Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-22
MAY AGREE on
REDUCTION N
POSTAL BILL
House Committee Votes to
Compromise on Second
Glass Mail.
ONE AND ONE-HALF
CENTS IN ZONE Il
Maximum of . Cents in Eighth Zone.
Consideration Of War Tax ailI Near.
ing End--Amussnsn Section Dsips
considsrsd - Representative Mesrs
Slaps at Bryan and His Easy Mensys
Republicans Fight News Csnseelnss

Washington, May 22.--A compromise
on the proposed second class mali tax
so as to mako It from IN ccnta pc.
pound In the f,rst parcel zono 10
cents In the eighth zone, was agreed
ui =: today by tho house ways and
means committee. Tho ori.inui vii
ixed the minimum rate ut 2 cents.
Consideration OF the war tax LII
was nearing an end In tbs house tr-
day and whiio tho leaders hoped to
reach final vote by tonight th,s
seemed by no means certain.
Tho amusement tax section was TAX
en- up again today. Ono amendment
written into tho bill would put $40
annual tax on theater boxes. II IL
aimed particularly at grand opera box
holders.
No other changes wero made in tho
amusement tax section. All amuae-
ment places Will pay 10 per cent tax
on their cash receipts and oach parson
admitted free must pay cents. A tax
OF cent on each ticket sold child
undar IL years. would be charged. Club
members would pay 10 per cent OF their
dues. Entertainments for the bAnsnt
would be exempt. IN .
Tho war stamp tax section VA con.
sidered 30 ~ to exemps bstil1ine eAd,
loan associations cperNke0 4or the sole
benefit Of their msmberA
Receipts from educational entsftSih-
monts were excluded by the house
from the proposed 10 per cent aInuss.
ment tax. by a vote OF Liz to ], Rep-
resentative Moore OF Pennsylvania.
opposing. He insisted that 1t waA un-
fair that William jennings bryan
should receive from 5000 TO $3.50
night from ''etiucationa! crtestain-
ments" while the government got
nothing from them.
EARLY Action on Food lsalslAtion.
Early senate action on food legisia.
tion depended largely on tho aGrtcul-
tural committees consideration today
OF tho bin providing for survey. res
committed by the senate. and another
measure to stimulate production. n
third bin to regulate food supplies aud
authorizing appointment OF a food ad-
III nistrator was ready for introduction
In the house today and it's considcrl-
ton In tho senate will be delayed.
The senate will have to decide
whether prohibition legislation shall
be considered In connection with tho
food bills by the agriculture commit
too. as Chairman Gore proposes. or by
the finance committee, as a measure
Of revenue.
Republicans In conferences today
voted overwhelmingly to instruct house
confercts II they reported back tho
now wspaper censorship In tho espionage
bin to hold out against IL, The ma
Iority expressed themselves US opposed
to MI censorship provisions,
Frost to 30 Relieved.
Wesley Frost, American consul as
Queenstown, whose official duties have
brought him much IN the public eye
thru his reports OF submarine destruc-
tions, In to be relieved.
In recognition OF tho strain under
which Mr.. Frost has worked for near.
|ly threo ycare, Secretary Lansing hns
decided to bring him to Washington.
where he probably Will be assigned 10
work in tho state department.
His successor has not been selected
but It Is expected IL will bc ethics
Charles NJ. Hathaway: Jr. now at
Hull. or Homer NJ. Byington, ht Leeds.
Consul Frost has gathered and for-
wnrded Information on n majority OF
the shipping outrages which formed
tho basis on which this government
entered the war.