The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-29
CuIberSon's Amendment to the
 Tariff Bill Is Defeated
CORPORATION TAX FAVORED
Taft's Plan To Tax Earnings of COT. porations Is Expected To Be Car ried Out In the Senate By
 Substantial Majority.
BY PATTERSON sTEALeY.

Washington, June 8.-(Special. .)-After hard fight today on the part of the sena- tors from cotton producing states, the amendment of Senator Culberson of Tex as, placing cotton on the free list, was defeated by vote of 3S to s The vote promised to be one of the closest yet taken on the tariff bill and there was great hope on the part of the southern senators that they would be able to win out. Senator Money of Mississippi and Senator Smith of South Carolina pleaded eloquently for the removal of the s6 duty but mere shake of the head on the part of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island was sufficient.
 AS Senator Tillman expressed 1t, the finance committee Is the Senate and the committee is the senator from Rhode Island so what are you going to do about it2 Cotton bagging was made free, but there are few so saguine as to believe that it will remain so after the conference committee gets through. Binding twine was also put on free list and all eff forts of Senator Cummins of Iowa and Senator Stone of Missouri to lower the
 
 down.
 Amendment on Steel.
 Senator Aldrich offered an amendment which was adopted providing for a duty of $6 a ton on structural steel valued at $18 a ton or less and $S a ton when valued at over S1S These constituted the fea- lures of the days debate. Before the Senate adjourned Senator Aldrioh pre- sented the income tax amendment as agreed upon by the Senate finance com mittee. It provides for submission to the states and is merely offered as a sop to the income tax advocates to make more certain the passage of the corporation tax amendment, thereby upholdIng the prestige of the organization
 The republican organization Is unani- nous in it's deter1nir, tfoss to adopt the corporation tax and they say it will be adopted without change. careful poll of the Senate has heen made by the leaders who assert that of the 60 republic an members 52 are definitely pledged to vote for the proposition, while they expect to gain further recruits from the ranks of the republican insurgents who advo- cate the adoption of an income tax After the income tax is disposed of it is prob- able that almost the full strength of the Senate will be boiled for the corpora tion tax. The members of the House are so scattered that 1t is impossible to make anything approXimating a poll of the re- publican membership on this proposition 1 but Sepaker Cannon, Representative Payne and Representative Dwight. the republican whip" are authority for the statement that there will be no ma terial opposition to the amendment In the House.
 Root Is Spokesman.
 Senator Root has been chosen as the chief spokesman of the organization to explain the legal phases of the amend ment and MT Aldrich will probably make brief statement regarding the revenue phase of the proposition but the plan of the leaders of the organization is to do as little talking as possible in the hope that the other side will follow suit.
 Owing to the intense heat and humidity number of senators were absent to- day. The city is going through a record hot spell and the thermometer register ing the 100 mark is having its effect in curtailing debate. At the adjournment of the Senate today Senator Aldrich was of the belief that there is a good chance to get through the bill this week. It all depends upon whether the advocates of the income tax, realizing defeat will harbor the hope of winning votes by prolonging the debate against the sub stitution of the corporation tax for the income tax.