The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-29
.IONG DEBATE
On SCHEDULES
ENDED At LAST
roday the Senate viii Take
Up the Corporation and In
come Tax Matter.
cIJMMINS OF IOWA WILL
MAKE OPENING SPEECH
,,rlEs on STRUCTURAL IRON
AND STEEL AND PIG ZINC
BASED BY UPPER HOUSE.

washington. June 2S.-After seventy
s.,.s NJ almost continuous debates, the
-.,sts today at 3.45 p. IN. concluded its
5.--,,ssi,n of the schedules of the
3a-Ds- AIdrich tariff bill. Five minutes
-s,srrarf the senate adjourned for the
-. d, hermit preparation for the cor
---,+ion and income tax debate, which
rW begin tomorrow.
The early adjournment afforded the
- senators a little much needed rec
-satian from long hours in the over
t,osa5 chamber. Mr.. AldriCh told some
Dfbis friends that he would take a few
I,,-s m and would take a water trip if
If develops the income tax discussion is
likely 20 be extended
Root to Come Forward.
i, this event Senator Flint will take
,barre Of the bill. and Senator Root,
vino aided Attorney General Wicker
sbam I'm drafting the corporation tax
amendment. viii take charge Of the
measure. There has been some discus
sioD Of UOstpOning the income tax and
the corporation tax amendments until
the next regular session, but this has
not met with favor.
II is now expected that only one vote
will intervene between the assembling
NJ the senate tomorrow and taking up
tbasa Questions of internal taxation.
senator Tillman has pending an amend
ment providing for a tax of ten cents
per pound on tea, and it is said that this
rropOstiOu viii not lead to further de-
cummins TO Speak First.
M iutimstiou has been given of fur
ther amendment and the discussion will
probably be shifted from the tariff to
The national revenue. It is said that the
opening speech will be made by Senator
CuUmiHE Of IOWu- in support of an in
come tax amendment as part of the tar
III bin In cOntradistinction to the move
msnt for a corporation tax and a resO-
luton for an imposition of an income
tax through the fundamentally of a
constitutional amendment
T0day's proceedings consisted of
general clearing up of the passed-over
provisions i'm both the dutiable and free
lists of the tariff bill Cotton bagging
and cotton ties, and, incidentally, bind
ing Irvine, occupied much OF the SEN
ate's time.
Early i'm the day Senator McLaurin
moved to place bagEing on the free list
and contrary to the expectation. the
motion prevailed. The southern sena-
tors were, however. not so fortunate
with cotton ties. which they also de-
sired to have made free of duty. Sen
8tor Culberson proposed the change il
the latter case. He came within seven
votes Of winning, the vote standing 81
TO S.
Duties Boosted.
The duty on structural iron and steel
valued at more than nine tenths of a
cent pound was increased from three
tenths to four-tenths of a cent per
pound, being an addition 10 the house
rate OF one-tenth of a cent The rate
u steel of a lower value was left un-
changed. on zinc in pigs there was
also am addition of half a cent per
pound over the house rare of one cent
Intellectual efforts were made to have
sho0, books. salt and Egyptian cot
Ton placed ON the dutiable list. Senator
Bacon, who offered the amendment for
duty on cotton. said that at the same
Ales placed on wool cotton would pro-
alce revenue of S9,00O,00O a year. He
leposed four cents a pound Senator
Ililman also declared that by the adop-
uon or his ten-Cent rate on tea another
@"1QJ2 would be added 70 the treasury
receipts