The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-03-26
CLARK CRITICISES
TARIFF MEASURE
MlnorIbLeader Resumes Spse'h
In the House.
PAYNE OPPOSES INCOME TAX.

Says inheritance Tax Would Not Give
Rise to Perjury or Frauds--Senatc
Plans to Cut Down Appropriations
and Revise Upward.
Washington, March 24.-The minor.
ity leader, Champ Clark (Mo), re.
sumed his speech in the house this
morning in criticism of many points in
the Payne tariff bill
Payne IN. ", chairman of the com.
mittee on ways and means, concluded
his speech in explanation of the bill.
His arguments covered wide field.
He took the position that the bill
would not injure the tin plate or steel
file industries of the United States
and that free hides would not be
menace to the farmers. He discussed
the inheritance tax and said it was
preferable to an income tax, because
1t would not give rise to perjury or
frauds, He held to the view, also, that
an income tax was unconstitutional
Senate Plans to Cut Down Expenses
That a determined effort will be
made to reduce public expenditures to
such an extent that governmental
needs may be met by revenues from
duties on imports and without resort
ing to any of the special taXations that
have been suggested in connection
with tariff revision is indicated by a
remark made by Senator Aldrich,
chairman of the senate committee on
finance. Aldrich was asked to give his
opinion of the plan enormously cred.
tied to President Taft to place a tax
on dividends declared by corporations
Aldrich replied that he had not given
thought to it and added that he would
not concern himself with any OF the
various plans to raise revenues by spe-
cial taxes until it could be ascertained
how much revenue could be produced
by levying duties on imports and
whether the running operations of the
government would not be decreased SO
as to make special taxes unnecessary.
Great significance is attached to the
remark made by Aldrich. 1t is assert.
d
the finance committee regard with dis.
favor the proposed inheritance tax
feature, the proposed income tax
levies upon dividends of corporations,
tax upon coffee and practically all
forms of stamp taxes. 1t is recognized
bill was reported to the house from
the ways and means committee suffi-
cient revenues to pay the running ex.
, penses of the government, at least
upon the present basis of annual ap,
preparations. cannot be collected from
duties on imports alone. The infer.
ence drawn from Mr.. Aldrich's express
sion, therefore, is that the revision OF
the tariff must be of an upward trend
and that the congress must curtail the
tendency to expand annual appropria.
lions at each succeeding session.
Wasnng ton, March 23.-The tariff
bill holus Iull sway in the house to
day. Chairman Payne resumed his
! speech in explanation of the bill i'm
medlately alter the body convened
! He was again subjected to a cross-fre
of questions, all OF which he endeav
ored to answer. In speaking of the
maximum and minimum features Of
the bill he predicted that France, Ger
many and other European countries
would hasten to so equalze their du
ties on American products that they
would derive the benefit of the mini
mum rates offered.
That the Payne tariff bill will in
crease the cost of living; that 1t i.
crude, indefinite, sectional and prohib
tive, and that it is an open challenge
to trade war with every other ma
ton on earth, are some Of the crit
cisms OF that measure made by the
Democratic members of the ways anC
means committee in the minority re
port submitted to the house by Chaml
Clark. The report is a severe arraign
ment of the revision which the Payn,
bill proposes. The countervailing dut,
for coffee and petroleum, the maxi
mum and minimum features, the Gu
ban reciprocity clause, the wooden, az
ricultural and suaar schedules ar,