Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-29

other organizations are being brought
ever to kindly view. OF the matter.
Effort is to be made, 1t is said, to
carry the propaganda down to the
consumers themselves, and organize
them in favor of the plan on the
ground that it will help check the
tendency to increase the cost of liv-
ing.
While Senator Aldrich and his i'm
mediate supporters affect to believe
that consideration of the corporation
tie of only few days duration, no
one pretends to fix with any certainty
the day for its final disposition, and the
insurgents assert that in spite of the
weather eight, senators at least will
make open warfare on the presidents
substitute for the income tax. Expert
ence shows that eight insurgent
speeches may last anywhere from a
week to three weeks.
Aside from the tax and the constitu-
tional argument it is almost certain to
bring on the routine administrative
feature will hardly be adopted without
a struggle. There are three provisions
especially that have been singled out
for attack-the maximum and mini
mum clause, the clause providing the
new system of higher valuation and the
clause instituting the new tribunal to
be known as the customs court.
1t is pointed out by leader of the
republican income takers that the only
effect that the penalty feature of the
corporation tax provision can have is
to set limit on federal laws already
in force against perjury. This senator
said that without the specific provision
the offense it is designed to punish
would make the offending corporation
officers liable to Imprisonment Of sew
eral years-1ve years, he thought The
sole effect therefore of this Sugar
coated drug" as the insurgents call
the substitute, will be to save the male
factors four years in jail
The constitutional phase of the cues
ton is simply that the whole subject
is as undecided as the income tax
The insurgents base this position on
what they contend to be the ir-
relevancy of the Spreckles case, cited
by the president in support of his
measure.
1t is certain, however, that among
the regulars the proposal brings relief
that many of the so-called progress
ives, or near progressives, accept the
presidents substitute as ample. They
point out that the hold it will give for
future corporation legislation, the
opening to public experts of the books
OF all corporations against which there
is the m.erest suspicion of illegality.
and the recourse taken to some form
of taxation other than import duties.
are all important steps in the right di-
rection.
Even the Imprisonment clause is de-
Tended, since it is said that six months
Imprisonment. for man of high es-
tate. is as effective as Imprisonment
for ten years.
The corporation tax may be reached
tomorrow. The finance committee is
expected to bring in its drawback pro-
visions and other matters very soon.
tho consideration will not come up
until near the end of the administra.
ton clauses
Senator Root has been chosen as the
chief spokesman of the organization,
to explain the legal phase of the
amendment, and Mr. Aldrich will prob
ably make a brief statement regarding
the revenue phase of the proposition
But the announced plan of the lead
ers is to do little talking, to let the
advocates of an income tax talk
themselves out" and to press for a
vote at every opportunity