The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
CUMMINS ENTERS
HIS INCOME TAX
BILL IN SENATE
Under the Provisions Of the
Amendment All Incomes
Under S5, 900 Are Exempt
From Taxation.
TAXES RANGE FROM
TWO TO SIX PER CENT
Senator AldriCh Is PraCtiCing
His WiIes to Lure the
Statesmen Away From the
Cummins Army.

Washington, April 21.-Senator
cummins introduced an income tax
amendment to the tariff bill today. All
incomes under five thousand dollars
ere exempt. Taxes on others range
from two per cent up to six per cent
the latter on incomes over a hundred
thousand dollars.
AIdrich 10 Foxy.
Content with his expressions of op.
position to the levy Of an income tax
bs means of raising revenue for the
Expenses of the government, Senator
Aldrich Of Rhode Island. has begun .o
bxercise his Establishments upon GER
Jain republican colleagues who have
been counted upon by the western rad
1cal contingent to support such an
amendment to the tariff bill.
There Is usually nothing sentimental
Sn the game as Aldrich plays it and
naturally his method OF alternating re-
eruits from the income takers is tc
koint out to them material disadvan
Lagos which might follow their re-
}nAining N tho ranks OF tho insur,
kents.
Bait for Senators.
Quite q number Of the senators
Ehose support has been counted up.
bn for the income tax, are interested
b particular schedules in the tariff
bill, and some of them were given to
Understand that these schedules wouid
be protected II they stood by Aldricn
Ind his organization.
On the contrary, 1t was plainly init
mated there might be radical changes
IN these schedules IL they left the AL
brich reservation. This plan of re
prisal may have the effect Of check
Ing the growth Of the income tax senti
ment among republicans. but as yet, II
)s too early to say to what extent II
will repress that sentiment.
Most of the republicans who have de.
elared in favor of an income tax die
10 as matter Of principle; the others
Eho were willing to vote for 1t, but
have not yet committed themselves
bre disposed to. favor it primarily as 9
heans of raising revenue.
cummIns ModIffes Plan.
Senator Cummins. of Iowa, has mod
Med his amendment SO as to meei
home OF the objections raised by hi;
Republican colleagues, with whom hs
conferred on Sunday.
In difference to their wishes he ha!
Exempted incomes below $1,000: hi.
original proposition was to tax all In
ZONES of $1,000 and over. This is thu
bchedule as revised: From 5000 t
$4,000, 2 per cent: $4,000 to $4,000
NJ per cent: 10000 to $4,000. pei
kent: $4,000 to 10000, 31a per cent
100000 to $4,000, 4 per cent: $SO.OO(
10 100000, per cent: over $1O0.0Oo
} per cent.
Cummins estimates that such tai
would produce between $4,000. co.
Ind $45,OOO.OOO year. He nov
hopes that about a score of republicans
will vote for an amendment such as b.
Introduced today. and he includes OF
lhe tentative list Beveridge. Of Indi
Ina; Burton and Dick. OF Ohio: Brad
icy Of Kentucky: Dupont, OF Delaware
porah. Bourne, Brown. Burkett, Bris
)ow, Clapp. Crawford. Dixon. Gamble
Euggenheim, johnson. LaFollette
Jones. Nelson and Piles. from thu
Western and Northwestern states. O
eourse. Cummins is not at all certain
III these men will support the incon,,
lax provision, and 1t is quite likely
)everal of them will not do so. espe
eially If Senator Aldrich can convinc,
lhem that his computations as to tn.
bevenue-producing qualities of tn,
bending bill are approximately correct
1t is not certain. either. whethe
cummins has reason to expect some o
The senators named to vote for hin
lnder any circumstances. but what
bver errors there may be in his lis
will be disclosed shortly. One OF tn
provisions of the Cummins amend
nent requires corporations to furnisl
lists OF their stockholders to the trea,
lry department so that the govern
nent would be In possession OF infor
nation which would facilitate the col
ection Of an assessment against In
JONES. The corporations are reQuir
ID also to report their undivided pre-
pts and the proportion to which eacl
kOckholder Is entitled