The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-08-18

again If we were to begin anew. All
tariff legislation, effecting as it does
81. 600. 900 people and the industries
of 8 1000 coo square miles of territory,
must be complicated measure. Meet
ing the general approval of 95 per
cent of the republican members of
congress and the approval of the
president il can be relied upon as a
fairly good republican measure. After
all its real test will be its results. If
we have the experiences we did under
the Wilson law 1t will be conceded
that it is a very bad measure. if the
country prospers under it the good
judgment of the people will pass upon
it fairly.
Income Tax and the Law.
II was i'm hopes an income tax pro-
vision would be inserted i'm the bill
The president is i'm favor of an income
tax but he feels that there is very
grave doubt if the supreme court re-
versing its last decision and he very
strongly urged that instead of run
ming risk of having the supreme
court revoking such a provision that
his corporation tax provision be passed
and constitutional amendment be
submitted to the people, giving be-
yond a doubt the power to congress
to levy tax upon incomes. / yielded
my judgment to the judgment of the
president and | earnestly hope that
the Legislature now in session Will be
the first republican state to ratify
that amendment. The real merits or
dement's of an income tax law are not
now at issue but the question now
simply is whether or not the power
will be given to congress to levy an
income tax if at any time it deems
the emergency so great as to warrant
such action.
Irrigation Situation.
What of the irrigation situation
There is nothing especially new in
this. The government will prosecute
the works under way Just as rapidly
as money is available. We will get
our share and | have no doubt but
that the work will progress with rea-
sonably satisfactory rapidity. The
works heretofore begun have cost so
much more than the original esti-
mates that there is not enough
money on hand to prosecute them as
was hoped but | think development
in this valley will progress pretty sat
sfactorily 1t is also hoped that in
the very near future that work will be
undertaken around Ellensburg and. as
you know, a surveying party is in the
field to make a definite estimate of
that work. Our people may rest as
sured that Secretary Ballinger will do
everything he possibly can for our
state. but we cannot expect him to
act in a partial way toward us. II,
must look over the whole field and act
fairly toward every section and this
he will do, and that he will go just as
far as he can under the law / have no
doubt
Public Building Plans.
81 saw the supervising architect a
few days before ! left the east and he
stated that they are now at work on
the plans of our public building and
hoped to call for bids some time this
fall.
81 was somewhat disappointed in
not securing an emergency appropria-
ton in continuing the classification
and appraisement of the lands on the
Indian reservation, but the depart
ment did not have definite enough in
formation to convince the committee
of the necessity of this appropriation
being made now. and while / got a
provision inserted in the senate bill
the conferees rejected it. l really
hope, however, this will not cause any
delay. There will be no trouble about
getting the money this winter and
probably we will have it available be-
fore the present fund is exhausted"