Evening star., 1909-07-15
PRESIDENT IS FIRM
Insists Upon the Tax on Cor
porations.
CONFEREES ARE NOTIFIED
Aldrich and Payne Committed to
the Executives Plan.
DISCUSSION AT WHITE HOUSE
Leaders Will Do Their Best to Have
the Proposed Tariff Bill
Amendment Adopted.

| That President Taft stands right where
he has stood all along" and will insist
upon the adoption of the corporation tax
amendment. was the substance of report
made to the tariff conference today by
Senator Aldrich and Representative
Payne The leaders of the Senate and
House were at the White House late last
night
| 1t had been reported and not denied
| that a majority of the conferees were
opposed to the adoption of the measure
providing for 2 per cent tax upon the
| net earnings of corporations organized
| for profit. The announcement that the
administration would be satisfied with
tax of l per cent. and that the redraft
| of the amendment made by Attorney Cen
| eraI Wickersham would contain this
| change, did not remove the objections
| entertain by the conference. The rep
| resentatives of the House protested
against the federal governments entering
upon such a new and radical method Of
raising revenues.
The Presidents Determination.
| Neither Mr. Aldrich nor Mr.. Payne
wants the corporation tax amendment.
although both of them are pledged to the
| President to support it. These pledges
were given at conference at the White
| House nearly month ago, when the
amendment was first submitted. to the re-
publican members of the finance commit
tee They had seen a preliminary draft,
but the finished product then had just been
| turned out by Attorney General Wicker
| sham, Secretary of State Knox and Sen
| ator Root.
| The President had at the White House
| that night the three distinguished authors
| of the corporation tax amendment, all of
the republican members of the finance
committee, Speaker Cannon, Representa-
of New York. the republican whip" of
| the House. The President made 1t clear
! that he wanted the net earnings of cor
porations taxed, and all of those present
1t is asserted. agreed to assist him in
| procuring the enactment of such a
| measure.
1t developed during the discussion of
| the proposition on the floor of the Sen
ate that some of the members of the
finance committee. including Mr.. Aldrich,
| had been moved to take up the corpora
! ton tax as a weapon to use in fighting
the income tax amendment. The weapon
was effective. but 1t now appears that
the supporters of the Presidents plan
| committed themselves so thoroughly that
| they cannot now find way to withdraw
their support Of the amendment.
/ Acceptance Insisted Upon.
! According to the semi-confidential dis
closures Of what has transpired in the
conference room, the foregoing repre-
sents the situation in which the conferees
find themselves. Mr.. Aldrich and Mr..
Payne, according to Information believed
to be authentic. told their confreres today
] that the corpora ton tax amendment must
| be incorporated in the tariff bill.
| 1t was ntimated that if the proposition
| is abandoned now by the conferees a
| breach in the relations between the White
| House and Capitol Hill might be the re-
suit. 1t 10 certain that in such event the
| President would feel that he had been
unfairly treated. Therefore members OF
| Congress in positions qualifying them to
| speak on the subject declared today that
Mr.. Aldrich and Mr.. Payne would see
| that the corporation tax feature, COM
monty called the Presidents plan of rails
ing revenues to wipe out the treasury
| deficit, Is accepted.
Stubborn Contests Promised.
| Two questions which it was known
| would be as stubbornly fought as any in
| the tariff bill, namely. cotton goods and
! lead products, were taken up by the con-
ferees today, but were not disposed of
| during the forenoon session. An early
| adjournment was taken to permit the
| House members to attend the session of
| that body and to allow Senator Aldrich
| and Representative Payne to go to the
! White House as the Presidents guests at
| luncheon.
!! Members of the House conference COM
| mittee declined to accept the Senate
| amendments to the cotton schedule when
| that subject was taken up today. These
| amendments consist chiefly of changes
| from ad valorem to specific duties for the
| purpose of carrying out the original IN
raA neyln uyh
| conferees assert have been pulled down
| by misint terpretation of the Dinaley law.
| Questions relating TO mercerization and
| the rates on high grade cotton goods are
| not the subject Of conference, most or
these provisions. changing existing law,
| were put into the bill by the House and
| were accepted by the Senate over the pro-
| tests of the so-called progressive repub-
| licans
| Deadlock on Lead.
| Soon after the chemical schedule was
| taken up ii was developed that it will be
extremely difficult to reach an agreement
| on the numerous paragraphs changing
the rates on lead products. which COM
prise practically all of the paint sched-
ules and numerous other articles OF
manufacture.
The Senate conferees said that they
could not accept the House rates on these
items. They pointed out that the higher
rates were adopted on the insistence of
republicans from the ad-producing
states in the Rocky Mountain section.
These senators stood by the committee
through all of it's contests with the in
surgents in the Senate, and Senator
| Aldrich told the House conferees today
that IL il had not been for the assistance
rendered by the senators from the ter
ritory named the committee would have
been utterly unable to complete tariff
bill He said that the Senate conferees
must guard the interests of the lead pro
ducing states
On the other hand. Mr. Payne pointed
out that the great agricultural interest
had demanded cheaper paints and said
that he would be compelled 10 insist up
on the House provisions.
| The conferees split upon this rock and
q prolonged contest is anticipated.
The conferees have agreed that any
rate which is agreed upon may be taken
/ If any member of the House or Senate
conference committee desires TO propose
another rate in its stead.
The conference is proceeding upon the
general idea of keeping the rates within
tn rates of the Dingley law and of lower
ing them whenever possible TO do so
This is the KEYNOTE of the conferees.
MURDERED AT RESORT.
Rosenberg of Cleveland Meets
n>o<h N>er notroit