Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-26
ADVISE HIGHER
SUGAR TARIFF
TWO DEMOCRATS IN SENATE
CAUSE SURPRISE
VOTE SOON TO BE TAKEN ON
INCOME TAX BILL
cunnnins Amendment to Be offered
Will Provide Flat Rate for Per-
sons Affected and Corr
poratons
fRu Associated Press.l

time was given over to speechmaking,
andy strange to say, the two speeches.
made on the subject, While made by
Democrats, advocated a high tariff on
sugar of all grades.
The speakers were Senators Foster
and McEnery of Louisiana. Mr.. Eos
ter laughingly deprecated the applica-
ton of the word protection" to his at
titude. but Mr. McEnery boldly es-
poused the protective theory and adj
vised his Democratic friends to follow
his example. He declared protection
to be in the line of Democratic policy.
Senator Beveridge spoke in support
of his contention that President Tart
has been a consistent advocate of tariff
revision
He followed the maiden effort of his
Democratic colleague, Mr.. Shively, VINO
undertook to prove that II the tarlff
bill now before the senate should be-
come a law the rates over which the
senate was wranglihg would not con-
stitute the tariff, but that the country
would find itself operating under the
maximum rate.
In view of the fact that the senate
committee on finance is contemplating
| further amendments to the lumber
schedule, the portion of that schedule
| which has not been acted upon was
passed over today. The senate imme-
diately took up the sugar schedule.
Plea Made for Sugar
Representing the great cane sugar
| producing state of Louisiana, senator
Foster asked that the same considera-
ton be accorded sugar in the tarlH Dill
as is given other industries, and spoke
at length in favor of sustaining the
duties on raw and refined sugar as
passed by the house and recommended
| bv the committee on finance. duty,
he pointed out, had been imposed on
sugar by every political party since
| the foundation of the government and
except in the Waller act, a dlferentlal
| duty had been imposed upon the d1fer-
ent grades of sugar.
Defending his views, that the pledges
| of the Republican party We're for a
revision of the tariff downward, Sena-
tor Beveridge today quoted from re-
marks by Mr.. Taft at Bath, Maine
prior to his nomination for the presl-
dency. Mr.. Beveridge quoted from Varl'
GUS utterances by Mr.. Taft to SHOW
| that on numerous occasions the presl-
dent had called attention to the neeo
of revising the duties downward.
He said that to place the views OF
the president correctly before the coun'
| trx he would introduce into the RECORD
ali of the public statements Of the
president relating to the tariff.
| The senator quoted from speech o.
Mr. Taft made in Milwaukee, Septem
Der "a last, in which the then presldeh
tial candidate said
"It is my judgment that a rev1sloi
of the tariff in accordance WIN VIZ
pledges of the Republican platform
will he on the whole a substantial re-
vision downward, though there PROB
abIv will be a few exceptions in this
regard"
Defends Duty on Iron
A defense of his vote for "a duty OF
Oh cents a ton on iron ore was made
by Senator Stone, who declared tna'
he could see no way in which the
United States Steel corporation, coulc
profit by the duty on steel and ne De,
| iieved the great iron ore producl
brought into this country should Ut
made to yield revenue.
Believing the senate would have com
Melted its work on the tariff bill by
| June 10, the members on the commit
tee on finance will agree to the taking
of a vote on the income tax bill or
that day if Senator Bailey renews MS
motion that a time for voting be hXed
When this is done, Senator Aldrich VIII
| try to obtain an agreement Tor vote
| upon the bill itself. If a vote is taker
on this amendment Senator Aldrich be-
lieves congress will be able to adjourn
before June 20 and certainly not latel
than June 25.
Had it not been for the attitude oil
| the progressive Republicans" who
favored the adoption of an income
tax amendments to the tariff bill, it is
probable that Senator Bailey might
have reached an agreement today WIFI
members of the finance committee FOL
a vote on his amendment on June TO-
Offense was taken by some of the in
surgent Republicans because of the
notice served that no general agree
ment could be obtained on any phase
of the tariff bill so long as Senator
Aldrich refused permission for the fix
ing of a date for vote on Senator
Bailey's income tax amendment.
1t was made clear at the informal
| conference that the Republicans sup
porting the Cummins amendment de-
sired the continuance of coalition WITH
the Democrats, but that they did moi
want 1t at the expense of surrenderinl
the control of the income tax fight tc
the Democrats. Senator Cummins con-
veyed this view to Senator Bailey.
Income Tax Amendment
Senator Cummins said tonight thai
| he would offer his income tax amend
ment as soon as consideration of SEIZED
ules had been concluded. He will re-
wise his amendment to meet the wishes
of a number of Republicans. 1t will
provide for a fiat rate of personal in
comes including those of corporations
A drawback will be allowed to individ-
ual stockholders of corporations equa
| to the sum paid on their stock by thc
corporation itself when it can be shown
by the individual that the total of his
| income is less than $4,000 a year. The
| Bailey amendment provides for a tax
| of per cent.
That the maximum and minimum
| rate provision of the senate bill may
prove unconstitutional on the ground
! that 1t delegates legislative powers to
the executive and that the tariff bill
as amended by the senate under such
a decision, may prove null and void
and the Dingley rates be continued
were some of the assertions made today
by Senator Shively.
1.-THE rates prescribed in section two
are to be the actual and prevailing
rates." said Mr.. Shively. 1.-THE rates
prescribed in section one are all made
conditional and contingent, and could
only become operative as rates charge
| able against all dutiable imports when
physically, If not legally, impossible
| function assigned to him by the pro-
vision in section two"
The Rates and the Law
Should the supreme court hold that
the provision putting in effect the min
imum rates by presidential proclama-
| islative power to the executive In con-