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was all unreliable chaotic 1uinble,'
and urged that the tariT be placed In
mission.
Representative Raincy. OF Illinois.
Democrat, declared the bill represent
ed new era in the governments fis-
cal policy. making lighter the burden
country and compelling great wealth
to contribute it's fair share toward
paving the government expenses
Representative Chandler of New
ork, Progressive, advocated the re-
duction OF certain tariff duties. and
replied to Representative Helm, of
Alabama, who. ne said. had called
Theodore Roosevelt rthe wild man
from Africa and in the same breath
had invoked the spirit Of Andrew Jack
son to guide the deliberations of a
Democratic Congress
Jnckson's Example.
jackson once killed a man named
Charles Dickinson in duel" said Mr.
chandler lie threatened to hang
Calhoun as high as Hannah: tried to
horsewhip Thomas Benton: challenged
General Winfield Scott to duel; over
ran FLORIDA: and had two eminent
''''N'SH SSbtitiitll ilNHEtO, lnereDy
nearly bringing us into a war with
Great Britain and Spain. and. when
President. broke up his Cabinet by his
own headstrouS violence. This is the
mid hammered man whose spirit is
invoked in this House by a Democratic
Congressman in the same breath he
employed to denouncc Roosevelt as a
wild man from Africa"
Dawn of New Eru
tat i,-n
who has charge of the agriculture
schedule OF the bill as a member OF the
Ways and Means Committee. speaking
to day. declared that the bill represent
ed the dawn OF new era in the gov
ernment's fiscal policy, making lighter
and compelling great wealth to con-
tribute It's fair share toward paying
the government expenses"
He pointed out that no government
that had adopted an income tax system
and given 1t fair trial had repeal
ed it.
I'VE make the tax highest upon the
great Incomes and lowest upon the
small incomes, taxing $4,000 In all.
and expecting to collect from them at
least ST0,0o0,00o."
fTc said the tax would reach 1850
incomes that amounted To between
$4,000 and $4,000 year, from which
the government expects TO collect only
S63o,000 ali average OF five dollars per
income. and would reach 100 incomes
amounting to more TAIN Si.00O,000 each
per year. from Which a collection OF
nearly 100000 Is expected.
Mr.. Rainey said he knew of no swol-
len fortune which has not been made
possible by the favors of government.
and that a protective tariff conferred
upon protected interests the right not
only to levy taxes. but to collect and
distribute tho dividends to the holders
of wntered stock.
lie declared taht the revision would
end the alliance between the protected
WOODEN mills of the East and tho wool
producing states of the West.
"This," he continued, Els not free
trade bill, but it will fail OF It's pur-
pose il it does not bring about Il frecr
exchange between the products OF this
and other countries, each nation and
each section producing What il is best
ADAPTED to produce. and trading its
products for tho products OF other Sec
lions and nations
President Payne defended the Payne
Aldrich tariff law. and declared the
Underwood bill rs n tariff for revenue
measure "a signal failure"
"If this bill becomes law as II now
stands. the next four years VIII be
weary waiting" he said.
That the proposed bill Is revision
downward, frankly admit" Mr..
Payne concluded.
Representative Murdoch, leader OF
the Progressivos. criticized the Under
wood bill as unfair. unscientitic, unre-
liable, chaotic and jumbled."
IF this bill passes he said, before