The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-07
Republican Party in Congress
Fails to Lift the Burden Of
Taxation From the UIti-
mate User.
MOST iMPOST DUTIES
ARE LEFT UNTOUCHED

In Bill and Only About Ten
Per Cent Reduced.
Washington, July THE ultimate
consumer has been bunkoed by the re-
publican party In congress.
Seventy-hve per cent Of the existing
rates stand without change in the bills
recently passed by the house Of repre-
sentatfves and reported to the senate
By the committee Of the whole body
OF the remainder It is conservatively
estimated that Is per cent is raised
and slightly under 10 per cent reduced.
The average rate OF duties is higher
IN the house bill than in the Dingley
law and will be even higher In the
senate bill.
lt n tho claim OF the republicans of
course that 1t Is unfair to make sum-
mary Of this character; that under the
revision which has been made and
which will be carried out by the con-
ferees OF the two houses, luxuries will
Be- compelled to bear the increased du-
tieG, while ncccssaries will be relieved
70 Q considerable extent OF the burdens
now imposed upon them. An examin-
alton Of both bills, however, fails to
shows any such satisfactory situation.
The house bill contains rates lower
than those enacted by the senate or at
present In force upon the following ar
ticles:
Barley. coal. harness, hides, iron ore
lead, pix, lumber In the rough. petrol
cum products, print paper. shoes, wool
Waste. - ~ A
The COMMITTEES % the whole Of the
senate made reductions below the
Dingley law and Payne bill In two in
stances only: Mechanically ground
wood pulp and cotton gloves.
Two Schedules Higher.
Two schedules only Of the Payne
bill are higher than those of the ex-
listing law. These relate to gloves and
stockings. The outcry made by wom-
en- all over the country was respon
sible for the restoration Of existing
rates in the senate bill with the excep-
tion of cotton gloves. the duty upon
which was decreased below that fixed
in the present law. Among others the
bill reported to the senate increases
duties above the. Payne bill and the
Dingley law upon the following arti-
cles:
Automobiles, champagne, cotton
cloth, diamonds. jute, lemons. oats.
pineapples. potatoes, razors and razor
blades, rye, wheat, wire nails. yachts.
These Of course are only q few arti-
cles which will have to be considered
In conference When It is realized that
the committee of tho whole of the SEN
ate made something like 1000 changes
IN rates and language, the work before
the conference committee will be ap-
preciated.
In such matters as increases in the
duty on agricultural products 1t takes
no seer to predict that the senate will
give way. When Mr.. Aldrich inserted
them In the bill. he did so in the hope
Of securing the support of senators
from the agricultural districts with re-
ference to increases of duties upon
manufactured articles in which he is
especially interested.
Used BY Senate for Purpose.
In this same connection there is ev-
cry reason to believe that the senate
in placing duty OF Is per cent upon
hides. expected to make concessions TO
the house which had placed them on
the free list, as 1t added to the schedule
= Avovx ,ho
equal to the amount Of the duty paid
thereon on all leather made from i'm
ported hides.
The senate will be willing to reduce
the duty to 10 per cent or. II this be
not acceptable. then to be content with
q duty on the Amer kind OF skins. or,
II pressed to the wall. to accept what
ever duty may be decided upon finally.
with the drawback provision quoted.
So far as It can be ascertained. 1t is
the desire Of the president to obtain
the lowest rates set forth in the Payne
bill. and in the senate bill as rates in
the law as 1t will be placed upon the
statute books.
In many cases the presidents wishes
will be complied with. but 1t is the
Intention Of the standpatters to point
out strongly during the deliberations
at the White House that the condition
Of the treasury must be taken into
and that 1t Is his duty
and that Of congress to see that sufi-
cient revenue IS provided to meet the
expenses of the government.
The corporation tax will not be pro-
ductive Immediately. although In the
end. II found constitutional. 1t unques-
will add anywhere between
$4,000, 600 and $5O.O0OO 900 to the gov
ernment's income. Even this estimate
may b cut down by amendments made
to the corporation tax provisions today
under which exemptions were granted
20 frAternal beneficiary societies, or
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