Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-08-12
JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOT.

other Indebtedness and In the case OF q
bank. banking association or trust COM
pany stating separately all interest paid;
by it within the year on deposits.
seventh.--The amount paid by It withinl
the year for taxes imposed under the
authority of the United States or any
state;or territory thereof and separately
the amount SO paid by 1t for taxes tm-s
posed by the government Of any foreign
country as a condition to carrying on
business therein. 5ssi a
Efghth:-The net income of such corr
sporation. joint stock company or associ-3
alton or insurance company after making,
the deductions in this section authorized.
Great Power Given to President.
a powerful new executive arm is
given the president to WELD in sec-s
tion q. This section provides severe
punishment. for any government em-s
ployee who discloses to any person
any information which under the law,
he should not disclose. But the pres-l
ident can cause him to disclose such
information or evidence. owing to that,
part Of section which states that
the employee shall divulge the facts
that we will assume to be in question
'upon the special direction Of the
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president j
In answer to the claim made by sev-
eral United States senators that the!
president IS thus given a power in|
Its nature inquisitorial by section q
the administration authorities state
that it Is unreasonable to assume that;
any president of the United States
would make an 1nquisitorial use Of
this power. .'He would be guilty Of
malfeasance IN Office" they say, '.and
would place himself open to impeach-3
ment proceedings.'
When it is considered that the cor.
poration tax is but one item Of the
new tariff bill and that. the measure
contains over 1000 items. it may
perhaps, and only perhaps. be real
lied by the general public how gigan-
! tic a task is the drafting and per-
fecting and enacting Of such a statute.
Many Of the so called items or articles
in the tariff bill are divided and subdi-.
5vided and !resubdivided into be-
wildering number Of classific fications
that Is, bewildering to the lay mind.
For instance, take thread made from
hemp, fax or ramie. This sort Of
thread is given q tariff graded accord
ing to the Hneness of the yarn froms
which it Is made. Whife the actuall
bill does not show them In detail, vet
the drafters and enacters Of tariff
bill for the United States must cal
culate what the tax should be on over
$50 different qualities Of such thread
before intelligently making a tariff
schedule. The qualities, grades or
sizes range from yarn not finer than
10 lea or number upward to that
likewise technically described as 1922
lea or number also the tariff franz
ers9 to work fntelligently must con-
slider the knewn value or amount of
imports OF each grade or size and the
revenue that q given rate Of duty will
tDrot1nce- .4-!-Ss 5ss e I'D sl.} 4. .s
Busy Days For Legislators.
Tarinf making days in Washington
are busy days for congressman and
senator's. During the controversy over,
the new. tariff billzthe Payne bill-the
daily mail Of members Of both houses.
averaged .12o3 letters "a day. Most Of
the correspondents wanted copies Of
the Payne bill or Of schedules Of GER
tain classes Of goods or Of the tariff
on some particular article named in
the sbill. Owners Of factories. import
ing houses. mills. cattle. etc.. not
only wrote or visited their representa-
,tives themselves. but had their thou
sands Of employees write letters also.
Employees are voters. Congressman
need votes. All the communications
must be answered acceptably those
that want the duty on hides Or gloves
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