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scraps contained particles Of wool they
were subject to the wool duty and imposed
upon the 500 cargo duties aggregatinl
81 .250.
When the laughter had subsidized suffi.
ciently Senator Dolliver resumed hif
narrative.
when the man came to-" said the
Senator, she hired lawyer and tried te
extricate himself from his trouble, which
he succeeded in doing by inducing the
customs officers to permit him to pay
a certain amount of the duty and send
the cargo back to Europe and recover
his money through a drawback"
| Senator Aldrich suggested that rubber
| boots were manufactured in the United
States cheaper than they were in any other
| country in the world whereupon Mr.
Dolliver inquired why the COMMITTEES
deemed 1t necessary to raise the duty
from 30 to 35 per cent. He announced
rubber boots on the free list for the
benefit of the farmers in Iowa who are
wading around in the snow and voting
the Republican ticket"
I AT one point in his address Senator
Aldrich reminded the Senator from lowe
that the illustrations he was employing
and the arguments he had adduced In
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the same that had always been employed
even by Democrats. Il mention 1t. :
said he. simply to show the men who
are trying to destroy this tariff are still
doing business at the same old stand. v
! Il resent the statement that am try
sharply rejoined Senator Dolliver. IL
am trying 70 make such Republican
tariff as can be defended before the
country"
Senator Warren of Wyoming entered
the debate once or twice. At one time
Mr.: Dolliver denied him the right to speak
and he remarked as he took his seat that
statements wide of the truth but that
he would reply to them later.
At another time Mr.. Warren offered
to supply MIR. Dolliver with certain in
formation.
Il don't know and do not want to
know" replied the Senator from Iowa,
waving Mr.. Warren aside.
| The Senator from Wyoming retorted
that popular formula for good speech
was to have mo statistics and very little
| information"
a wiser man than either OF us, Thomas
Carlyle. has said that the chief use of
statistics stats in a speech is to keep the other
fellow from lying to you said Mr..
Dolliver.
Senator Smoot of Utah. with book in
hand once asked permission to interrupt
Il cannot yield. MIR. President replied
MIR. Dolliver, with a broad smile. TO man
who wants to read book to me-
Senator Root took an active part in the
discussion OF the income tax amendment.
He challenged the statements made by
Senator Borah Of Idaho yesterday that the
property interests Of the United States
did not pay their Just share of the burdens
OF taxation. He submitted figures to
show The percentage of taxes contributed
BY property interests OF the United States.
The Senator said he did not care to
enter into an argument as to the merits
OF an income tax, but he did not care to
sit silent and permit this erroneous view.
this mischievous view, to 60 to the people
OF the country, who do not have the ac-
cess to statistics that would show that
the property interests OF the United
States did not bear their Just bu rden Of
government Mr.. Root said in part:
1t is not fact that in this republic prop
erty does not now bear q fair proportion
OF the burden Of taxation. find in looking
at the books-the precise figures since
the little coloQuy that took place here
yesterday-that in 1902, which was the last
year after which find the complete figures
available for comparison. the property
in the United States upon which the ad
valorem tax for the support of the Gov
ernment. county. municipal and other
local governments. wai levied amounted
al a true value to Ss7 $40, ,ooo. 900, that ad
valorem taxes were levied upon that prop
erty At the rate OF 74-lO0 Of per cent.
that is in round numbers z, Of per cent,
and that would amount in even numbers
to the equivalent OF an income tax Of IS
per cent. upon all the property in the Unit ed
States.
In the State of New York, which con-
tains substantially one-seventh OF the
entire taxable property OF the United
States. the holders OF real estate do not
expect to realize more than from 81, to
par cent. net. And II you assume those
figures for the income the rate OF taxation
would mount up to between 20 and 30 per
cent. of an equivalent tax.
Mr.. Borah-May ask the Senator
from New York who pays the larger por-
ton of the real estate tax in this country
Mr.. Root-1hat is question Of the shift
ing of the tax " hich can be put regarding
every tax. The tax is imposed upon the
property. 1t Is paid by the owner Of tho
property. Where the final incident Of
the tax is in the ultimate shifting and dis
trihution Is an entirely different ques-
ton.
MIR. Borah-But il the income tax was
in existence. it would tax a part OF the in
come of the man who had shifted it to tho
renter, would IL not?
Mr.. Rootr-Oh. yes, there is no doubt
about that.
Senator Bailey made brief and spirited
reply to Senator Root. He declared him
self in favor OF abolishing all taxes on
consumption and Law II upon property.
He would make the rich pay all the taxes,
not only state, county and municipal
but Federal as well.
He declared that man like Senator
Root, who stood at the head OF the Amer
ican bar and could 60 into court and earn
Si5O,OOO a year. ought to be made to pay
tribute to the Government. He said that
he ould supplement the Federal tax on
property by tax on incomes above a
certain amount.
A tax on consumption he characterized
as a crime. God Almighty gave us appe-
ttes and the Government ought not to
tax them" said the Texan. He declared
that it was a crime TO require a man to
wear clothes and then tai him for wearing
them
Senator Borah of Idaho concluded his
speech in favor of an income tax Much
Of his'argument was based upon Incidents
of the constitutional convention and
tended to prove that q direct tax within
the meaning OF the Constitution applied
only to the capitation tax and the tax
upon real estate and it's improvements.
Senator Sutherland Of Utah and Sena-
tor Rayner Of Maryland frequently in
terruptad Mr.. Borah.
Senator Sutherland asked Mr.. Borah
whether tax on buildings Of twelve
stories and over would be direct
tax. They, are improvements on real