The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-12
TO YIELD :: ].
 TO IMPROVED
 WAR TAX BILL
Senate Measure Will Be Ap- proved With Few
 Changes.

Washington, Sept. 12-Consent of the House to send the war tax bill to conference to adjust the differences between the two branches or congress was sought today by Democratic Leader Kitchin Senate conferees al ready have been made.
 Prospects were that the House acouiesce in MT Kitchin's request and that the conferees would start their work late today. Although the Sem ate and House are widely apart on the income, excess profit and second class mail provisions Of the bill, MT. Kitchin said that the outlook for an .agreement soon was bright.
 e Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee, including one member of the Conference Comittee, made no secret of their satisfaction over the Senate bill, and. proposed that conferences on the measure be comparatively short. They pointed out that the elimination of the 1n- creases in the tariff and the break fast tabIe'' taxes was in strict accord : ance with good Democratic >- policy. They were also satisfied with the in. creases in the income tax made py the Senate and with the Senate action in eliminating from the plli several special taxes aimed at ind1- vidualg industries.
 Members of the committee said yes- terday that undoubtedly there would
 he changes in the graduation of the tax on war profits, but they thought that this graduation would not anect materially the revenue to be derived from the Senate plan which approxi-
 mates s1, 900, ,ooo,oo0 a year.
 Chairman Kitchin, who has pro- nounced himself in favor of putting the taxes on those who will pron'
 from the war, is understood to De Tn favor of raising at least $l,0OO,OO0,oou from the war profits tax, but Is ln- clined to favor the House plan or as-
 sessing and collecting this revenue. Members of the House conferenct committee also undoubtedly will 1nsis on their plan of collecting income tax es at the source as opposed to ths i Senate plan, which would obtain in formation only at the source. The, say that the Senate plan would make | possible evasions of the income ta. | law, while the House plan undoubt edly would result in the collection O. a much larger amount of revenue. | It was understood generally tha some sort of compromise would b'
 reached on the postal rate increases
 both on first and second class mai matter. As the Senate bill stands nt increases in rates are called for ol either class of mail, but the first clas
 mail increase was taken out over tn
 opposition of the Senate Finance Com mittee, while it was understood toda,
 that Chairman Simmons moved t. strike out the second class rate in creases to have something to offer a
 a basis of compromise in conference 1 By putting in increases on botl classes of mail the conference com
 mittee will bring the bill up to approx imate.y s2,500, 100000 in revenue which, it Is understood, would satisf,
 for the present the demands of tn Treasury Department in this respect Republican members of the confer ence committee indicated that the, I might attempt to have reinserted il
 the bill the horizontal increase in tar if duties and free list carried i:1 tn House bill. Democratic members, ol
 the other hand, made no secret of tn , fact that they are elated over the eli
 minatic1 sS k$s secsiea es the Hous 1 bill. They we.~ S1s. sz.ss sssszaszsss