The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-19
NOT FRIGHTENED
BY CORPORATION
LAWYERS
Threats Against Tax Feature
Do Not Alarm Taft
TEST CASES WERE EXPECTED
President Says Every New System Of
Taxation Meets With Some op-
position

Beverly Mass, Aug 17-Reports
which are reaching Beverly daily
from Washington and New York that
the constitutionality of the new cor
poration tax is to be tested Just as
soon as an effort is made to collect II
have not disturbed the President the
least, as he laugningly told number
OF callers at the Taft cottage today
The tests and the protests, the Presi
| dent declared were all anticipated
and no threats of the corporation law.
yers now cause him any alarm.
Mr.. Taft, himself lawyer of some
eminence, is thoroughly convinced
that the tax will stand any test that
may be applied to it. Attorney Gener.
al Wickersham, a corporation lawyer
OF note, and Senator Root collaborat-
ed on the provision of the Tariff bill,
and the measure as enacted, they be-
lieve, will survive any attempt to null
lily it. Mr.. Taft said yesterday that
| the test cases were but natural and
that no new system of taxation ever
had been submitted to without some
sort of fight
Attorney General Wickersham is
coming to see the President tomorrow
afternoon. but the prospect of litiga-
ton over the corporation tax has
nothing to do with the visit. Mr..
Wickersham has some pardon cases
upon which he desires the President
to act and he wants also to go over
with Mr.. Taft few of the prelimi-
naries in the plan for the reorganiza-
ton of the duties of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the amend
ment of the Sherman Antitrust law,
and the bringing of interstate cor
porations more definitely under the
control of one of the branches of the
Government. Mr.. Wickersham has
given much study to these subjects,
which will be the principal recon-
mendation of the Presidents mes
sage TO Congress in December next.
Mr.. Taft has outlined his own views
to his Cabinet on these subjects, and
nas left to Attorney General Wicker
sham, Secretary Nagel of the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor; Sena-
tor Root. and several other advisers
the work of framing the needed RENE
dies. He will take the plan present
ed by his Cabinet officers in the Fall,
and with his own conclusions added
will present it to Congress.
The President received a rather
mysterious visit yesterday from AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
Norton, who was accompanied by
Charles c. Dawes, ex-Controller of
the Currency, and now President of
the Central Trust Company of Chica-
go. Neither Mr.. Norton nor Mr..
Dawes would discuss their visit in
any way. The President said 1t was
4 departmental matter, which was I'M
decided. Mr.. Norton left at night for |
Dublin, n. H., to report to the Score |
-ary of the Treasury. Mr.. MacVeagh. |
who, II was stated, would come per
;onally to see the President either on
Friday or Saturday.
Norton is in charge of the Internal |
Revenue Division of the Treasury and |
lis visit may have had to do with the
collection of the corporation tax.
Secretary MacVeagh will take up
With the President the appointment
# members of the tariff advisory
which was authorized in
he Tariff bill. The President has
eft to Mr.. MacVeagh the duty of find
ng the right men. and the Secretary
as reported by letter that the task
ias no easy one.