Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-09-06
Measure Imposes Heavier Taxes on Incomes and
 Inheritances.
STRIKES AT THE
 ENTENTE POWERS
President Is Given Power to Take Drastic Action in Retaliation for Interference with COn-
 mcrce aud Mail.

Washington, Sept. 5-The admin istration emergency revenue bill, de- signed to raise ,000,000 annually from taxes on inheritances and war munitions, and from increases in the income taxes, creating tariff com mission, establishing q protective tariff ,on dyestuff, providing for pro- lection of American firms from, dumping" at the end of the Euro pean war, and giving the president authority to take drastic retaliatory step against interference by the en- tente allies with American trade, was passed late today by the senate. The vote was 42 to 16. Five Republi- can senators-Cummins, Kenyon, La Toilette, Norris and Clapp-voted for the bill.
 Eliminating the usual formalities in order to insure adjournment of congress by Thursday at the latest, the senate rushed the measure, the last of the administrators legis- lative program, immediately to con- ference. The senate conferees ap- pointed were: Simmons, Williams, Hoke Smith, Hughes, Penrose, Shoot and McCumber. The house will ap- point conferees tomorrow.
 Senator Underwood made motion to strike out that section of the bill providing for tariff commission, , vote of 55 to 5, Senators Bankhead, Harwwick, Shields and Vardaman voting with Senator Underwood The bill provides for doubling the normal tax and increasing the sur tax on incomes and inheritances, a net profit tax on manufactures of munitions of war, license tax on stocks of corporations capitalized at morethan $99,000 tax on beer, wines and liquors, and miscellaneous stamp taxes. The bill fixes the com pensation of the six members of the tariff commission at $7,5O0 year each.
 Passage of the bill and adjournment of congress for time was threaten ed by an attempt to attach to the measure the Webb bill, desiredby the president, permitting American firms to establish collecting selling agen cies abroad. When Senator Lewis submitted the bill as an amendment, he was promptly warned by Senator LaFollette that it would provoke prolonged debate if passed. Sena- tor Lewis thereupon withdrew the amendment, announcing it would be pressed as separate measure, hay ing already passed the house, early in the December session.
 Uncle Sam Hitting Back.
 Until the retaliatory amendments become law with the presidents sig 1 nature, the allies technically havc> nothing to protest about, but there are assurances that representations will be made if the amendments stay in the bill.
 The bin authorizes the president during a war in which the United States is not engaged to withhold clearnce from all vessels which dis criminate against American shippers; to withhold privileges from ships of such nations as withhold privileges accorded to other nations from Am erican ships, and to use the army and navy if necessary, to prevent de- parture of offending vessels from. United States ports.
 An amendment of Senator Phelan of California was adopted authoriz- , in gthe president, by proclamation, to deny the use of the mails, express, I telegraph, wireless or cable facili- ties to citizens of nations which do not accord to Americans all facilities of commerce, "including the unhamp- cred traffic in the mailes."
 This amendment, it was declared, was aimed particularly at British in reference with American mails.