The Washington times., 1912-03-21
PARTYLEADERS HAVE
FINALLY AGREED ON
TARIFF LEGISLATION
Senate to Pass Income Tax
and Revision
Laws.

The Senate will pass the bill which
has just been passed by the House pro-
Ntding for the extension of the CORPORA
zion tax law so that II will include the
taxation of incomes.
The Senate will also pass a steel tariff
bill and the House will accept It and 1t
will be put up to the President to sign
or to veto.
This is the latest word that comes
from the Senate on the situation there
with respect to tariff and revenue legis-
latlon at this session of Congress. Pro-
.Sressive Republicans and Democrats
have been talking the situation over,
and while It cannot be said that
hard and fast agreement has been
reached, everything is now tending to
an alliance both on the excise tax
measure and on the steel bill
IN addition, It is not unlikely that a
sugar bill will be put through by a sim
liar process Of alliance between the pro-
gresslve Republicans and the Demo
Gratis.
when the excise tax measure was first
brought into the House IT was not gem
orally expected it would develop the
overwhelming strength that 1t did de-
Telop. But it was rolled through the
I1ouse by tremendous vote. Many
Republicans, progressive and regular,
united with the Democrats in support OF
q. The overwhelming vote for the bill
IN the House has inevitably had an ef-
Excise Bill to Pass.
Inquiries today in various Senate
quarters, both among Democrats and
progressive Republicans, developed the
fact that the passage of the excise tax
bill is regarded as assured. 1t is ex-
,pected that the presence of the bill in
the Senate will lead to a general dis
cussion Of the income tax question. It
MIL an NJ 1~N.h A~ 4, IL
or the passage of an income tax meas
ure that would revive the old law
knocked out by the Supreme Court
But the extension of the excise tax Is
much more likely that the passage of a
stratght-out income tax measure
So far as the steel bill situation goes.
It Is gradually shaping up in a way ia
vorable to the passage of a steel revision
bill. The House bill differs considerably
from the bill which Senator Cummns
will propose and which the progressive
Republicans will support. However, 1t
1s learned that the Cummins bill is like
ly to provide for lower duties in some
respects than the House bill Senator
Cummins has dug more deeply than ever
Into the steel tariff question and his
bill, while II will provide for duties that
some points than the House bill, which
is supposed to be a revenue bill.
The preliminary talks over the situa-
tion between the progressive Republican
favorable to an agreement on a steel
bill.
Fight on Sugar Bill.
The situation as to passage of a sugar
bill is not as clear as that with respect
to the excise bill and the steel bill. The
progressive Republicans in the Senate
will not stand for a free sugar bill, but
will unite on a bill putting the duty
down to about l cent pound and abol-
ishing the differential between raw and
refined sugar and knocking out the
Dutch standard test which serves to
keep out the low-priced brown sugars
which our mothers used to use freely.
It will not be surprising IL the Demo
Gratis finally accept this. though this is
not as certain as the prospective ALL
ance on the excise bill and the steel bill