The sun., 1917-09-04
LA FOLLETTE'S
WAR TAX PLANS
ARE DEFEATED
Senate Rejects 20 Per Cent.
Levy So, to 20 and IS Per
Cent. So to II.
BORAH'S SPEECH FAILS
Final Vote on Schedule Takes
Place TO-morrOw-Debate
Is Bitter.
BORAH'S SPEECH FAILS
Spectal DespatcA TO THs son.

WASHINGTON, sept. 3-The senate |
radicals vainly battered to-day at the
defences of the conservative Finance
Committee to effect amendments to the
war profits schedule Of the revenue bill
whereby the "conscription of wealth"
would be made greater.
Twice the debate led up to a record
vote. once on the proposal to increase
the levy to a nat 10 per cent. OF war
profits. and again on the second La Fol-
lette amendment which have set wealth
conscription'' at 66 per cent.
The first vote was taken at the con-
clusion OF Senator La Follette's appeal
for support Of the principles he and
his associates Of the radica! group have
urged and resulted in defeat by 20 to So.
The second vote followed Senator
Borah's speech, one OF the most eloquent
delivered in the Senate in the course
of the war and again the conservatives
stood firm and defeated the radicals by
II to So
La FolIette's Backer..
The twenty Senators who supported
the amendment placing the tax at 20
per cent. were:
RepublcAns--Borah. Brady, Gronna,
Johnson (CaliforniaD. Jones Washing
tom. Kenyon. La Toilette. McNary and
Norris-9.
Democrats - Ashurst. Gore. Hollis,
Husting. johnson tSouth Dakota). King.
Kirby. Mckellar. Thompson, Trammell
and Vardaman-ll.
The roll call on the second amend
ment was identical with that Of the first
in 50 far as the minority was concerned
except that it was taken ct the close
Of the session and Senators Ashurst and
Gore, Democrats, and Brady, Republi-
can. had left the chamber,
The two defeats are accepted in Sena-
torial circles as assuring the success Of
the Finance Committees programme.
This IL particularly true in view Of the
, absence of conviction which Senator Bo-
| rah's speech carried and the fact that
even after this supreme effort Of tine
Idaho leader not vote was changed.
AS predicted In The Sun OF to-day, the
cry stallization OF the conservative
strength apparently has been accom-
plished.
The alignment Is practically fxsd and
/ the committees amended provision fix-
/ ing the war profits rate upon grad
uated scale with its maximum at 90 per
cent. and its average at between 81 per
cent. and 80 per cent. OF the excess
pronts oi corporations, nrns ana ihdi-
viduais WIN an est,nated levy OF
si.oeo'ooo.oo"' IN addition 10 eHisting
revenues from the same source hNihs
the tax on industry at approximately
Si'-'''''0'V''' VI
Radicals Gain Three Votes.
The gain on the first vote to-day over
the minority OF seventeen which re-
spohded 10 senator hiram Johnsons '3
per cent. amendment winch was de-
teated on SATURDAY came tnrough the
change from mo 10 aye or senators
tlns or l'an. Mchelar OF tennessee
ana lranifnei OF F'or'oa-ai Demo-
A.. -, o., ,.
At the opening OF to-days session
oe"aso' ,.. La , "eu n.S a'.sek
the substitute for the committees orig
", .naa, .hn novornn,sn, Nv, ,nas,irs ~ -
values NJ good viii frnncbises trade
,norSs and In This wav reduce tbs
a,no,,nt ~ their nronts and consequently
lower the amount OF taxes they would
nav He said.
"J.nder the original bill the Steel
c-orporat,on would have to nav SO.
7es ono ON its war profits according 70
tho claim OF the chairman OF the
Finance Committee, but | find from
estimates furnished me by the exner:s
~ tive Finance Committee that III.
Tni,sd states Steal Corporation viii,
haxa =, nav only $40 e04 900 both under
,hs original bill and the substitute pro
vision
"It 10 nronosed tn take the live. of
o,r ho,.s ,bs heads of our families and
~ % 49, .oria hoya cot hut Iaaya ,ho
r,ora,, mo orinS corporations their nrof,ts
tal,ir1 only 10 per cent. and leayina
.Ss 90 ~, cant ~ their blood nront,
70 ,h.,r rorma, naace nroe;r a nd
80 ,,taI ur;rna,red"
'"1m ,sa S,r,m,nr. rer,i.d hrsar,rs
=" Eo,i.,ta.. d,sco,rse u,th ,hs
nv 40
a,N s.,.,or ,.,r .o .,.r,
.",n,, ~ ~. Sana,.or
'"efo "'"
vruu,.x 7. Ressnted.
3
[ II will not yle!d 20 any man VINO I'M
, pugns my motives yelled senator Ii
Toilette. such an action as that o.
the Senator is violation OF the rule
Of the Senate"
Senator Johnson, California, asked 1
tho steel corporation Is 10 pay SDg,