The Washington herald., 1909-07-09
TARIFF PASSED.
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perfected form. including the provision
offered by Senator Clapp making the net
incomes OF incorporated holding com
panies liable 10 the per cent tax An
amendment OF Senator Curtis, OF Kansas,
which was acceptable 10 the independent
oil producers. was adopted. II provided
that whenever g country assessed crude
oil imported from the United States.
crude oil from that country when i'm
poorted into the United States should
pay a rate Of one-half the duty imposed
by the foreign country.
An amendment OF Senator Dixon con-
tanning the provisions OF the House in
heritance tax sectisn was voted down.
The Senate adopted the amendments Of
the Finance Committee increasing the
taxes on cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
An amendment Of Senator Cummins TO
put trust-made articles on the free list
was voted down.
Senator Overman offered his amend
ment. imposing a head tax Of $40 upon
aliens entering the United States. Mr..
Overman said II he could not obtain the
adoption OF his appointment, he preferred
that II should be sent 70 the Committee
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placed on the table.
Mr.. Aldrich agreed that the measure
should be referred 10 the immigration
Committee for future consideration. Sen
ator Gore presented q similar amend
ment. designed 20 prohibit immigration
by imposing an educational test and a
/ head tax OF 500. This amendment was
tabled.
Endeavored 20 Amend.
Senator Bulkeley endeavored 10 amend
the corporation tax provision so as TO
deduct from the gross earnings OF in
| surance companies the amount paid 10
/ policy holders, but Mr. Aldrich thwarted
4 his effort by making the point OF order
that the entire corporation tax provision
/ had been adopted by the Senate, and was
not open 10 further amendments.
Vice President Sherman. the presiding
officer. overruled Mr.. Aldrich, holding
/ that the provision was subject to amend
ment after a motion to reconsider had
! been carried. Mr.. Aldrich then made
/ the further point OF order that under
! the rules Mr.. Bulkeley could not move
/ 10 reconsider the paragraph because OF
! the fact that he had voted against its
/ adoption en- the first vote. The point was
! sustained by the presiding officer
I BY this time II was about 7:3O o'clock,
and for a few moments It looked as II
the bin might be passed az once. The
/ presiding officer was about 20 put the
{ question upon the engrossment and third
/ reading of the bin when Mr. Aldrich
! explained that Senator La Toilette want
/ ed 10 make few remarks.
Mr.. La FOllettes' speech was the fea-
( ture OF the closing hours Of the session.
! He presented q series OF amendments. the
I principal one OF which was 20 create a
nOnpartisan tariff commission composed
| Of nine members. In commencing his
/ speech he said he would postpone his re-
marks upon the various rates until the
Iconferees had presented their report 70
the Senate.
An amendment authorizing the Presi-
dent to make reductions In commodities
imported from certain countries which
are willing to make reciprocal reductions
on various articles Of import was rejected
Senator La Toilette offered another
/ amendment as a substitute for the system
OF valuation In the pending bill which
provided that the export price should b
the basis OF valuation The system oi
valuation IN the measure, he said, wal
impracticable, and would have the effec
OF increasing the value, and consequently
Of increasing the ad Yaloren rates OF
duty His amendment was voted dOwr
without q roll call
/ A Lively COIIOQuy.
There was a lively coIloquy between Mr.
La Toilette and Mr.. Hale during the dis
cussion OF the tariff commission proposed
in Mr. la Fonettes amendment. Mr.. Ia
Toilette insinuated that the provision o.
the tariff bill providing for several eX.
perts was a snare. and pointed out thai
additional legislation. such as a consider
able appropriation. was necessary before
& would be effective.
7 can assure the Senator from Wis
onsln." Mr.. Aldrich said that the
necessary appropriations viii be made"
Senators Beveridge and la Toilette
both Of whom are advocates OF a tariff
commission. expressed their satisfaction
at this assurance.
Continuing his speech, Mr.. La FOllette
said he regarded a tarin commission as
Of greater importance 10 the welfare OF
the country than the Interstate Com
merce Commission II the tariff were re
vised with fun and complete data as tC
| the cost Of production In this country
and abroad. the business interests Of the
/ country would not fear a revision OF the
tariff. and there would be no cause foI
continued agitation. The trouble with
the present revision. he said, was that
It was made without proper consideration
and without full information.
'T do not understand that the report
Of the Finance Committee providing tar
~ experts" Senator Hale interrupted
constitutes a tariff commission IN any
sense. A tariff commission would only
keep the country agitated. II I beliey-
ed the committee amendment provided
anything more than experts I would not
vote for IL. I think the Fundamental
power Of tariff revision Is with Congress "
Hale is Corrected.
1.-The Senator from Maine" Mr.. La
Toilette replied. sis. believe, chairman
Of the Appropriations Committee. We car
now guess what kind OF an appropriation
he will be willing 70 grant. The Senator
from Maine misunderstood my amend
ment. I do not intend to confer upon the
tariff commission the authority to make
rates, but merely TO advise Congress re-
garding the proper rates OF duty to I'm.
pose"
No member Of the Finance Committee
from Chairman Aldrich down to the
newest member. Mr.. La Toilette said
had been able to furnish the Senate with
accurate information as 10 the cost OF
! production Of the various articles In this
! and in the competing countries Nc
nation IN the world, he added. revised its
| tariff laws as had been done by the
! Congress. The law, he declared, should
not 90 into effect Immediately upon its
passage. but should become operative at
/ some date In the future.
| If this procedure had been followed
/ he asserted. there would have been nc
/ reason for business unrest. or for rafI.