The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-03-08
BILL ELIMINATING $ss,ooo,ooo IN
CUSTOMS REVENUE RAFT.
FED BY DEMOCRATS.
ALTER CoRPoRAT1oNTAx
To Tax Those Whose Income Reaches
5000 q Year.-Wouid Mean Year.
ly Revenue Of $s0,000,000
or Over.

$OO,VVU,VVV IN All CUSTOMS revenue, a0C
another to extend the present corpora
ton tax to include individuals ani
co-partnerships having an income o.
$4,000 year or over, were ratified
by the Democratic caucus of thu
house.
The excise tax. so-called by thu
ways and means committee. is in eff
feet an income tax. The bill is sc
drawn that it is expected to comply
with the supreme courts decision
against the constitutionality Of an in
come tax. Its effect would be to tax
every person who earns more than
$4,000 year, on the excess of $4,000
at the rate of per cent.
The estimate of Chairman Under
wood and members of the ways and
means committee is that the proposed
excise tax would bring in a revenue
of between $50,000.000 and 1000, 900
a year. Placing sugar on the free list
the Democratic leaders estimate will
reduce the price of sugar to the con.
sumner about a cent and half q
pound.
The secret that members of the
ways and means committee had been
so closely guarding for several days
was the provision to extend the cor.
poration tax. In the caucus that bill
was not seriously opposed.
The free sugar bill, however. was
bitterly assailed by representatives
from Louisiana, the sugar cane state,
and representatives from sugar beet
growing states who were absolved
from the bond of the caucus. No roll
call on the ratification of the bills was
demanded. Majority Leader Under
wood announced that the bills would
be reported to the house in a few
days.
I'VE simply took the corporation
tax law and rewrote it to include indi-
viduals and co-partnerships," Mr.. I'm
derwood said. The bill, to illustrate,
simply means that I. whose business
is that of a member of congress, will
pay to the government l per cent of
my salary income over $4,000. The
salary of a congressman is $500.
would therefore pay an excise tax of
$25 a year."
The president of the United States,
should the proposed bill become law,
would pay per cent on $4,000 or
$500, his salary being $4,000.
Railroads will be subjected to heavy
fines for intimidatlng employees who
seek to join labor unions or for
'blacklisting" discharged employees.
by the terms of a bill introduced by
Representative Stevens of Minnesota.
The bill would amend the railroad
rate law and provide penalties of
from 500 to $1,000 for violations of
the new section. 1t was referred to
the interstate and foreign commerce
committee.
The senate adopted resolution call
ing on President Taft to submit to it
all the correspondence with Colombia
dealing with the acquisition of the
Panama canal zone by the United
States.
The resolution was offered by Sen
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska who urged
its adoption in speech in which he
charged former President Roosevelt
with participation in conspiracy to
foment the resolution by which Pana.
ma was lost to Colombia and the canal
zone became the property of this coun-
try. There was no division on the
vote of adoption.
Washington, D. C. = Patent medi.
cines and other patented articles may
be sold without reference to the prices
fixed by the patentee. This was the
opinion handed down by Justice
Wright in the equity court when he
refused the application of drug man.
ufacturing concern for an Injunction
to prevent a local druggist from cut
ting prices without the manufacturers
permission. The court declared that
the patentee of an article could con
troll the price by which it should be
sold by ''licensee." but that once the
article has found its way to the oper
market by outright purchase all right
to fix the price passed from the
patentee.
What vinegar is In the United State,
is determined by decision Of the gov
eminent pure food board, signed b,
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson. Tn,
decision holds that when natural vine
gars are diluted with water to reduc,
their acidity, the label must indicat,
this fact and that no vinegars may b,
diluted to an acidity of less than
grams Of acetic acid per 100 cubic cen
-timeters or approximately 4 per cen,
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson ha
approved q decision of the pure TOO
board which holds that no cferrie
ts.Sse.....s...s:.s.e.
Government To Consult Trade Board,
Washington, D. G. = Presiden
4 Taft has taken the initiative II
moyement % bring business men I
the country into touch With thA 70,
ernmsnt aSor advice and counsel In th