The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-19
BILLS TO
FACE BIG FIGHT
Movies and Small Incomes May
Be Included In the Things To
Help Meet Deficit

WASHINGTON, December 2s--Fs-
cling mounting deficiency now esti-
mated at 1880 100000, and with the
majority insisting upon the passage of
the Public Buildings aud Rivers and
Harbors Bills, the responsible leaders
Of the Democratic party will shortly
evolve a revenue measure which may
Ego the limit" in new and increased
Forms Of taxation. The condition Of
the treasury is such that they will not
consider an omnibus public buildings
bill or rivers and harhors measure
which provides for the "pleasure
streams of the South and project
that are palpably aporkSi There win
be Rivers and Harbors Bill for less
than $35 1000 900, but public buildings
bill will have fight for existence.
President Wilson told callers today
that he would veto the $2s,000,O0O
Public Buildings Bin IL ittomes to him
in the form in which iy-is now pending
in the house Its advocates plan to
seek to obtain rule for confederation
Of the measure by the house soon after
the Christmas recess. The President
has reached no decision on the Rivers
and Harbors Bill. Z. ..a".. .
The appropriation Of S+5 100000 to
begin the work on a hood control prof.
ect of $l5S,000 is regarded by many as
gigantic real estate gamble. II Is
estimated that 100000 acres Of
swamp land win be reclaimed and thai
the big realty interests which have
bought up or have options on a great
part of il will be the chief benefci
aries. H.. '.'-. ...
Senator Newlands of Nevada has
started "round robin against the
food.eontrol measure. which is now
limited 70 benefit only four Southern
States. Some of the leaders in both
houses of congress are planning organ.
lied mass attacks on the bills.
Plans for taxing everything from
motion-picture films, photograph rec
ords and automobiles, to low incomes,
as well as a protective tariff, are being
considered as the prospect Of hinge
deficit grows. .3E. &. ..y.s,
Representative Garner Of Texas. a
member Of the ways ami means com
mittee, win introduce bill for hori.
f"'atot lNh Ntht III OK
sting tariff duties. He estimates that
this will raise $225, 100000 in addI,
tional revenues and establish q barrier
against the importation, of European
goods manufactured by cheap labo>
He also fayors bond issue Of $3.50,
100000. ,t .s.-l ,rgy.sy y ..s. .
The President is understood to be op-
posed to bond issue except MS q means
of paying of the extraordinary obliga-
tons incurred becaus- o. the Mexican
situation and the border mobilization.
According to Mr.. Garner, the ten per
cent increase should apply TO virtually
every article now carried in the I'm
derwood Simmons Tariff Bill, including
those ON the free list He says there
are isolated cases where importatiOns
are already bearing reasonably high
duty but the horizontal increase
should be made general in its applica-
ton. Mr.. Garner said: ,3 NJ, ~ s.
''We have doubled the income taxes.
added three per cent to the surtax and
levied graduated inheritance tax
higher than some thought il ought to
have gone. There is a general opposi
tion to tampering with these taxes
The man of small means certainly is
Daying all that he can now afford, and
in my judgement the advance in the
import duties Is the only means of .
just distribution of the debt"