Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-12-14
THE TAX REDUCTION.
Minority Favors Making the Cut
at Least $40, 900, 900.
Giyea It's Reasons in n Report 10 the
Housc-says, However, IL Won't
Oppose Passage of Major
Ity Measure.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE minority
members of the ways and means
committee have completed their re-
port on the revenue reduction bill
and il was presented late Monday.
II urges a reduction of the revenues
of about $70,000,000, or about $30,000,-
600 more than that proposed by the
majority of the committee. 1t also
proposes an income tax, with view
of again bringing the subject in modi-
fed form before the United States
supreme court for final adjudication.
The report is signed by the entire
democratic membership of the COM
mittee-Messrs. Richardson (Tenn.),
Swanson (va), Mcclellan IN. ",
Newlands New, Cooper (Tex.), and
Underwood (Ala.).
The report says that the minority
are of opinion that the proposed re-
duction of revenues is too small, and
that the bill does not go far enough
in relieving the people of the burdens
imposed upon them for war purposes.
The remaining taxes, says the re-
port, are unnecessary and should be
removed. AS stated, it favors a re-
duction of $4,000, 900. and continues:
I'VE would make these reductions on
those articles which are most nearly the
necessaries of life, and would take off the
taxes that are most annoying and vexatious
to the people. This would In no way Grip
pie or impair the public service. We be-
lieve that by a return to proper economy In
appropriations. reduction greater than we
advocate could be made, and we should at
once inforce this economy. The war being
over the war taxes should cease. and the
train of extraordinary expenditures FOL
lowing the war should also terminate.
1--WE shall not, however. oppose the passage
OF the bill. for 1t gives some relief, but will
endeavor to properly amend 1t. II we
were by our efforts to defeat its passage. we
would leave the heavy burden of unjust
taxation on the country. The serious OBJ
lection to the taxes levied by this bill. and
as they will be left under the law. is that
the burdens of taxation throughout the
country are unjustly Distributed. This be-
ing true. of necessity the revenues collected
are inequitable."
The report says that a reduction OF s70.-
100000 in taxation would permit the relief
of the beer and tobacco producing interests,
which have suffered from the heavy war
taxes. and would enable the abolition of
many veNatious and annoying taxes that
will be continued under the proposed leg
islation.
I'VE contend concludes the minority.
"the vice of our existing legislation is that
almost all the burdens OF the federal gov
ernment are imposed upon consumption
rather than upon. production. For federal
purposes the people are taxed for what they
want and not for what they have. and a
false system OF taxation has thus been
inaugurated which had practically made a
per capita distribution of the burdens in
stead of a distribution in some degree pro-
portionate to the wealth which is pro-
tected."
VIII support Majority Report.
The republican house caucus on the
war revenue reduction bill decided
Monday night by a large majority to
stand by the bill as now drawn ana
reported by the ways and means COM
mittee. There were about hundred
members present, and the vote to sup
port the bill as now framed stood
6S ayes to 30 noes. The resolution
finally adopted was offered by Rep
resentative Hepburn, of Iowa, and
was as follows:
Resolved, That the recommendations
made by the committee on ways and means
in house bill No. 1884 are judicious and
merit the approval of this conference, and
we recommend that all republican members
of the house be urged to vote against all
amendments and for the passage of the