| Show TARiff TAlK IS CLOSED N IN HOUSE No Dent Made in Underwood- Underwood Wilson Schedules by Attacks of Minority and Bill as Whole Slated for Passage Today TARIFF COMMISSION AMENDMENT RULED OUT Income Tax Provisions Affecting Affecting Affecting Affect Affect- ing Insurance Companies Al Altered Altered Al- Al So as to Conform to Present Corporation Tax Law WASHINGTON May G. G Tile The The overwhelming over over- vy whelming Democratic majority iu ill time the swept to today ay through the free list list bowled bowed over o aN siH opposition tion lion to free wool free iVee meats meat and other necessities and passe passed on to consideration of the hundred million dollar income income tax feature of the Underwood Underwood Un Un- derwood wood tariff bill biB Not a dent was made in the thc bill as approved by bJ time thc ways rind and means committee majority Dud and when the night session began it was expected that the measure as a whole would be Le Passed parsed b bythe by the House by br to tomorrow 0 There was sparring sparring- across th the aisle nisle dividing the time Democrats and tho the Republicans Re Re- publicans all da day Many amendments Jn offered b by in a forlorn for tor- lorn horn hope to put mall maul many free freo listed articles arti arU des cles hack back on tho dutiable list but all were sere voted ote down with a 1 regularity reg that brought brought smiles from the tho majority Lively I Utile light Fight t. t When tho these e proposed changes chang had been rejected Representative Payne of C York head o of the tho way and means committee c under i-under the thc Republican r regime g rii P precipitated cd a lively I iy rules rubs i l 9 fight i by ott r n raid tiow a v a ato amendment to c create ff aj c commission miss II Instantly Instantly- 11 sharps on p h Xh l el cc Speaker Clark sat next to Democratic Leader Underwood at atm tho the front of t f the thc speakers speaker's rostrum where Mr 11 Underwood Under wood has hns b ben been en conducting conducting- consideration consideration tion of oC the tho bill Representative Fitzgerald Fits Fitz gerald of ot New cw York rushed in from tho tue appropriations committee armed with precedents and followed b by Shirley of oC Kentucky lek andIJar and IJar of Georgia who joined in fn tho timo majority protest against admitting admitting- the amendment On Oum time the Republican side Leader Mann Iann Representative e Gardner Gardnor of oC Massachusetts laH and Payne of New Nev NewYork V York and amid others conferred an and amid a addressed ad- ad dressed ed the thc House e It was all over quickly tl c Garrott Garrett of oC ej In the chair sustaining a a. point of order ma made e by Mr 11 Underwood that the time tariff commission Continued on Page lage 3 i Column 1 r TARIFF TALK IS ISi i CLOSED IN HOUSE hito Dent Deit Made in n Underwood T les BJ Slated for t J c Sched Schedules Bill J j j Passage T Today od ay I 11 t Continued From Pago 1 1 was t no not t germane o to the thc nhen Representative Mann ann appealed en decision the sustained the 87 81 16 to I tl te chair chur I fc raDU Compliment Underwood JO J Republican Democratic east A i t l as 9 consideration of or tho taxing cal 2 of tile the bill drew to a close revisions f tho the birthday of RepA Rep Rep- was ito toO Underwood f A rc Minority Leader Mann rann announced at bO b d to put aside partisan f f t Ming for or 0 a time timo and talk personally f tile the House that one fifty years r. r ono one or of tho the ablest ln in men ri in Sn public g co go first sa saw the light of ot lla day and life tho Democratic party part and z h American p people That hat during the one fifty years of or his 1213 life thoro there has to greatness and bigness tho i able ge ettleman from Crom Alabama Mr Un Un- I dero d. d iJ a ft roar ot of from both j Of Ufo tile chamber Mr Underwood thin tanked ked Mr Mann for his congratulation tion Democrat DI dc on A Wool ool The wool ool paragraph In the tho free list thought brought about a defection from tho the solid soUd front of ot the Democrats Sharp of or Ohio representing Democrats to free Cree woo wool offered offered of- of an amendment placing a 3 dut duty of ot 5 o 0 per pcr cent on Oil raw wool the rate fixed Uj br Un Underwood bill of oC the thc last Conr Con- Con r JI 35 i lepre Representative e Sharp defended ed his t t that ho he by the tho statement f LO iw o proposed a 3 rate late which both Iou Clark an and Majority Leader deader Under- Under for tor in the last Conf Con- Con OO B-OO ha had voted f representative c Fordney attacked the free wool provision pro amend amend- Inen Including one to place all manufactures manu manu- of oC wool ool on the free list were d defeated ted nil line oC or the World Free c. representative c Mondell got pot iou ion to offer an amendment providing I. I S that all rags rag imported must be cleaned and sterilized and delivered a a. diatribe on oil Democratic rags f The rho Democrats propose to admit free of oC duty ho he shouted the rage raga of or the world s from the tho harems of ot Turkey cr rags raga from rom the slums of London London London Lon Lon- don rags raps from tho the purlieus of Naples and Rome rags from Crom cholera and bUbonic bubonic bubonic bu bU- bu- bu bonic plague camps of the Balkan peninsula pen pen- will be given hen to our people free I know of ot nothing more logical log in a a. Democratic tariff bill hill than free fre rags ras We Vc must havo have the Ia rags laga 0 of all aU tb the world to come coin here herc to clothe clotho our people peo peo- plc le driven from employment by In the Democratic tic tari tariff rates rates rates' Representative Underwood pointed out that Mi 11 11 Mondell's Ion en amendment was aH unnecessary sary tho the rags were cleaned before being admitted t to this tIlIs country Republicans from the northwest at attacked attacked at- at tacked ed the fieo freo wheat and flour provisions pro pio- visions of tho the bUt bill Representative Underwood Under Underwood Un Un- der derwood defended free freo reo flour lour declaring r that the northwest would t not bo be Injured in injured injured in- in and an nn amendment to tho the bill was defeated to tako taJO lumber from Irom the tho free list and alter the WoodI wood pulp and print paper schedules were I finally defeated Democrat Committee As ts tho the discussion of the free treo list Representative Donavan a Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- Democrat criticised the ways was and means committee for tor framing tam fain sections 0 of tho the bill unintelligent h ly lv The cotton schedule was as brutal brutal- ly 11 treated he declared lie Ho read a a. letter Jetter from tho the Crane Steel company compan protesting against t the rais- rais of tho the duty on n manganese Cero TI This is for tor the tho company compan of or one 0 of tile the largest contributors to President Alison's Wilsons Wll ons on's campaign fund he said and a 11 man mul who is to be sent n as our to the court of or RussIa He Fays faS the Increased dut duty looks like hike a cherne of the steel trust to put the thc Independent producers out of or business lucerne Income Tax rax Pro lOnH Altered d. Th The reading rc of or the tile income tax ta-c pro pro- Tl Coi 01 committee eo amendments was completed in short order Perfecting Perfecting- amendments offered lI by the wa ways and and adopted included a a provision exempting return Invest Invest- In Insurance and a clause chang chang- log the tue terms Ic mutual fire Cho companies so as as i to aHo allow to c from their the gross eross in- in amount required laws Jas under the tho to li he placed In their fTC re- re funds Another amendment changed the language of oC tho provision pro a tax of oC 1 per er cent on tho tIle profits 01 ot insurance companies so as lS asto asto to make the bill conform literally to tilt tho present corporation ta tax law lav Republican Mann for Cor Resident Commissioner CommissIoner Com Corn missioner Quezon of ot the tho Philippines offered an amendment to tax the Chinese Japanese and other residents of tho Philippines as well rell as tho the Filipinos Fill Fili pinos and Americans In the Islands The committee agreed to tako take this Under under under un un- der consideration The Philippine commissioner commissioner com com- missioner endeavored unsuccessfully to relieve the Filipinos of any income tax on the ground that they could not voto oto on this Ic legislation Republican Underwood Underwood Underwood Under Under- wood explained that the Inclusion of or orthe the Philippines in the income tax wanto was wan to reach r the wealth of or the the tIie Philippine islands and that the bill bUt lightened the burdens of tho the small farmer of oC the Philippines b by repealing tho the export tax on Philippine products Rates Are Approved Republicans attempted b by numerous amendments to alter the income tax rates but without avail Tho The Progressives Progressives MCH also offered several amendments Pro Progressive 0 leader Mm Murdock dock proposed a a. 6 pi per r cent tax on all incomes over and Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania anla urged cd an 8 S per pel cent tax on such Incomes Representative Kelly announced his intention of voting for tor forthe I tho the entire Democratic bill declaring ho believed cd It was a step in the right direction Other Progressives indorsed the thc income tax feature Representative c Gillett of Massachusetts Ins offered an au amendment t providing pro for a 3 tax of 1 per cent on all ull incomes ranging from front 1000 to 1000 a year Some Som o of the rich sa say av that this is class leg legislation said Representative Tavenner of or Illinois They Thc never heard heald to complain however howe of ot the the existing class le legislation i which taxes tho the hats huts coats and shirts of or the masses almost 71 per cent 3 aid aad d hoes does not Hot require men like 0 Rockefeller and arid Carnegie lc to pa pay a n single sing cent cont to the thu nations nation's government s on their wealth Tho The provisions of the income tax section exempting tho the salaries of or the President ont of the tho United States Stales and the justices of or tho the supreme court were at attacked attacked It- It tacked b by the Republicans but at attempts attempts nt- nt tempts to remove the exemptions were defeated An by h lican Leader Lender Mann Imn proposing to make mako the salary of ot the President subject to the tho tax was rejected b by a n voter vote of 72 2 to j The The debate dragged ed along slowly and when hen the House Hous adjourned at 11 o'clock tonight only tho first five tl paragraphs o 0 2 the tho Income come tax section ot of Jho the tho bill had been finally pass passed d I r |
