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Show OPPOSES INCOME TAX Sutherland Says It Is Not Proper Means for Raising Revenue Washington, May 17. FITty seven senators answered to their names when the senate met today, relieving doubt as to the ability of that body to obtain a quorum early in the day to consider the tariff bill. When tho name of Senator Jones or Washington Washing-ton was called, his colleague, Mr. Plies, announced that he "had gone to the White House and was not able to be present." "I am not i protectionist In spots," said Mr. Sutherland, of Utah, in beginning begin-ning an address in support of the tar , iff bill as reported by the finance committee com-mittee and in opposition to the addition ad-dition of an income tax provision. If, he said, there was any question about the amount of duties levied on a particular par-ticular article, ho preferred to solve it by having Hie duty a little too high rather than too low. He could not advocate ad-vocate taxing the products of his own state and deny protection to the products pro-ducts of any other state. Speaking of the income tax, Mr. Sutherland said the framers of the constitution con-stitution had contemplated having tho federal government obtain its revenues reve-nues by imposing taxes upon a class of subjectn .which the states, either under the constitution, or ny common consent, did tot or could not tax to the fullest extent that would be possible. pos-sible. The federal government, under the constitution, he said, was given power to impose taxes on imports,! which power was substantially exclus ! ive. By common consent, the Imposition Imposi-tion of internal revenue raxes upoa liquors and tobacco had roen given over to the federal government. "I think," said Mr. Sutherland, "ex- j cept iu cases of necessity, tho taxes of the federal government should be confined to those which, either under the constitution or under the operation opera-tion of the common consent power of the general government, are exclusive." exclus-ive." Any effort, he said, to impose taxes upon objects that states tax is bound to result in confusion or double taxation. tax-ation. Taking that view, he regarded regard-ed the income tax as not a proper means for raising revenue for the general government. Mr. Sutherland discussed various questions relating to what he claims were the, unconstitutional features or the Income tax and wa3 at limes interrupted in-terrupted by Senators Bailey, Borah, tumaiins, Owen and Heyburn. |