The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-07
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Party Vote May Pass Income
Tax in House, But Senate
is Still in Doubt.

bates in both house and senate when
the measures authorized by the eau
Gus of house democrats proposing to
put sugar on the free list and substi-
tute an income tax as a revenue pro-
Queer, are presented for action. In
the house it is apparent that the bills
will be passed by party vote, but
their fate in the senate is doubtful.
In the senate it is said that in all
probability party alignments will be
broken, although party leaders made
no such concessions publicly.
The excise tax, so called by the
ways and means committee, is in eff
feet an income tax. The bill is so
drawn that it is expected to comply
with the supreme courts decision
against the constitutionality of an in
come tax. It's effect would be to tax
every person who earns more than
$4,000 a year on the excess of $4,000
at the rate Of one per cent.
Corporation Tax Not Altered.
The bill does not in any way alter
the present corporation tax law, but
provides that each Individual or CO.
partnership shall pay annually a spec.
ial excise tax, and that in computing
the income Of any person there shall
not be included the amount received
from any corporation if the special
excise tax of 1 per cent now imposed
by law has been paid by such corpora
ton.
In other words, the income derived
from dividends of a corporation on
which the tax is now levied will not
be subject to an additional tax.
Children Before House Committee.
Ill clad and impoverished, IS child
rem of the striking textile workers of
Lawrence, Mass, and a dozen men
and women workers, testified before
the house committee on rules and told
a graphic story of the conditions
against which the workers in the Mas
sachusetts city rebelled.
Among those present when the
house comittee on rules convened to
listen to the pleas of the children
were President Samuel Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor,
and President Golden of the Textile
Workers Union, and many public Of
ficialS from Lawrence
Americans Living in Mexico Warned.
The gravity of the situation in Mex
leo has caused President Taft to issue
a proclamation virtually warning
American citizens to refrain from en-
tering the country and advising those
now resident there to leave when con-
ditions become intolerable Ambas-
sador Wilson at Mexico City was cab
led to warn all Americans to leave the
danger zone without delay.
Following this cablegram the pres
ident summoned the ambassadors of
France, Germany, Great Britain and
Spain to the state department where
they were informed by Huntington
Wilson, acting secretary of state, of
the action taken by the government.
BY this act the administration speci-
fically admits that not only is it un-
able to protect the lives of it's own
citizens, but that it will not be re-
sponsible for the safety of lives or
property of citizens of other nations
now in Mexico.
Large Profits in Steel.
F. T. McRae, an accountant employ
ed by the house steel trust Investigate
ing committee, in this report to the
committee, reaches the conclusion
that the steel corporation operates in
restraint of trade. 1t shows that the
net earnings of the several companies
for period of nine years reach a total
of over $1,OO0,O0O,O McRae also
shows that J. P. Morgan & Co. re-
ceived approximately $70,000,00O in
cash for organizing the big combine
and furnishes other facts and figures
which are remarkably startling.
National Capital Brevities.
The department Of justice is now
after the moving picture business to
ascertain if there is trust.
Protests were made against the
house steel tariff bill by cutlery and
surgical instrument manufacturers.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief chemist
of the department of agriculture, de-
MED he had any intention of resign
ing from office.
On account of the unusual political
activities at Washington it is freely
predicted that congress will not re-
r,nin in session beyond the middle of
June.
By vote of two to one, the board
of cabinet officers charged with the
enforcement of the pure food law en-
tered a final decision against the use
a. saccharine in prepared foods