Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
SAYS HIS PLAN is
BETTER THAN TAFTsS
IOWA SENATOR DECLARES THAN
CORPORATION IA xIs ALMosT I
CERTAIN TO sE DlsouALlFIE1
IN THE COURTS.

the speech on the income tax proposN
tlon In the senate in which he was ira
terrupted by the adjournment of thai
body last evening. He remarked UPON
the absence of Mr.. Aldrich, saying jsa
had seen in the morning paper the
announcement that the chairman od
the finance committee was going upon
sea voyage.
After the acknowledgment, wfich3
he made to the senate yesterday With
respect to his vote in bringing for.
ward the amendment that we are nowA
considering" he said, evidently red
ferring to Aldrich's statement that hai
favored a corporation tax to defeat
the income tax amendment, she needs
the restoration and recuperation of
salt air. I would want to take trfp
lasting about thousand years IL d
should be compelled to make COM
fession of that sort with respect to al
measure brought forward by myself a
Mr.. Cunlmins then proceeded to dis@
cnss the roc aipts ana expend dituraa Ss
the government to sustain his cnrs9
ltention that the pending bill did not
supply enough money for usual eU{
penses. \
Sees Trick In Taft Plan.
Cummins commented upon the COM
stitutional amendment under consiA
Grafton, saying that he proposed td
vote for the proposed amendment td
the constitution for an income tax. He
declared that the measure was proa
posed by the finance committee WITH
the same motive that prompted tho
committee to propose the corporations
tax.
And" he added, 'I shall vote foH
it without the slightest hope that ID
will ever become part of the constH
tuition of the United States. I knows
men too well to believe there are MOI
twelve states where minority oppose
ed to this kind of legislation cannuH
prevent the adoption Of this resolutior
by the legislatures of thesv staeeai
In my judgment yor will never head
from 1t or much of 1t after 1t had
passed this congress-"
Began Speech Last Evening.
Senator Cummins began his speech
on the income tax late yesterdaz
afternoon declaring the differenc@
between the amendment offered
by Bailey and himself, which provided
| for general income tax to be PAID
| by all persons, co-partnerships and
corporations with net annual earning&
in excess of $4,000 and the amendment
recommended by the president, provide
| ing for special income tax levied
only upon corporations measured bH
their net earnings, was fundamental
and involved the most vital principle
| in the authority of any government u
tax its citizens and their property. 4
Says Better Than Taft Plan.
| He believed the presidents amenA
ment contravenes he most sacred
principles of the government compact
collides with the decision Of the sd
preme court In the Pollock case and
that its validity is much more douba
| full than the one proposed by himseM
and Bailey.
Cummins suggested that the very
existence Of the protective tariff sy&
| TEN would make necessary some oth&
er means Of raising revenue than THAI
now followed and he said the taxatioN
of incomes should be resorted to I'd
meet this exigency.
] In conclusion the senator declared
/ II the government depends upon It'd
present resources 1t will have q lars(
deficit in 1911.
! Tariff Debate Closed.
After seventy days of almost conq
.ftinuous debate, the senate yesterdaS
at 3:45 p. M, concluded the discus
sion of the schedules of the Payna
Aldrich tariff dill Five minutes afte1
ward the senate adjourned for thu
day to permit preparation for debate
on the corporation and income tai
questions. There has been some dis
cussion of postponing the income tai
and the corporation tax amendment4
until the next regular session, but thi4
suggestion has not met with favor
The senate leaders take the positio6
that a movement of this charactek
would embarrass President Taft. nj
lis now expected that only one vote
will intervene between the assembling
of the senate today and the taking uf
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