Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-06
Early Hearings
 0n the Tariff
COMMITTEE MAY BEGIN WORK
 BY JANUARY g,
TRUST LEGISLATION
Judiciary Committee Expects to Get at It Early in January-Prospects of Income Tax Amendment.

Washington, Dec. 5-Tariff and the trusts soon will be receiving attention Tn congress, as a sequel to the recent elections and for the purpose of pre- pairing the ground for the actual work or legislation on these subjects by the next congress. The ways and means committee will hold it's initial meet ing next Monday to lay out plans as to the tariff. It Is expected that a series Of hearings will be set, be- ginning about January and extend ing over six weeks.
 Hearings by Schedules.
 The hearings will be by schedules. a date being set for hearing those in- terested in the chemical schedule and subsequent dates being arranged for hearings on the various other sched- uies and the free list In this way II IS expected that most of the pre- hminary work may be in hand by the end of February so that the work nav then begin on the drafting of the measure or measures for tarif reduc- ton in readiness for the extra session beginning April 15.
 Trust Legislation.
 As to the legislation affecting trusts and the Sherman law, Judge Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the house committee on judiciary, ie preparing to give special attention to the mat ter as soon as his duties as prose- cutor Of the Archibald impeachment In the senate are concluded. He said today that early in January the 1u diciary committee would begin consid- eration of the trust question, having hearings, and preparing the ground Tor the trust measures to be urged before the next congress.
 Trusts and Tariff to Be Kept to Front.
 There is no doubt that trust leg islation will be one of the most i'm portant subjects before the coming democratic congress" said Judge Clayton. Public opinion has come fo place the tariff and the trusts in the very forefront of questions urgently requiring attention and remedy, and our platforms have given special en- phas1s to these two subjects. AS mem Ders of> congress have returned since the recent election, fully realizing the slgnincanoe of that political overturn- ing, the concensus of opinion among them Is that these two subiects-tare in and the trusts-must be kept stead lastly to the front until remedial measures have been devised and enact ed into law.
 No New Trust Legislation Needsd.
 The tariff remedy is a plain one downward revision But the tr71st remedy Is not so plain, for many plans are proposed and the trust evil Is one Of vast magnitude and ramifca- tion: But there is no doubt that some further supplementary legislation will DC had to make more effective the laws designed to prevent private mon- opoiy. l do not think 1t will be neces- sary to embark on the sea of new legislafion. What is needed is the an forcement of the law as it now stands and supplemental legislation strength enlng the existing law and remedying it's defects" --e
 Income Tax Prospects.
 An income tax is also being looked 1orWard to as one of the importarfS measures to be framed, probably in connection with tariff legislation. Thirty-four states have ratified the income tax amendment to the con stitution and the votes of two more states will suffice to make the amend , ment part of the organic law. Mem. oers Of the ways and means commit tee are rather expecting that Presi- dent-elect Wilson's state, New Jersey. VIII be one of the two to cast the decisive votes favorable to ratihca- tion. When ratified, the questions of an Income tax in accordance with the constitutional authority. would come before the ways and means committee as & part of its authority over rev enue producing measures.