The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-18
SUTHERLAND
HIGH TARIFF
At ALL TIMES
ntab Senator Would Rather
Have the Rates Too High
Than Too Low.
MAKES AN ARGUMENT
AGAINST INCOME TAX
-.vATloN BY COMMON CONSENT
.nvocATEp SUCH AS BURDEN
ON LIQUORS AND TOBACCO.


.Ffy,-s sbineton. May IA discus =
-f., M fine income tax by Senator -
. sutherland of Utah and an extend -
: - eneech by Senator DepeW In -
. slnnort of the pending tariff bill =
. -,5sumed most Of the session OF =
=. the senate today
. Ar sutherland argued against =
d: the constitutiOnality of a federal =
: tnCome tax and declared such a =
: cav should be left as means OF =
:, revenue for the states
. before adjournment a couple or -
!. bours were devoted TO a discussion =
:: 81 the cutlery schedule of the tar =
I. III bill
washington. May 17-Fifty-seven
senators answered to their names when
the senate met today. relieving doubt
ss IN the ability Of that body to obtain
a. ouorzIm early in the day to consider
The tariff bill. When the name of Sen
stor Jones of Washington was called
his colleague, Mr.. Piles, announced that
he chad gone to the White house and
was not able TO be present.
Speech BY Sutherland.
~r am not a protectionist in spots,
said Mr.. sutherland of Utah, in begin
ming an address in support of the tar
if bin as reported by the finance COM
uittee and in opposition TO the addition
of an income tax provision. If, he said,
there was any question about the
amount of duty to be levied on a par
ricular article. he preferred to solve
it by having the duty a little too high
rather than a little too low. He could
not advocate taxing the products Of his
own state and deny protection to the
product Of any other state.
Against income Tax.
Speaking of the income tax. Mr.. Suth-
eriand said the trainers of the oonsti-
tuition bad contemplated having the fed
eral government obtain its revenues by
imposing taxes upon a class Of subjects
which the states. either under the con-
stitution or by common consent, did not
or could not tax to the fullest extent
that would be possible. The federal
government under the constitution. he
said, was given power TO impose taxes
on imports, which power was substan-
TALLY exclusive. BY common consent
the imposition of internal revenue taxes
upon liquors and tobacco has been given
over TO the federal government.
Reserved for Necessity.
Il think" said Mr.. Sutherland. "ex-
cept IN cases of necessity, the taxes
Of the federal government should be
confined TO those things which either
under the constitution Or under the
operation Of the common consent power
OF the general government are exclu-
siye"
Any effort. he said, 10 impose taxes
upon subjects that states tax is bound
10 result i'm confusion or double taxa
Jon. Taking that view. he regarded
tne income tax as not q proper means
Tor raising revenue for the general gov
eminent.
Mr. Sutherland discussed various
questions relating 10 what he claims
was The unconstitutional features of the
income tax and was at times interrupt
ga oy Senator Bailey, BOrah, Cummins,
owen and Hepburn.
Razors Drawn.
Iiazors were used during this discus
SION IN hostile attack upon the rates
of the bill
Inc committee on finance had in
creased the rates on razOrs in common
use from about So to Zoe per cent ad
NaIorem, and as soon as the senate
TOOK up the cutlery schedule today
amendments offered by Mr.. simmons
saturday. cutting those rates. were re
eeled. Senator Stone then offered
amendments reducing the duties on ra-
lots 10 the rates Of the Dingley bill.
senator Smoot i'm opposing these
amendments said If the duty was 500
per cent it would not increase the price
20 tle consumer. He held up before
,ae senate razor which he said cost
~ cents TO import and which was sold
AR Smoot exhibited another razor
Ease supposed TO contain keen-edged
'.aQe. To was from Germany. and sold
az retail ln this country at $50, while
l cost 20 import SA79 a dozen.
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