Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-11
WAR TAX BILL
THROUGH THE
SENATE WITH
FOUR AGAINST
Upper Branch of Congress
Passes Largest Single Tax
alton Measure In the His
tory of the United States.
;By Review Leased Wlre.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The war
tax bill = the largest single taxation
measure in American history was
passed tonight by the senate. 1t pro-
yides for a levy somewhat under ST.
4O0,OOO,0O0 as compared with S1,S67,-
$4,000 proposed in the bill as il
passed the house May 20.
The vote was 90 20 4, Senators
ESrah, Gronna, La Toilette and Norris
being recorded in opposition.
Postage Increase Killed
The senate adopted 40 to "a. Sena-
tor Smoot's motion to strike out the
McKellar amendment providing a zone
increase in second-class postage rates
beyond 800 miles and designated to
secure s12,600,000 The house zone
provision and the finance committees
special publishers profits provisions
already had been eliminated.
Hardwick's Substitute Dies
Senator Hardwick's substitute to
provide zone tax including second
class postage rates On proportions of
publications estimated to raise $780,
100000 next year, was rejected 81
to 20.
Goes to House
The great bill, nearly four months
in the making. will be returned to the
house tomorrow an dthen goes to con-
ference with enactment within ten
DAYS or tWo weeks, probably. Sen
ators Simmons, Stone and Williams,
democra IS. and Penrose and Lodge,
republicans, of the finance committee,
were appointed the senate's confer
ence.
Credits Bill Next
Awaiting the senate in the final
struggle over war fiscal politics is the
81, 500, 100000 credits. bill which passed
the house unanimously and upon work
will be begun tomorIow by the SEN
ate finance committee.
Sources of Tax
OF the s2,4OO, 600, 900 new taxes pro-
vided in the tax bill for the duration
of the war, sS42, 100000 is to be taken
from incomes, corporate and individ-
ual and s1,O6O. 100000 from profits.
Most of the remainder is levied on
liquor, tobacco and public utilities.
Publishers Win Out
In tonight's cleanup, the principal
eleventh hour actions of the senate
were elimination of all provisions for
taxing publishers and increasing Sec
ond-class periodical postage rates and
all consumption taxes on sugar, tea,
coffee and cocoa, the latter reducing
the bill sS6 100000. The senate also
struck out the clause proposing repeal
of the drawback" or re-export allow
ance given sugar refiners and defeated
proposals to add inheritance taxes.
A Last Effort
In the last effort of the high TAX
group to increase taxes the senate re-
jected 65 to IS, substitute bill to
raise s.. 500 .OOO, 600 more taxes. Those
supporting it were:
Borah. Brady, Gore, Gronna, Hard
wick. Hollis. Husting. johnson or Cali
fornia: Jones, of Washington; Ken
yon. McNary, Norris, Reed and Ward
man.
Passage of the bill was devoid of
the usual stirring scenes.
No Vital Changes
No changes were made by the SEN
ate in the two vital sections-incomes
and war profits. The house income
tax levy was increased from S596,OO0.-
900 to sS42. 200, 900 with the house pro
vision for Sos, ,OOO,0 900 additional by a
retroactive tax on 1916 incomes elm
mated
Income Tax Raises
Of the income taxes SS9,134,OOO
more would be raised fro mthe new
2 per cent normal tax on individual
incomes and sS93.O77,OOO from sur
taxes ranging from per cent to SO per
cent on incomes of from $5,UUU TO
$1,000. 900 The bill lowers the exemp-
tion from the normal tax to $4,000 for
married persons with an additional
5000 for each dependent child and
81 900 for single persons.
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