The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-08
All Stamp Taxes Are Elm
mated by the Con-
ferees
INCREASE IN
MUNITIONS TAX
Adjournment Tomorrow
Now Seems to Be
the Program

Washington, Sept. elimination OF
all stamp taxes in the emergency rev
enue bill seriously objected TO by the
House. was agreed upon late Wednesday
night by the conference committee,
House conferees yielding in exchange for
this concession their demand Tor restora-
tion of tax on rehners of copper. To
make up for the loss of about S5,000,000
revenue in sacrificing the stamp taxes,
the conferees are expected to agree to a
suggestion of House members that the
net profit tax of manufacturers OF mn-
ntions OF war be increased from 10 TO
l2h per cent.
Bill Now as Originally Drafted.
The sacrifice OF the proposed stamp
taxes gets the revenue bill back in ae-
cord with the original determination OF
the administration leaders and the House
wavs and means committee TO repeal all
OF those provisions in the existing war
revenue law which were generally re.
garded as annoyances by the public. The
proposed stamp taxes, now eliminated,
included bonds, debentures and certlh-
Gates OF stock, agreement to sale, convey
ances, warehouse and customhouse re-
ceipts, foreign steamship tickets and
Pullman car tickets
The proposed license tax on corporate
stock; increases in the duty OF dyestufis;
increases on the income and Inheritance
taxes; and the provisions creating tar
if commission all were approved.
Adjournment Saturday.
Plans of administra ton leaders to ad.
journ Congress last night were aban-
doned. The revenue conference commit.
tee on the emergency revenue bill indi-
Gated that its report would not be ready
before to-day. and adjournment VIII be
delayed until tomorrow.
But the revenue bill is not all that is
delaying adjournment. In the Senate a
filibuster has developed against the pas
sage of the corrupt practices act, and va
rious senators are clamoring for consld .
Grafton of minor bills. The general de.
hciency bill still is being held up IN con-
ference until report on the revenue
measure has been made and IN addition
to these obstacles, leaders of both houses
expect that general debate on the rev
many hours. Senator Kern, the major
itv leader, said after reviewing the sit
ustion that he did not look Tor adjourn
ment before Saturday. Although Sena-
tor Owen is keeping up a fight on the
corrupt practices bill there is a general
understanding among the leaders that
no vote will be taken.
The Owen bill, however, was made the
vehicle for several hours of acrimonious
political debate, Democratic and Repub-
lican senator's INDUCED in personal ex-
changes and RECALLED their fellow senators
with accounts of campaign contributions
and the rewards given some contributors
in the past The vote to take up the bill
was 80 TO "a, nine Republicans voting
with the majority to consider the meas
ure and seven Democrats voting against
it. Senator Owen, it's author cancelled
a speaking engagement yesterday before
the Ohio Democratic convention to re-
main here to fight for its adoption. 1t
probably will be taken up again and the
Oklahoma senator intends to keep it be-
fore the Senate until vote is secured
or, what is more probable, adjournment
is forced by the leaders.