Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-19
Question is Postponed Until the
Tariff Schedules Have
Been Disposed Of.
ALL FAvoRING lit CONSENTED.
Attorney General Now Engaged Pre-
pairing Amendment Rejecting Adj
ministralion.s Views. I.

Washington, June EX-SENATOR Bailey,
speaking for himself and most Of the
Democratic and Republican income tax
advocates, announced at the opening
of the senate session today that ne
would consent d postpone the disposal
of the income tax question until after
the tariff schedules were disposed Of.
1t became apparent at once that the
p6stponement would be made,- but there
was nevertheless some debate before
"a dehnit conclusion was reached
After the debate had proceeded for
half an hour an order postponing the
subject was suggested by Mr. Bailey
and agreed to. The formal presenta-
|; ton of the matter was made by Mr..
Aldrich, and 1t took the form of a
Unanimous consent agreement to defer.
ftfe entire income tax and corporation
tax questions until the schedules are out
sof the way. At3that time Mr.. Bailey's2
amendment for an income tax and the
committees substitute for it will be
taken up and kept before the senate
until they have been disposed Of
+ Mr.. Bailey again sought assurance
that no motion would be made to refer
the amendment to the committee, but
was met with a. prompt response; FROM
Senator Hepburn. who declared that he.
would not agree to slicli a proposition
Mr.. Hepburn added that he was ops
posed to any income or corporation tax
.or to any Other. subterfuge'' as a means
of paying the expenses of the govern
ment. )
Mr.. Borah suggested to Mr. 9tldrich
that the finance COMMITTEES should not
delay in bringing IN It's plan fora COR
poration tax as considerable time would
be required to dispose of IT,
II may as well say now as at any
time, replied the Rhode Island sena-
tor, that the committee has requested
the attorney general to prepare an
amendment and under the direction of
the president he viii do 50. giving us.
no doubt, a provision largely rejecting
the Views Of the administrations. AS
soon as 1t is considered by the com
Inittee it will be reported to- the senate
and | hope that viii not he later than
next Monday morning.
The amendment was then allowed to
go over.
s DUTY ON HIDES.
The finance committees amendment
to the hides phi of the tariff bill
saw the light in tile senate today for
the first time. being presented there
by Chairman Aldricll.
lit leNies a tariff of Is per cent ad
valorem on hides of cattle, raw or
uhcured, whether dried, salted or.
picked" viii, a provision fora draw
back equal TO the duty when export
ed in the form OF leather. The amend
ment was in the language of The
Dingley law and the effect is TO take
hides from the free list where the.
house left them Basing this objec-
ton to a duty on hides upon the claim
that IT, would tend to perpetuate
the beef trust, Senator Clapp declared
that his constituents We're patriotic
enough TO give up any advantage they
might reap in the possible higher
price of hides in order to help destroy
|. a trust.
How about the leather trnst27t' in
CURED Senator. Warren Continuing.
he said before the beet trust. came
into being hides We're SO cheap that
farmers could not sell them. Now,
he added, hides bring a higher price
and shoes are not higher in price.
..If we can get two trusts by the ears
and knock their heads together l
think that is the better Way sug-
gested Mr.. Warren, who could see no
adyanta ge in placing hides on the free
list 10 sinjure one trust while. the other
would thrive by the action.