The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

For a period of nine months of this year there has been an increased ex- portation of $765, 100000 worth of war materials and a falling off ESQ., OOO,0 1000 in that time of the ordinary l exports. And yet you boast of that ungodly gain made by the people of this country in producing something to place in the hands of one man in l Europe, to take the Ii ifeSof another It is depIorabTe profit a,e a,edepIorable balance of trade; and Vet your party boasts of it." | McAdoo's ssWorlz of Ffctfon.'' 1 Mr Green, 1Rep0, Of Iowa, describ- ed Secretary McAdoots figures regard | ing the condition of the treasury as ''one of the Inost,interesttng of the re- 1 cent works of fiction.'' We have had many distfng guished secretaries, but never one before who could change a liability into an assetssss said MT. Green. | MT. Hull Tennessee Democrat accused stf1e Republicans sof lack of patriotism in their stand-pat attitude against a tax made necessary by a war.
 Nicholas Longworth of Ohio assert l ed that the DenOcratic tax was bur densome and oppressive and imposed on objects never before taxed except in war tnes.,.s The treasury state ments of today, she said. revealed 9 new method of padding to make scrawfy balances look plump and l rosy.d After an analysis Of Secretary McAdoo's new bookkeeping system MT. Longworth said tsThere Is but $20, ,0OO,Oo0 in the treasury now and it will disappear rseon. ''l | MT. John, tRep.), of Washington, amused the House by saying that his lconstitue ents were licking, about hay ing to pay stamp taxes on mortgages which had come under the Bemor cratic Administration, while ex- Speaker Cannon delivered a charac- Iteristic speech protesting against l tsDemocratic extravagance and taxa l tion.'s | l MT Monden, a wyoming lRepub1i-. cam drew a sombre picture of Uncle l sam standing begging pennies at "a taxation booth and taking to11sof little chi1dren and sweet girl graduates through a. tax on chewing gum
 While the people are weightd down with Democratic taxes'' he shouted, the yawnings vaults Of an empty treasury stand ready to receive the hard-earned money wrung from a suffering people.
 I In his closing speech MT. aKitchin defended the treasury bookkeeping system, asserting that Secretary Me Adoo had made an honest, frank statement Of the finances
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 cans shouted MT. Kitchin, asshe took long strides up and down the aisies is that these taxes are going direct into the treasury. Where they belong l A Republican hates to see anything go into the treasury, where taxes ! honestly should be. He had rather put these taxes. into the pockets of
 the tarif-protected ,barons'' sA
 MT. Fordney,s closing prediction ! was: l in the campaign next year. the
 Republicans will have you Democrats l sqnirming and running like a crowd I of grasshoppers before road roll Kitchin Arouses the House
 MT. Kitchin spoke for nearly an \ hour, and was criticised by the rnin- J ority leader for not addressing him
 self to the subject matter of the .reso-
 lution: The majority leader delfver- l ed a campafgn argument on tariff I questions in general. and his pfatory delighted the Democrats. some ot
 whom interrupted at dimes with the
 rebel yell The energetic and fiery MT. Kitchin presented an entirely diff Esferent picture than that of the for
 rnerl majority leader. MT. Underwood of Alabama, who was noted for his deliberate differences.
 l When MT. Kitchin referred to MT
 Fsordney as sI8rether Fordneys and I to Mr. Cannon as sOld Uncle Joe, 2 he
 was called to order by MT. ManI1ss and I admonished by the Chair to observe the rules requiring reference to a
 colleague in the parIiamentary form
 of .sthe gentleman from Michigan
 etc.
 The Senate will sit today for the
 special purpose Of receiving the War
 Tax bill from the House and expedit- ing it's final enactment The Commit I tee on Finance sTneothed the road for
 the bill today by instructing MT
 Simmons of North Carolina to report
 the bill fayorably as soon as it was I received Republican members so1
 the committee tried to have the dura- El ton of the tax limited to June 3 the Il end of the present fiscal year, and ar amendment toe that effect. probably
 will be offered on the floor of the
 Senate when, the ebi1I comes up fol discussion.
 Representative Meyer London o1 Il New York, the only Socialist member
 of the House. made a brief speech ed the sincerity of the Rep1u bIicans 1T opposing the bill. MT. London sai6
 that both of the old parties were
 wrong in their taxation theories and I he gave notice that he. would speal
 later upon the Socialist theorysof tax
 -ation.
 q have listened with impatience tt
 the Republican speeches here today
 commented Mr. London. It seems tt
 me they never. advance any new idea.
 or learn anything ''
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