Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-26
EVERY REPUBLICAN LINES UP IN
OPPOSITION TO NEW TAX y
BILL.
ELEVEN DEMOCRATS AND
ONE PROGRESSIVE. OPPOSE
Hobson and Other Democrats De-
nounce Party For Not Including Tax
on Whisky-senate May Add Alco-
hoI to List Of Articles to Pay Added
Revenue.

Washing ton, Sept 26.--By vote OF
ga to 1875 the house last evening
passed the war tax measure approved
by President Wilson. OF the 1875 votes
cast against the measure. eleven " ere
by democrats and one by progressive.
The only progressive in the house TO
approve il was representative Copies
OF Illinois. No republicans voted for
the bill For the first time in the pres
ent congress the republicans managed
to make clean party record Oh mea-
sure introduced and favored by the
democrats Also for the first time In
this congress the pro2ressiyes and re-
publicans. with the exec. on of one
member. reunited III opposition to the
democrats
Additional Taxes imposed.
The bill would impose an additional
tax OF 30 cents a barrel on beer. Two
cents a gallon on sasolene, 20 cents d
gallon on sweet wines and II cents on
dry wines. stamp taxes on railway and
steamboat tickets, brokers contracts.
insurance policies. mortgages, tele-
grams and telephones and special taxes
upon theaters. brokers. bankers, to-
hacco dealers and others.
The republicans turned their attacks
on the war tax to Il defense of the i'm
quitous PAYNE Aldrich" tariff law a
revenue producer. They declared that
the Underwood simmons tariff law is
a failure as Il revenue Setier and That
had the democrats listened To them
and left the Payne Aldrian law on the
statutes there would he no necessity
Tor war tax now.
Mr. |oopley answered this argumen..
Il am a l,rotectionist." he said from
the bottom o. my feet to the top ~
m. head. but there has never been in
he history OF this house or any other
tariff law which would produce
enough revenue 10 meet the needs of
nation as large as the United States
during a war "a comprehensive as the
present one in Europe.
Calls II Good Business"
While / do not agree with all fea.
lures of the bin on the whole II is a
good one. II can be and probably will
be lmproN ny the senate. But II IL
should fail to pass there. ! know from
my own experience in business that
within three months there will be need
for this country to increase it's reve-
nues. 1t is better TO provide for that
need now than To wait until it is press
ing DELAY would only mean "A more
drastic measure. More than that, de-
lay would be ex ceeainely bad govern
ment business. The passage OF this
hill today is nothing more nor less
than good business.
Minority Leader Mann Of Chicago
,nad de the principal speech OF the da.'
IN opposition TO the war tax. He con-
demned the democrats vigorously.
Congressman Hobson OF Alabama.
one OF the democrats who voted
against il. denounced the house com
mittee for not including tax on
whisky. Hobson declared during the
course OF his remarks that whisky is
'protoplasm poison which should be
taxed clear out of existence, If not
driven out otherwise.
Senate to Add Whisky?
His desire is likely to be granted b..
the senate The finance committee Of
the senate met today to consider the
measure. knowing that 1t would pass
the house without amendment AL
ready some changes have been agreed
to tentatively. 1t is probable that the
tax on bank stock and surplus will go
out A tax on whisky will likely go in.
'rhe tax on gasolene may be changed
to tax on automobiles. Some of the
stamp taxes may be eliminated.
Notwithstanding the reduction of
expenditures by the defeat Of the river
and harbor pork barrel" and the or
ders issued BY the president for econ
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