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Show ENTIRE DAY GIVEN OVER.TOSPEECHES Washington, June 24. The course of the senate today was the reverse of Its course yesterday, the entlro day being given over to speeches. There were three lengthy addresses. Senator Beveridge talked about four hours and was followed by Mr. Bailey Bail-ey at almost as great a length. Mr. Newlands was the la6t of the day's orators and he had not long surrendered tho floor, when the senate sen-ate adjourned. '"Mr. Beveridge discussed nn amendment amend-ment proposed by him regarding the size of tobacco packages. He con-I con-I tended that while the size of the packages had been reduced during the Spanish war, to compel the purchaser to pay the war tax, those sizes had not been restored nor the prices reduced, re-duced, notwithstanding the removal of the tax, thus practically givlug tho tobacco manufacturers, and especially the tobacco trust, the advantage of the tax, even though It has not been In operation for about nine years. He declared the trust had influenced legislation for this purpose, and asserted as-serted it was benefited to the extent of a million dollars a year. Mr. Bailey talked about fYec raw material for the purpose of justifying his vole as a Democrat against the free entry of Iron ore, lumber and hides. He declared that previous to the Cleveland administration the established es-tablished Democratic policy was in opposition to the free admission of raw material. Mr. Newlands considered the income in-come tax question, devoting especial consideration to the president's recommendation rec-ommendation for a corporation tax. He discussed at length the legislation of 1898 providing for a tax upon the gross receipts of oil refiners, on which the Spreckels case was decided by the supreme court, and which ' Is relied upon by the president for the proposed corporation tax. He pointed point-ed out especially that the law of 1S9S. was applicable not to corporations alone, but to every person, firm, company com-pany and corporation carrying on such business. He suggested that a tax applying onliy to corporations might violate the constitutional requirement of uniformity. When the making of prepared speeches had been concluded1 the sen-nto sen-nto resumed consideration of sched- ules, and several amendments were adopted. On motion of Mr. Lodge the duty of collodion and all compounds of pyroxylin, etc., 'were Increased 10 per cent advalorem above the Dingloy rate. Explaining that this was intended to meet Japanese competition of celluloid cel-luloid manufactures, Mr Lodge said there was no question that the importations impor-tations of this class of articles were rapidly Increasing. The house rnad reduced' re-duced' the Dingley rate. Mr. Aldrlch pro'posed an Increase of the duty on sole leather as fixed by the house from 5 to 10 per cent adva-lorem, adva-lorem, and on shoes from 15 to 20 per cent. Senator Bailey opposed this as being an increase on an artlclo that should be without duty. Incidentally he said there was less reason for increasing in-creasing the duty on sole leather in view of the prospect of a corporation tax. |
