The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-07
TRINITY CHURCH
IN TARIFF DEBATE
Objection Made to Granting
Exemption From the Corr
poration Income Tax
Senate Completes Its Task of
Revision, Sitting as Commits
tee of the Whole

ed to the senate, SO that legislation
providing for customs duties is now
regarded as on the home stretch.
Senators generally desiring to OBJ
tain reprint of the bill as amended
before further considering it, the SEN
ate adjourned to afford members an op-
portunity to-look over it before taking
further action. The adjournment was
taken with the understanding that
when the body reconvenes all sections
of the bill that senators do not desire
to reserve for further amendment shall
be agreed to en- bloc
THE TOBACCO AMENDMENT
The senate then will consider the
tobacco amendment, the only amend
ment not adopted in the committee of
the whole
The proceedings logged along in un-
eventful fashion today. Various
amendments offered by the committee
were adopted, after which Senator
Smoot sent to the desk to have read
an amendment which he said had been
recommended by the finance commit
tee fixing duties on tobacco. When
this preliminary procedure had been
concluded Senator Daniel of Virginia
the ranking minority member of the
committee on finance, disputed the
statement of the senator from Utah
that that provision had been recon-
mended by the committee
EXEMPT FROM THE TAX
Senator Aldrich agreed to withdraw
the amendment to have it considered
tomorrow morning by the full com
mittee membership before reporting it
IN "a Inn Il
the tariff agreed to today was one ex-
enSpting labor organizations frater-
nal beneficiary societies and organiza-
tions exclusively for religious, chart
table and educational purposes from
the operations of the corporation tax
provisions.
The amendment was proposed by
Senator Burkett and Trinity church of
New York was brought prominently
into the debate by Senator Clark of
Wyoming, who said that organization
was not of a character to receive the
exemption. 1t was, he said engaged
in real estate operations to an extent
that would not warrant its exclusion
from the provisions of the bill.
Defending the Trinity corporation,
Senators Depew and Root declared the
organization used it's funds only for
religious charities and educational
purposes
CANADA AND WEST INDIES
Amendments were adopted specify
ing Canada and the West Indies among
contiguous countries included in the
discriminating duty of 10 per cent ad
valorem on imports not manufactured
In those countries and introduced into
the United States and also extending
from two to six months in any one
year the period during which domes-
10 len lie in,
the coastwise trade. Another amend
ment relieves the United States from
all reciprocal obligations toward for
eign nations in the matter of tonnage
dues.
The senate at 800 o'clock adjourned.
SELECTION OF CoNFEREEs
With the senate rapidly approaching
the day of final consideration of the
tariff bill attention is being given to
the selection of the conferees on the
part of the senate and the house,
whose duty it viii be to attempt to
bring the two bodies into agreement
on the measure. 4
Gossip has it that Senator Aldrich
will pick besides himself as the repre-
sentatives of the republicans in the
senate Hale of Maine, Penrose of Penn
sylvania, Burrows of Michigan and
Smoot of Utah. The democratic sena-
tors who VIII participate in the con-
ference will be Daniel of Virginia,
Money of Mississippi and Bailey of
Texas.
THE HOUSE MEMBERS
In the house Speaker Cannon. ac-
cording to the reports, probably Will
select Payne of New York, DalZell of
Pennsylvania, Boutell of Illinois, Nc
Call of Massachusetts and either Cal
derhead of Kansas or Needham of Cali
fornia as the republican members and
Champ Clark of Missouri, Underwood
Of Alabama and Griggs of Georgia as
the democratic members.
French Protectionists Alarmed
PARIS. July 6.-Senator Chaumie to-
day followed up the speech made yes
terday in the chamber of deputies by
Minister of Commerce Cruppi on tariff
revision, with a motion to suspend
further consideration of the tariff and
invite the government to submit a
bill which would safeguard Frances
political and economic interests with
foreign countries. He opposed measures
proposed by the tariff commission
which he said represented the "accu-
mulated appetites of particular inter
ests," and constituted a menace to the
export trade of France.
This motion threw the ultra protec-
tionists into panic. M. Klotz and
Morel and the other members of the
commission opposed the motion vio-
lentIy. They denied that the proposals
were conceived in a spirit of reprisal.
In any case, it was commended, France
was not the aggressor, and in this re-
spect the action of America was par
ticularly cited.
Foreign Minister Pichon here in
terrupted the debate to declare that
France had not ceased to protest at
Washington.
I'VE must do more than protest" de-
clared NJ. Klotz. The general rates
must be advanced to arm the govern
ment for the coming negotiations.
NJ. Chaumies motion went over to
Thursday.
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