The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-18
AGAINST INCOME TAX
SENATOR SUTHERLAND OF UTAH
GIVES HIS VIEWS.
He Regards EncOme Tax M Not a
Proper Means for Raisimg Rev
enue Tor the GemermI
GOvermm@nt.

| Z Z. washington. May 17.-Ftfty-sever
| Senators answered to their names wher
the Senate met at 10 o'clock today
relieving doubt as to the ability OF
that body. to obtain a quorum carly
| In the day TO consider the tariff bill.
| When the name OF Senator Jones
| Wash }. was called. his colleague, Mr.
Pyles. announced that he had gone
to the White House and was not able
to be present"
II am not q protectionist In spots. i"
/ said Mr.. sutherland (Utah). in begin
ming an address in support OF the tar
IN bill as reported by the Finance
COMMITTEES. and in opposition to the
adoption Of an income tax provision.
II. he said. there wAs~any question
about the amount of duty to be levied
on particular article, he preferred to
solve II by having the duty q little
too high rather than too low. tJHe
could not advocate taxing the products
Of his own and deny protection to the
prducers OF Their States.
Speaking of the income tax Mr..
Sutherland said the trainers of the
Constitution had contemplated havfna
the Federal Government obtain IN
| revenues by imposing taxes upon 4
class of subjects which the States
either under the Constitution or by
common consent, did not or could MOI
Federal Government under the Consti-
tuition. he said. was given power to
impose taxes upon imports which pow
er was substantially executive. BY
common consent the imposition Of In
ternai revenue taxes upon liquors end
tobacco has been given over to the
Federal Government
upon objects which the State tax was
bound to, results in confusion or dou-
BILE taxation. Taking that view, he re-
Eafded the income tax rs not a prop
er means for raising revenue for the
general government.
Razors were again used today in a
hostile attack upon the rates of the
AldrIch bill pending before the Senate
The Committee on Finance had in
creased the rates on razors In common
use from about 90 to 100 per cent ad
yalorem and as soon as the Senate
took up the cutlery schedule today
amendments offered by Mr.. Simmons
Saturday cutting these rates down
were rejected.
Senator Stone then offered amend
ments reducing the duties on razors to
the rates of the Qingley bill.
Senator SHoot. in opposing these
amendments, said II the duty were 200
per cent It would not increase the
price to the consumer. He held I'D be-
fore the Senate a razor which he said
cost to import ~ cents, and which was
sold for So, a
Have these rAzors which you haye
there. been sold for So each?'' inquired
Mr.. Stone.
.There is no question that the. deal.
or will sell them for that price, re-
piled Mr.. Smoot.
mot after the Senator's statement
here" said Mr.. Bailey laughing.
>"I hope that is correct" replied Mr.
smoot, because the profit they obtair
is enormous"
Mr.. smoot exhibited another razor
case supposed to contain keen edget
blade 1t was from Germany and solt
at retail in this country at $3.50, while
1t cost to import $4.7s a dozen.
Mr.. Aldrich said the most striking
thing to him about the razor industry
was that large part OF the razors i'm
! ported cost to import wholesale II
cents each or $3.50 dozen.
as there any one who ever saw !
! razor costing anything like 10 cents?'
inquired Mr.. Aldrich. t
| "a 20 cent razor Is the kind the cit
ixens of the South OF the political faiti
OF the Senator from Rhode Island mos
| commonly use." said Mr.. Bacon, a
which Information Mr.. Aldrich ex
pressed surprise.
Mr.. Bailey insisted that a rate o
duty of almost 100 per cent on impor
| tation Of razors was not In conform
ity with the pledge OF the Republican
J platform 20 levy a protective dut.
euualing the difference in cost of pro
duction at home and abroad plus a rea
sonable pront.
II that pledge was conformed to, Nj
Bailey said, 1t was equivalent to a dec
laration that the foreign labor cos
was practically nothing.
| The invasion Of Germany into tn
American market was commsnted upo