Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-18
BOSS" ALDR|CH CONFESSES
He is Opposed to Income Tax Believing It is Not
 Necessary
TAFT AND AlDRlcH ARE
 SHOWING MUCH ANXIETY
fSnecial to Review by Tav.)

Special to Review by TavD WASHINGTON. July 1e.-Chaos is the most fitting word to use in ee- scribing the present status of the cor
 poration-inheritance income tax Stu l ation.
 There is a growing belief that, al. though the senate passes the sorpora-
 ton tax amendment. it will be side
 tracked in conference for an lnheri- tance tax; or else, tariff bill will be reported from conference minus any of the taxes that have been dis cussed. In the latter case, the bur, den of taxation would continue to rest upon the broad shoulders of the con 1 sumer.
 The most important feature of the special tax debate has been the state ! ment of Senator Aldrich that he in. tends to vote for a corporation tax | to defeat an income tax. In other words the Rhode Island senator ad- | mits that he and the others who pro posed the corporation tax at time when the income tax was on the eve of passing, were carrying out pro- gram which amounted to conspiracy l to defeat the income tax Here is the way Aldrich's co1fes ! sion stands in the Congressional Rec. | ord
 | "I shall vote for a corporation tax as a means to defeat the income tax" 1 Later Senator Aldrich went further.
 saying:
 T am opposed to an income tax. l | thing an income tax never ought to ! be imposed except in times of stress | of emergency when it is not pos | sible to raise revenue from the ordi- nary sources"
 | When properly translated for the 1 layman, and without doing Senator
 Aldrich any injustice, his philosophy runs like this:
 T am opposed to an income tax | which requires the wealthy to assist l in maintaining the government. l think the wealthy should never be
 taxed except in times of stress or | emergency when it is not possible to
 raise revenue from the ordinary
 sources viz: the consumers" The special tax situation is so con | fused that the only thing that can be promised positively is that there
 will be no income tax. In the corpora tion tax conspiracy it received its l death blow.
 Those who predict an inheritance
 tax may also be disappointed. Thirty | four states now have such legislation and many of them have memorialized
 congress not to pass an inheritance
 tax. which would mean double taxa | ton on inheritances.
 There is so much hostility to a cor poration tax, because of the general belief that it is merely a cheating | substitute for an income tax. that it may be dropped. It would not be of great surprise if the Aldrichites should 1 finally pass a tariff bill without the
 tax, explaining that the revised tariff
 rates would produce sufficient revenue
 to run the government. or that il
 had been decided at the last moment to let the special tax go over to the
 fall session of congress. The entire I situation is in the hands of Boss Al.
 drich. He is absolute master. | The plan to submit the income tax
 to the people through resolution to . amend the constitution is regarded
 as a part of the conspiracy to defeat
 the income tax. Senator Cummins SC
 decalres.
 Messrs Aldrich and Cannon by long
 association with members of congress , know precisely how an apointee will |, perform in conference. If they had
 the least doubt as to his faithfulness l to the idea of ultro-protection, they
 would not permit him to take part
 in the last rites over he tariff bill
 True, there are some Democrats or
 the conference, men who. were they
 able to get a chance, would place a ? couple of necessities on the free list
 instanter, and reduce prohibitive tariff rates to maximum revenue-producinl rates. But the Democrats may as well
 not be on the conference committee
 as six stand no chance against ter . when it comes to voting. The Repub
 licans will hold secret meeting ant
 when they decide what they want tC
 do with the tariff bill, will tell th. I Democrats.
 President Taft, like Senator Aldricb
 has been in great hurry to get tn.
 tariff bill safely in conference. H,
 has declared that he feels sure ther, . will be real downward revision i, conference.
 Among other things the presiden
 has said the country is losing s10.000,
 900 every day the bill is being held up 1T This view varies somewhat from tn,
 facts.
 Instead of business depression fol 2 lowing the lengthening weeks an, ' months of the special session, ther a has been upward movement in busi
 ne. The special session began Marcl l5. It is doubtful if there has eve T. been a time in the whole history O e the country when a like period ha Q been marked by an equally extensiy n and universal improvement in bus ness conditions. It is conceded by al e authorities. the manufacturers, the i'm
 porters. the exporters, the wholesa e CTS. the retailers, the railroads-tha t the upward turn has been unprecs i5 dented and phenomenal. l. Why have Senator Aldrich and Pres n ident Taft been doing everything i Q their power to grease the tracks $ IS that the tariff bill might slip speedil m into conference? Was the chief reai h on to settle business conditions. or t D. get the measure into the Aldrich hal 'e tor so 1t would be safe from the storr a,, of exposures loosened by progressiv m Republicans and Democrats? IS