The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-11
PASSES
WAR TAX MEASURE
Vote on Greatest Taxation
Bill in History of Country
is So to 4
CALLS FOR A LEVY
ABOVE TWO BILLION
Goes to House, Later to Conference, and
1t Is Expected That It Will Be En-
acted into Law Shortly, Perhaps in
Two Weeks.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE war
tax bill-the largest single taxation
measure in American history - was
passed last night by the senate 1t
provides for a levy somewhat under
81, 400, 600 as compared with 81
S67,S70,O00 proposed in the bill as it
passed the house May %.
The vote was, SO to 4, Senators Borah,
Gronna, LaFollette and Norris being
recorded in opposition.
The great bill, nearly four months in
the making, will be returned to the
house today and then goes to confer
or two weeks probable. Senators Sim
mons, Stone and Williams, Democrats,
and PenroSe and Lodge, Republicans,
of the finance COMMITTEES, were appoint
ed the senate 5 conferees.
Awaiting the senate in the final
struggle over war fiscal policies is the
Sill 100000, 600 credits bill which passed
the house unanimously and upon which
work will be begun today by the SEN
ate finance committee
I OF the 81, 400, 900, O0O new taxes pro
vided for in the tax bin for the aura.
tion of the war SS42 100000 is TO be
taken from incomes, corporate and IN
dividuaI and 81 100000, 900 from wal
profits. Most of the remainder is lew
on liquor, tobacco and public utilities.
In last night S cleanup the principal
! It'll hour actions of the senate were
elimination of all provisions for tax
ing publishers and increasing second
class periodical postage rates and al
consumption taxes on sugar, tea, coife.
and cocoa, the latter reducing the BIZ
eS6,000,0 900. The senate also struck gu
the cause proposing repeal of tht
draw back or re-export allowance
given sugar refners and defeated pro
posals to add inheritance taxes
In last effort of the high tax groul
to, increase, taxes the senate rejected
So to -, the LaFollette substitute oil
to raise SO 500, 900 600 more taxes Thos
supporting it were: Borah, Brady, Gore
Gronna, Hardwick, Hollis, Hustimn
Johnson of California, Jones, Washing
ton, Kenyon, LaFoilctte. McNarv, Nol
ris, Reed and Nardaman.
Passage Of the bill was devoid .
the usual Stlfflng scenes marking sue
an epochal measure. At 4 cock, III
der the agreement which ended the 81,
: ture fight a fortnight ago, debate wa
shut off and tedious series of doze
; roll calls brought the bill to passage
A parliamentary snarl and dete
: mined fight on the second class posta2
provisions furnished the most excit,
mcnt. After the Mcclellan substitut
: zone postage increase provision appl,
;. ing to publications sent beyond &c
:: miles had been rejected, 40 to 81, Sci
i ator lfardwick's substitute zone plal
), applicable to advertising portions onl
was beaten, IS to 20. Senator MeKe
lar attempted to offer another subst
3 tute with maximum rate of four cen
a pound instead of six cents. but Sc
II ator salisbury, presiding, held that Il
i house zone provision had never bee
formally eliminated Then the sena
$ made SUR of its determination to elm
: nate all postage increases and speci
levies ON publishers by adoption of Sc
ator Weeks's motion to strike out t
d, entire hOuSe clause 80 to @