The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-01
DEBATE OVER TARIFF
ENTERS FINAL STAGE
IN THE LOWER HOUSE
Bill Will BE Placed On Reading
For Passage Tomorrow
Clean Up This Week.

washington, April 2ss-A rush OF
speech making on the final day OF
general debate On the tariff bill made
proceedings lively in the House today.
Most Of the members had held back
with q view to getting the larger au-
diences expected with the closing OF
the general debate and the shifting OF
the consideration oS. the Underwood
tariff reyisions to d reading of the
measure under the Ave minute ruiz,
beginning tomorrow.
Chairman Underwood has, not
Changed his view that the bill should
be disposed OF In the House within a
week from today and that the sugar
schedule il not likely to offer much
real trouble. He hoped that unless the
fight OF the aptifree wool advocates
spreads the bill will emerge from the
& Senate substantially In the form In
which it stands. n
Faainsy Leads OF.
Representative Rainey. Of Illinois,
who had charge OF the agriculture sec
tion OF the bill. as a member of the
ways and means committee. Represen-
ltaive Murdock, OF Kansas, the leader
OF the progressives, along with Repre-
sentative Chandler. of New York, and
others OF that party and some OF the
big guns OF the republicans were on
today's speaking program. Mr.. Rainey
declared that the bill representing the
dawn Of q new era In the govern
ment's fiscal policy making lighter tho
burdens OF taxes upon consumers and
COMPELLING great wealth to, contribute
its fair share toward paying the gov
eminent expenses"
He pointed ont that no government
that had adopted anincome tax system
and given 1T fair trial had repealed IT.
eve make the tax highest upon the
largest incomes and lowest on the
small incomes" he said. taxing 425,-
boo In all, and we expect to obtain
from them at least $4,000, 900. He said
the tax would reach 126 600 incomes
that amount to about $4,000 and $4,000
b year from which the government ex-
poets to collect only 500. 900, an aver
age OF SIS per income n would reach
100 incomes amounting TO more than
81, 1000. coo each year, from which a coll
lection of nearly Sc. 000, 900 Is expected.
THE Tariff Tax.
Mr.. Ratney said he knew of no
swollen fortune which had ynot been
made possible by the favors OF the
government and that a protective
tarin conferred upon protected inter-
ests the right not only to levy taxes,
but to collect and distribute them In
dividends to the holders OF watered
stocks. Nearly everything the con-
sumner buys is taxed and the taxes he
pays, III ne buys american goods Go
not find their way into the treasury
OF the United States. said Mr.. Rainey.
He declared that the revision would
end the alliance between the protected
wooden mills or h east and the wool
producing states OF the west. This"
he concluded. 'is not a free trade BILL
but it will fail Of its purpose IL 1t does
not bring about a freer exchange be-
tween the products of this and other
countries, each nation and section pro-
dueing what X is best adapted to pro-
dute and trading its products for the
products OF other sections and nations"
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uPHoLps SUBSIDY RIGHT.
Washington, April 2S.--Democratio
Leader Underwood, Trainer of the new
tariff bill contends the United States
Is entirely within its rights in the pro-
visions of the bill against which foreign
nations have protested, The claus
which would grant a s per cent tariff
on goods Imported in American vessels
and which has caused protests from a
number of nations, Mr.. Underwood
says, Is 10 encourage the building of
American ships and he believes 1t vioI
iates nc treaty b. .a.,.| .