Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-25
HOUSE MEASURE CERTAIN TO BE
ADOPTED ~ UPPER BRANCH
OF CONGRESS.
STEEL TARIFF MEASURE TO BE
ADOPTED IN SOME FORM
Bill Will Be Put UP to President For
Veto or ApprevalEStesI Bill With
Protective Fsaturss Will BE Adopted
Doubt a. to Action on Sugar Tar.
if Measure.
Especial Correspondence

! Washington, March 25.-The senate
will pass the bill which has just been
passed by the house providing for the
extension of the corporation tax law
, SO that it will include the taxation Of
incomes.
The senate will also pass a steel tar
i'll bill and the house will accept 1t
and it will be put up to the president
to sign or veto.
This is the latest word that comes
from the senate on the situation there
with respect to tariff and revenue leg
is:ation at this session of congress.
Progressive republicans and democrats
have been talking the situation over
and while it can not 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. 1t is not unlikely that a
sugar bill viii be put thru by SINH
lar process of alliance between the
progressive republicans and the dem
ocrats.
Excise Measure Surprises.
When the excise tax measure was
first brought into the house it was not
generally expected it would develop
the overwhelming strength that it did
3avelnn Rnt if was rolled thru the
house by tremendous vote. Many re-
puhlicans. progressive and regular, UNI
tied with the democrats in support Of
1t. The overwhelming vote for the bill
in the house has inevitably had an cf-
feet on the senate.
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 general dis
cussior of the income tax question. 1t
will lead no doubt 20 the consideration
Of 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 than the passage Of a
straiyh. -out income tax measure.
Cummins' Protective Steel Bill.
So far as the steel bill situation
goes, it is gradually shaping up in a
way favorable to the passage OF steel
revision bill. The house bill differs
considerably from the bill which Sena-
tor Cummins Will propose and which
the progressive republicans will sup
port However. 1t Is learned that the
Cummins bill is likely 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 1t
will provide for duties that are pro-
tective, will still be lower at some
POINTS than the house bill which Is
supposed TO be a revenue bill:
The preliminary talks over the sit
uation between the progressive repub-
lican leaders and the democratic lead
ers are favorable to an agreement on
steel Bill
Sugar ein Outcome in Doubt.
The situation as to passage Of
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 bill putting the
duty down to about cent a pound. and
abolishing 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 II the demo-
Gratis finally accept this, tho this Is
not as certain as the prospective al
lapco IN the excise bill and the steel