Show MilEY SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION Of TARifF Bill Texas Senator Utters Strong Denunciations of the Prin Principle Principle Principle ciple of Protective Tariff ANSWERS THE SENATORS WHO INTERRUPT HIM TAKES rAKES MONEY FROM ONE MAN MANTO MANTO MANTO TO ENCOURAGE ANOTHER IN UNPROFITABLE BUSINESS Washington April 26 Denouncing p r pi im of a protective tariff as asIar M r in Ill taking money from one man it to ano in order to en urage linn him him in th the pursuit of o 0 an othor other c unprofitable business bu lne s Senator til J of If Texas today delivered a aM an M ii 11 n II the Democratic side in im rn f the pending tariff bill fici fr fI 1 he 11 had proceeded p ed without Inter for more than an hour several Bev engaged in colloquies with within in w Inferring to Mr dr Baileys state PI it F that the duties of the pending i be 33 13 per cent Mr AM Aid AMi i 1 sk 1 whether he supposed th fil fiN H of if f American industries equalled u n i mount t Ad rr Ha Railey i ley replied that in the case the rutted States Steel corporation believed bt liev d they had and cited the in ina a nd of oJ that i as an evidence of enormous it t lie He insisted that such a R lower tower p g of nf f ili t rate rte of duty would not ser Ber us affect importations because he heA 10 j ti American A manufacturers manufacturer t l d i be stimulated by the added for 4 11 and would continue the markets Mr Ir Bailey discussed his hit amendment ding iding for an income tax which was incited itiC ed by Mr Aldrich as u tending to tod nine d 11 i the th 1 h protection for American hur nor if it should result in a i Ia ate tl decrease of 0 customs duties Mr hr Ir Bailey favored favo restriction of un Im gration as a protection to American Amerlean rr r I Mr r Aldrich retorted that while white Mr Ir ley was ready to keep the Ole foreign rorer from our shot e a he be was not to allowing the product of this ap HP labor to come In competition with product of American workingmen Mr Ir II Bailey Balle will resume tomorrow ion be will devote his attention to toi toJ i J purely legal aspects as ts of an income I J law Opposes Commission I Tn T beginning his hia talk Mr Bailey took up the ton don n t eo ot of of tariff farm bill b L commenting on oa which declared df he dM did not believe in over to political eunuchs the ther r of ot 0 such a great t question n u though they were so 80 impartial as entertain no aversion for tor what ia i ii 1 i or preference for what to I good 0 question of taxat on n be he said saki had ays lYS engaged the tile attention of or states n 11 and he did not believe in with i wing ing it from the people to place it in hands of a commission He Be would he ht said at this time discuss free tree If II which he declared was impossible tin country i do not hesitate to say sa he added at dt I believe in taxing wealth in int inI t l I of consumption and If It were in iner Pi er I would compel every man contribute towards the support of great government according to at he has and not according to what want vat ir l r He Ht ley iley said if be could do so he heild helid heild ild lid abolish all tariff Buties and sup t the government by the same gen ben beni 1 i y teni of taxation that exists in indifferent InS S different Tent states but the restrictions re the constitution in its limitation n 11 direct taxation would make that th t ty y impossible and h he would not u rb that restriction if he be could do doTha That Tha t restriction r would make the theten ten n of or some states pay a higher hi her y than the teens of oC other states without direct taxation which for reason becom impossible Impo it id not be possible to raise enough E ey by b any form fonn of taxation without toni tom duties The Protective Tariff if f the principle of the pro prone ne ire h tariff Mr Bailey Dalley said if f your law ended when it gave pe fellow citizen an advantage e over cit zens ns of another country I would one on of its most moat ardent supporters it dOS docs not end there because its iU S table liable effect is to give Ive a few of our w an enormous advantage e er 0 r others of our countrymen liP practical effect he be said saki was as to toe toa a e bounty bount to 10 the tha favored 7 er His Amendment f r n fl nine ing to his proposed pro amendment tn an n Income tax he be directed his hilt re reto rek k to Aldrich and sad f P vi was as a time when such a II 1 n U was as described as a a plan to re fortunes But he added senator from Rhode Island when recently referred to this proposed v v to repeat that statement ause use he would have had to settle some orne fifteen or twenty of the tM theof of f greatest ability and highest t rater raster on this side of the chamber it was with deference to them and to sae save sensitive natures that he hf i himself with saying that 1 1 a 11 tax should not be levied be bep bel p I f it was not necessary sa 8 the bih l reported to the senate would raise II Sh lh revenue without this income r Railey insisted that the senator 1 Rhode Island did not escape the I argument a ment by any such I Tnt wit as that He said If the bil I M lid raise enough money to tI support tax from front this thise rel re e could be reduced in proportion I I kf hI h n j mount of revenue raised by the tH tax taxi I i the idea that a lowering u toms taxes tas would increase rev rey reve reye e and declared it would only re rein in causing the American r 1 to t reduce the price of his article I to t reduce duce r his profits already ady so 1 rp rious as to stagger the tM i iu J J u ask me to e r that Tut ti tl t f I corporation 1 T 1 i r nt It t j Continued on Page 2 t I j I I BAILEY SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION TO TARIFF BILL Continued Con from Page 1 bee prosperous prosperous with a less I leis duty he be T Senator William Alden Smith engaged in a colloquy quy with the Texas T senator concerning the difference of wages and the manner of life of the American and European wage age earner x I Mr Ir Bailey insisted that taking in to view the tM superior u productive power of I the American A laborer he lie was no better bet better Iter ter paid than was as tl the laborer of Ger Germany Germany I III II many The difference of life me lIe he skid was racial because those who ho had not engaged in protected industries in to this country showed the same improved manner of living compared with Eu Europeans Europeans Europeans as did the two and a half mil lull millions lions working in protected industries He insisted that the American manu manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer did not pay higher wages be because because cause he sells lIs his goods for tor a price but because of the influence of competition and of or labor organizations Mr Bailey Battey Balle said sold one of most prosper prosperous ous periods in the history of the United States resulted from a low tariff white while Mr Ir Smith declared de lared that one of the th most disastrous periods in the business of the Uti country resulted from a low 10 tariff referring to th the Wilson tariff act Itt Mr r Bailey Baile also became me involved in a discussion with Mr 11 Aldrich A Id rich with regard to in the letters latter utterance in the senate in 1894 1591 that the income tax was sup supported supported supported ported by the Socialist Populist and Democratic parties p Mr Ir Bailey Balle saM said that Mr r Taft now favored an Income tax and asked Mr lr Aldrich Aidrich if lie Ite con considered considered considered the president a Socialist Pop ul t or Democrat Mr Ir Aldrich Aidrich replied that his statement was as true at the time Urn timet t was as made Warm Shots From Bailey Mr Ir Bailey Baile declared Mr lr Aldrich Aidrich had h voted for tor substantially all an large ap appropriation appropriation measures measure He said sold that toot th the Rhode Island senators recent state statement inept ment in favor of ot economy econom indicated that he had been converted This Th conversion contended Mr Ir Bailey Balle oc occurred c d when Itin the burden was about to tobe tobe tobe be placed on the rich If U this bill as h he presented it sad said Mr Yr Bailey Batley coupled with an Income tax will wm raise too much revenue lets reduce the rate that we collect on the necessities of life ure Mr 11 Bailey insisted the rates of or the pending bill could be reduced 33 13 per percent percent percent cent greatly gre tl increasing the bulk of importations although in his opinion the decrease would diminish to the extent of the reduction the price of manufactured articles article to the Amer American American American ican consumer Does the senator think that the American manufacturer makes a profit prot of 3 IS 13 per cent inquired Mr 11 Aid Ald Aidrich Aidrich rich Mr fr Balky suggested that the United States Steel corporation with a capi capital capital capital tal of had Increased ed Its cap capitalization to and makes mak s about b 7 per cent on the larger sum Obviously he said sald the steel cor corporation r po poper ration could reduce Nd its profit per cent and still make more than a aIt legitimate It profit upon a fair valuation valuation valuation tion of its property pro pert Mr Aldrich suggested that the United States Steel corporation produces only from 46 4 to W ie per cent rent of or the steel out output output output put and asked whether the senator from Texas Tens believed the tote other corporations corpora corporations could make a 8 profit if U the prices were ere reduced as 13 per cent Points to Evidences If I am permitted to judge by the tM size and equipment of their automo automobiles automobiles automobiles biles and the size and equipment of their yachts and by other extravagances ces they flaunt in the faces of the American consumers I say yes es re replied replied plied pUett Mr Ir Bailey Balle Does the senator Sinator think the average Industries make a profit of or more than 33 3 13 per cent annually and regularly inquired Mr lr Aldrich Aidrich I Mr r Bailey explained that a 33 s 13 per I ernt reduction in the rates of duty would not be equivalent to a 33 13 per I i cent reduction in profit Again taking up the subject of Income taxes Mr lr Bailey said saki that no system stem of taxa taxation taxation tion tien ever devised had been so O Just jUt so 80 equal and so 50 proper as an income tax How did the lilt senator arrive at the income of as the proper one to tax asked Mr Aldrich Aidrich instead of or SOOt or 2000 Mr Bailey replied that ho he had fixed that figure because lie he had assumed I that incomes of oC are spent upon living expenses so BO that the recipient would be compelled to pay another than the income tax at the custom house on everything he purchased and as the theone theone I one tax had already been paid exemption exemption exemption tion from the Income Inc me tax seemed Justi Justified justified fied tied Class Distinction 7 I know what you ou want me to say and land I am going soing to say s it ho added I 1 II i I fixed upon because I wanted anted it ItI to affect as few fe people as possible so I that it might not provoke hostility I In other words retorted Mr 11 AW Ald Aldrich Aidrich rich rioh the senator wants to enact legis I i I I lotion lation with a eta cia distinction in order I Ito to set get it through Does the senator believe that Adam Smith was correct in saying that tax should be laid on people best bet able to bear them asked Mr 11 Bailey allty Certainly said mid Mr lr Aldrich Aidrich who 00 added that the constitution and every ever code of ethics ethic and morals agreed that taxes should be levied with uniformity and according to the moans means of ot the peo people people people to payl pay That is rather a serious criticism retorted Mr Yr Baile Bailey of the th Republic Republican an party which during the incumbency of ot Abraham Lincoln levied an income tax upon some and exempted others Mr r Aldrich Aidrich returning to his criticism of the plan of income tax proposed by Mr lr Bailey Batley Batie said the abroad a road I received from 6 to 90 eo cents toots a day dar and I from W A to or a year ear while American Ameri n labor is paid about a at acar year car His plan he said would tie lie to reduce the too protection that Is II being given this American laborer over oer the th i foreign cheaper cb per laborer Applause Greets This I Would Mould Hk like v said ld Mr lr Bailey Balle amid applause from the galleries Uto to make It impossible eible for that cheap labor to torome come rome here at all The gavel gel of the vice vite president pr ident was necessary to restore order and Mr 1 Ald Aid Aidrich Aldrich rich said The senator senater would pre pro prevent prevent vent these laborers coming to this country but he would permit the prod product product product of ot that cheap labor to come The uThe critic of this income tax said Mr Bailey Balle will find small audiences in labor centers when wilen he comes comee com to com eom complain complain plain that I dont tax somebody besides those included in the limitation The tender solicitude of ot the senator from Rhode Island is in keeping with American politics Referring to an expatriated citizen who he lie said owned of or real reat estate in New York city he h said the workingmen of this country were taxed to protect his property while he was not oot taxed taud during the war war with Spain I The workingmen he said id who paid a tax upon a plus plug of tobacco paid more for tor the support of the federal govern government government government ment than did that expatriated citizen Postponing the conclusion lon of his re remarks remarks remarks marks until tomorrow when he said he would give some Orne attention to su aa supreme supreme preme court decisions on an income tax Mr Bailey Balle said saidI I 1 do not think that any citizen or senator is precluded from indulging in just and fair criticism of any an question relating to any department of or this gov government go I am willing to stand un uncovered uncovered covered in the presence of that great tribunal but I am not willing to be si silent silent silent lent The judgment of or the supreme court governs me In tn any particular case cae I and I submit without complaint to that Judgment but I dont subscribe to the doctrine that because the judges have spoken all other men must keep silent en 1 |