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Show INCOME TAX WILL NOW WAIIAWIILE Following Charges by Senator Bailey. Aldrich Secures Delay De-lay Until June 18. WOOL SCHEDULE IS FINALLY DISPOSED OF La Folletfe Declares That Aid-rich Aid-rich Has Forfeited Right to Place of Leadership. i WASHINGTON, June 11. The income in-come tax shared with the wool schedule the senate's attention today, and, after j a , discussion for an hour or more, it j waslpostponcd until June IS bv a vole! .ot -to to JM. This action was the result of a motion made by Senator Aldrich. which followed a charge by Senator Bailey that undue influence 'was being brought to bear against the proposed income tax amendment to tho tariff bill. Mr. Aldrich declared that he knew of no such effort, but pleaded for the postponement of the question until schedules should be disposed of. Mr. Bailey accepted the amendments to his income tax provisions and a suggestion by Mr. Cummins by which tho rate of iax was decreased from o to 2 per cent, all incomes under ..jOOO exempted. Senators Borah, Bourne, Carter, La Folletlc and Piles voted on the motion with the Democrats. Winds Up Wool Schedule. The senate refused, by the decisive vote of GO to S, to recommit the wool schedule to the committee on finance on motion of Mr, Cummins, and thus finally concluded consideration of that schedule. Ouly a few of the progressive progress-ive Bcpublieans supported the motion. This vote followed a long and animated discussion, interspersed with many personal per-sonal opinions. Declaring his opinion that Senator Aldrich hail lost the confidence of other senators of his party which a leader should have, Mr, La" Follette made a determined tight to compel tho adoption adop-tion of amendments to the wool sched ule of the tariff bill, which were yesterday yes-terday presented by himself. They went down to defeat before the majority major-ity which consistently supported the finance committee, the vote being 4t to 32. Tt was after this vote had been taken thai the Wisconsin senator made, his assertion that by his course with reference to- the" woolen .schedule Mr. Aldrich had forfeited the position of leadership. Another Eoast for Leader. Senator Cummins was also severe on Chairman Aldrich. and in the course of his remarks declared that the senatorial sena-torial leaders were courting the dost do-st rue.fiou of the Ttcpijblican party by their course with reference to the duties on wool and woolens. Senator Bacon forced voles nn two amendments reducing Jo SO per cent ad valorem tlie duty ou wool and woolen goods, but he fa'iled to obtain the support sup-port of anv of the Republb'an senators. Sixty one senators were on hand at the beginning of the session of Iho senate today when consideration of the tariff bill was resumed. Numerous amendments offered by Mr. La Follette, providing ad valorem for specific rates in the wool schedule, were taken up for the purpose of voting on them "en bloc'' as Vice President Sherman announced. an-nounced. Senator Cummins, taking the Moor, said he would vote for these amendments amend-ments not so much because he was sat-istied sat-istied that they were exactly right, but because he was sure the schedule reporter! re-porter! by the finance committee was absolutely wrong. Mv. Cummins announced an-nounced that he would move to recommit re-commit the wool schedule to the finance committee. Not a Shoddy Nation. Arguing the justice of his plan for a compensatory duty on products of wool manufacturers to allow them to! pay a higher price for wool than their) foreign competitors. Senator unimins Said that lo levy a duty on goods partly part-ly of cotton. a. if entirely of wool, would he lo give Democratic, manufacturers manufac-turers an advantage lhat no man should have. lie said, in reply to a question by Mr. McCijmber. that he did not pretend pre-tend to frame a schedule by which Ihe different grades of wool in 1he cloth could be taxed in connection with fheir 'value lie was willing to make the dutv high oninigh to meet foreign competition, com-petition, on tho assumption that all imports im-ports are of goods containing only the finest grades of wool. Senator Warren, opposing the plan of the Iowa senator, declared that it would unduly encourage the importation importa-tion of shoddy. nd.,; added the Wyoming senator, "this is not a shoddy nation." Mr Cummins declared lhat he marveled mar-veled a I the i4 blindness of the leaders of the li'epublicau party that they were willing to commit their party to such a woolen schedule." Courting- Party Destruction. ' Senaf ors.; ' he said, "you are simply sim-ply courting the destruction of your party by allowing such a schedule to go out. to the country." The I'ontontion ninde by Mr, Cum-, niins that, a readjustment of ihe woolen wool-en schedule is desired, caused Air. Aldrich to assert, flint no such desire had beeu reflected through the appearance appear-ance of any deputation of farmers, sheep-raisers, or woolen ma nu fact urors whose t organizations have reprcselTta-lics reprcselTta-lics in Washington. lie ha id there was apparently general satisfaction with the woolen schedule, with the possible exceptiou of one class of manufacturers manu-facturers wlm are affected by natural conditions which cannot be changed by legislation. Mr. Aldrich called attention to the fact, that Mr. Cummins had favored lower duties all along the line, but, added add-ed that tje people of Town were not especially' interested in. the woolen schedule, while ten or eleven senators representing states whose people are vitalb' interested in the duties on avoo! Continued on 1'ugc 2s'iuc. INCOME TAX WILL NOW WAIT AWHILE Continued from Page One. and woolens arc unanimously in favor of the exclusion schedule. After Mr. Cummins had yielded tho floor, Mr. Warren declared that he-would he-would not consider any reduction in the woolen schedules unless it could be shown that, the sheep-raisers or the woolen manufacturers had received tin-usunl tin-usunl profits under the present duties. Mr. Cummins replied that he felt certain cer-tain the woolen manufacturers, with the possible exception of the carded Avooleu manufacturers, have received inordinate profits. Amendments Rejected. P.y a vole of 32 to 44, all of the amendments offered by Mr. La Follette were rejected. Senator Aldrich then de; dared the amendment affecting wool of the first, class, if adopted: would have cut down the duty one-half. This, he explained, was because of the fluctuation fluctua-tion in the price of foreign wool, which nt. times would make the protective duty 4 1-2 instead of 11 cents a pound, although on its face it was 45 per cent ad valorem. "I would like to know."' said Mr. Aldrich, "how my friend from Indiana. (Mr. Bevcridge) and my friend from Iowa (Mr. Cummins) will explain their votes in reducing the protection which has been' afforded the wool growers of the United States 40 and 50 per cent by their action in this matter." "It will keep us busier," interposed Mr. Clapp. "in explaining somebody else's votes." This declaration called for applause from the galleries, which was quickly suppressed by Vice President Presi-dent Sherman. "Mv votes need no explanation," responded re-sponded Mr. Aldrich. "cither to mvsclf or to my constituents, to whom I am directlv responsible." Mr. 'l.a Follette then took the floor. "That statement of the senalor from Rhode Tsland," he said impetuously, "is an impeachment of the leadership of the senator from Rhode Island. The want of confidence which has come lo some Republican senntors would find justification in his course here today, if it' had never before. Reserving his information upon this bill, he. compelled everybody to voto upon the amendments paragraph .by paragraph. Does he expect ex-pect to keep (he confidence of the Republican Re-publican membership of this body by proceedings of thai kind? He is the leader of the Republican side, and as such he has aided in bringing ns into a position of embarrassment before the Republican constituency of our various stales." Severe Arraignment. He said Mr. Aldrich had stated "half truths" which have discredited his lpadership before this bodv and before this count rv. Senator Callinger ('ailed upon Vice President Sherman to invoke paragraph two of rule XIX. . "In mv experience in this body," said Mr. (Jallingor, "T have never heard so oft -repeated accusation that legislative legis-lative tricks were being practiced, and I ask that this rule be laid before tho senate that evcrv one may know what it is " Kule XIX. which relates to the necessity neces-sity for avoiding personal allusions, was then read, and the vice president, declared de-clared he thought Mr. La Follette had violated ii. Senator Bacon then tools the floor. Kndeavoring to have his amendments considered, Mr. Bacon asked that a separate sep-arate vote be taken on his amendment placing a duty of .'10 per cent advalorcm on all wools, shoddy, noils, wool extract, mingo and flox and waste. His other amendments, ho said, referred to the duties on wool goods. lie urged the adoption of tho amendment, which, he said, reduced the duties on raw wool. The vote on the amendment, was strictly along party .lines. The progressive pro-gressive Republicans voted with the members of the finance committee, and the amendment was lost by a vote of 50 to 21. Mr. Bacon then offered his amendment? amend-ment? reducing duties on woolen clothing, cloth-ing, blankets, carpets, etc. Mr. Bacon's proposition to provide for these "revenue duties" received no Republican support, being rejected by a party vote of 20 to 50, except that Senator McBnery voted no, with the Republicans. Explaining that the dnl3' levied upon blankets used by the poor was as high as 1(50 per cent ad valorem, althouEh but; 7L per cent was placed upon tue finest blankets used by the rich, Senator Sen-ator Goro offered an amendmont limiting limit-ing to 75 per cent any duty upon a woolen blanket. This received tho support of Senntors Bristow. Brown. Burkctt. Clapp, Dolli-ver, Dolli-ver, La '.Folletlc and Xelson, but Senator Cummins voted against it. The amendment amend-ment was rejected by 29 to 43. A motion by Mir Cummins to recommit recom-mit the woolen schedule to the finance committee was defeated. S io 50. Those voting in tho affirmative were Bovoridge, Bristow. Brown. Burkett. Clapp, Cummins. Dolliver and Xelson, all progressive. .Republicans. ( This concluded con-cluded the consideration of tho wool schedule. Smoot Explains. Consideration of the articles on the frco list was asked for by Mr. Smoot at -the night, session. Mr! Brown, Nebraska, Ne-braska, asked why the next schedule, that on wood pulp and print paper, was to be passed over. Mr. Smoot explained it was desired to wait until Mr. Hale, who - is ill. could be presenl. Asking Mr. Aldrich lo give the senate sen-ate somo intimation as to the duty it was intended to impose on wood pulp, and print paper, Mr. Brown said the bill was reported to the senate ten weeks ago, but that no recommendation or report had been made regarding it. Mr. Aldrich replied that the rates would be lower than the existing duties, but higher than those in tho houso bill. Mr. Smoot 's request was granted and after a formal committee amendment had been agreed lo Mr. Stone offered an amendment placing chloro sulphuric acid on tho free list. Mr. Slono's amendment was adopted by the senate substitute for the house provision for the frco entry of American Ameri-can articles brought in a'ftor having been exported, was agreed to after several sev-eral minor changes had been made; to increase the duty on cut diamonds and other precious stones from 10 per cent to 23 per cent ad valorem, as well as to place a duty of .10 per cent ad valorem va-lorem on uncut diamonds. Mr. Bacon contended thnfc tho government gov-ernment loses a large revenue because uncut diamonds are admitted free, but Mr. Lodge asserted that experience has shown that tho revenue would fall off considerably if a duty were placed on uncut diamonds. Agrees to Amendment. Mr. Bacon modified his amendment at the suggestion of Mr. Aldrich, making mak-ing the duty on cut diamonds 15 per cent ad valorem and that on uncut diamonds dia-monds 5 per cent. This was agreed to. It was agreed to admit animals for breeding free of duty. An amendment offered Ivy Mr. Aid-rich, Aid-rich, pulling fruit in brine on tho frco list was agreed to. The consideration of the free entry of hides was postponed for later con sideration. An amendment offered 1)3" Mr. Dick admitting miners' safety appliances free until January 1, 1912, was agreed to as amended by' Mr. Culberson, eliminating elimi-nating the restrictions as to time. It was decided to pass over the question ques-tion of free retined petroleum. Orange oil was stricken from the free list and nut oil and oil of nuts were placed on it. The restrictions on the value of oils admitted free to 150 cents a gallon was stricken out. and palm kernel was added to the list. Oleostcarinc was also included in the free list. |