The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-05
Mr.. Mantle Spoke at Length on the
Behalf of an Income Tax.
SENATOR eULLoM AROUSED
BY REFERENCE TO INDECENT
HASTE'' ON THE POOLING BILL.
The Proposed New Sugar Schedule
Action of the National Business Mems
League Resented by Senators.
ecial to The Indianapolis Journal.

Special to The Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Set speeches de-
layed progress on the tariff bill in the SEN
ate to-day. Senator Aldrich is still sick
at his hotel. 1t is supposed that coincident
with his temperance in the Senate the
finance committee will be ready to report
substitute for the sugar schedule which
is part of the bill as it now stands. The
House leaders sealed the fate of the Aldrich
schedule when they declared a short time
ago that under no circumstances would the
House adopt it. A great deal of curiosity
is manifested as to what the new plan will
be, and it will be subjected to a microscopic
inspection from all sides when it first sees
the light of day.
Republican senator's are Indignant at the
activity of the National Business Mems
League in promoting sentiment among the
business men of other cities for the early
passage of the tariff bill. They say they
fully understand the feeling in the bust
ness world and that they are working as
hard as they can. They say they are al
ready subjected to an uncomfortable
amount of pressure and that it is entirely
unnecessary to make the fire any hotter.
For that reason they are inclined to resent
move which is calculated to get them into
ton Of the discussion of the bill one day
or one hour.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The Senate to-
day considered about two pages, or seven
paragraphs of the tariff bill and brought
the work up to the wool schedule, the first
item of which was considered, but not COM
pleted. Mr.. Mantle, of Montana, spoke for
two hours on the wool schedule, urging in
creased rates for the wool grower, and Mr..
Butler of North Carolina, made plea in
behalf of the income tax. While Mr.. Man
tie was referring TO the opposition of the
wool manufacturers against the wool grow
ers Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, interrupted
to state that he did not regard the
marks fair to the bulk of the wool manu-
facturers' Some wanted free wool, some
sentiment of the wool manufacturers
throughout the country was favorable to a
Fswered that he did not mean that there
was an active warfare, but experience had
shown that there was a hostility by the
wool manufacturers against the growers
MIR. BUTLER'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Mantle received close attention from
the Republican side. He was followed by
Mr.. Butler on the subject of an income tax.
The senator referred at the outset to
cent Supreme Court decisions on the in
come tax and on the antitrust law. He
added an eXpressic 1 of surprise at the in
decent haste with which the pooling bill
was being urged before Congress, imme-
diately after the decision of the Supreme
Court on the antitrust law.
This aroused Mr.. Cullom, chairman of the
sidering the pooling bill, to spirited reply.
The senator from North Carolina was max
ing statements about which he knew moth
ing said Mr.. Gullom. The pooling bill had
hapn before 1nnpTpEG months before
Supreme Court decisions and it sought to
strengthen the interstate law. He resented
the statement of indecent haste" and said
such a characterization was misrepresen-
tation of facts.
Mr. Chiffon, another member of the inter
State-commerce committee, said he had
been on the committee for two years
and he had never known of the pooling
bill being pressed until after the recent Su-
preme Court decision against railway pool
ing. He differed in toto, he said, with the
chairman of the committee that the pool
ing bill sought to strengthen the law. In
his judgment it would destroy the inter
state-commerce law and the passing of the
bill would be fatal experiment.
Mr. Butler reSuming, said Mr. ChiltonS
statement had fully justified his original
assertion, and he would leave 1t to the pub
lie to Judge whether there was indecent
haste. He would, he said, insist on the
consideration of measure authorizing 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 existence, COIN
pared with which all other trusts are pig
mics. The senator then spoke on the merits
of an income tax.
Consideration of the tariff bill by para
graphs began at o'clock Lead ore, lead
dross and metallic mineral substances Q79
to ISL, inclusive) were passed over
The mica paragraph CS2l led to contest.
Mr. Pettigrew moved TO increase the rate
by adding a specific tax of 10 cents per
pound in addition 60 the rate in the bill
of 40 per cent ad Valorem.
Mr. Lodge urged that the rates proposed
were essential to offset the cheap labor of
the Indian mica sent to this country.
PETTIGREW'S POSITION.
This brought out a speech from Mr. Petit
grew which attracted much interest in view
of the doubts as to his attitude toward the
bill The issue of free trade and protection
was settled forever in this country, he de-
clared No political party would ever again
come to power on an issue of free trade,
and no senator would ever enter this Senate
platform of free trade. Senators
might speak in favor of free trade for
South Dakota's mica, but they would not
favor it for their own industries. The issue
was now a contest over schedules only, and
it had ceased to be queS ion on which
the two great political partit could be di-
vided. The great issues before the people
to-day did not relate to schedules, but to
the greater question as to whether a gov
eminent of plutocracy and corporations
shall take the place of the rule of the
After further discussion the mica para
graph again went over; also nickel The
succeeding paragraphs relating to pens,
penholder tips and pins were agreed to as
reported
To the quicksilver paragraph Mr.. Allison
offered q committee amendment raising the
rate to cents a pound. After debate 1t
was agreed to.
On type metal the motion of Mr.. Jones,
of Arkansas. to reduce the rate was lost.
Watches, watch movements. etc, went
over at the request of Mr.. Lodge
In the zinc paragraph Mr.. Allison pro-
posed a committee amendment reducing
the rates from ~ to ~ cents per pound
on zinc in blocks or pigs, and from ~ TO
cents per pound on zinc in sheets.
Mr.. Vest protested against the proposed
rates, saying there We're zinc mines in Mis-
souri, and he had not heard that increased
duties were desired.
Mr.. Allison said the rates We're necessary
and were in the nature of a compromise,
midway between the Mckinley and Wilson
rates. Mr.. Alisons amendment and the
paragraph as a whole were agreed to.
not otherwise provided for, Mr.. Jones
moved to reduce the rate from IS per cent.
to 35 per cent. Rejected-20 TO 30.
This brought the Senate up TO Schedule
d, relating to wood and manufactures of
wood. On timber hewed sided or squared,
ing wharves, Mr.. Allison moved a commit
tee amendment increasing the rate from /
cent TO IL cents per cubic foot
Mr.. Gray asked why timber was taken
from the free list, TO which Mr.. Allison re-
sponded that the first reason to raise
revenue ard the incidental reason was to
afford protection 10 a vast industry.
Mr.. Gray answered that the millionaire
owners of timber lands were not mendi-
cants. and there was no reason why they