Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-12
ALLEGE UNDUE
EFFORT TO KILL
INCOME TARIFF
SENATOR BAILEY DEN0UNCES
TACTICS OF LEADERS
FIVE REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
lawmakers Refuse, SO to 8, to Recon-
NIT Wool Schedule to Committee.
Cummlns Helps Score
AIdrch
tRy Associated Press.O

HT ASHINGTON, June 1.-THE IN
| wv come tax shared with the wool
| w schedule the senate's attention
today. and after discussion of an hour
or more its further consideration was
postponed until June 18 by vote Of
15 to "a.
This action was the result of mo-
ton made by Senator Aldrich, which
followed charge by Senator Bailey
that undue influence was being brought
to bear against the proposed income
tax amendment to the tariff bill.
Mr.. Aldrich declared that he knew of
no such effort, but pleaded for the
postponement of the question until the
schedules should be disposed of.
Mr.. Bailey accepted amendments to
his income tax provision suggested by
Mr.. Cummins, by which the rate of
tax was raised from 2 to per cent,
and all incomes under $4,000 exempted.
Senators Borah, Bourne, Carter, La
Toilette and Piles voted on the motion
with the Democrats.
The senate refused, by the decisive
vote of SO to s, to recommit the wool
| schedule to the committee on finance
on motion of Mr.. Cummins, and thus
finally concluded consideration of that
schedule. Only a few of the progress
sive Republicans supported the motion.
Discussion Animated
This vote followed q long and ami
mated discussion, interspersed with
| many personalities.
Openly declaring his opinion that
Senator Aldrich had lost the conf
| dence of other senators of his party
which a leader should have, Mr.. La
Toilette made a determined fight to
compel the adoption of amendments to
| the wool schedule of the tariff bill,
which were yesterday presented by
| himself
They went down to defeat before the
majority, which consistently support
| ed the finance committee, the vote
| being Al to 80. 1t was after this vote
had been taken that the Wisconsin
senator made his assertion that by his
course with reference to the woolen
schedule Mr.. Aldrich had forfeited the
! position of leadership.
Senator Cummins was also severe on
Chairman Aldrich and in the course
of his remarks declared the senatorial
leaders were counting the destruction
of the Republican party by their course
| with reference to the duties on wool
and woolens.
Senator Bacon forced votes on two
amendments reducing to 80 per cent
ad valorem the duty on wool and wool
| en- goods, but he failed to obtain the
support of any of the Republican sem
ators.
|, Arguing the justice of his plan for
| a compensatory duty on products of
wool manufactures to allow them to
pay a higher price for wool than do
| their foreign competitors, Senator
| Cummins said that to levy duty on
goods partly Of cotton as if entirely of
wool would be to give domestic manu-
| facturers an advantage that no man
should have.
To Meet Competition
He was willing, however, to make
the duty high enough to meet with
foreign competition on. the assumption
that all imports are of goods contain
| ing only the finest grades of wool.
A contention made by Mr.. Cummins
that a readjustment of the woolen
schedule is desired caused Mr.. Aldrich
to assert that no desire has been evil
denced by the farmers. sheep rasers
or wooden manufacturers.
| Senator Warren declared he would
not consider any reduction in the
| wooden schedules unless it could be
shown that the sheep raisers or the
wooden manufacturers had received
unusual profits.
Mr.. Cummins replied that he felt
| certain l1G WOOleI IldLuldCluI6TS1 Will
| the possible exception of the carded
woolen manufacturers, have received
inordinate profits.
By a vote of 32 to Al all of the amend
ments offered by Mr. LaFollette were
| rejected.
| Senator Aldrich declared the amend
ment affecting wool of the first class, If
adopted, would have cut down the duty
one-half' This he explained was be-
cause of the fluctuation in the price of
foreign wool, which at times would
make the protective duty Az instead of
| IL cents a pound, although on it's face it
| was 45 per cent ad Valorem.
A sharp interchange between Mr..
| Clapp and Mr.. Aldrich followed, and
Mr. La Toilette took the floor. He said
Mr.. Aldrich had stated half truths"
which have discredited his leadership
before this body and before this coun-
ltry.
Wanted Rule Invoked
Senator Gallinger called upon Vice
President sherman to invoke paragraph
Q of rule XIX, which relates to the ne
cessity for avoiding personal illusions.
IT was read and the vice president said
he thought Mr.. LaFollette had violat-
er it.
Endeavoring to have his amendments
considered Mr. Bacon, who then spoke,
asked that a separate vote be taken on
his amendment placing duty of 30
per cent ad valorem on all woods, shod
dy, noils. wool extract, mingo and fox
and waste. His other amendments he
said, referred to duty on wool goods.
The amendment was lost by vote of
so to 81, on strictly party lines.
Mr.. Bacons amendments reducing
duties on wooden clothing, blankets,
carpets. etc, and providing for these
revenue duties" received no Republic
can support, being rejected by party
vote, 20 to so.
Explaining that the duty levied upon
blankets used by the poor was as high
as 16O per cent ad valorem, although
but II per cent was placed upon the
finest blankets used by the rich, Sena-
tor Gore offered an amendment limit
ing to 70 per cent any duty upon a
woolen blanket. 1t was rejected by a
vote of 20 to 49,
A motion by Mr.. Cummins to recon-
NIT the wooden schedule to the finance
committee was defeated, to 80. Those
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