Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-02
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mat the conference Will nave us
hands full was established when
/ ran over the print of the bill prepared
for Mr.. A1drich, which he said Tues
day should not be allowed to have
publicity. Something like 900 changes
in duties and verbiage have been made
by the committee of the whole in the
senate. 1t is the claim of the finance
committee, of course, that these
changes work to the advantage of the
people. 1t asserts that they have
brought about a real increase in the
average rates on luxuries and a ma
terial decrease in the rates on neces-
saries of all kinds as compared with
the existing law.
This contention may be true in a
few particular instances, but emphati-
cally is not the case generally. The
finance committee asserts that the bill
lat present shows an estimated increase
in revenue over the Dingley law, on
the basis of 1907 importations, of more
than SIS, 900, 900. This net increase is
obtained thru the advance in rates on
such articles as wines, spirits, silks,
laces, diamonds, and jewelry of all
kinds.
But Mr.. Aldrich and his supporters
have not confined their revision up
ward tendency to luxuries of the char
acter enumerated. They have in
creased the rates enumerated in the
Payne bill upon many necessaries and
have described as luxuries articles
such as structural steel, which have no
more right to the designation than
hides have to that of live animals.
The above describes the undertow
that is carrying the tariff bill to a
high tariff haven, picked out lby the
standpatters in congress. Powerful as
is this movement, it is lost sight OF
generally in the interest created by the
surface ripples produced by the activi-
ty of the senate insurgents.
Cumn,ins Makes Target Of Taft.
In discussing the corporation tan
amendment Senator Cummins OF
Iowa respectfully. but none the less di-
rectly, charged President Taft with be-
ing Inconsistent in first recommend.
ing an income tax. then switching tc
an inheritance tax, and finally droppine
both in favor of corporation tax
Cummins declared that he did MOI
agree with the presidents final con-
clusions and did not propose to FOLLOW
them. He charged furthermore that the
movement for economy in the govern
pkent departments, part of which has
been to threaten the discharge OF g
large number of employees, was moth
ing more than a feature of genera
effort to discredit ali efforts to raise
additional revenue by making it appear
that 1t will not be needed. In thi,
connection the senator was arguing il
behalf of an income tax.
Had the weather been cooler Senator
Cummins' allegations probably wout
have caused rumpus in the sena te
chamber. At is was, no steps were
taken in the presidents Defense blu
when he returns to Washington tomor-
row from New Haven it is expected
that he will have some member of the
senate make an explicit statement o
the course he has observed.
To friends with whom he has talked
the president has frankly stated that M
and Cummrhs had a disagreement. due
to what he conceived to be the Iowan':
misunderstanding of what Taft has
said to him. Mr.. Taft asserts that HI