The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
P|T|FU[ B[EAT|NG Of
THE AMERICAN SHEEP
together and they can't, for the bene-
AT OF the American people.

eOeoOsAAot
At OF the American people.
You are not united on this stlbsti-
tute," Underwood declared to the re-
publicans. In our bill last year we
levied duty on raw wool for reye-
nue. purposes. But the article to be
taxed In tariff making is not q mat
ter OF principle; it is matter OF Sc
lection; OF economy.
"You have maintained iniquitious
taxes on the clothes OF the American
people for fifty years We are going
to take them off. In this Payne sub
stitute you are trying to hide somu
protection you don't want the Ameri
can people to find"
Underwood declared that the de-
funct tariff board reached a Scotch
verdict" on the question OF raw wool.
He said 1t was an open secret that
the board was divided on the subject.
Republican Leader Mann declared
that the Payne substitute represented
the first scientific reduction OF ths
tariff based upon tariff board report
in the history OF tariff-making.. He
asserted that the progressives would
eventually re-unite with the republi-
cans because Of the tarif issue.
with this Payne substitute" said
Mann, I'VE will appeal to the country
on the basis of scientific reduction In
stead Of guess-work. hope we will
! have the support of those who call
| themselves progressives, who are tenn
porarily estranged from us, but who
will shortly return, for republicanism
means progression.
~One by one you admit certain In
dustries will be ruined with your
bill,'' Mann shouted at the demo-
Gratis. "One man says it will be the
sugar industry, another the wool
1 growing industry. and another the
woolen manufacturing industry. The
4 trouble is that the injury will come
all at once 1t cannot be thus and
i prosperity be retained IN the land. /"
4 The house speeded up as the night
+ wore on. The paper schedule was
q spaHscd wit out dirision with nrlls a
& few minor changes IN classification.
!. The coal schedule went through un-
changed
= When the paragraph dealing with
. my lady's finery" was reached. =.
Hampton Moore. OF Pennsylvania,
charged that the schedule was q
gigantic bluff" placed in the measure
: for selfish reasons" He declared
that there was gigantic ribbon
trust dominating the ribbon industry
and that the schedule played into its
hands"
Steenerson, of Minnesota, echoed
his complaint declaring that the more
, useful articles Of adornment were
. subject to the highest duty. The
schedule went through without change
: and with only few scattered adverse
: votes recorded.
: Income Tax Comes Next.
WASHINGTON, May s.-Like the
. .preceding tariff schedules, the income
!. tax paragraph of the Wilson Under
;, ;, wood tariff bill, which will be reached
: by the. house Mehday, will be passed
: without any amendments, save a few
: changes in phraseology This wa
: the prediction tonight by Represents
! ttive Hull, of Tennessee, it's author.
He has prepared the changes prot
! ably dozen in all. and they will b
submitted to the ways and mean
committee Monday morning.
; The biggest fight to be made by tn
republicans on the tax paragraph wi
be on the provision which assesse
the incomes of insurance companie!
including all mutual organizations
Petitions to all policy holders IN th
a big mutual companies have been sen
d. for their signatures and these protest
n will be forwarded to the house on
n late date. The democrats, however
r do not contemplate changing the prt
r vision.
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