The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-11
DEPOSED WAR HEAD
WITH ARMY MARCHES
TOWARD PETROGRAD
SENATE PASSES
VAR TAX BILL
After Eliminating Consumption Taxes
On Sugar, Tea, Coffee and Cocoa
All Provisions for Taxing
Publishers Also Re-
moved.

Washington, Sept 1.-THE war ta'
bill--the largest single taxation meas
ure in American history-was passed
last night by the Serate. 1t provides
for a levy somewhat under $2,400,000
as compared with 1885,, $4,000 pro
posed in the bill as it passed the House
May %.
The great bill, nearly four months in
the making, was returned to the House
yesterday and then goes to conference
with enactment within ten days or two
weeks probable. Senators Simmons
Penrose and Lodge, Republicans, of the
finance committee were appointed the
Senate's conferees.
Awaiting the Senate in the final strug.
gle over war fiscal policies is the $ll.-
500, 900 credits BILL which passed the
House unanimously and upon which
work will be begun to-day by the Sen
ate finance committee
OF the $2,4U0, 100000 new taxes pro-
vided for the tax bill for the duration
of the war, SS42, 100000 is to be taken
from incomes, corporate and individual
and 81 100000, 900 from war profits.
Most of the remainder is levied on liq-
uor, tobacco and public utilities.
In last nights clean up, the principal
llth hour actions of the Senate were
elimation of all provisions for taxing
publishers and increasing second-clas
periodical postage rates and all consump.
tion taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and
cocoa, the latter reducing the bill $780,
000,0 900. The Senate also struck out
the clause proposing repeal of' the
drawback" or re-export allowance Civ
en- sugar refners and defeated proposals
to add inheritance taxes.
In a last effort to the high tax group
to increase taxes, the Senate rejected,
65 to 10, the La Toilette substitute bill
to raise $3,500,000,0 900 more taxes. Those
supporting it were Borah, Brady, Gore,
Gronna, Hardwick, Hollis, Husting,
Johnson California;, Jones, Washing |
toni, Kenyon, LaFollette, McNary, Nor
is, Reed and Vardaman.
Passage of the bill was devoid of the
usual stirring scenes making such an
,pochal measure. After 4 o'clock yester-
lay under the agreement which ended
he cIoture fight fortnight ago, debate
vas shut off and a tedious series of doz.
N roll calls bruoght the bill to pas
age.
A parliamentary snarl and deter
mined fight on the second-class postage
provisions furnished the most excite,
nent. After the McKellar sub-zone post.
lge increase provision, applying to pub
ications sent beyond 300 miles, had been
elected forty to thirty four, Senator
Iarwick's substitute one plan applica
lie to advertising portions only, was
,eatem 4S to 20. Senator Mckellar at
empted to offer another substitute with
maximum rate of four cents a pound
instead of six cents, but Senator Sauls.
ury, presiding, held that the House
one provision had never been formally
minated. The the Senate made sure
f its determination to eliminate all
ostage increases and special levies on !
ublishers by adoption of Senator
Weeks motion to strike out the entire c
louise clause, 80 to Q.
The only postage feature left in the
i'll are provisions for free transporta
on of letters from American soldiers
broad and for one cent stamp tax on !
arcel post packages, raising about S4,
10000. The consumption taxes of half
mt a pound on sugar, two cents on
,ffee, FIVE cents on tea, three cents on
,coa and from one to two cents a gal
n on molasses went out by overwhelm
G maiorities. A final vote on Senator P
motion to eliminate them
| was carried 50 to 2s. Senators Dill 8
1gham and Page of Vermont voted II
it'll the minority.