Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-08
PHElAN SECTION
OF REVENUE BILL
IS ELIMINATED
Conference Fears Retaliatory
Clause Directed at Misuse
of Mails Would Affect
Americans Abroad.
HALIBUT AMENDMENT ALSO
Measure to Aid Pacific Coast
Fishermen Might Interfere
Along the Atlantic.
EMBARGO SECTION STANDS

Washington, Sept PLANS for the
adjournment of congress tonight
we're abandoned shortly before 9
o'clock when it was found that il
would take at least twelve hours to
engross the emergency revenue bill
for signing. Leaders in both houses
determined, however, to approve the
conference report on the measure to-
night and adjourn as early as possible
tomorrow.
Washington, Sept. 7.-Conferees on
the revenue emergency bill late today
reached final agreement. An ef-
fort will be made to dispose Of the
measure in the house at night ses-
sion and administration leaders will
seek to hold the senate so that it also
may act and congress adjourn tonight.
As finally agreed upon the bill re-
tains the income and inheritance tax
es, the munitions net profit tax raised
from 10 to l2H per cent, the corpora
ton stock tax of so cents on each
81 900, beer, wine, liquor and theater
taxes. All stamp taxes and tax on
refiners Of copper are eliminated.
The tariff commission is retained
without the continuing appropriation
Of 100000 year and anti-dumping
provisions and increased duties on
dyestuffs remain in the bill.
Amendments giving the the presi-
dent authority to withhold clearance
to vessels of nations which discrimi-
nate against or interfere with Ameri-
can trade and to retaliate on en,-
bargoes against American goods are
retained.
Washington. Sept. 7.-Conferees on
the emergency revenue bill today
struck out the Phclan amendment to
empower the president to retaliatc
against citizens of belligerent nations
which interfere with the United States
mails. The argument which prevailed
in the conference was that II might
work great hardships to Americans
in foreign countries by counter re-
taliation.
The conference also abandoned the
Chamberlain amendment to prohibit
admission to Pacific ocean salmon or
halibut through foreign country, ex-
cept in bond from an American port.
This, it was decided, might develop
a commercial war with Canada and
bring about retaliation against Amer
ican Atlantic coast fisheries.
Adjournment is Delayed.
The conference committee on the
revenue bill had not reported final
agreement on the measure when the
house met, but they were reaching the
stage Of mutual concession, in hope of
getting an agreement some time to-
day.
The delay threatens to postpone
until Saturday. Although
there have been rumors Of eleventh.
hour tangles that might carry the ses-
sion into next week, administration
leaders think that unlikely.
Embargo Sections Stand.
Other senate amendments clothing
the president with rctaliatory power
against interfcrences with American
commerce and embargoes on Ameri-
can goods to foreign nations were
agreed to. They have the sanction Of
the State department, while the Phe-
IAN amendment did not.
The conference then approached
the wine taxes and dyestuff tariff
which became the principal stumbling
blocks. Majority Leader Kitchin
moved to strike out the senate amend
ments increasing the duties on coal
TAR, medicinal derivatives and flavor
ing extracts. There was no fight.
however, on the increases in rates on
and finished dyestuffs.
The conference eliminated the $780,
700 continuing appropriation for the
tariff commission. Three hundred
thousand dollars was retained for 1917,
out as the bill now stands the appro-
oriation for future years was elimi-
mated.
The house managers yielded the
demand for restoration OF the tax on
copper when the senate Gonferees
threw out the stamp taxes.
The income, inheritance and cor
ooration stock taxes as fixed in the
senate bill, were approved.