The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-23
STRONG FIGHT
ON THE INCOME
TAX SECTION
Senate Democrats Are Stand.
ing Pat, but There Are
Loud Protests From In.
surance Companies.
RAILROADS ALSO
HAVE COMPLAINTS
Subcommittee Busy Discuss
ing Various Technical Fea.
lures of the New Tar
iff Bill.

WASHINGTON, May Ono amend
ment to the income tax section Of the
Underwood tariff bill is likely to be
proposed by the senate finance commit
tee or Democratic caucus, according to
an announcement by leaders who have
hand. The committee room occupied by
Senutors Williams. Shively and Gore.
who have charge OF the income tax see
ton, is piled high with protests and
suggestions from many sources, but the
measure is believed to have been well
handled in the house and the objections
made to it III its original form are
thought to have been sufficiently met
by amendments before the bill passed
the house Among the loudest protests
coming now are those from mutual in
surance companies conducted for proDt,
but the house amended the original bill
as relating to insurance companies and
insurance policies and the senators on
the finance committee: after, study OF
the bill. believe that it is sound.
Complaints from railroads and other
holding companies that the law will tax
them twice on dividends paid are re-
ported to have been held unsound by
members of the committee.
Peprose Fails.
Senator Peurose failed today TO get
up his resolution for the publication OF
the list of questions asked the mem
bers, provided by Senator La Toilette,
as the senate went into executive ses-
sion before the tariff was reached.
Early in the day the finance committee
majority met and framed an amend
ment to the resolution proposing long
er list Of questions, in which some OF
Senator La Follettc's queries were in
cluded The questions will relate to
production, raw material and transpor
tation costs here and abroad, proper
tion of tariff duties which cover pro-
ductiou cost differences here and abroad
and the proportion which amounts to
manufacturer s profit and other tariff
problems. Senator Simmons said there
would be about twenty-five questions in
ALL but he will withhold the list until
he is certain the Republican leaders in
tend to bring the matter up again.
Marshall Interested.
Vice President Marshall called on the
finance committee chairman today and
discussed with him the tariff and It's
prospects in the senate. he vice presi-
dent said he did not discuss rates or
schedules and Chairman Simmons stated
that the conference was informal and
had to do with the handling OF the bill
when 1t reached the senate tioor
Discussion OF The tariff on raw ivory
proposed In the Underwood bill before the
Johnson sub committee disclosed an un-
usual situation. Representatives of the
cotton exporters in protesting against the
proposed 90 per cent duty on tusks de-
cared 1t would break up their barter
trade In cotton with African tusk deal
ers For years they have been shipping
thousa nds OF dollars worth OF cotton TO
these African traders and bringing back
In payment therefor ivory tusks, which
they IN turn sold to piano manufacturers.
1t was claimed that with duty on ivory.
italian cotton traders would get this bust
ness.
Amendments Considered,
Amendment of the bill in regard to the
OF feathers of birds also was
by Senator Johnsons sub
committees Importers asked for a fur
ther exception In the prohibition against
importa ton by allowing the Importation
OF the feathers of game and pest birds.
They suggested also thai the prohibition
be postponed until the president should
proclaim that England, Germany and
ton TO those countries
Representatives Of the Association for
the Protection OF Birds opposed both
Edward Howe Forbush,
state ornithoogist of Massachusetts, de-
clared that the Importation Of game and
pest birds would mean the letting In
probs bly, of all birds OF plumagc with
the exception Of the humming bird. Other
bird lovers pointed to the unsuccessful Mt
ternaEonal agreement as warning
against an attempt TO protect birds by
agreement. Senator Stones
suh- committee had before it reports OF
silk and wo0len manufacturers protest
ng against the Underwood schedules. The
SUBJ committee expects TO finish the silk
4 nd wool schedules next week The metal
schedule In all ready for report to the
senate committee and 1t Is said In many
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