Evening star., 1909-06-18
PLEA FOR PAPER MILL
GaI|inger Warns of Compete
ton From Northern Europe.
PREDICTS DEFORESTATl0N
Charges Yellow Press With Demand
for Removal Of Impost.
SAYS LABOR WANTS HIGH DUTY
Newspapers at Mercy Of Canadian
Manufacturers If They Gain Con-
troll of Business, He Declares

Party lines were broken today Ia the
Senate result Of the fight on the
wood pulp and print paper schedules OF
the tariff bill.
Republicans and democrats fought
shoulder to shoulder to put them on the
free list. Senator Bailey OF Texas joined
the finance committee in tho fight to keep
them on the dutiable list.
Senator Browns amendment for the
purpose of putting print paper on the FREQ
list was lost, % to 81. The republicans
voting for It were Beveridge, Brown. Bris-
tow and Burkett. Senator La Toilette.
who usually opposes the finance commit
tee, voted No" So did Mr.. Bailey.
By q parliamentary maneuver. Sena-
tor Aldrich prevented Mr.. Brown from
withdrawing his amendment and sub-
stituting an amendment sustaining the
House rates. which the Senate commit
tee proposes to increase.
Senator'S Brown and Beveridge both
expressed the opinion that when the vote
is taken on the question Of sustaining
the House rates many senator's would
vote in the affirmative who wre unwill.
ing to vote for free print paper.
Bailey Bolts Bryan
Mr.. Bailey announced his emancipation
from the democratic platform, and re-
ferred TO it as having been written by
one man. Mr.. Bryan. He did this be-
cause Senator Stone Of Missouri pro-
posed an amendment to the bill to put
wood pulp and print paper on the free
list on the ground that this action was
recommended by the democratic plat
form adopted in Denver. H..
Mr.. Bailey said he preferred to dts
tribute the taxes evenly on the people and
| would never vote for free paper when
there was a tax on clothes, which en-
ployes of newspapers have to wear.
Then Senator Hughes OF Colorado STIR
red things up still more by declaring that
President Taft must have prepared his
special message on ths income tax In q
| great hurry because ii was full Of errors.
He pointed out that Mr.. Taft stated I'm
that message that the income tax, which
was declared unconstitutional. was still
on the statute books. when. as a matter
| Of fact, 1t had expired automatically over
nine years ago.
Mr. Hughes further stated that he was
glad that President Taft had not found it
hard to follow the democratic platform.
said to have been written by Mr.. Bryan.
mont for an income tax. AS far as ne
was concerned, said Mr.. Hughes, he was
certain that Mr.. Bryan had not written
that platform, but he would support il
even II Mr.. Bryan had written it.
Hughes Quotes Taft.
Il shall stand by the platform upon
which l went before the people in the
last campaign and helped to change thir-
ty-four thousand majority for Roosevelt
to five thousand majority for Bryan in
Colorado said Mr. Hughes.
Mr. Hughes quoted from campaign
speeches by Mr. Taft in which Mr.. Taft
said positively he did not believe an
amendment to the Constitution was nee
essary III order to place upon the statute
books and enforce ii law tor an income
tax Mr.. Taft he said, had expressed
his opinion. basins il up0n Supreme Court
decisions.
He did not leave a crack through which
the smalirs: political mouse could escape,
declared Mr.. Hughes.
IF not necessary then, what political
exigency makes X necessary now?' he
asked.
Hughes Pays Tribute to Taft.
Senator Hughes paid compliment TO
President Taft and said he had welcomed
his nomination, although he had opposed
his election. He regarded President Taft
as a friend of the Constitution. an OBJ
server of the law and a, man fair to his
opponent.
He quoted from the speech by Mr.. Taft
in 1907, in which Mr.. Taft expressed the
opinion that the Supreme Court might
upon reconsideration reverse Its decision
on the income tax.
Senator Hughes said that twelve states
can veto the proposed constitutional
amendment and that he knows there are
more than that number under the do1ni-
nation OF the protectionists, which will
defeat the amendment He said tho in
come tax is the nose OF the camel pokins
into the protectionists tent, ultimately To
walk off with It.
Senator Hughes declared that In the
pending proposition the income tax Is not
delivered into the hands OF its friends.
The present plan is to make an income
tax impossible and to virtually declare
that Congress acauiesces in the Supreme
Court decision.
Senator Hughes speech was listened to
with rapt attention the democratic
side. AT its conclusion senators pro-
ceeded to congratulate him. causing such
disorder that tine next speaker could not
proceed for several minutes.
The tight on the wood pulp and prfns
paper schedule was resumed by the Sen
ate as soon the session began at 10
clock.
The first speaker was Senator Gallinger,
who strongly opposed the House rate OK
s. ton on print paper and its action put
ting wood pulp on the free list. He de-
clared in favor Of the present rate OF 10
ton on print paper and the Dingisy
rates on wood pulp.
If there was TO be any change, he de-
ella red he would stand for the recommen-
dations of the Senate finance committee.
which take a middle ground. fixing ths
rate on print paper at 81 a ton, and a re-
duced duty wood pulp.
Mr. Gallnger asserted that the recent
increases in the price of print paper ara
not the result OF a combination of the pa
per mills. but of the naturrl advances in
price Of materials.
The people who come from states
where trees are as scarce as hens teeth
said ne, ''are constantly talking about the
devastation OF our forests, but those who
know something about this subject know
that, II tho tariff Is taken on wood pulp
and print paper. the scientific care Of our
forests Will cease.
Mr. Gallinger declared that tho owners
Of spruce trees I'm this country will have
to strip their forests at random TO COM
pete with the Canadian paper mills and