The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-28
LEGISLATION ID
 BE VERY QUIET Fight Is All Knocked Out
 of Taft MEMBERSHIP INCREASES
Report of Internal Revenue Bureau Shows Alabama Paid $147, ,085 in Revenue Taxes and S6O,237
 as Corporation Tax
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEy

Washington November 27.-(Special J. which afford little interest other than debate that is not germane, arriving members see little chance for lively leg4 islation beyond the congressional reap portionment measure and ship subsidy the former being reasonably certain to pass with the latter up in the air. There seems little escape from large increase in the membership of the House, perhaps 5O It will be the only way to save seats in a number of states which are below the average gain in population.
 There was a decided demand ten years ago against a material increase, but it fell through in very unexpected way. The late Representative Dearmond of Missouri had two strong personal friends in the House, Littleheld of Maine, re- publican, and Jones of Virginia, a demo- crat. Both Maine and Virginia We're slated to lose a congressman if the ratio which had been practically decided upon was adopted At that time the Missouri delegation always caucused and voted as GU ifCdA Aiofid Soi HIS oclc5dllOl to adopt a smaller ratio by majority Of one and the 15 votes of Missouri saved the day as we'll as keeping Littlefield and Jones in the House with some 70 or 15 others.
 Those who keep in touch with the White House say there is no doubt that Presi- dent Taft. the day he reached Washing ton from Panama. fully intended to recom- mend to Congress revision of the woolen schedule of the Payne act. It is equally certain today that he does not intend .o do so How he will stand next week no one pretends to know. The woolen sched- ule of the present tariff is identical wlrh ago The tariff board is well aware of the prohibitory rates in the schedule and if the President desired it the boar1 would furnish him tomorrow with suf- fcient information to compel the House to reduce the rates. The trouble with the President is that he is afraid of another fiasco on even one schedule, and the worst schedule in the tariff act
 While there are only IT woolen repre- sentatives in the House there are IA wooden senators who at short session would have strength enough to success fully resist any change. There is mighty little fight left in the President.
 Internal Revenue Report
 The annual report of the commissioner Of internal revenue issued today shows that the Mississippi-Alab bama district paid s196o9O in internal revenue taxes last year. The state of Alabama alone pal I St47,065.
 The state paid s6o,237 ,62 as its share of the corporation tax. The total for cor- porations of all classes for the Alabama Mississippi collection district Is as fol- Jews:
 Number returns received, 3456; amount of capital stock. s34, ,119. 497; amount of bonded and other indebtedness, s267, ,534- SS9; net income, $2l,S56, ,162 tax assessed sl5o. .45s; average amount of tax per cbr- poration, s43 54; in the state of Alabama 41S6 returns were received; amount of bonded and other indebtedness, $209, ,104, : 3Gs; net income, s14,91S, PAT .S9 The expendi- lures by the department for violation of internal revenue laws in the state amounted to $2433; Illicit stills seized 1S1 i; seized and destroyed, 266; arrests, 46 gall Ions of spirits reported for seizure, 19; value of property reported, S14.215 The number of cigar factories in the state last year WIZ II, manufacturing 5,741 ,s9O cigars.