl5 railway pooling. He differed in toto, he said, from the com mttee that the pooling bill aimed to strengthen the law In his judgment It would destroy the interstate commerce law and ths passage of the bill would be fake experiment. oMr. Butler, resuming, sad MT Chitons statement had fully justified his origlnaf assertion and he would leave 1t to the house to judge whether there was inde- cent haste. He would, he said, insist on, the consideration elf the measure author izing an income tax before any pooling bill was brought before the senate He declared that the pooling bill was in the interest of the most gigantic trust in ex- istence, compared with which all other = trusts were pigmies. The senator than a n He pointed out the inequalities of our present system of taxation and declared that the tariff bill, when enacted, would impose it's burdens on 98 per cent. of poorer people who were least able to bear it, while it benefited per cent of those who did not need assistance.
 Mir. Butler declared that if this ques- ton of Income tax could not be presert- ed to the people then 1t was time they should know 1t in crder that they might adopt the remedy of a consti, ,utional com vention to Tight the existing wrongs. He warned the elements of wealth that the ircome tax was but a small part of the demands of the people and that If driven to a constitutional convention there would be al supreme effort to go back to the principles of government by the people.
 The consideration of the tariff bill by paragraphs began at 3 o'clock. Lead ore, lead dross and metal mineral sub stances d79 to 181 inclusive) wera rassed oVer ne IIlW,b pdI'dSIdpn tloo) ueQ DO a contest. MT. Pritchard. of Nor h Carolina, pro- posed an amendment, fixing the rate on rough mica at 15 cents per pound and on cut mica at 30 cents per pound.
 After a lengthy discussion the mica paragraph went over, also nickel
 When the wood schedule (paragraph 192) was reached, covered timber, hewn, sided or squared. or round timber used in building ships or wharves, MT Allison moved a committee amendment increas- ing the rate from cent to 11b cents per cubic foot MT Gray asked why timber was taken from the free list. MT Allison responded that one reason was ito raise revenue and another reason was to afford protection to a vast industry.
 MT. Gray answered that the millionaire owners of timber lands were not mendi- can'ts, and there was no reason why they should receive toll wruEg from the American home builders. He protested against it also because it placed pre- mium on the destruction of our own for ests. particularly our whl.e pine.
 MT. -Allisons amendment was agreed to, but the paragraph was not finally dis posed of when the bill was laid aside. J'h1 house amendments to the bill to ~p # collisions on bays and waters of II led States, except the great lakes, w oa greed to.
 Ate5:10 the senate held brief executive session, and then adjourned
 ssr TILLMAN'S NEW BILL.