The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-17
THE BILL PASSED.
The Revenue Measure Goes TO the SEM
ate.

lttFGbut measure 0ota ~ thE syn
ate.
Washington, December 10 The Houss
today passed the war revenue reduction
bill with Instructions 10 report back a
measure reducing the revenue at least
$40 900 600, and including provision for
an income tax SO drawn as TO escape an
adverse decision Of tbs Supreme Court.
The motion failed ISL to los Thereupon
the Dill was passed without the concur.
rencs of the minority, who refrained from
voting.
The amendment placed in the bill yes.
terdAy to tax express receipts was defeat
ed on an aye and nay vote In the House,
Is5 to l39 The pension appropriation bill
carrying sI45, 1920. was passed in ex-
actly ID minutes.
The days proceedings began with the
swearing In of Robert W. Wilcox, the
delegate from Hawaii.
The consideration OF the war revenue
reduction bill was then resumed.
MIR. Underwood of Alabama moved to
reduce the amount of property under the
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Mr.. Payne of New York, In charge Of
the bill. said that personally he thought
tina inheritanee tax should not have
gone in sthe original act, as the states
generally, and especially the eastern
tates, levied heavy inheritance taxes.
But If 1t was to remain be was onDosed
to reducing the exemption to 1900.
Lot To
DIR. Powers of Vermont offered an
amendment providing that the inheri-
tanoe tax should not be levied to the
estates of persons who died prior to June
IL, 1896. He said the amendment should
be adopted to clear up and to prevent
false construction of the present law.
The amendments was adopted so to As
MIR. NewIahds of Nevada offered mod
itlcation Of the amendment he presented
yesterday to tax industrial corporations
whoss gross receipts exceeded 5000. 900 one
twentieth OF one psr cent, on such re-
csints and requiring such corporations
TO iIls complete statements as to their re-
ceirts, taxes, wages paid, etc. His pur-
poss. he said, WAS to reach the great ag-
gregatlUns Of wealth.
1.-The report of the purpose OF this
amendment is TO apply an inquisition to
corporations, is 1t nots" demanded Mr..
Pearin of Missouri.
Its purpose" replied Mr.. Newlauds,
sis both TO raise revenue and secure in
formation upon which to base regulativs
legislation.
''Has the gentleman changed his mind
since ne signed the report saying the
pending bill would raise too much rev.
enue." aaked MIR. Payne.
My objection to pending BILL" re-
sponded Mir. Nswlands, is two fold. 1t
raises too much revenue and it does not
raise 1t from the proper sources"
MIR. Grosvenor of Chic opposed the
amendment.
The amendment was lost 20 to los.
MIR. Fitzgerald of Massachusetts moved
to strike out the tax OF 10 cents per
pound on tea. He characterized the tax
as unjustl and extortionate and appealed
to the members to support the amend
ment in the interest of the breakfast
table, and not the ''five o clock tea. !" 8
The amendment was defeated so to IS.
After the bill had been read, MIR. Levy
OF New YORK offered as a substitute for
the bill a bill fixing the tax on beer a
81 so per barrel, six cents upon tobacco
and snuff, and repeating ali the other
sections of the war revenue act.
The substitute was defeated without
division.
After the bill had been reportsd TO the
House, Mr.. Payne demanded separate
vote on the Smith amendment, placing
tax of one cent on each express pack
age. Mr.. Underwood of Alabama de-
manded separate vote on the Powers
tax amendment which spscifj-
caily exempted the estates OF persons
who died prior to June Is, 1893
On an aye aud no vote. the House re-
yersed its action OF yesterday and defeat
ed the Smith express receiuts tax, l.5 to
1850.
The Powers amendment was adoptsd
81 to So
MIR. Richardson of Tennessee ON behalf
of the minority, then moved 10 RECON-
NIT the bill with instructions ito forth
with report bill reducing the revenues
under the wsr revenue act ut least the
sum OF $40. 600, O00-tas taxes remaining
to be apportioned as to more equally ami