The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-14
Big REVENUE BILL PASSES
ADMINISTRATION MEASURE DE-
SIGNED TO RAISE $2os, ,ooo, 900
ANNUALLY.
Taxes lnheritances and War Mum.
tions, Creates Tariff Commission,
Puts Protective Duty on Dyestuff.-
Vote in Senate Was az to is.

"'o TTotect'Ve DUTY on DyeSfuH.-
| Vote In Senate Was az to Is.
Washington. = The Administration
revenue bill. designed to raise $685.
Oo0,000 annually from taxes on inheri-
tances and war munitions and from
increases in the income tax, creating
tariff commission; establishing q
protective tariff OH dyestuffs; provid-
ing for protection of American firms
from dumping" at the end Of the war
and giving the President authority to
take drastic retaliatory steps against
Allied interference with American
trade, was passed by the Senate. The
vote was AZ to 16 Five Republican
Senators, Cummings, Kenyon, LaFol-
le'te, Norris and Clapp voted for the
bill.
Fights Tariff Commission.
The Senate was in session until
after midnight. 1t practically had
completed the bill earlier but toward
midnight Senator Underwood moved
to strike out the section which would
| create a tariff commission and began
last fight against this provision
which already had been agred to.
BY vote of IS to the Senate re-
Jected Senator Underwood's motion,
thus retaining the tariff commission
section OF the bill. Senators who
voted to eliminate it were Bankhead,
| Hardwick. Shields. Underwood and
! Vardaman.
motion by Senator Penrose to
send the bill back to the Finance
Committee with instructions that it
report measure 20 raise revenues by
a protective tariff and with special
provisions for industrial defense was
rejected by a vote Of 80 to 81. SEN
ator LaFollette was the only Repub-
lican to vote no.
TO increase Government revenue
the bill provides for doubling the
normal tax and increasing the sur
taxes on incomes; an inheritance tax;
a net profit tax on manufacturers of
munitions Of war, a license tax on
stock Of corporations capitalized at
more than 100000; excise tax on
beer, wines and liquors and miscel.
laneous stamp taxes.
The bill also creates a United States
tariff commission Of six members
whose salaries shall be $500 a year
despite an effort made to increase
item to 100000; provides for increas-
ed tariff duties on dyestuffs to en-
courage their manufacture in this
country and makes provision to safe
made goods after the European war
into American markets.
Webb's Bill at Issue.
Drastic amendments to the bill
striking at the Allied blacklisting of
American merchants, discrimination
against American commerce, interfer.
ence with American mails and EN-.
bargoes on American trade were in
corporated in the bill to arm the
President with retaliatory weapons.
These amendments have created con-
sternation among diplomatic repres-
entatives Of the Allied Powers in
Washington who assert that If finally
enacted as now seems certain, they
would constitute q non-intercouse act.
When Senator Lewis Of Illinois,
submitted the bill as an amendment
he was promptly assured by Senator
LaFollette that 1t would provike pro.
longed discussion. If pressed Sena.
tor Lewis thereupon withdrew the
amendment. announcing that it would
be pressed as a separate measure,
having already passed the house early
in the December session.
Retaliation Against Britain.
Amendments designed to provide
means Of retaliation against Great
Britain for embargoes on American
goods, the trade blacklist and inter.
ference with the mails, were agreed
to without roll calls and were unop-
posed In debate
The bill creates tariff commits
sion, recommended by President Will
son to consist Of elk members, not
more than three Of whom shall be of
one political party, the first members
to be appointed for terms Of 2, 4, 6,
10 and IL years, respectively, to be
] designated by the President. !,