The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10
PRESIDENT DOES NOT APP
PROVE OF PROPOSED 'S'
LIST
CIGARETTE TOO.a'
Tax on Cigarettes VIII Add Sew.
eral Millions TO the Amount
Asked By Wilson '
(By Assoclsted Pregs }

N~1SOOsN~SCo
Washington, Sept. 9.-Presidene
Wilson's disapprovai today of the pro-
posal to increase the income tax Us
means of raising revenues tooffset
a treasury deficit due to the Europelfa
war set democratic members of the
ways and means committee to revfs-
ing their plans. They will renew 90
morrow the effort to draft war
revenue bill. The president madSiliis
attitude known at conference with
democratic leaders of congress. .
Preliminary steps also were taken
By democratic senators today TO read
just the pending $5S.000,oO0 rivers ana
harbors appropriation bill. against
which republican senators have cor.
Quoted filibuster on ground thal.it
Is framed on extrayagant lines ana
that the s1oO.oo0.00O war reysnueit,lfi
would not be necessary IL the new
projects proposed In the bill waIs
abandoned. RfEf
Senator'S who champion the Bsai
have asked the war department 70 re-
vised estimates on the ihmadnts abafs-
sutely necessary 20 carry on existing
river and hsrbor works and the Ut
most urgent new projects In antlcl.
patton of pruning the Eli, 90 80, 3
h It was EFssVToSSttesaa EFssVToSS ttesaa sscE..sshs chat coh-
ferencs bstweef repubfiean asnatafs
opposing the bill and Eefncef4tic iepl
ers ha1 heen held ~ which urget 4.
tions were r,ads tor q con roffiiso
psyins ttiiie way ggszz ~ IN Es,rs,,
end removing much senate oppdsitioS
to the war revenue tax.
Democratic rlerfEsfe Of the Ways
means committee conferred IN
formally today. They were not ~
appointed by the presidents disAp-
proyal OF their decision to increbSa
the income tax one half oe one per
cent and TO decrease the exemDts1p. :
The presidents principal objection
was said to. be that Attch,a tx was
not immediately available and there.
fore undesirable. = ~
Chairman Underwood who Eisoilgis
ed the subject with the = pr Sil;I,i Z,
was inclined to agree with ttlis view
and 1t is improbable that an income
tax amendment will be proposed.
rettes probably wilI be added
to the list OF taxable cummodit ties AZ
ready agreed to- such as beer. Wines
and rectified spirits. A plan also 5s
under consideration 10 ss..,Ie d tax On
iie5f. 0ie dollar . BARRE. which wnnid
yield $65, 900 900. That amount, to-
gether with the Sie,ol0,000 from
wines. $4,000. 900 from recttA1ed sp1tlts
probably :5,000,060 from cigarettes,
probable taxes on railroad freight.
gasoline, automobiles. some proprte-
tary articles and soft drinks, 1t Is ee-
timated, would yield ali the yeyenue
necessary, particularly IL It 10 deter
msned not to appropriate all OF the
$53,000,000 proposed Tor river end
harbor work.
Representative ogl-sbys of New
York, In a letter TO the comraittee,
suggested q tag of fifty cents a horse
power on autoiIo s5;;;;S5, net engaged IL
commerce and : sg On gss haiis-
He estimated that $4,000, 900 copla
be realized from the automobile tass.
Official estimates. however. are SSl6f-
000,000 on motor cars.
The proposal to put q general thx
ccnn railroad fraizht iB the main qlteas
tion now before the coliimittee. Tba
r.s,s.l issue said to be whether to mako
mp the necessary balance of revenue
by a tax on freight traffic or By Siif.
fusing the tax among many lines pe
tnsiness A levy on freight. It iBs e.
timated. could produce $40, ,lggsvys
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