The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
HOUSE IN FAVOR DE RE-ENAGTINC
 MERC NCY TAX
Leader Kftehin Stirs Demo crats With His Wonder
 ful Oratory.
EXTENDED DEBATE
 PRECEDES BALLOT
Party Politics by G.. o. P. Members Stifs Lone
 Socialists.

Washington, Dee 17----AfEer a day ef partisan oratory and campaign speeches, which. revived memories of ta.rin abattIes of former years, the House last evening passed resolu- tion extending for one year the War Revenue Bfll.s which was to expire. on Dec 31-s The vote was 2o5 to 1Se-
 The test vote came onsthe motion of Representative James R. Mann, the Republican floor leader. to recommit the bill, and on this roll call five Dem ncrats deserted their party and voted with the Republicans They were Representatiy sCaI1asvay of Texas, Bhchanan of HI Iinoiss " ingo of Ar kansas. and Keating and I4iIliard of Colorado. The motion to recomnit was lost by a marrow majority, the vote being 2O5 to 197- The same five Democrats voted against passage
 MT. Mann offered various motions to shorten the4period of extension. sug- gesting three, -four. and six months The roll call on the nqtions to re- commit was had on the proposal to direct the Ways and Means Commit tee to bring back the bill with a. pro vision that it expire on April 30, 1916, insteah of Dee 31, 1916.
 The final vote was preceded by loud. Republican denunciation of the taxa fion snaasMre and #Democratic pleas that the 4egislat16n was necessary bet cause oksskfe European war. The Un- dsrwood tariff law was held to be re- snonsibIe by the Republi licaPnFs, ga
 Idkc d narin Debate | 5 All of the stock tariff arguments were dragged out by the two warning sides Republican orators pictured an empty treasury linderpaid labor, idle factories, a nation weighted down by faxatfon and the dumping of foreign goods on American shores without EFfe payment of adequate duties. The 1emocrats in turn assailed the Re publican protective theory, accused the 8Arty of fostering tstarin protected lis1ats.ss and accused the minority of a, lack of patriotism in not supporting 4he extenston resolution Altogether ft was an oratoricaI field day in the House, and the galleries enjoyed every 5Enute of it.
 Representative Claude Kitchin, the Kew Democratic floor leader told the aSuse that without the extension of ff3e war Revenue BfH and the repeal # the free sugar clause of the Under~ wood act there would be As elicit of a$out $s1 oOO,o00 in the treasury at the end Of the fiscal year By extenda ing the War Revenue Bill and retain ing a duty on sugar, he continued, this deficit might be cut to, about s6,0o0,- coo The treasury deficit figures of the Republican orators were much larger.
 we Democrats know, of course, that this bill is unpopular admitted Mr. Kftchin ssVZe know that no tax Is popular in times of peace: A> It is impossible to write bil1 that will ape peal to the Judgment and gain the ap- prova1 of any man, but the country placed tHe government in the hands Of the Democratic party The neees- sftv exists to raise certain amount
 
 we believe we would be unworthy of Che record of the Democrats under fhfs administration and the Demo crats in this Congress if we did not have the courage, and the patriotism Id do the unpopular thing and arrange sufTcient revenues to meet the abso- 1ute necessities of the government Tt is necessary to pass this resolu- N6n before Dec. 31, otherwise we would face the necessity of going to the expense. when we did pass such a bill aereafter of completely reorgan- king bae whole revenue force, and I appeal to every Democrat to vote foz this resolution because 1t IS absolutely esenttaI no matter how unpopular it may be-
 Fordney AssaiIs Democrats.
 Mir Fordney. ranking Republican of the Ways and Means Comnittee, was in excellent form, and attacked the Democrats vigorously.
 t-They are forced to pass this law to cave the United States Treasury from bankruptcy,sy said Adr- F'ordney. way ing his arm toward the majority side. #'ha Michigan Republican ta1rnted the Democrats because they were soon to be forced to repeal the free sugar clause of the Underwood law.
 sIt-qia not because of the war, but becaase ef your tariff bill that you must enact this legislation, = continued MT. Fordney- During the last seven months prior to the war in Europe, @at which time the Underwood tariff was in effect, imports which were made were more than 4100, ,00O.000 greater than in any corresponding months in any previous year in all our history. Customs receipts during that period averaged about $5,00O,0 per month less than under the Payne Tariff act.
 t-F'or the last eight months of this calendar year., up to Nov 1. the for eign imports, notwithstanding the war r.. Europe, exceeded the imports for the same period of time under the Payne law in 1913 by 5000, 900. and yet the customs receipts were ST, ,o0o COG less
 ssThe war in Europe is not to blame for the condition of your treasury. Notwithstanding the fact of the war in Europe the revenues of this gov eminent. based on the ad vaIorem rates of the Payne tarfff law would nave y 13tCGt1s. lO CflAS COAatIy aCI4O0Sn to pay the running expenses of the g0vernment-F Your treasury is in cha otfc condition. The manner of book Keeping has been changed in the treasury, and I say to you that if a national bank were to adopt the man. ner of bookkeeping which has recently been installed in the treasury depart nlenft the banks examiners would have every officer responsible for such a system of bookkeeping sent to jail within "A hours. And justly so To Carry net balance in the treasury the money that is there to redeem out standing warrants and to show it is a net balance is kind of Bookkeeping II never was taught
 Mir. Fordney said that the Demo