The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

and extortion OF the many. his glory will
experience a greater diminution than
have the rates Of the Dingiey law.
THAT the Presidents respect for the
square deal and his Jealousy OF his own
fame impelled him honestly TO desire q
tariff law which would at least meas
urably redeem his own and his partys
ante-election promises for a downward
revision OF the tariff VIII be readily con-
ceded
THAT ne has been made TO believe by
tariff experts and near-eXperts that he
has achieved his hearts desire in that
regard is not to be disputed. but that he
has been deceived as to this conference
report being a downward revision in any
reasonable sense of term can 1 think.
be mathematically demonstrated.
"By delaying too long TO exercise hts
/ influence. the President wrought a small
measure OF reform by great exert.on.
when he might have accomplished more
had he taken time by the forelock
Certainly" Mr. Clark added. Chair
man Payne's statement Is one OF the
most deceptive documents ever sub
mitted TO the gaze OF men. I do not
charge him with intentional deception.
but he. too, has been deceived by sleight-
of-hand performers in arithmetic
I herewith submit a table. which Is
approximately correct, setting forth the
increases in their proper light and prov
ing that the average rate OF The confer
enee report is In per cent higher than
the average rate OF the Dingley law.
said Mr.. Clark.
LOngwOrth Tells why.
Discussing the corporation tax feature
Of the report. Representative Longworth.
l'6f Ohio. a member Of the Ways and
Means Committee. gave some interest
ing details Of the history OF the corpora
ton tax amendment and made an argu-
ment In favor OF a reasonable amount
Of publicity in the affairs Of great cor
porations.
Il have heard it frequently said here"
he began. that this proposition was
evolved merely for the purpose Of beat
ing the income tax in the Senate. have
no hesitation In agreeing 20 a part OF
this statement II did beat the kind Of
income tax that was proposed In the
lSenate. and I am glad OF Il.
| There Is one man, and one man only,
who is primarily responsible for the
evolution OF the corporation tax, ana
that is the President of the United
States: and II Il shall become a part of
the permanent law Of this country. as
believe II will, he is entitled 10 all the
credit for IT, I know OF my own knowl-
edge that the thing was IN his mind
many months before he was inaugurated.
and that before his Inauguration he had
sought the advice Of many well-known
economists upon the question.
Not Legislative Trick.
Far from being a legislative trick"
he added designed 70 meet a particu-
lar condition in the Senate or designed to
! beat any particular measure. this cor
4 pOration tax is a well-cOnsidered plan.
designed 10 go upon the statute books on
account Of the merit 1t has in Il.
"Of all the propositions proposed for
| raising this additional revenue" he con-
! tinued. 'It seems to me that the corpo-
ration tax. II viewed only from its reve-
nue-prVducing capacity, is the most
! logical
The publicity feature OF the tax
amendment" he added, is the first step
| In the solution of one % the most impor-
tant questions before the American peo-
ple-the question OF the reasonable regu-
latiOn of corporations.
/ Il believe that in evolving and advO-
/ eating tie passage Of this law. the Presl-
/ dent Of the United States has redeemed
in the fullest measure his pledge that he
would. during his administration, proceed
along the paths blocked out BY his prede-
! cessor that he would use every effort 70
bring to his policies their fullest fruition.
Representative Underwood. Democrat.
/ Of Alabama, a member Of the Ways and
| Means Committee. who followed Mr.
LOngwOrth. was frequently interrupted
/ by Representative Hill. of Connecticut.
/ Mr. Hill insisted that the Wilson law
rates on iron and steel articles were high
/ er than the rates in the pending bill
/ To this statement Mr.. Underwood re-
/ piled that methods OF manufacturing steel
were cheaper, and no such duty was nee
essary now as when the Wilson law was
| passed.
Democrats Cheer Mann.
Then came the real incident Of the de-
bate Representative Mann, Of Chicago,
who made the report Of a Congressional
committee on the wood pulp and print
paper Industry. attacked the conference
report.
| The Democrats eagerly awaited Mr..
Mann. When he appeared they treated
him TO great applause. and when he
avowed himself a Republican and a pro-
/ tectlonist who would vote against the
conference report, he was given another |
| send-on by the Democrats. Mr.. Mann
said that without wood pulp the paper
Industry in the United States could not !
go on. He declared that the visible sup
ply Of standing spruce in the country Is !
s. 100000 feet ofc which q 200 900 feet is In I
the State Of Maine. 'the home Of one |
Of the Senate conferees.'
Continuing, Mr. Mann said that about |
a year or so ago many Republicans were /
eager to place print paper on the free /
list. But now they were preparing 20 /
vote for a conference report which would I
apply the maximum rates 70 and In 1
crease the existing duties upon print /
paper
Representative Malby, OF New York. I
made a reply 70 Mr.. Manns opposition. /
Representative Randell. Of Texas. made /
short address denouncing the report. /
Mr. Clayton, Of Alabama, closed the de-
bate Tor the Democrats.
Mr.. Mccall, OF Massachusetts. one OF |
the Republican members of the confer 1
ence committee, closed for the Repubn- /
cans
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