Evening star., 1909-04-21

of peace were sometimes as imperative as
the demands OF war. and that the princi-
pie of the policy Is not changed by peace
or war.
After making his declaration that he
would abandon the proposal for & the IN. IN,
money to be derived therefrom - not
needed. and that the tariff bill will be all
sufficient to raise revenue. Senator Cum
minis proceeded to discuss Senator Al
drchs statement on the revenues likely
to be produced by the bill.
Disputes Aldrich's Estimates.
Senator Cummns' assurance that II the
revenues from the tariff bin were ~suf-
ficient he would abandon his campaign for
an income tax apparently gave great de-
light to some Of the republicans. He added
that he was open to conviction en- the
score of the adequacy of the Payne-Ald-
rich bill as a revenue pf0dicefs In some
things Mr.. Cummins said he was willing
TO yield to the superior judgment OF the
chairman OF the finance committee BUT he
believed Mr.. Aldrich had made some
: statements Monday concerning matters OF
which every senator in the chamber. no
matter how inexperienced. could be Just
as good a judge as the senator from
Rhode Island. For instance, he disagreed
with Mr.. Aldrich about the elimination OF
the sinking fund of s6O,OO0,00O in the
Treasury when figuring on the necessary
expenses of the government for the year
1910
Furthermore, Mr. Cummins was unwil-
ling to accept Mr.. Aldrich's estimate of the
public receipts from impoftations into the
United States in 1910. He did not think
with Mr.. Aldrieh that these importations
would equal those of 1907. 1t had taken
nine years, he said for the if1iportatons
for 1907 to reach that enormous volume.
The severity or the depression of the
fall of 1907 said Mr.. Cummins. rs just
fairly dawning on the minds OF the Aneri-
can people"
He suggested that Il would bN better
to take the average of 1907 and 1909. or
the. average of 1D8S and 1901.
At this point Senator Rayner of Mary
land called attention to Mr.. Aldrichs 8
the past few weeks had jumped at a rate
which apparently indicated that the level
of 1907 would be reached in 1910 and
surpassed in 1911.
To back UP these statements made by
him Monday, Mr.. Aldrich proceeded to
read from statement prepared by him
since that time. showing that the aver
age daily increase from March ! to April
10 of the present year had been S261. 600.
lie also read an opinion from the chief
that the revenues from imports would
reach three hundred and forty. million
dollars next year, which would be more
than necessary.
Challenges Aldrich's Conclusions.
Senator Cummihs said that Senator Aid
rich's conclusions were based largely upon
the theory that the country will do an In
creased business in 1910. He felt that
1t would not be safe to rest entirely upon
such supposition. He declined to Ac-
cept as a test of future business the i'm
portations since the conInencement OF the
revision OF the tariff He said that the
1oc yoxs d.
OF all days upon which to base fore
cast for future importations
Discussing the operations Of the tariff
bill for 1911. Senator Cumf1ins said that
Senator Aldrich assumed that the reve-
nues would increase forty-five millions
over 1910. He did not think that the
revenues from the liquor tax would in
crease much-rather would diminish on
account OF the growing sentiment. OF pro-
hibition. OF course. If 1t was proposed to
put an added tax on beer. tax which
he would heartily favor. there might be
an increase. He hoped that Senator AL
drich's expectation of reduced appropria-
tions would be realized. but he much
doubted IL they would be reduced $780,
600, 900 in 1911 below those of 1910. The
growth Of the country alone would pre-
vent such a decrease.
IF l am right with respect to these
things" said Senator Cummins, I'VE will
need the additional revenue to be realized
from this income tax"
Would Persist in Amendment.
As soon as MI. Cummins finished the
formal part of his remark, Senator Bacon
of Georgia, on behalf of the democratic
senator's. proceeded to catechse the
Iowan to learn just how he stood on the
income tax proposition. with relation to
the democratic idea. very interesting
eolfoquy resulted. After a good deal OF
parrying on both sides. Mr.. Bacon put
this direct question to Mr.. Cummins:
III the senator was satisfied that this
bill would raise sufflcient revenue, would
he then still oner his income tax amend
ment?"
Il would" replied Mr.. Cummins, posi-
lively, ''and I would then rearrange the
schedules of the BILL