The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-03
Republicans and Democrats
Agree on Revision at
Next Session.
POSTAL RATES FLAYED
Cummins Predicts Bill Will
Cause Nation Finan-
cial Ruin.
TO YIELD S2.535, 100000
WadswOrth Says Workers Are
Taxed Infinitely More
Than DrOnes.
POSTAL RATES FLAYED
O YIELD S2.535,OOO,000
SPECIAL Despatch 10 THE StS.


WASH INGToN. oct THE wea,ieu
Senate accepted the conference report
on the war revenue bill to-day by a
viva voce vote In which not one Senator
took the trouble even to voice a feeble
mo"
The bill, which under the most recent
estimates as TO It's revenue productivity
will yield ,?.535, 100000. will go to the
President as soon as it can be engrossed
and will become the law of the land
before another sun has set.
The inequities of the bill--for. accord
ing TO Senators on both sides of the
Chamber the bill is filled with inequities
large and small--will be the subject of
later legislation looking to their repeal
In the course of to-days debate both
Republicans and Democrats In de-
nouncing some of the faults Of the meas
ure intimated very strongly that when
Congress reassembles. refreshed by it's
period of relaxation. the fight for repeal
OF some OF the ineauities will be- inau-
Rurated IN the very first hour OF the
regular session.
The postal rates are condemned
most vehemently by tho Senator's
Chairman Simmons himself while ex-
pressing the view that the bill had been
improved inc changes erected IN the
conference admitted privately that there
was an undercurrent of opposition work
Ing against this feature of the bill which
might fame up later to effect its 70.
peal.
Estimate of the Yield.
In presenting the conference report to
the Senate to-day the North Carolina
leader told the Senate for the first time
that the total estimated Weld OF the
Dill III its revised form would be S2535-
Vou,ooo This estimate Is more than
sio 100000 less than the figures made
pubic after the conference had COM
pleted its work Saturday night.
The reduction of II" estimated void
was made necessary 10y revised calcula-
tiohs, senator simmons explained The
'o'a! amount added To uls bil by the
conference was Sl2S 600. 900. The chair.
man called The conference agreement "a
o's'ihct Senate victory pointing out
that the House Yielded on o75 OF the 32O
contested points IN the measure.
i say unreservedly that it is a much
, improved bill. much fa.rer 70 the t,r-
| paNer and to the Government" said
senator Simmor,
senator Cunm.us Of Iowa ,sonder7o.s
the fiscal polioy destined to over
| "hHlm The nation with financial ruin,
IT may be estimated" he sad, that
| N''i.N+''''' VI AtAt l!Sl N5stT or thu
war would he between sla,0Oo.Ooo. 900
and $4,000, 100000 OF this stl,penious
| amount we propose 20 raise nv in
creased TAXATION less than $4,000 ono :
coV ana borrow the remainder l pro.
Test against that as rlnous to business
ana most Sr.eyous injustice to those
who cone after Us It Is unw,se and
inexcusablc
| IF the war soc. vu Sc shall eoena
probably s.5.0o0,Ooo 0Jv next year, Y.t
In the first year Of rhe war W., pr,,-,o.s
to issue from $1,000 o00. 900 10 500
ooVooOoOO worth o. bonds. Nowhere In
tle history of the world is there record
u so colossal al pom!c blunder"
w"d"worth'A Critieism.
Senator Wadsuorth of New Yorl,
made hr!ef hut telling speech ss,,ii,
! lhc the income ana war rroars t,S,s
They were bad ia principle, nc asse.rsJ
! soon or later" ho said eve r,us,
discriminate between earned and nm.
earned incomes. 1'hfs measure taxes IN.
workers infinitely moro than the GROVES
we stu le1vo uncured aud uncorrected
tAe lhJAStireS ~ tho !ncoms tax A.
row stands II iNt'irts se-7ous injury
upon business and permits those who do
not work 10 escape lightly"
The spe"rh Of senator Penrose. rar,r.
ing f@punllran member Of the Finanr,
committee as well as or tho conterenre
was in the nature OF az apol5gy "I
cannot defend some OF tho features OF
th's bill, but tie Government need. ,hs
revenue and even II Il is only so no.
cent. good, feel Il my duty T. vote ,,-
H. he sall "Rcstdes Il Will IVA nos.
sihle 10 repeal some ~ the ohis-tjon-
able sections in nocember"
The INCLUSION by the corfcrens OF INA
House provision cor tho continuance ~
the munitions taN"s was attacked hy
senators Salisbury and Wo,co,t of pAI,-
wAre and senator pomererc OF Onto al,
Democrats. Senator Salisbury cxpress,d
belief thar tho TAX was originally !,
product II the pro-,icrman agitation II,
this country and said u hope We will
never be oppressed with such a tax
again"
In defence Of the postal rate Senator
, simmons had read into the record A
|. letter from the Postmastcr-Gereral IN
! which he SAID that the Government
would lose $40 100000 year in han.
ding magazines and ncwspn pcrs even
after the new rates go into effect
Smoot AssaYls ~
Tho bill has not been improved by the
conferees and IL not so good a measure
As II waN when 1t PASSED the senate ds-
clared Senator SmOot Of Utah
I know that there ars not enough
! vote, {" reject this report and Sand ths
Y l',l back 10 conference" he continued
: "lf We had the votes | would movs TO
! reject II If FOR 70 other reason than tho
9 inclusion Of the zone system which, I
I believe, means absolute ruin to many
n publications
"In manv respects THE prov sion IL
II moro Vicious tNan as Il passed tho House
u in It's original form We VIII penalize
= the people for having the temar!ty 10
live beyond given radius and IL VIII
3 cost more 10 send a magazine to Ne
IS braska tnan il vii to Siberia"
The concluding argument was ofrey e !