Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-24
SENATE DEFEATS
LAFOLLETTEP PLAN
His Amendment Greatly to In
crease Rates in War Tax
Bill Is Rejected.
INCOME FIGHT is NOT OVER
Simmons, in Bitter Onslaught,
Charges Effort to Make
War Unpopular.
INCOME FIGHT is NOT OVEF

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the Senate evidently intends to make
capital bear much of the burden of
the war cost, ii does not intend to
place upon wealth the huge payments
proposed by Senator La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, for to-day 1t rejected the La
Toilette amendments by 5S to 81.
Immediately another attack came
over the top against individual in
comes. Senator Hollis. of New Hamp-
shire, who had votes for the La Fol-
lette amendments submitted a sched-
ule, raising the taxes on incomes about
$100,000,oo0 less than the Wisconsin
man had planned.
The fight on the individual sched-
ules is not over. Some Senator's said
to-day discussion would not be COM
pleted until next week.
When it is finally disposed of, there
will be another battlc-this time on
the war profit schedule. Sentiment in
favor of levying heavy taxes against
these war profits is growing steadily.
The vote upon the La Toilette amend
individual income scale to some s7oo.-
100000. was as follows:
For the amendments: Republicans
formal. Jones Washington. Kenyon.
La Toilette, McNay, Norris, Poindexter,
Townsend-total IL. Democrats: Gore,
Hardwick Hollis. Husting. Kirby. Nc
kellar. Owen. Reed. Trammel, varda-
man--total 10.
Against: D m rats Beckham,
groussard, Culberson. Fletcher. Gerry.
Hitchcock. James, Jones New Mexicu),
Mar
Newlands. Overman. Phelan. Pittman.
Pomerene, Ransdall. Robinson, Sauls-
bury. Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields Sim
mons. Smith tGeorgia). Smith NIary-
land). Smith (South Carolina), Stone,
Swanson. Thompson, wolcott-total 49,
publicans-Brandegee. Calder. Colt.
Curtis, Dillingham;, France. Freling-
huysen. Hale. Harding. Kellogg. Knox
Lodge. McCumber. Nelson. New, Page.
Penrose. Sherman. Smith (Michigan),
Smoot. Sterling, Sutherland. Wads-
worth. Watson. weeks-total %. Total
against-5S.
The chairman Of the Senate Finance
Committee. Simmons. OF North Caro-
lima began an onslaught against the
La Toilette amedments early in the
day. He accused La Toilette of OBJ
structive tactics.
There are those who do not believe
III this war" he said. They are not
III sympathy with the government in
its entrance in that struggle. or with
any of its measures.
Il make no personal application. but
l do say that that class of people has
been demanding that we pay all war
expenses by taxation. and that this
year and this generation shall bear
the whole burden. They want to raise
it all now-s1o. 900. 100000 to s12.0oo-
coo. 0.UO0-by taxation.
Il charge no man with wrong. Eut
do charge that in the inspiration OF
that suggestion. when carried to the
extent 1t has by some in this country,
finds its genesis in a desire TO make
the war as unpopular as possible.
IF you want to make this war un-
popular with the people of small and
moderate incomes. and exact from them
an unfair proportion of the expenses
Of the war. you can do it effectively
by adopting the amendment Of the
Senator from Wisconsin. There has
never been written and proposed as
ingenious a scheme to lift the burden
off big incomes and put it on little
incomes"
Simmons said three -fourths of La
Follctte's increases would come from
incomes of less than $4,000, anC the
other fourth from incomes of from
$500 to s50,o00,000
MAKING UNJUST TILL
NOT DEVOTION TO U. s.
The Senator from North Carolina" :"
replied La Toilette. puts under the
ban Of suspicion as to loyalty every
man in the country who does not ac-
cept the majority report. Devotion to
this government is not devotion to the
producers of immense war profits. De-
votion to the cause of the war against
Germany is not making an unjust and
wrongful bill.
The Senator who is so tender for
the rights OF incomes below $4,000
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