The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-24
Passed Hor I oy a Vote Of
329 to : Without
M ! Change
ALL o. s ,sITIoN
81 REPUBLICANS
Virtual Redrafting Of Bill
in the Senate Is
Expected

Washington, ID. G., May 24.--The war
revenue bill, framed to bring into the
treasury 81 500, 100000 through new tax
alton during the coming year, passed the
House by vote of 500 to rs late yes
terday in almost the same form that 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 meas
ure. Virtual redrafting of the bill in
the Senate is regarded as certain Ma
terial changes already are contemplated
by the Senate finance committee, as a
result of public hearings held during the
long debate in the House. Final passage
Of the bill probably cannot be accom-
plished in less than a month.
Outstanding features of the bill are
the greatly increased income inheritance,
excess nrofits, liquor and cigar and to-
bacco| taxes, virtual abolition of the
present customs free list, and 10 per
cent addition to existing tariffs, higher
taxes on manufactures, amusements,
clubs, public utilities, and insurance, far
reaching stamp tax and a greatly in
creased second-elass mail matter rate,
based on the parcel post zone system.
In only four particulars does the meas
ure now 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
ten per cent. duty, have been kept on the
free list. Slight reductions in the sec
ond-class mail matter rate have been
made. A proposed five per cent. tax on
all advertising except newspaper and
periodicals is eliminated.
Attacks on the bill in the Senate will
center around the excess profits, income
and manufacturers taxes, and the sec
ond class mail rate increase sections.
Business men generally are protesting
against the taxes and virtual
~ every publisher in the country is OPP
posing the drastically increased mail
rate.
In final effort to summon all of his
party votes to support of the measure,
Democratic Leader kitehin declared that
he had been informed personally by Pres
dent Wilson yesterday that he did not
iesire changes in the bill in the Senate,
IS had been currently reported. Mr..
litchin also appealed earnestly to all
members to supply the president with
money to carry on the war, now that
he country is in it.
Il would feel like miserable coward"
he said, ''to impose a burden on my chill
lrcn and my ehildren's children to pay
or something for which they were not
and yet refuse to take out
If my pockets money for my share of
he burden
Republican Leader Mann insisted that
he bill would raise too large an amount
# money by direct and immediate taxes.
"This bill approaches killing the goose
hat lays the golden egg" he said. In
eed, am afraid we are killing that
oose to-day"
Mr.. Mann placed every possible OBJ
truction in the way Of the measure
even insisting on a roIl-call
II a motion to recommt Ii was de-
eated, 246 to l6l.