Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-07
BACKING UP ON
RETALIATION
Conferees on Revenue Bill
Eliminate Two Import
ant Sections.
CITIZENS NOT TO
SUFFER REVENGE
No Power to Be Given President to
RetaIiate Against Subjects Of Foreign
Nations No Prohibition of Fish
Shipments From Canada-Presiden
Moves Office Force to Summer Capt.
tai at Asbury Park, N. J.

Washington, Sept. 7.-Conferees on
the emergency revenue bill today
struck out the Phelan amendment to
empower the president to retaliate
against citizens of belligerent nations
which interfere with United States
mails. The argument which prevailed
in the conference was that it might
work great hardships to Americans in
foreign countries by counter retalia-
tion.
The conferees also abandoned the
Chamberlain amendment to prohibit
admission of Pacific ocean salmon or
halibut thru foreign country except
in bond from an American port. This,
it was decided, might develop COM
mercial war with Canada and bring
about retaliation against American
Atlantic coast fisheries.
Pension Bill Passes Senate.
A bill giving widows Of officers or
enlisted men who served in the civil
war or Mexican war or the war of
-,
20 years, pen: ions of $50 month in
stead of the present Sl2 month
passed the senate. It already has
passed the house.
Widows of veterans dropped from
the rolls because of second marriages
are restored by the bill.
President Wilson signed the shipping
bill today. It authorizes government
organization Of corporation or cor
porations with capitalization of not
more than s5o,oo00oo to buy and lease
ships and put them in trade If they
can not be leased and put in operation
with private capital.
Other Clauses Accepted.
Other senate amendments, clothing
the president with retaliatory power
against interference with American
commerce, and embargoes on American
goods to foreign nations were agree
to. They have the sanction of the
state departInent. while the. Phe1an
amendment did not.
The conferees then approached the
wine taxes and dye stuffs. Majority
Leader Kitchin moved to strike out
the senate amendments increasing the
duties on coal tar medicinal deriva-
tives and f1avoring extracts. There
was no fight, however on the increases
in the rates on intermediate and nm
ished dye stuffs.
The conference eliminated the $780,
900 continuing appropriation for the
tariff commission. Three hundred
1917. but as the bill now stands the
o.
eliminated.
The income, inheritance and corpo-
ration taxes. as fixed in the senate bill.
were approved.
Capitals Changed.
All arrangements were completed to-
day for the transfer o. the executive
offices Of the White House from Wash
ington to Asbury Park, n. j.. tomor-
row. For the first time since Mr.. Will,
son became president complete staff
of secretaries, clerks telegraphers and
other attaches will accompany him on
his vacation.
Altho President Wilson plans to
spend most of his time at Shadow
Lawn he will go to Asbury Park as
often as necessary to visit the execu-
tive offices and attend to public busi-
ness A--suite of rooms has been en-
gagged in modern office building
there.
The president will receive many Of
his political visitors al Shadow Lawn.
and the broad porch from which he
delivered his speech of acceptance is
expected to be the scene of frequent
exceptions to democratic leaders.
Because Of Mr.. Wilson's decision to
make only few political speeches,
his campaign will be Of the front
porch variety. Shadow Lawn is an
estate Of sixty acres of beautiful lawns.
The house Is within walking distance
Of the ocean.
Stamp Taxes Eliminated.
Elimination Of all stamp taxes in
the emergency revenue bill, seriously
objected to by the house was agreed
upon late last night by the conference
committee. house conferees yielding. in
exchange for this concession. their de-
mand for restoration Of a tax on re-
eners Of copper
To make up for the loss Of about
$5,000,000 revenue In sacrificing the
stamp taxes the Nconferees are ex.
pected to agree to a suggestion Of
house members that the net profit tax
of manufacturers Of munitions of war
be Increased from 10 to 12k per cent.
Regarded as Annoyances.
Sacrifice of the proposed stamp
taxes puts the revenue bill back in ac-
cord with the original-determinatio OF
the administration leaders to repeal all
provisions in the existing war revenue
law which were generally regarded as
annoyances by the public. The pro-
posed stamp taxes, now eliminated in
cluded bonds debentures and certif1-
Gates of stock, agreements Of sale, con-
veyances. warehouse and custom house
receipts, toreign steamship tickets and
Pullman car tickets.
British Fear Retaliation Laws.
London. Sept commenting on the
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