Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-05-23
HOUSE REMOVES
STUMBLING BLOCK
FROM TAX BILL
ADOPTS NEW PROPOSAL ON IN.
CREASING SECOND CLASS
POSTAGE CHAkGEs.
CONSIDERATION COMPLETE
Letter Postage Made Gents Except
Tor Local Deliyery-tinal
vote On Revenue Budget
Comes To-day.

ny Associated Fress
WASHINGTON. May -g sitting
until after midnight. the house to-
uicht vi.tually completed considcra-
tion Of the $l.N0o.OJO,oUO war re-
venue Dill hy adopting laN TO a.
new proposal from the ways and
means committee Tor n reasing sec
end class mail rates under a zone
system
A few unfinished sections. iuclud-
iu- the proposed tax on advertising
viii be voted ON tomorrow before
final passage 9t the bill Re-drafting
of the bin IN the senate Is expected
and the measure as 1t ultimately goes
90 the president Will De- perfected In
conference.
The house then adiou ned until
tomorrow
Attention ccntcrcd throughout the
evening upon the proposed advance
an second class mail rates. against
which Republi 'an Leader Mann and
others Wagcd "a vigorous fight AS a
substitute for the original section IN
the bin. the wlvs and means commit
tee In the afternoon had brought iu
new plan ot progressive increases
based upon the present parcel pos,
zones. unde- which the highest rate
ultimately would be- six cents a
pound
Tu Debate Three Hours.
Nearly all 1i the contested sections
had been CONNECTED when the second
class mail proposa' was taken az UNI
der an agreement that Il should bee
debated three hours.
The tariff section. adding ten per
cent 20 an duties now imposed anu
taxing nearly an articles now ON the
free list 10 per cent. wa retained al
ter Representative LcnToot nf Was
cousin nad 50 Ned msGrccssMlly to
eliminate the increase on sugar
An amendment was written into
the clause ga the postal section add
ur one cent 90 all first class mail
charges Co provide that th, rate 900
letters for local delivery remain al
two cents
Following is the schedule of second
class mail matter rlarres o. adopted
schedule = Postage Changes.
Effective luly First zone. one
and one sixth cents per pound see
onI and third zones one and one
third ceu's i.IrtU and 'ifiA zones
one and w1-tbr-ds cents sixth zone
w.. cents seventh zone two and
ou, third cents. aud eighth youe. tH,
and tuolhird cents
Effective November First zone
oup aud 0uc.Jnird cents. second and
third loues ono aud two-tairds cents
unu and ufl zones. tWo and one
tuIu cents. sixth youo. three cents
seventh zone. aud two.thrds cent
aad ..Hfu zone lour and uu'.'u'ra
cent.
Effective u.roh + laud tH,rolfle.
T.. wue. ono aud oue.half cents
second aud third zones. $50 cents
fourth au0 uIh zones three cent
sI,f. ruue four cents. seventh z0ue
U.. rur. 900 eighth zone. H,
cents
Other Ta,c- Intact.
Sections of IUs tlI completed In
,.... t.. fa. previously agreed Cd
,. ...H,. Eres profits inherit
ar beverages. cigars aud tobacco
p.... utilities. insurance. mauYa
H... .r...m.uts aul club dues. au.
t.r .4- stamp iatr.
H....auur Mann appealed u
Che house tn eliminate tbr entire ,c.
,.H .s.. .tIl ecfiou from the bil'
W. spend every year iU tu'
Irt.. states he tii hundreds Dol
millions 0. dollars iu primary eduC
t0r ar" erry large amount iu ca.
f.u .Turlr0I for .te Youths Hu
fHa great educational force Of th'
country s Boo che nowsplper au'
Iala u.a
DO RII Ira mistake 90 lay a bur
don nr 'Ha new papers We an kno,
g.. inception af tho second cias mai
r-#.rr, Hs- so educational pus
pose
tr amendment hy Reprosou,auv
Moan. ~ Pom ae.rarIs 20 PM q Na
-,,. .. fu. ...fs O. pound ou ali se.
and class ua- 10 was rejected. lS
90 sH.