Show J I r It j Itt f i iii TAFT TAFT AND THE TARIFF ii J i According to the Washington dis dispatches r p patches the president did not evince i 1 any particular J Interest in the tariff bill 1 during his conference with Senator Al AI Aldrich Aldrich s i i with the exception of the corpo corpt corporation corporation ration tax amendment amen ment which he was J I inclined to because holding I j companies had been Men included in Its pro provisions I 1 tA 4 visions and it is mid said that the amend amendment i I f i i ment meat may be he redrafted in conference conferences j s It IB la impossible Impo to get the real truth i concerning the attitude of the preel i tyl fd dont dent on the income tax corporation tax Ht 1 r inheritance tax or the tariff bill itself E j io Bach succeeding story from the na national naf n ni t i f capital both refutes and confutes 1 t J its predecessor We e have been told from f rum y time to time that Mr Taft believes the thet t 1 i government should have the power to j levy an Income tax and that an lin amend amendment amendment tr ment malt could easily be drawn to meet the 0 objections U ns of the supreme court When i the Cummins and Bailey Bal amendments l I t were ere under discussion dl cu lon in the senate a 8 aI i n I count of noses nOMa developed the fact that i I 3 nineteen Republican members had sig aig signified l 1 y their intention of Joining the I 1 t Democrats on this particular issue Al Aldrich I r Lodge and Crane rushed to the tl j L White house houM posthaste po i ii t haste te and invoked L i the presidents aid in heading oft off leg Jes legislation T 1 Mr Ir Taft interfered to the oxE ex ox extent f E tent of sending a special message to toI I f f and enough enouch Re Republicans Ref f publicans puhl n were whipped hipped W into line to do d di i feat talt the income tax measure Regard Regarding Regarding I j 1 i I 1 ing IR the purpose pur and intent of the cor corporation core e t t tax for tor which President P Taft Taftt 4 stands sponsor llOr th tIM the correspondent of the ther t 1 r 1 Chicago Tribune has hits Shia 1 E r J to t v I I ja f J say J Jf 1 f The more ore the president him has thought of I I i the Hie corporation tax amendment the bet bt beto o f t tr r He likes Ilk it as aa he remarked to Sans Sena Senator i i 1 tor tOi Aldrich on the occasion of their con eon conference eonS t S ference i It in I the beginning of the economic re reforms reforms forms torms of his hla administration In his bla next anal m he will discuss tb the re reorganization organization or of the bureau of corpora corporations Interstate commerce comm e commission J 1 4 and a department of o Justice 1 f This reorganisation will wilt be he for tor the pur purport purI I j port of giving th federal government nt greater supervisory uI authority over the I tf of Interstate corporations The i publicity feature of the tax It Is now I ft to Adopt will wilt he be a long lone step i I forward In securing the supervision lon i according to the president s plan i the bureau of corporations corporAtion is I to bes be beI s I i with the power to examine the hocks hoek and accounts account of I corporations and anda I i ascertain a ic if they are paying their full tull i sharp share of the tax tu The Th information thus obtained will be he Of the greatest possible value te to the bureau In ht determining whether y 4 I I er or not net a corporation Is observing the ther r antitrust and other regulative laws laWil lawsIn In la discussion the corporation tax In the th thI I I 1 f j senate days davs ago Mr Aldrich made madeno no ne to the publicity feature and I f indicated that in any event the tax might b J repealed within two years vears ea It is poe noe the tax Itself It lf might he reduced or ori 1 i i repealed but nIt the his president resident proposes po to tove toJ J ve we every bit of o his Influence to Insure t the retention of the publicity provision t t t If the above ale view is correct the cor mr corporation corI I tax provision la Ig for muckraking ing purposes and not intended primarily r ly tor for rasing ra revenue But the article articleS S of at f the tho Tribune correspondent may be R I Intended Intend for consumption in the middle S l f 1 j west where disgruntled dl Republicans abound The brethren are lire twisting and andI l I s 1 i i turning in every ever conceivable way ay to tomake toI make a favorable showing snowing From the thet at 1 t I i various arlous statements of what has hap happened I if I and what is going to happen L I there is no possibility po of arriving at a aI I correct conclusion It is safe to say ar G I however that the tariff of abominations I c I flews will find its counterpart in the 1 I bill now being enacted by congress |