The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-28
Builders Of the Tariff Bin in
The Senate Are Making
Goo-Goo Eyes at the Big
Corporation.
BAILEY DEFENDS THE
INCOME TAX FEATURE
Scion From the Lone Star
State Argues That This
Proposed Act Is Valid In
der the Constitution.

Washington. April >S.-rnA Hood
gates of oratory and Diseases are
now open vide in the Senate. ana the
country will hear learned disQaisi-
tions on every possible phase Of the
tariff.
Two go. speeches were made yee1er-
day. one by Senator Scott. at West
Virginia, and the other by 0eoator
Bailey. OF Texas. Scott spoke from the
standpoint OF a high protectionisa.
while Bailey devoted his remarks en-
tirely to what. In his judgment. was
demonstration Of the constituti0nality
Of an income tax.
The Texans speech. vas. ~ q mat
ter Of fact. continuation Of the one
he began Monday. bat was unable to
finish. Scott argued that the products
OF West Virginia were just N much
entitled to the benefits Of protection
today AZ were the products OF New
England in days gone by.
The Former ciamer.
The clamor for free raw materials
came from older sections Of the coun-
try whose natural resources had be-
come exhausted. but while they had
lasted were protected by q high duty.
West Virginia now produced raw ma
terials for New England and other oec-
lions. and was justified In demanding
the same kind Of protection Of what
was her finished product.
While the talkfest IL In progress on
the floor the Committee on Finance
is Withholding some Of the unfinished
schedules for purposes heretofore ex-
planned and laborinG With the admins
trative phases Of the bill. The com
mittee was engaged today upon the
reciprocity feature and tentatively de-
cided to place . duty OF 10 cents .
pound on tea and five cents q pound
on coffee coming from countries which
discriminate against the United
States.
The Sugar Club.
In other words. II the tea and coffee
producing countries do not place this
country ON their most favored nation
list the articles named will b subject
to an import tax.
| There 10 . strong suspicion that this
proposed retaliatory duty on tea and
coffee 10 intended TO serve ~ an an
swer to the criticism Of the present
sugar schedules. AZ stated before.
there has been q stroog demand for .
reduction Of the duty Of nearly two
Of the arguments used has been that
|! q -
be free. or nearly 20. The sugar
trust should certainly be proud q the
sa9acity Of its friends In the Senate.
Alarmed with the declaration OF
Senator Nelson (RepublicanD. Of Min
nesota: that the duties on pottery are
"monstrously high" and give the
American manufacturer control q the
dent Of the United States P0tfers' A.
, sociation. was In Washingtou today
seeking to controvert t. He appealed
to Senators Dick and Burton. Of Ohio.
Penroee Of Pennsylvania and Kean
and Briggs OF New Jersey. who repre-
sent pottery states.
Among the documents submitted
were excerpts from speeches made BY
Mr. TAFT during the campaign Of last
fall. These showed that the Presi-
dent said the pottery industry needed
more protection. II any changes were
to be made in the schedules Burgess
/ also presented q brief In which statis-
tics are quoted to show that the Amer
lean pottery industry has not . mo-
uOpoIy Of the domestic market.