Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-09
rAFTs DESIRE FOR DOWNWARD
REVISION MAY YET PRO-
DUcE RESULTS.
NELSON TO VOTE AGAINST BILL
Probable That Mccumber's Efforts
Will Be For Naught.-Members of
House Are Called to Washing.
ton for Final Action.

passed from the committee of the
whole to the senate. The adjourn
ment was taken until the bill with all
Its amendments could be printed, and
the consideration of the measure in
the senate proper will begin this
morning. 1t is admitted by all that
the final disposition of the bill and
Its amendments will take but one OF
two days in the senate. and the bill
will go to conference before the end
of the week.
Senator Clapp stated today that he
would not vote for the bill when it is
called up for passage this week He
said that he could not support the
measure as 1t now stands.
Many duties have been kept up.
others have been raised and reduc-
tions that seemed important have not
been made" said Senator Clapp.
The corporation tax has been
adopted in form that cannot APP
prove, and the maximum and mini
mum provision as agreed to, auto
matically raises all duties rs per cont
after next March. will feel com
PEELED to vote against the bill in its
present form"
What other senators will follow this
course cannot be definitely ascertain
ed at present. Senator Nelson stated
yesterday that he was not prepared
to- say what course he would follow.
Senator Cummins likewise would
make no statement as to whether or
not he will support the bill. Senator
LaFollette Is expected to vote against
1t, although he would not indicate yes
terday the position he intends to take.
Some Work Remains.
Whether Senator Clapp or other
western senators will vote against the
bill in its final passage of the senate
before going to the president will de-
pend upon the remodeling of the bill
that takes place in the conference
committee There is still some work
10 be done In the senate this week,
when various amendments will be
presented as the bill is given it's last
reading. These include further
amendments of the sugar schedule,
the tobacco section, the corporation
tdA anu ,OlleE pOEliOIlS.
Senator Clapp will probably again
introduce his amendment to strike out
of the corporation tax the clause
which exempts from the payment of
the tax earnings of corporations de-
rived from the income of stocks of
other corporations held by them.
The amendment will not be adopted,
however, as the senate has determined
10 take the corporation tax as it now
stands.
The two Minnesota senators do not
entertain the same view as to the
operation of the maximum and mini
mum sections against Canada. Sen
ator Nelson believes the maximum
penalty will apply principally to
France and Germany and possibly to
Belgium. Senator Clapp is confident
law and the discriminatory practices
existing against the United States
will serve to put the rs per cent pen
atty into operation against that coun-
try.
Taft's Hand Is Seen.
One thing has been made certain,
however, namely that President Taft
has permitted no doubt to exist as to
his determination to demand a genu
inc revision in important particulars
of the bill The conferees Of the two
houses are fully aware of this and
there Is every reason to believe that
they have been acting upon it, have
been informally agreeing upon reduc
tions and changes which can be made
and that when the actual considera
ton of the bill in conference begins
many important schedules will be
agreed to with little or no debate.
The influence Of the president hal
been such as to convince many of the
western progressive senators tina
genuine and important reductions II
the conference committee are assured
The action of the conferees ma,
therefore be more speedy than pas
developments have indicated. On tn,
drawback, maximum and minimum
and other administration features O
the bill there is likely to be more ser1
GUS difference than on many of tn
schedules of actual tariff duties.
The call has been sent out for al
members Of the house to return t
Washington in preparation for fina
action on the bill. Those who hav
returned this week. including cor
gressmen from Iowa and Wisconsin
report general dissatisfaction wit
the tariff bill as it now stands. The
express doubt also of the possibilit
of so amending and changing the BIZ
in conference that 1t will be satisfat
tory to the public.
The proceedings in the senat
logged along in uneventful fashio
yesterday. Among amendments t
the tariff agreed to was one exemp
ing labor organizations, fratern,
beneficiary societies and organization
exclusively for charitable and educa
tlonal purposes from the operations O
the corporation tax provisions.
Amendments were adopted specify
ing Canada and the West Indie
among contiguous countries include
in the discriminating duty of 10 pc
cent ad valorem on imports not man
ufactured in those countries and In
troduced into the United States, AM
also extending from two to 81
months in any one year the perio
during which domestic built foreigl
vessels may engage In the coastwis
trade. Another amendment relieve
the United States from all reciprocal
obligations toward foreign nations II