The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-18
SUTHERLAND TALKS
ON INCOME TAX
Holds Proposed Measure Uneon.
stitutional on Part of Fed
eral Government.
STANDS FOR PROTECTION
ALL DOWN THE LINE
Declares He Has No Desire to
See Utah Specially Favored
as to Tariff.

WASHINGTON, May ia compre.
hensiye discussion of the income tax by
Senator Sutherland of Utah, and an ex-
tended speech by Senator Depew, in
support Of the pending tariff bill con
sumcd most Of the session of the SEN
ate today.
Mr.. Sutherland argued against the
constitutionality of federal income
tax and declared that such a tax
should be left as means of revenue
for the states
Before adjournment. a couple OF
| hours were devoted 10 discussion of
the cutlery schedule OF the tariff bill.
Not Spotted Protectionist.
am not a protectionist in spots. y
said Senator Sutberla nd of Utah, in be.
ginning an address in tbe senate TODAY
in support of the tariff bill as reported
by the finance committee, and in op-
posing the addition Of an income tax
provision. if. he said, there was any
| question about the amount of duty Ia
be levied on n particular article. he
preferred TO solve it by having the duty
little too high, rather than little
too low.
He could not advocate taxing the
| products of his own state and deny pro
| lection to the products of any other
| state.
! Fifty-seven senator's answered to
| their names when the senate met today.
| relieving doubt as 20 the ability of that
| body to obtain a quorum early in the
| day to consider the tariff bill When
! the name of Senator Jones of Wash
| ington was called his colleague, Mr..
! Piles. announced that he chad gone To
| tho white house and was not able to be
! present.
Raises Legal Question.
Speaking of the income tax, Mr..
! Sutherland said the trainers of the con-
stitution had contemplated having the
| federal government obtain It's revenues
| by imposing taxes upon class OF sub
! lects which the states. either nnder tho
constitution or by common consent, did
not or could not tax 10 the fullest ex-
| tent that would be possible. The fed
eral government under the constitution.
/ he said, was gwen power 10 jmpos.
/ taxes on imports, which power was sub
| stantiallv exclusive. By common con
| sent the imposition of internal revenue
taxes upon liquors and tobacco has beeu
given over to the federal government.
81 Think said Mr.. Sutherland, sex,
cept in cases of necessity. the taxes at
tbe federal government sholld be con
! fined to those things which either under
/ the constitution or under the operation
of the common consent power of the
general government are exclusive
ANY effort, he said 10 impose taxes
upon objects that states tax is bound to
result in confusion or double taxation,
Taking that view, he regarded the IN
| come tax as not a proper means tor
! raising revenue for the general govern
ment.
Smoot Uses Razors.
Razors figured in the discussion IN
hostile attack upon the rates OF the
bill
The committee on finance bad in
creased the rates on razors IN common
use from about % to 100 per cent ad
yalorem, and as soon as the senate took
ND tho cutlery schedule today amend
ments offered by Mr.. Simmons Satur-
dav. cutting those rates, were rejected.
Senator Stone then offered amendments
reducing the duties on ra1ors to the
rates of the Dingley bill.
Senator Smoot in opposing these
amendments said if the duty was 6O0
per cent il would not increase the price
70 the consumer. lie held up before
the senate n razor which be said cost
forty-nine cents 10 import and when
was sold for So.
Mr.. Smoot exhibited another razor
case. supposed 10 contain a keen edged
blade II was from Germany and sold
at retail in this country at $3.50, while
il cost 70 import $40 dozen.
Mr.. Aldrich said the most striking
feature about the razor industry was
fhat a large part of the razors I'M
ported cost TO import wholesale ten
cents each.
els there any one here who ever saw
III re
inquired Mr.. Aldrich.
"a % cent razor is the kind the clti-
aens Of the south of the political faith
of the senator from Rhode Island most
commonly use. said Senator Bacon,
Bailey's Opposition.
Mr.. Bailey insisted that duty of al
most 100 per cent on razors was not IN
conformity with thc pledge of the Re
publican platform 10 levy a protective
duty eaualing the difference in the
cost of production al home and abroad
plus reasonable profit.
The Invasion Of Germany into the
American market was commented upon
bv Mr.. Hale. who said he feared In the
case OF razors il had gone so far that
the American industry could not be re-
csta blished.
stI would like to exchange Ameri-
can meat for German razors, inter
posed Mr.. Bailey,
Mr.. Bailey declared that the protec
tionists warned the country against the
products Of free trade England.
"But now" he said, "we are warned
panst danger to our country from pro-
tective Germany.
Mt Smoot in response to Il question
by Mr.. Stone, moved over to the Demo
cratic side of the chamber, at the same
time taking razor from his pocket and
deliberately opening it. He walked up
to Senator Stone and then whirled the
razor in his hand as he explained how
the name of the. foreign manufacturef
was obliterated from the blade,
Senator Carter suggested that the
senator from Missouri had been intiml'
lated by the razor in the hands of the
senator from Utah and Mr.. Smoot care
'ulIy replaced his razor in it's case
A general reduction OF customs dll'