Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-02

b or speakers of the day were Senator
q Clapp and Senator Owen, fayortng al
Il income tax with incidental remarks By
Senator Flint and others.
Il 1T was evident throughout the entire
Y day tllatt.the corporation tax question
had failed TO arouse as much intereS,
in the senate as had been expected
i and Same suggestions were heard ~
4 support of proposition looking to tbs
i postponement of the entiro income tax
/ question, including cooperation taS
4 and inheritance tax, until next session.
The fact however, that the president
4 is strongly urging the tax on corpora
ticns stood In the way of the accept
| ance of any suggestion of this kind,
J and it was not seriously urged
CORPORATION TAX.
| The corporation tax asa measure for
| the defeat of the income tax was again
the subject OF comment in this senate
today. The reference was made BY
Senator McCumber. Mr.. Borall OF
idaho had resumed his speech, which
he began yesterday, When he, was In
terrupted by Senator Mecumber, who
disapowed any sympathy With Senator
lAldrich's remarks as to his rensoi for
supporting the corporation tax. He de-
clared that Mr.. Aldrichi had spoken ,or
himself alone and not for members IT
the finance committee generally
The personal reasons tor that sela-
tor tfor his support OF the corporation
taS) said Mr. McCumber referring -
Chairman Aldrich of the fnance co.n-
s1nittee, were not put forth as the ca 5
sons which actuatcd the committee in
any respect, He gave them us his own
personal reasons. 1 do not understand
that q single other member of the com
inittee agreed with him in that re
spect."
',Should the senator from North Da-
kota not poll the finance committee be-
fore he attempts to voice theirSvieWs..'s
inquired Senator Glapp.
{ Denying that he had attempted 10
voice the sentiment of the committee,
MIR. McCumber declared he only want
ed o5m;lke clear!th fact that Mir. Md
rich did not Voice that sentiment. He,
added that he would prefer the income
tax toa tax on corporations II it could
be made constitutional.
BoRAH HITS OUT.
z n viii show later, said Mr.. .Borah.
mot only from the statement of the
chairman Of the finance committee, but
Will prove beyond 81 doubt that this
corporation tax had its origin in u
desire to defeat the income tax. And
when It shall have served its purpose
1t viii die, as the committee leader said
it would, an ignominlous DEATH
In opposing the corporation tax. the
Idaho senator declared he was follow
ing in the footsteps of leaders of his
party. He recalled the corporation tax
proposed by the party as a war meas
ure in 1888. declaring it was rejected
by the Republican majority as a mat
ter of expediency, not because the tax
was not necessary, but because of the
principles 1t involved. He read extracts
from a speech by Senator Lodge 1nad'e-
in 1898 in strong opposition TO the cor
tax then proposed Il by the
Democratic minority.
Senator Borall charged that the men
who We're advocating the plan Of sub
hitting the income tax question to the
states for amendment of the Consti-
tuition would be found against it when
II reaches their own states. This
charge aroused Mr.. Flint or the finance
committee: who said he would favor
the amendment in California and ex-
pressed confidence that the amend I
the corporation tax would not be re-
pealed as Mr.. Aldrich had prophesiea.
B Mr.. Borah declared the people would
have nothing to do with the disposal
Of either question, as everything would
be left to Senator Aldrich. who had
shown himself strong enough to pre-
vent the enactment of an income tax
law when there was a majority In the
senate for that tax.
Mr.. Bourne of Oregon predicted the
enactment of the corporation tax
amendmentinto law would result in the
publicity of corporation affairs and
eventually be of3much advantage to the
public. The question of revenue, he
said, was secondary. 81
ADMINISTRATIONS CHAMPION. +,
Senator Root. champion of the adj
ton and one of the authors Of
the amendment, followed Senator
Bourne He said the first draft OF the
tax amendment was made
by the attorney general on request of
the president. This draft, in the hand
writing of the attorney-gc general and in
terlmed by the president himself, was
sent to9the ways and means commit
tee. he said That committee had pre-
ferrcd The inheritance tax, but where
the senate finance committee had
II out, the corporation tax
had been slightly
amended and brought forth again.
Gentlemen may say I am for a cor
poration tax to beat the income tax"
said Mr.. Foot. 81 am for the corpora
tion tax because II think it is better
policy. better patriotism and higher
wisdom than the general income tax at
this time and under these circun1-
stances. / wish to beat the income tax
provision because think it is wise"
Advocating tho pending provision for
a. corporation tax, as opposed to the
Bailey Cumnllrs income tax amend
lncnt, Mr.. Root said:
THE corporation tax saves all of the
provisions of the income tax that are
excellent and can be enforced. The in
come tax is, to my mind, unwise, IN
Just and unconstitutional, while the
tax Is wise and just and
constitutional"
Z He viewed the income tax as a means
for dislodging the protective tariff and
declared in his judgment the proposed
income tax would raise from $3.50 900
TO s200O00,000 annually.
,.".I think said the New York sena-
tor, '.the United States ought to have
the power to lay and collect income
taxes becauseI want my country to
have the power to summon every dol
lar possible to its relief In times of
STRESS"
He said he would advocate the APP
prevail by the legislature of New York