The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-06
CastOff From SlumS, Plague
and Harem, Says MOndeH.
SUGGEST INCOME TAX DELAY
Make 1t Apply After Date OF
the Ratification.
Would Avoid Amy Possible LitI-
CATION in Future.

Washington, May 6.-The admins
trative and income tax features OF the
tariff bill remained to be disposed OF
today when the house convened Both
sections are important portions OF the
bill with many pages of details that
puzzles new members, but their adop-
ton virtually intact was confidently
counted upon by Democrat leaders
The preferential of per cent upon
foreign goods brought in American
bottoms and the strenuous opposluoh
of insurance companies against pro
visions of the income tax on the
ground that policy holders would De
ultimately burdened with greater pre-
miums, were issues ahead Wheh the
bill was taken up
All on the Democratic side, Whlle
not proposing to bolt the caucus ina.
bound the majority to the ways ana
means committee bill were not en-
tirely agreed upon the details of the
income tax though there is no dIfter-
ence of view as to the principle Those
who differ count upon the senate u
make some minor changes.
One change to be urged in the sem
ate is to provide that the income tax
shall be levied upon the income OF the
calendar years after 1913, but TO Apply
this year only from the date of the
amendment. The idea is to avoid any
possible litigation over collection OF
a tax that would include as basis the
time between January l, the present
proposed basis of the levy. and the
time of the twO-thirdS ratif1ca ton
which was on February 3.
Those favoring the change have con-
ferred at the capitol and the White
House and expect it to be made con-
tending that the government can Well
afford to omit a month this year.
Representative Mondell got permis-
sion to offer an amendment providing
that all rags imported must be cleaned
and sterilized. He excoriated what ne
termed Democratic rags"
The Democrats propose to admit free
of duty" he shouted, the rags of the
world. Rags from the harems of Tur-
key rags from the slums of London,
rags from the purliieus of Naples and
Rome, rags from cholera and bubon1c
plague camps of the Balkan penlnsular
will be given to our people free. 1 know
of nothing more logical in a Democrat
tariff bill than free rags. We must have
the rags of all the world to come here
to cloth our people, driven from en-
pIoyment by the Democratic tar1H
rates"
Representative Underwood pointed
out that Mr. Mondell's amendment was
unnecessary because the rags were
cleaned before being admitted to this
country.
1t Is UnderIyood's Birthday.
Republicans from the northwest at
tackled the free wheat and flour pro-
visions of the bill. Representative I'm
derwOod defended free flour, declaring
that the northwest would not be in
jured and an amendment to the bill
defeated. Efforts to take lumber from
the free list and alter the wood pulp
and print paper were finally defeated.
A Democrat-Republic love feast
was held as consideration of the tax
ing provisions of the bill drew to a
close.
The occasion was the birthday OF
representative Underwood. Minority
Leader Mann announced he wished to
put aside partisan feeling for d time
and talk personally. He told the house
that fifty-one years ago, "one of the
a blest men in public life first saw the
light of day. and congratulated the
Democrat party and the American
people that during the 81 years of his
life there has grown to greatness and
bfgness the able gentleman from Ala
bama Mr.. Underwood.
Amid a roar of applause from both
sides of the cham ber, Mr.. Underwood
thanked Mr.. Mann for the congratu-
lations. In a short time considerat ton
of the remaining paragraphs of the
free list was completed and the in
come tax section of the bill was