The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-01
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INTERNAL TAX DISCUSSED
The administrator Will Favor Rails
ing More Money to Offset the Treas
ury Deficit by Raising Internal Tax
es. Other Items Of Interest. -

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Secretary Taft's Columbus speech
has caused material change in tariff
sentiment in Washington. Public
men have turned their attention to
internal taxes, and it is now believed
the administration will favor raising
more money to offset the Treasury de-
felt by increasing the internal taxes
rather than by advocating revision Of
the Dingley rates. This, at any rate,
is the way politicians view the situa-
ton at the present time. It is merely
the administration s desire to shut off
the Treasury deficit, there is no ques
ton that it will be done by readjust-
ment of the internal revenue laws and
not by tinkering with the tariff act.
This can be done without ms,ca dis
turbance to business and the addition
al burdens can be so arranged that
that they will fall on a great many
shoulders and not be irksome to any.
But while this argument is satisfac-
ested in maintaining the Treasury f.
nances in good shape, it does not APP
peal strongly to the revisionists. They
are not 30 much concerned over the
deficit as they are over the high Ding
ley schedules. They advocate revis-
ion, not as a revenue measure, but as
a means Of securing better foreign
markets and relieving home consum-
erS from the grip of tariff protected
trusts. The tax on whisky is more
apt to be reduced than increased. The
tax is now $1.10 gallon and even
tually it will be reduced to the old
igures Of seventy or ninety cents.
There will be big howl from the
South il move is made to increase
HE tax on tobacco. This claim will
be made that any additional burden
of this kind will be disastrous to one
of the chief industries Of the South
Sn States. Coffee and tea may be
levied upon by customs duties. This
is very apt to be done if the admins
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