The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-11
All War Tax Burdens as Well
as Fighting, Not to be
Loaded on Poor
People.
PARLIAMENTARY RIOT
House Leader Kitchen Angered at the
Senate's Tendency to Free the
Wealthy From Tax
Load.
TBy Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent

[By Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
| WASHINGTON June IL
| The rich must do ble
| SS8A 'fbit" In this war. This Is
V@ the mandate today OF House
Leader Kitchin, who, angered at the
senate tendency to free the wealthy
from tax burdens, Is preparing to
stage a parliamentary riot in the
house.
| Kitchin has two sore spots about
| the senate tactics-first. that the
poor are getting the short end OF the
! upper house finance committees deal,
and second, that the upper house ap-
| parently is trying to absorb some OF
the lower house perogattves as to
originating finance legislation.
II senate provisions relieving the
rich still stand, or If senate substi-
tutes measure Its own for the house
bill, Kitchin will oppose even enter
ing a conference with senator's.
II this fails, Kitchin will kick over
the traces in conference and take his
fight back to the house floor, where
his followers will doubtless give
short shrift to the poor mans taxes
Some liberal senators, too, share
Kitohin's idea that the rich man
should stand the brunt Of the money
burden, especially as the poor man
will do the bulk Of the fighting.
Here are the specific things to
which the anti-wealth crowd objects:
Deduction of levies on wealth and
income and increase of the amounts
to be obtained by sale Of bonds, thus
making the poor man do the fighting
and bear tax load in later years.
Tender treatment Of great, watered
corporations, who practically dodge
added taxes, while such corporations
as are taxed can pass it on to the
ultimate consumer-the poor man.
Taxation of the poor mans neces-
stiles, such as coffee, tea, cocoa,
sugar and proprietary medicines,
while the rich mans jewelry and the
like go unscathed.
Escape of munitions makers with
bloated~ incomes from taxation, while
athletic goods with which the poor
man may raise his physical fitness,
are taxed.
The United States chamber OF COM
merce announced today that its mem
bership favored raising one-third of
the total ST., 0O,O00,OOO revenue from
increased income taxes and excess
profits taxes along with at least
$780, 100000 on luxuries; many Of
which have escaped in the senate
deal.
The first of the fights will start in
the senate itself probably Thursday,
when the revenue bill is expected
from the committee. Western sena
tors will battle to restore the house
sur tax on swollen incomes and will
h.
ton levies. 1t will probably take /
two or three weeks to pass the bill
in the upper house.
National Prohibition.
WASHINGTON, June 11-A big |
step toward national prohibition was
taken today when the senate judici-
ary committee reported out the Shep-
pard prohibition bill with the recon-
mendation that it be passed by the
Senate
A second step toward national pro-
hibition was taken when the senate
committee on agriculture voted to re-
port out bill restricting liquor manu-
Pacture for the purpose of conserving
The food supply.
The senate finance committee re-
Gently decided to put into the war tax
bill prohibitive tax on distilled H.
luor.
The judiciary committee bill, a |
Joint resolution proposing an amend
nent to the constitution was intro
iuced. The manufacture sale or
of intoxicating liquors
within, the importation therein Of or
therefrom the United |
States and all territory subject to the I
thereof for beverages
purposes, is hereby prohibited
"The congress shall have power to