Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-23
WEALTH IS TAXED
$73,0O0,0OO MORE .
BY SENATE Vote
Final Addition Is Combina-
ton of Lenroot and Ger
ry Amendments.
LA TOILETTE ADVOCATES
STILL FURTHER INCREASE.
Conservatives Fail in Efforts to
Check Onslaught on Carefully
Prepared Bill.
BIG DRIVE GOES ON ALL DAY
Townsend, OF Michigan, Comes Out
for Conscription Of Practically
All War Profits.
LA TOILETTE ADVOCATES
STILL FURTHER INCREASE
BIG DRIVE GOES ON ALL DAY
Townsend, Of Michigan, Comes Out
for Conscription Of Practically
All War Profits.

WASHINGTON. August 22.-Seventy-
three million dollars more tax was
laid to-day upon wealth.
BY 4 vote of 35 10 81, the Senate
adopted tho Lenroot amendment. i'm
posing much higher taxes upon individ-
ual incomes than the Senate Finance
Committee had planned.
An hour earlier. scventy-four Sem
ators. opposed by no dissenting voice.
mad accepted the radical Gerry"
amendments. These taxed incomes Of
mvoro than 100000. 80 per cent; more
more than 100000. 35 per cent: more
than $1.0o0.o00. so per cent. The final
addition of 373.oo0.oo0 was a combina-
ton OF the Lcnroot and Gerry amend
ments.
The big drive on wealth began early
in the day. Speeches by Senators in
dicated that the minds were bending
towards making corporation. and in
dividual incomes pay the cost OF the
war. When the votes came. the result.
were not unexpected.
The elimination OF the day came
when Senator La Toilette PRESENTED
amendments that would increase tax :
alton incomes more than $500. .o0o, 900.
However. these amendments went over
until tomorrow. The Wisconsin SEN
ator will renew his battle then II Is
his purpose to replace in the bill the
consumption taxes" upon neceasaries.
for which. he says, the poor man
should be taxed nothing.
SCALE OF sURTAxEs
AS VOTED nv SESA TT.
The scale OF surfaces accepted to-
dag follows: $1,000 TO 10000, y. per
cent:$lo,o00 to $l2,5e0, per cent; $l2.-
500 to" $4,000. per cent: $4,000 to
$4,000. per cent; $4,000 to $4,000,
per cent; $4,000 to :eO.ooo. 10 per
cent: $4,000 to $4,000, 1875 per cent;
$4,000 to 100000. II per cent; 500, 900
10 SiSo,ooo. II per cent: s15O.noo to
100000. 25 per cent: 100000 to $780,
noo. 80 per cent; @250.ooo TO 100000.
sa.7s per cent: 100000 to $500, 900.
$3.50 per cent; 100000 to $500 40
per cent: s750.ooo to 3l.oOG.000. IS per
cent: $l.0o0.o0G and over, SO per cent.
The Gerry amendment was altered
from its first percentage Of 35 to 40
per cent. because its adoption con-
hicted slightly with the Lenroot
lection of the committee amendments.
as the bill came from the committee.
the new taxation upon individual and
100000. The Lenroot-Gerry amend
ments would increase this to $3.50 o0O,-
600. and the La Toilette substitute to
31,os3, ,000.o 900.
COMBINATION TOTALS
SUM OF $4,000, 900
Alone. the Lenroot amendments in
creased the taxes $6e.ooo.ooo The
Gerry amendments made an addition
OF $4o,225.0o0 But the combination was
altered SO that 1t totaled $4,000. 0.0o0..
Nervousness characterized the pro-
ceedings of the Senate all day. There
were more members present than usual.
Conservatives. such men as Simmons,
Lodge. Martin. Swanson and Penrose
stood about in small groups. endeavor-
ing to check the onslaughts upon the
carefully prepared bill On the other
hand, the so-called radicals" were so
active that at least once they over
stepped themselves.
This was when Kenyon. of Iowa, pro-
posed to tax incomes of $500.0o0-$75o,-
900. so per cent; $3.50. o.00o-s1 900. 900. 70
per cent. and more than $1.o00.000 90
per cent.
with the existing taxes. the additions
the Senator from Iowa proposes would
amount to 64,s5' and 1o3' per. cent
You cannot take more than 100 per
cent" said Senator Smoot, of Utah.
TITS a striking evidence Of the care
with which the amendment was pre-
pared" sarcastically drawled Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania. Let the
amendment stand as a monument to
an attempt to tako more from a man
than he makes"
KENYON ADMITS HIS
AMENDMENT GOES TOO FAR
Kenyon admitted that his amend
ment went 0 far. However, he added
that he would soon renew his, proposal
.-ade during the draft bill to conscript
:he excess of all incomes above $780,
.r0 during the war. I.
-.ejection Of the committee amend
ments. and consequent practical adop-
tion Of the Lenroot amendments came
in a dramatic way. The roll call on
the first amendment stood 33 to 33
Senators Ashurst, OF Arizona, and
Broussard. of Louisiana. changed their
votes. and swung the result to 35 to
81. On the next amendment the Sem
ate voted 81 to 26 against the COM
nittee: 81 VIII not ask for roll calls"
said Senator Simmons. chairman OF
tho Senate Finance Committee. 1T ie
perfectly evident to me that the Senate
fayors the Lenroot amendments"t
Senator La Toilette then brought up
his amendments. which he said were
more consistent. just and fair" than
the general ta:: proposed by the com
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