Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-10
President Opposes
 Higher Income Tax
DEMOCRATS OF COMMITTEE RE.
 vIsINe THEIR PLANS
NOT QUICKLY AVAILABLE
Committee Will Today Renew the Ef- fort to Draft War Revenue BiII- Rivers and Harhors Appropriations May Be Pruned.

Washington, Sept 9.-President Wilson's sdisapproval today of the proposal to increase the income tax as means of raising revenue to off set treasury deficit due to the Eu- ropean war set democratic members Of the ways and means committee to revising their plans. They will re- new tomorrow the effort to draft a war revenue bill. The president made his attitude known at a conference with Democratic leaders in congress Preliminary steps also were taken by democratic senators today to re- adjust the pending S53, ,000, 900 rivers and harbors appropriation bill. against which republican senators have con- ducted a filibuster on the ground that it is framed on extravagant lines and | that the $100.0e0.000 war revenue bill
 would not be necessary if the new | projects proposed in the bill were abandoned. Senators Burton. Kenyon, | Galligher, Borah and others have in | sisted that the bill in it's present form should not be passed, particularly in view of the financial emergency now | presented.
 | Senators who champion the bill have | asked the war department for revised I estimates on the amounts absolutely necessary to carry on existing river | and harbor works and the most urgent
 new projects :l anticipation of pruning the bill.
 Revised Estimates on Rivers and Har- l bors.
 We have asked for revised esti- | mates," said Senator Simmons who is
 In charge of the bill, that we may | have some basis for readjusting the I bill in view of the present financial | situation. We cannot tell what the I VI be until we hear from the
 engineers.
 It was reported tonight that con-
 fere nee between republican senators l opposinE the bill and democratic leaders had been held at which sug- | sestions were made for a compromise paving the way for early adjournment
 and removing much senate opposi-
 tion to the war revenue tax Il psmoerats Not Disappointed. members of.-the ways
 and means committee conferred in-
 formally today. They were not all disappointed by the presidents dis approval of their decision to increase Il the. income tax one half of one per cent and to decrease the exemptions.
 The presidents principal objection was said to be that such tax was not im- II mediately available and ther refore un- desirable r II Chairman Underwood, who, discussed the subject with the president, was
 inclined to agree with this view and
 it is improbable that an income tax ! dInenOIlenI VIII pS pIObooCh-
 Cigarettes to be Added to List. Cigarettes probably will be added
 to the list of taxable commodities al-
 ready agreed to, such as beer, wines | and rectified spirits. A plan also Is under consideration to make tax on beer one dollar which would yield s65. 900. 900. The amount together with S10,000,000 from wines $2.000,000 from
 rectifieds spirits, probably S5.000,00o
 from cigarettes, probable taxes on railroad freight, gasolene, automobiles, some propriety articles and soft drinks |, it is estimated, would yield all the revenue necessary particularly if 1t Is
 determined not to appropriate all of the s53, 1000. 900 proposed for river and harbor work. Autos and Gold Balls. Representative Oglesby of New
 v~-r- in a letter to the committee sug-
 gested a tax of fifty cents a. horse . puw CT on automobiles, not engaged in commerce and tax on gold balls. He
 estimated that $25,000 900 could be realized from the automobile tax
 Oficial estimates however, are for | S15, ,000,0 900 on motor cars
 ,I Railroad Freight Considered. z The proposal to put general tax on railroad freight is the main ques- tion now before the committee The
 real issue is said to be whether to make up the necessary balance of revenue by a tax on freight trafhc or by diffusing the tax among many | lines of business. 4 levy on freight 1t is estimated could easily produce
 s4o.000,o00 revenue but there IS cons | siderable opposition in both houses
 The question will be decided tomor- row.