Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-24
Republican Floor Leader Mann
AssaiIs Scheme for Raising
Vast Sum From People as
! Too Drastic.
SECOND CLASS MAIL
RATE IS UNCHANGED
Incomes Above $4,000 Hit
Hard by Surtax Amend
. ment; Toga WearerS Ger
tain to Make Revision,
10y MORNING JoUanhL SPECIAL LEASED W,NGI

washington, May 23.-lHe Wuf rev.
enue bill, framed to bring into the
treasury $1,SOO,OOO,00O through new
taxation during the coming year,
passed the house by vote of S29 to
7G late today, in almost the same
form it was presented by the ways
and means committee two weeks ago.
=. All the opposing votes were cast by
republicans, although there are many
members on the democratic side
strongly opposed to certain sections of
the measure. Virtual redrafting of
the bill in the senate is regarded at
certain. Material changes already are
contemplated by the senat .inance
committee, as a result of public near
ings held during the long debate in
the house. Final passage Of the bill
probably cannot be accomplished in
less than month.
The Outstanding Features.
Outstanding features of the bill are
the greatly increased income, inherit
ance, excess profits, liquor and cigar
and tobacco taxes, virtual abolition of
the present customs free list and 10
per cent addition to existing tariffs
new taxes on manufactures, amuse-
ments, clubs, public utilities, and in.
surance, a far-reaching stamp tax and
a greatly increased second class mail
ma ter rate bases on the parcels post
zone system.
In only four particulars does the
measure differ substantially from the
original draft, Surtaxes on incomes
above $4,000 have been increased
about one-fourth above the committee
schedule. Several articles, including
print paper and pulp and gold and
silver, slated for a 10 per cent duty,
have been kept on the free list.
Slight reductions n the second-class
mail matter rate have been made. A
proposed per cent tax on all adver-
tising except newspaper and periodical
Is eliminated.
To Be Changed in Senate.
Attacks on the bill in the senate
will center around the excess profits,
income and manufactures taxes and
the second class mail rate increase
sections. Business men generally are
protesting vigorously against the tax
es and virtually every publisher in the
country is opposing the drastically in
creased mail rate.
In the final effort to summon all OF
his party votes to support of the
measure, Democratic Leader KiKtchin
declared that he had been informed
personally by President Wilson today
that he did not desire changes in the
bill in the senate, as had been current
Iy reported. Mr.. kiKtchin also ap-
pealed earnestly to all members to
supply the president with money to
carry on the war now that the coun-
try Is in 1t.
Republican Leader Mann insisted
that the bill would raise too large an
amount of money by direct and imme-
diate taxes. Hee PLACID every possible
obstruction in the way of the meas
ure.
Second Class Mail.
An unsuccessful effort was made to
eliminate the committee second class
mail matter rate section, which
would increase on next March /, the
pdesent flat rate of one cent a pound
in the first zone to six cents a pound |
in the eighth. Two other graduated |
scales with further increases in rates |
would go into effect on next uly !
and November /, respectively. The
vote sustaining the committee was
256 o $50.
Mr.. kKichin voluntarily struck |
from the bill the proposed five per |
cent tax on advertising.
Those Voting Against.
Those voting against the bill were:
Representatives Anthony, Austin,
Bacon, Britten, Carter of Massachu-
setts; Chandler New York; Chandler,
oklahoma Clark, Pennsylvania: OAR
row, Dempsey, Denison, Dowell,
Dunn, Edmonds, Benjamin L. Fair
child, Focht, Fuller, Illinois; Garland,
Good. Goodall, Gould. Graham. ILL.,
nois; Graham, Pennsylvania; Gray,
New Jersey; Greene Massachusetts,;
Hamilton, New York: Heaton, Heintz.
Herzey, Hicks. Hollingsworth, Hustled,
Hutchinson, Ireland, Juul Kiess.
Kreider, Laguardia, Mclaughlin,
Pennsylvania: Madden, Magee. Mann.
Meeker, Parker New York; Platt,
Powers, Pratt, Purnell, Robbins, Rob-
erts, Rodenberg, Rose, Sanders, New
York; Sanford, Sells, Smell, Strong,
Sweet, Swift, Templeton, vestal Wal
dow. Walsh, Ward. Wheeler, Wilson.
Illinois; Winslow, woodward and
Zihlman.
Representatives Gillett, London,
Moore of Pennsylvania and Siegel vot-