Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-31
LAF0LLE1TE
BLOCKS TAX
VOTE MOVE
Enters Indignant Objection
: To Proposal That Senate
(. Ballot on War Levies
Monday, After Debate.
UNDERWOOD FLAYs
WAR TAX DODGERS

Washington. d. c., Aug. So.-The
long expected senate debate on the
war profits feature Of the war tax btii
finally Is in full swing today following
the disposal of the publishers tax pro-
visions yesterday.
Factions favoring even higher levies
on war profits than the compromise
advances of the finance committee are
preparing to support flat rate of at
least so per cent.
WISCONSIN soLON OBJECTS.
Before Senator Underwood began
his address favoring the finance COM
mittee's draft, Senator Simmons failed
to secure unanimous consent for q
final vote next Monday. Senator Lafol-
lette objected, assailing the cloture
movement and declaring he would OBJ
ject to any effort to close debate un-
til the war profits and income section
were disposed Of.
"It Is preposterous," he declared. IF
debate is to be closed let it be done
by the gag rule"
WILL TRY AGAIN.
In view of Senator Lafollette's atti-
tude, senate leaders lost hope of early
passage without resort to the cloture
rule, but Senator Simmons plans to
make another attempt to reach a
ing the cloture motion.
Taxation Of wealth rather than the
people by consumption taxes was advo-
Gated by Senator Underwood.
II have no patience with the money
Stacker" he said. "The man who
wants special privilege and exemption
from congress Is entitled to con-
tempt"
FOR FAIR TAXATION.
Senator Underwood said he would.
support the committees plan to raise
$2,50o ,0O0. 900 BY taxation.
But l want that levy to be equit-
able" he continued. "A large proper
tion of this war burden must fall on
the wealth of the nation. And great
wealth Is ready to respond to a reason.
able demand"
ADOPT ZONE RATES.
Yesterday the senate struck out the
tax Of per cent on the net profits OF
publishers whose magazines and news
papers are entitled to second class
mail privileges on the ground that the
special tax on publishers was not justi-
fled. Before this action was taken,
however by the vote Of 40 to 35, the
senate adopted Senator McKellar's
establishing zone sys-
tenn for postal rates on second class
mail matter as substitute for the
committee amendment which would
ho ~ r,
cent pound on all second class mail.
The McKellar amendment, 1t was
predicted. would be hard blow to
many magazines. 1t was further
however. so as to exempt
from It's provisions farm or religious
and periodicals..
NEW SECOND CLASS RATES.
The proposed rates on second class
mail matter as adopted by the senate |
today become effective January 1, !
1918, and provide for local, first. sec.
ond and third zones (under 900 miles,"
q rate Of one cent per pound, and an |
Increase of one cent pound up to six |
cents for the eighth zone. 1t provides !
further, that "free.in-country circula.
ton" shall continue as at present; and |
that the postmaster general may here
after require publisher to separate
or make up" to zones all second class
matter offered for mailing.
HOUSE MEASURES DELAYED.
Republican opposition to administra-
ton plans for quick passage of the
new war bond and certificate bill and |
the soldiers and sailors insurance bill |
forced q house agreement today |
which will delay q vote on them until
late next week.
The bond bill will not be consid- |
cred before Tuesday and the insur-
ance bill will follow probably Friday |
FOOD BOSS TO SELL