The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
SUNDAY, NAY 3, 1903.
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CONGRESSIONAL.


OF a graduated income tax. and said
those were the words OF a man without
whose leadership the Republican party
would have gone down IN defeat" he
also quoted a speech by NJ. Taft in
favor OF the income tax principle. The
Senator insisted that the idea OF making
wealth bear SIS fuI share Of the tax
burden IS q Republican doctrine
On Tuesday Senator DoIlive-. Of Iowa,
took up the eudgels against the tariff
bili. as It stands, calling it q tricky meas
IRE and rousing Adrich 10 repeated
defense. The Iowa Republican appeared
70 be vel primed with facts and figures
FOR he met every interruption or question
with a stinging answer. His particular
attack was upon the cotton and wool
schedules He rallied al what he called
tEs trick which raised the duty on
certain wooden goods S. Is per cent. and
AldTich retOrted that The raise was only
g per cent Dolliver was careful 10 ex-
plain that he was still q protectionist
and said that much OF his information
had been supplied BY q New York i'm
porter OF great wealth. who had marched
at tie head OF 2 Taft procession last
year. The burden Of his argument was
that the manufacturers had dictated the
AldTich schedules 70 suit their interests,
but this AIdTfch stOutly denied. saying
that al the changes had been made in
the interest OF the producers
IN finishing his speech on Tuesday,
DollfveT charged that the customs sp-
praisers had done the bidding of the
manufacturers and OF Aldrich, and nov
ewaited their reward as members OF the
customs court. one OF the appraisers
was n the chamber at the time Dol
liver said he could prove that tie rates
Dn r1srcerized cloth were written out by
two Boston manufactures He grilled
Lodge for al interview in the Boston
Herald and che New York Evening Post.
saying that ad valO-em rates in the
.AldTiCh bill had been increased, 70 the
great advantage OF cotton and wool
Lodge said he must have been misquoted.
On Wednesday Senator Beveridge, q
strong administration man. came out
openly against the plans OF the Finance
Committee 70 rush the blll through. Ia
Toilette was the next 10 strike at the
Aldrich bill Guggenheim, OF Colorado.
head OF the smelter trust, n his maiden
speech, defended the proposed tax Of II
cents a pound on lead, saying that with
out Il al the big sneltsr works n the
West would close down n three months
because they could not compete with the
cheap labor OF Europe
The statement made BY Senator B0rah.
IN concluding his speech on the income
tax. Tuesday. that az present property
contributes nothing 70 the support Of the
government was eontrsdicted by Senator
Root, OF New York. who had been gath
ering figures on the subject Root assert
&c that last year property % the value
OF SsS,0oa GO, 90 was taxed for the support
Of local governments az rate OF "A per
cent. which IS equivalent TO tax Of I5
Der cent on the income OF that property. /
But said Borah: Who pays that tax
IS L the nan who rents the property. or
the man who owns it?'' Root replied
that the question OF the shifting Of tax
alton wss remote from the point at issue.
Then Borah asked Il the income tax
wouldn't catch q part OF the people who
shift their taxes. and Root said: "Oh. /
yes; that It IS undoubtedly true"
Senator Aldrich and Senator CUIberson. (
the Democratic leader, both made formal
statements. Wednesday, giving their re-
spective versions OF the tariff changes
contemplated in the bill now under dis
cussion The AIdrich figures indicated
that the biz made go reductions in the
most important tariff raising articles. /
Upon inquiry from Culberson and Over !
man. Aldrich admitted that MS figures /
had been compiled by Mai Lord, an
army psymaster, who had been a clerk ]
or the WAYS and Means Committee when 4
the Dingley bill was framed The state 4
rnent submitted by Cuiberson showed !
that the AldTich BIZ made only SIS reduc- !
tons in rates from the existing law. and 4
that Il made 3ls increases. while leaving
IN items unchanged he said his fig 4
ures were prepared by g Treasury depart
Tnent expert
Senator Cummins. OF Iowa was the chief 4
assailant OF the tariff bill on Thursday.
hitting out at the whole tariff plan. but \
especially attacking the steel schedules. /
and asserting that the trust IS enormous
" overcap apitaliZed He asked If II was 10 4
be wondered at that members Of the Fl
nance Committee-no one OF whom was 1
f. favor Of revision. but who were driven !
% L by the Republican platform--in re- 4
porting a tariff bill had tried TO keep the I
promise 10 the ear while breaking il TO 4
the hope. In reply 20 a question from
Senator Depew about reduction which /
would leave the independent steel men /
and the country al the mercy OF the 4
trust Cumnins said significantly that
there still remains the common people /
and the lamp posts
Senator Bristow, OF Kansas. q new
member, was deeply angered when cries
OF vote" interrupted his efforts 70 dis
cuss certain provisions, and he shouted
that hs would demand his rights.
Z On Friday Senator Clapp declared that
the people wanted revision, and revision
DOWNWARD AZ that He said he was ready
% 60 home at once II nothing more
than the re-enactment Of the Dingley law
was contemplated
Ffa- all the talk o. -. -.
strength Of the Aldrich following in the
Senate was clearly shown. Wednesday.
when forty-one Senators supported the
committee on proposition 10 raise
slightly the duty On orange mineral.
by-prodUct Of lead, the Democrats and
Republican insurgents being able 10 record
only thfrty-flve votes against Il. Of the
opposition nine were Republicans. as FOL
lows: Bristow, Brown. Burkett. Craw-
ford, Cummins. Dolliver, johnson. La
Toilette. and Nelson
TIE anticipated counter play 10 the
protest Of the women consumers AGAINST
the proposed duties on stockings and ,
gloves. q committee of ten women and ,
FIVE men. representing the hosiery mills !
of Philadelphia, visited WASHINGTON. ]
Tuesday. They were introduced 10 mem
bers OF the Senate Finance Committee J
and u President Taft and urged that an :
advance Of . per cent be made over the
present duty on hosiery. The commit J
tee claims 70 represent 50e00 workers. ;
IN the maximum and minimum clause !
OF the tariff bill, as reported by Senator (
Aldrich. the rates 10 force concessions
from. other lands are three times as much .
as those Of the Payne 5iIl and the Press- +
dent Is empowered 10 apply them to any /
country N the world. The President Is {
authorized 20 appoint q tariff commission {
10 aid him, and provision Is made for I
customs court. The AldTich punitive rates