The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
REPUBLICANS ANGRY
OVER APPOINTMENT
Of WISCONSIN MAN
Protest Against Presence of
La Toilette on Conference
Committee
HOUSE AND SENATE
BOTH STANDING FIRM
Contest Over Bill Will be Hard
Fought---House Leaders
Do Not Like Senate
Changes

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1o.--A Repub
liean protest against the appointment
of Senator La Toilette. OF Wisconsin
as one of the conferees on the tarif
BILL on the part OF the Senate. threat
ened to disrupt the senate end of th'
conference today. <enators Penros'
and Lodge seriously considered at on'
time retiring from the conference be
cause Mr.. La Toilette had been select
ed as a conferee. Finally they decided
to remain on the conference. but may
make formal protest later on tbs
floor of the senate.
The regular Republicans insisted to-
day that the appointment OF Mr.. La
Toilette smacked strongly OF poltti'
cal deal which was disclosed partly by
Senator La Follette's vote in favor oi
the bill They added that La Toilette
was not truly representative OF the mi
nority.
The Income Tax.
Influenced by the opinions of Repre-
resentative Cordell Hull. the house au-
thority on the income tax provision. the
house conferees will endeavor to have
the senate amendments to that feature
of the bill displaced by the original
language of the house bill. This VIII
be the main bone of contention.
man Underwood. of the ways and
means committee are by no means sat
isffed with the bill as amended by the
Senate. when considered as producer
of revenue Mr. Underwood has been
Informed by his experts that the SEN
ate bill will produce about sesooe,bee
less revenue from the customs features
than would ths house bill. and that nn-
der the original income tax provisions
as reported to the senate. the senate
bill would have produced $4,000, oo0
less revenue than the house measure
II Ia admitted that the increases made
In the senate In the rates of taxation
on large incomes viii swell the reva-
nue produced by the income tax sec
ton. But Mr. Underw wood, IT rs learn
ed. does not believe that there are
enough very large incomes in the ceur-
try 10 make up anything like the VA
o00, 900 discrepancy between the senate
and the house bills as at first estimated,
Feel Same Way.
The other Democratic conferees on
the part of the house feel the same
way about the revenue producing quail
tres of the two bills. This means that,
Notwithstanding the assurances given
on both sides that the best of feeling
exists between the two houses, and
that speedy agreement on the bill
lis 10 be expected, there lis going to be
n sharp contest before the bill is re-
ported out of conference II the senate
is inclined 10 insist upon its amend
ments
Chairman Simmons. of the senate
finance e. rnmittee, said. today that he
hoped the conference would be com
pleted within week, though II might
run ten days. Mr.. Underwood said he
believed an agreement would be
reached within ten days. The senate.
however, has placed between 500 and
700 amendments in the bill, and many
of them are regarded as of great i'm
portancs.
The senate conferees on the bill are
Senators simmons. Williams. Johnson
and Shively, Democrats. and Senators
Penrose, Lodge and La Toilette. Re
pubiicans On the part OF the house,
the conferees are to be Representa-
tfves Tin Ierwood. kitchin and Rainey.
Democrats, and Representatives
Payne. Republican, and Murdoch,
Progressive.
Important Amendments
Among the important amendments
made by the senate Is the placing a
tax Of one-tenth Of one cent per
pound on cotton future sales, with a
4
is learned that this provision will
he so modified in conference as not
to interfere In any way with legiu-
mate cotton trading. but that owing
to the moral pAea OF the amendment.
aimed as 1t Is against gambling on
cotton exchanges. the amendment
will not he stricken from the bill in
fits entirety.
A big fight Is sure to come over
the income tax features. The senate
also has amended the administrative
features of the bill in manH impor-
tant respects. and these amendments
are sure to cause trouble. The SEN
ate struck out of the bill the anti
dumping clause. which would pre-
vent foreign manufacturers from
dumping upon the American market
their surplus products at less prices
than they charge abroad. 1t struck
out, too, that provision which would
give a reduction Of per cent on
duties imposed on goods imported
into this country in American bot
toms.
The senate has placed a tax of one
tenth of one cent a pound on bananas,
which have always been Admitted ~
this country free Of duty. The SEN
ate expects to raise some 100000
Of revenue from this tax. The house
cenferees, on the other hand. do not
care for this tax, which they realize
Ia distinctly unpopular because 1t
places a tax upon one of the foods OF
the poor man. The senate also esti-
mated tina. 1t would obtain 100000
revenue from the tax on cotton flu
lures. but the house leaders declare
that this is erroneous and that II the
cotton futures tax woiks as 1t Ii in
tended to work there will be no reve-
nue. from it, since It is prohibitive
measure.
The senate has taken the tax off
burlaps. and this single change will
lose to the government about $4,000
600 a year In revenue. This will
be strongly opposed by the house.