The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-28
Lots Of Outright Free Trade
Talk is ENdulged in by
Thinkers.
THEORY TO THE FRONT
Democrats Are Hiding Behind
the New National In
come Tax.
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., April Is
A rush Of speech making on the final
day of general debate on the tariff
tbill made lively the proceedings in
the House today. Most Of the mem
bers had held back with view to
getting the larger audiences expected
with the closing of the debate.
Chairman Underwood has not
changed his view that the bill should
be disposed of in the House one
week from today, and that the sugar
schedule is not likely to offer much
real trouble. He hopes that unless
the fight of the anti-free wool adyo.
Gates spreads the bill VIII emerge
from the Senate substantially in the
form in which it stands. Mr.. Under
wood contends the United States Is
Entirely Within Its Rights
In the provisions OF the bill against
which foreign nations have protested
The clause which would grant a five
per cent tariff preference on goods
imported in American vessels, Mr.
Underwood said, was TO encourage
the bmiulng Of American ships and
violates no lIeaty. The French pro-
test is against the provision that for
eign manufacturers and exporting
agents shall submit their books to
the United States as going to try to
learn the
Secrets of Foreign Manufacturers
as 1t viii be used only in cases where
there is reason to suspect that goods
have been under valued.
Representative Rainey, of Illinois,
who had charge of the agricultural
schedule. Representative Murdoch,
of Kansas; the leader OF the Jro-
gressiyes, and some of the big guns
of the Republicans made up today's
speaking program. Mr.. Rainey de-
Shared that the bill represented the
dawn Of new era in the government
fiscal policy making lighter the
Burden OF Taxes
upon consumers and compelling
great wealth to contribute It's fair
share toward paying the government
expenses. He said that no govern
ment that had adopted an income tax
and given 1t fair strial had ever
repealed it.
I'VE make the tax highest upon
the greatest incomes and lowest upon
the small incomes taxing 425, 900 in
all and expecting to collect from
them at least $4,000, 900" he said.
The tax will reach 1876, 900 incomes
that amount to between $4,000 and
$4,000 year from which the gov
ernment expects to collect sGSO,0OD
an average of only s. per income,
it win reach 100 incomes amounting
to more than $1,000, 900 each per
year from which collection OF
nearly s6,OOO,OoO is expected"
Mr.. Rainey said he knew of
No Swollen Fortunes
which had been made possible
by the favors of government. Nearly
everything the consumer buys is
taxed and the taxes he pays, II ne
buys American goods. 90 not I'M
their way into the treasury of inc
United States" said Rainey. He de-
clared that the revision would eud
the alliance between the protected
wooden mills OF tn East and the VOL
producing states of the West.
This he concluded, is, @ot a
free trade bill, but it viii fail OF is
purpose If II does not
Bring About a Freer Exchange
between the products Of this and
other countries, each nation. each
section, producing what It is best
adapted TO produce and trading IT;
products for the products OF othel
nations and sections"