The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-29
FINISH WITH
TARIFF BILL
Cotton Bagging Taken
up.
WAS PLACED ON FREE LIST
A Long Debate Had Been Antici-
pated on Question.
senator AIdrich saves Much Time By
Permitting me Bagging to Go
Down ON the Free
List.
WAS PLACED ON FREE LIST

Washington. June 2s--After seventy
days of almost continuous debate. ths
Senate today at s:45 p. m, concluded
its discussion of the schedules Of the
Payne Aldrich tariff bill. Five minutes
afterward the Senate adjourned for the
day to permit the slight preparation
possible In SO short time for the de-
bate on the corporation and income tar
questions. which viii begin soon after
the Senate conyenes tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
| Mr.. Aldrich told some of his friends
that he would take few days on duty
for a water trip of some kind. II IL
develops that the discussion Of the in
| come tax Is likely to be an extended
one. In this event. Senator Flint. who
took charge of the bill. and Senator
Root. who aided Attorney General
| Wickersham In drafting the corpora
tion tax amendment. will take charge
of the measure. There has been some
come tax and corporation amend
| ments until the next regular
session but this suggestion has
not met with favor. Senate Lead
ers take the position that a movement
of this character would embarrasa
/ President Taft.
It Is now expected that only one vote
will intervene between the assembling
Of the Senate tomorrow and the taking
up Of these questions OF internal taxa
ton. Senator Tillman had pending an
amendment providing for a tax OF 1e
| cents a pound on tea and 1t is believed
shat this provision will not lead TO fur
Their debate. No intimation has been
| given of other amendments. and the
discussion probably will be shifted I'M.
mediately from the tariff to the inter-
| nal revenue and 1t is understood the
opening speech will be made by Sem
| ator Cummins, (Ia.,) in support OF an
income tax amendment, as a part of the
4 tariff bill in Standardization 10 the
| movement for a corporation tax and
1 Another resolution looking to the irn-
position Of an income tax through the
amendment. The Finance Committeess
Income tax constitutional provisicn was
presented today and the corporation
tax amendment was introduced sofnG
days ago. and both are now before ths
Senate in regular order.
! Bagnfng ON Free List
Today's proceedings consisted Of O
1 general and final clearing up Of this
| passed over provisions In both the du-
| table and free lists of the tariff bill.
Cotton bagging, cotton ties and bind.
ing Irvine occupied much of the Sen.
McLaurin moved to place bagging on
the free list and contrary 10 the gem
| eral expectation the motion prevailed.
| The Southern Senators were. however,
not so fortunate with cotton ties which
| they also desired to have made free OF
duty. Senator culberson proposed tina
change In ties. He came within seven
| votes OF winning. the vote standing 81
to IS. The duty on structural iron
and steel valued at more than nine-
| tenths of cent a pound was increased
| from three-tenths to four-tenths OF
cent per pound. being an addition to
the House rate of one-tenth of cent.
| The rate on steel of lower value wan
| left unchMnged. On zinc in pigs
there was also an addition of half
cent a pound over the present rate OF
| one cent.
Ineffectuaf attempts were made ia
| have school books. salt and Egyptian
| cotton placed on the dutiable list. Sem
| ator Bacon. who offered the amends
| ment for a duty on cotton. said that
at the same rates placed on wool. cot-
| ton would produce revenue OF $1,000
90 a year. He proposed four cents
pound.
Senator TiIlman also declared that by
| the adoption of his ten-cent rate on
tea another ss.000.onO could be added
| to the treasury receipts.
| Before schedules could be taken up
Mr.. clapp gained the floor and with q
view to eliminating from the corpor-
| alton tax amendment any authority by
| which corporations may own the stock
| OF other companies. introduced a mod
| ihed form Of the original text of the
| measure. In CONNECTION with the same
| amendment, Mr.. Culberson proposed
| modification by which the informa-
| ton gathered by the Commissioner OF
| Internal Revenue concerning corpor-
ations shall at any sIme be available
to either the House or Senate, or any
committee OF either BODY.
Manifesting SOME Impotence over
4 the delay, Senator Aidrlch forced the
| taking up of the schedules at the FIRST
moment. cotton bagging'' was the
first item to be considered. and to the
surprise of almost everybody. 1t was
disposed of in very brief time. The
secret Of this dispatch was the fact
| that Mr.. Aldrich accepted an amend
ment placing II on the free list. The
| amendment was offered by Senator
McLaurin and covered bagging for cot-
| ton.
| It haa been expected that the South.
ern Senators would demand muCh time
| for the discussion OF this question and
there is no doubt that II he accomp-
| lished nothing else; the chairman Of
the Finance Committee vastly expe-
/ dited the final disposal OF the seized.
| ules when he permitted the amend
nent to prevail. as he did by maklzg
no objection. The amendment was
agreed to without debate and II was
Immediately followed by an agreement
1 to the entire paragraph, which also
included binding Irvine. upon the free
| list.
Thrown Into the Conference.
The action by the Senate will mere
" have the effect OF throwing the rate
| on cotton bagging into conference. the
House rate being six-tenths OF q cent
| per square yard.
Action on cotton ties followed quick
| ~. there being at the time no effort
| to place them on the free list. The
| House bill levles q duty Of three
| tenths Of cent q pound on these and
| the Conference Committee did not
change II. The Southern Senator's have
been demanding that they should be
| free. but whom the paragraph was
| reached II was allowed TO 50 through,
Senator Culberson announcing. that be-
! fore the bill IL finaify acss1 upon Ne
| would offer an amendment p1acing ooe-
ton ties on the free Glst Mr.. Over.
| man gave notice that he would nra.