The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-18
PAYNE TARIFF BILL
is REPORTED BY
COMMITTEE

Hull. Pujo. Hardwick. stevens. OF Tex
as; Hitchcock. Dixon. Saunders. Bow
ers. Denver, James. De Almond and
Kitchin. The committee VIII meet I'M
mediately after the adjournment OF
the house today.
Speaker Cannon and his house lead
ers have come TO an agreement. II 10
said. whereby the appointees OF In
surgent members are TO lose their
Jobs and the insurgents themselves
will fare sadly In the matter OF COM
mittee chairmanships. Sergeant-at-
Arms Casson. who comes from the
Wisconsin district represented by
Henry A. Cooper. Is said TO be mark
ed for slaughter Rep. Augustus r.
Gardner. OF Massachusetts,. also Is said
to have leading place on the black
list and Is TO be shorn OF his chair
manship and handicapped In every
move TO find government berths for
his constituents. On the other hand.
some OF the Democrats who fought In
the Cannon ranks have already been
rewarded and others will fare well.
The southern Democrats objected
strenuously TO the terms OF the Payne
tariff when that measure WAS pre-
scented yesterday afternoon. They
said they would never vote for II I'M
less the duty on lumber was restored
to 81 per thousand. The tarin on pea
nuts. too was held to be too low to
protect the south against the pauper
peanuts OF Europe. Texas denounced
the members OF the ways and means
committee for their ignorance regard
ing the necessity for the development
OF the mohair industry In the United
States. The members from Georgia
and Florida thought something better
should be done for citrus fruits and sea
island cotton. These objections by
the Democrats have shown the in
roads Republican ideas have made In
the south. Times have changed since
Grover Cleveland occupied the White
House chair. The Democrats then
cried THE tariff is fraud and
termed II a scheme to plumber the
people.
Senator Aldrich, chairman OF the
senate committee on finance, which
will deal with the bill In the senate.
announced today that he would call q
meeting OF the Republican members OF
the committee for tomorrow with the
idea OF Immediately beginning consid-
GRAFTON Of the house measure.
The Inheritance tar provision ex-
empts from taxation any property be-
Iqueathed to any religious. educational.
charitable, missionary. benevolent.
hospital or infirmary corporation.
Personal property other than money
or securities bequeathed to a corpora.
ton or association organized exclu-
sively for the moral or mental i'm
provement OF men o. women or for
scientific, patriotic or similar pur.
poses Is made exempt from the tax. A
discount OF per cent Ia provided for
IL the tax is paid within six months
from the time 1t Is due. An interest
will be charged and collected ut the
rate OF 10 per cent year il the tax
is not paid within Is months from tho
time 1t accrued. II an estate is tied
up In necessary litigation q per cent
interest will be charged. A special
agent to conduct investigations TO Sc
cure the eficient enforcement OF the
inheritance tax is provided for at q
salary of $1,000 a year.
| In order TO prevent the confusion
which attended the enforcement of the
Dingley bill on the Gay on which II
became a law. the Payne bill In not 70
take effect until the day after IL ID
enacted.