Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
DEPEW SUPPORTS
TARIFF MEASURE
FEDERAL INCOME TAX MADE
SUBJECT OF ATTACK
SENATOR FROM UTAH WANTS
STATES TO PROFIT
Razors Are Used During Hostile Dis
cussion of Duty on Cutery-Can-
non Prevents Trouble In
the House
IBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May IA compre-
hensive discussion of the income tax by
Senator Sutherland of Utah and an eX-
tended speech by Senator DepeW in
support of the pending tariff bill con-
sumed most of the session of the senate
today. Mr.. Sutherland argued against
the constitutionality of a federal in
come tax and declared such a tax
should be left as a means of revenue
for the states.
Before adjournment a couple of hours
were devoted to a discussion of the cut
lery schedule of the tariff bin.
Razors were used during this dis
cussion in a hostile attack upon the
rates of the bill.
The committee on finance had in
creased the rates on razors in common
use from So to 100 per cent ad Valoren.
AS soon as the senate took up the cut
lery schedule today amendments offered
by Mr.. Simmons, cutting these rates,
We're rejected.
Senator Stone then offered amend
ments reducing the duties on razors to
the rates of the Dingley bill.
Senator Smoot in opposing the
amendments said if the duty was 500
per cent it would not increase the price
to the consumer. He held up before
the senate a razor which he said cost
40 cents to import and which sold
for SO.
Mr.. Smoot exhibited another razor
case. supposed to contain an edged
blade. 1t was from Germany and sold
at retail in this country at $3.50, while
it cost to import S4.79 a dozen.
Mr. AldriCh said the most striking
feature about the razor industry was
that large part of the razors imported
cost to import wholesale 10 cents each.
rs there anyone here who ever saw
a razor costing anything like 10 cents?'
inquired Mr.. Aldrich.
"A 25-cent razor is the kind the citi-
zens of the south of the political faith
of the senator from Rhode Island most
commonly use" said Senator Bacon.
Proposes Reductions
A general reduction of customs
duties of per cent annually is pro-
posed by Senator owen in an amend
ment to the tariff bill that he offered.
The amendment proposes that this re-
duction be made annually until a less
ened revenue from each article is
shown, and in such case the president
is authorized to fix the duty at a. rate
that he believes will produce the
greatest revenue.
A ruling by Speaker Cannon today
prevented perhaps the reopening in the
house of old wounds of the Civil War.
Mr.. Hollingsworth of Ohio sought to
Justify, as a matter of privilege, his
recent resolution objecting to the plac-
ing of the portrait of jefferson Davis
on the silver service to be presented TO
the battleship Mississippi because of
editorials in certain southern news
papers hurting all sorts of epithets at
him. The editorials were read.
The speaker declared that as the edi-
torials did not attack Mr.. Hollings-
worth in his representative capacity he
could not continue. The result of Mr.,
Hollingsworth's attempt was to get
into the Congressional Record number
of uncomplimentary remarks about
himself with nothing to offset them.
AS the editorials were read the house
was convulsed with laughter.
Although its consideration was COM
pleted, the Philippine tariff bill was
not finally acted upon because of the
absence of 8 quorum. Should a resolu-
tion by Mr.. Burleson of Texas, which
was adopted, be complied with the at
torney general must supply to the
house information regarding the steps
taken by him to Sannul the contract
whereby the United States Steel cor
poration absorbed the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company unless in so doing
the public interest would be affected.