New-York tribune., 1917-09-07
$1,000, 900, 1000 War
Credit Bill Passes House
Senate to Vote
To-day on Plans
To Tax incomes
La Toilette To Urge Surtax for
Monthly Bonuses to Troops

WASHINGTON, Sept 6.-The war
tax bill dragged slowly in the Senate
to-day toward the final vote set for
Monday. Preparatory to disposition
tomorrow Of the income tax section,
minor amendments 20 facilitate its
collection were added, and the rest Of
the day was spent in speechmaking.
largely on subjects foreign to the bill.
In perfecting the surtax rates of the
income section the Finance Committee
presented new estimates OF income tax
revenues. As now drawn. with addi-
tion Of the so-called Gerry and Len
root amendments. it is estimated that
SS42 100000 additional will be secured
from incomes S4S2, 1000 from indi-
viduals and $3.50, 100000 from corpora
tions. or the former 1898, ,07O,O0O is
expected from surtaxes on large in
comes and $s9,OOo,OOO from the new
normal rates.
Vote on Incomes To-day
The first vote tomorrow will be on
an amendment by Senator La Toilette
TO increase the levy on individual in
comes to S643,65i 900. largely by
spreading out surtax rates. If that is
rejected Senator Hollis will advance
his amendment TO raise the levy 20
S557 100000 A new complication was
added TO the income tax contest late
to-day by Senator La Follette's an
rourcement that he intended TO offer
an amendment TO increase all SurtaN
rates 10 per cent TO provide fund for
the payment of a monthly bonus OF
$50, beginning November ! and contin-
uing during the war, to every American
enlisted and drafted man and officer
serving in Europe.
Levying Of heavy income tax rates
was opposed by Senator McCumber,
who declared he was afraid if that were
done it would create dissatisfaction
among the people. If he were opposed
to the war. he said, and wanted to make
1t unpopular he would make the tax
just as heavy as possible and have 1t
all paid this year.
Senator Smoot declared to-day that
the bill would result in raising 80 and
3-l0ths per cent Of this years actual
expenditures by taxation. He also ar
gued that the tax proportion is much
larger than that Of the following bel
ligerents: England, 26 per cent;
France. 14i2 per cent; Germany, 1i's
per cent, and Canada, 8 per cent
SAYS Senate Wants to Win
Senator Jones. OF Washington, dis
cussed the Finance Committees action
in adding S5O0.OOO.OO TO the war
profits section and vigorously criticised
Senator Simmons's intiration that
desire to make the war unpopular by
forcing great tax increases was respon-
sible for some Senator's actions.
"The suggestion or intimation that
any Senator doesn't want TO win
the war and does want to make 1t un-
popular causes much HARM he said,
"Instead Of trying to make out that
some members are acting unpatrlot-
cally we ought to show the world that
We are undivided, with no difference in
patriotism or loyalty even If we have
honest differences of opinion or judg'
ment."
Senator Jones also defended the
loyalty of the wealthy class, declaring
they are patriotic and will do their
part. He advocated paying for the war
now, instead of leaving the bill to pos
terity, and added:
1--WE are in war now. Money must be
taken in order to pay our obligations.
I voted to conscript our men and our
manhood. / did it because we needed
men and TO make sure We had an army
at the earliest possible moment. J did
not vote to take money because
voted TO take men. vote TO take
men because we needed them. ! voted
to take money because We need it
"Must Take Tax Now"
Regarding a tax on war profits Sena.
tor Jones said the people know that II
these profits are not taken now they
never will be.
Conscription Of all or q large pro
portion Of incomes was opposed by
Senator Wadsworth. He declared that
the savings and investments of the
weather. classes during two years OF
war would result in more good 10 this
country than the taking Of all the
wealth now. To ruin the United States
Steel Corporation by seizing the war
profits of big corporations, he said,
would wreck the government shipbuild-
ing programme.
ar we adopt any such principle of
taxation" he added, 1--WE will lose this
war unless militsrily it is possible that
we win the war this winter, and ! don't
think that is possible
"Must CONQUER Teutons"