Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-22
Ia TT INSISTS UPON TAX
Free Iron Ore, Hides and Oll
Demanded.
deduction on Lumber and Coal Also
In UItimntum--Vcport Comes from
white House COnfcrencc--Cor-
pOrntion Tax plan Arouse
ed Much Opposition

A Washington special to the Boston
Transcript says: At late hour this |
afternoon there was obtained on good att |
thorty what purports to be the Prcs- |
dents tariff demands. These are the cor
poraton tax. free iron ore, free hides. free
OIL n reduction OF the duty on lumber
to 81 and n reduction ofthc duty on coal
TO 40 or 45 cents The Presidents first in
clination was to apply the io-ccnt rate 70
all kinds Of coal. including slack, hut he
is now willing that slack duty shall he
retained
A deadlock between the President and
the conference committee on the tariff is
on over the corporation tax. II a vote on
the tax should he forced in committee
now the tax would go ont. Whether It
can ever get majority Of tho votes Of
republican members OF the committee Is
a question The position Of the conference
is strong because 1t is backed by n ma
iorty In each branch of the legislative
body AS things stand to-day nothing
, can save the tax but positive command
from the President that It shall he retain
! ed. That he Is still anxious to have the
tav laid Is made evident by the fact that
! every member OF the conference COM
mittec who has seen him the last two
! days reports privately that he emphasized
| corporation tax rather than tariff rates
| Indications are not lacking that If the
conferees do finally defer to the wishes
| Of tho President with respect to this tax
| the session Of Congress may he prolonged
until August. The rising tide of opposi-
/ tion to the proposed tax throughout the
/ country is giving Legislators courage 10
organize TO defeat It If it shall be pro-
viled for In the conference report Well
Informed senators and representatives
. said to-day that unless tho opposition TO
/ the tax ahates there will certainly be n
demand in both Senate and House for n
separate vote on the tax If Il shall be
4 approved by tho confcrces. The leaders
IN each branch, II is asserted would not
| hc avcrse to granting the separate vote.
/ They arc Just as anxious as the rank and
| Sic Of two bodies that some way may
be found for getting rid Of the trouble
some issue.
one of tho suggestions is that by way
Of compromise, the President shall con-
sent that the whole question Of special
taxes shall go over 10 the regular long
session which will open in December
The chief argument In favor Of this pro-
gramme is that the Capitalization step
too long a ono to take without full and
free discussion in both branches Members
of the House are pointing out that the
body never has had the corporation tax
before for consideration and many Of
them object strenuousiy to the enactment
of such important legislation through a
conference committee. The House con-
ferees are even more determined than the
Senate members OF the committee that tho
} tax shall he dropped and that is saying
a good deal. for not one Of the Senate
confereos is In favor OF the tax. A sec
ond ugFestion Is that the inheritance tax.
which the House adopted a the request
. Of the President be accepted IN prefer
cnco to the corporation tax. This Is what
the House conferees are at this moment
fighting for Members assert that the
President could, without sacrificing any
, of his prestige. accept the Inheritance tax.
II was his first choice, hut as has been
, previouly stated In these dispatches, he
abandoned IT because several State Leg
islatures adopted resolutions condemning
n federal tax OF that sort If the Inherit
nnce tax should finally he accepted and
the corporation tax dropped, the step
would be taken. senators say. with the
, understanding probably. that the inherit
tie number Of States shall ratfy the
constitutional amendment opening the way
for an income tax.
The ten republican senators who voted
, against the bill on its final passage
l unless the unexpccted shall happen In
conference will vote against the confer
I once report At the time the bill passed
: It was generally understood that Senator
J,te Tine
= IDLY one or two other progresslves would
/ refuse to vote for tho conference rcpor,
. unless IL provided for the reductions de.
Z manded Of the Senate, but tho country's
t approval of the course of the ten has been
r 50 emphatic that they have all pra ctically
!; decided to "follow the furrow TO the end "
on mature consideration they are disposed
to believe that they owe II to the public
to stand firm against the bill at every
stage. La Follette's statement given on,
Yesterday afternoon. showing that. ac-
cording TO the figures of the bureau
of statistics. the bill-both the Senate and
the House bils-is even a worse measure
; than the progressives had thought It 10
no. is taken to mean that the Wiscon-
sin senator intends to renew his fight
against the measure when the conference
report is submitted. OF course It would
he impossible for him to talk 1t to death
but he could delay matters good while
especially If the other progressive sena-
tors should Join him in final attack
Mr.. Aldrich and the members Of the COM
mittee insist that figures submitted h..
Senator la Toilette are not correct thev
still maintain that the Senate hill is q
downward revision bill, bue the Wisconsin
senator has used the governments skillc,
I tn, 10