Arizona republican., 1916-09-07
REVENUE BILL PREVENTS AN
 ADJOURNMENT
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


 WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Elimina- tion of all stamp taxes in the emergen- cy revenue bill, seriously objected to by the house, was agreed upon late to- night by the conference committed house conferees yielding in exchange for this concession their demand for restoration of a tax on refiners of copper.
 To make up for the loss of about 3D. 100000 revenue in sacrificing the stamp taxes the conferees are expected to agree to a suggestion of house mem bers that the net profit tax of manu- lecturers of munitions of war be in creased from 10 to 121A per cent The conference adjourned shortly af- ter midnight to meet again at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Several important matters were said to be still in dis pute and that all agreements thus far made would be held as tentative. This would include the revision of the stamp taxes and all other sections of the | bill
 It was announced that some of the l house members were considering re- | ferring one or two matters back to the house before the final agreement could be reached. This will be determined when the conferees meet early in the morning
 Members of the committee predicted that full agreement probably would be reached tomorrow.
 Sacrifice of the proposed stamp taxes puts the revenue bill back in ac- cord with the original determination of the administration leaders to repea all of provisions in the existing wal revenue law which were generally re- garded as anoyances by the public The proposed stamp taxes, now elim- mated included bonds, debentures, anC certificates of stock agreements, ware houses and custom house receipts, for eign steamship tickets and pullman cal tickets
 At midnight the conference declared that working ou; details of the re port could not be concluded until som, time tomorrow.
 Amendments empowering the presi dent to retaliate against foreign inter ference of American mails and com merce, it was said, would be retained with probable revision of the Phelal amendment regarding interference with the mails. which had not beei 2 submitted to the state department be fore it's adoption by the senate.
 The proposed license tax on corpo ration stocks; increases in the dut on dyestuffs; increases in the incom and inheritance taxes and the pro visions creating a tariff commission all were approved.
 A continuing appropriation of $500, 900 a year for the tariff commission however was said to have bee stricken out The conference als was reported to have under considera tion changes in the proposed taxes ol wine
 Ire report may not be ready befor Friday, delaying adjournment unt Saturday.
 Senator Simmons, chairman of tn , senate conferees. said he believed a agreement would be reached in tim for presentation to the house tOmOr row soon after it meets at noon. But the revenue bill is not all tha is delaying adjournment. In the sen Q ate, a fillibuster has developed agains the passage of the corrupt practice n act and various senators are clamor . ing for consideration of minor bill y The general deficiency bill is held Il in conference until a report on in Q revenue measure has been had Q Senator Kern, the majority leade said he did not look for adiournmeT s before Saturday.
 Alter an all udy ulSCuSSlOn O1 IT d revenue bill the conferees had nc f completed consideration of amend |, | r1ents to the income tax section. whe t they adjourned for dinner Admir- . strative features of the income ta
 provisions were the stumbling bloc
 They had settled the rates of tax - ton, however, and agreed finally tn;
 the normal tax on incomes should = two per cent and that the sena I amendments increasing the sur tax
 on large incomes should be retained | the bill
 Consideration of the senate amend
 ments empowering the president
 retaliate against British interferen, | with American trade and America
 mails has been discussed informally
 conference There was no dispositiC
 to eliminate any of the provision
 which have aroused diplomatic repr
 sentatives of the allied powers | Washington, but it was stated that ol
 of the amendments might be revise Objection by Representative Fit | Egerald, chairman of the house appr
 priations committee, to the s300,0
 continuing appropriation for the ne
 tariff commission would result
 eliminating this provision. Represen ative Fitzgerald is refusing to part cipate in the conference on the gener deficiency appropriation bill until a sured that the senate has yielded this amendment.