The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
Senator Will Fire Opening Gun
 Early on Monday
ALDRICH WANTS A REyl
Root and Flint Confer With Taft With Reference to the Corporation Tax and Tell Him of
 Their Plans.

Washington, June e6-(Special.) )-Sena- tor Root Is to fight on the Senate floor for President Taft's corporation income tax amendment to the tarifr bfA It is expected that the senator will fire his opening gun on Monday, when he will outline briefly the plan of the tax, its pur- pose and the legislation drafted to pro- vide machinery to carry it into effect.
 Senator Aldrich, the tariff leader, has given way to Root because the strain of the tariff fight Is beginning to tell on him. He wants rest. He will remain on the firing line, however, to aid Root.
 Senators Root and Flint conferred with President Taft on the Senate programme with reference to the corporation tax. They told him they expected to bring it up~ Monday and that two days should see it through the Senate President Taft has been assured that there are sufficient republican votes to pass his amendment.
 Jeff Davis on Deck.
 Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas today halted Senator Aldrich's drive to get through the dutiable schedules and the free list with speech against the tariff. He charged that the Senate bill is the product of Senator Aldrich alone and that Senator Aldrich comes from state no larger than county in Texas and was selected by legislature chosen by il per cent of the voters of Rhode Island.
 Ha called attention to the Aldrich con- tro1 over the republican majority and said that Aldrieh adopted schoolmaster tactics to control his followers
 fa1 clx hat fo, Smoot has copied the mannerisms and the mode of speech of Senator Aldrich.
 Davis commended Senator LaFollette for refusing to vote on the lead schedule because of private interests, contrasting this action with the course of Senator Shoot, who urged those opposed to the carded wool schedules to go into the worsted industry which was amply pro- tected, ''as 1 will do."
 He charged that the bill raised the duties on the necessities of life and con cluded:
 Demand of People.
 "The people demanded lumber on tho free list and they are given instead acorns and persinlmons. We asked for free bag ging and ties with which to wrap the product of the south, but are met with the whitening smile of the senior senator from Rhode Island and instead we are given catguts and dried blood. We asked for free hides. and instead of cheap shoes and free leather we are given ipecac and rags"
 The Bacon amendment for free agricul- tural implements was defeated 45 to 26. Bristow, Clapp and LaFollette were the only republicans to stand with the dem ocrats.
 The duties on wood pulp and print In under an amendment by Senator Brown. but the President Is authorized to admit free of duty mechanically ground wood pulp from such countries as do not dis criminate in tariff matters against this country.
 Senator Martin had Paris green and London purple added to the free list.
 Beverldge's Amendment.
 Beveridge lost by vote of 33 to 31 his amendment reducing the duty on cash registers from 30 to 15 per cent. Beveridge claims there Is a monopoly in this busi- ness and that the registers are sold in England at half their cost in this coun- try.
 Machinery for making linen and cloth from flax fiber Is to be admitted free of duty until 1912
 McCumber said there was no such ma chinery in this country and 1t was de- sired to build up the industry.
 Senator Aldrich promised to redraft the petroleum schedule so that only the prod- ucts of petroleum entering into the manu- facture of drugs and chemicals shall be dutiable He claimed that refined petro- leum which Is carried on the free list will cover all the common by-products of petroleum.
 The Senate went on record against free lumber. Davis of Arkansas offered an bat all In free list. The vote defeating the amend ment was 37 to 15.
 Sulphate of ammonia, which enters largely into the manufacture of fertilizers, was placed on the free list.
 Jones of Washington offered an amend ment placing wheat bags on the free list It was defeated 3S to 25.