Arizona republican., 1917-05-24

 SENATE: CERTAIN
Republican A. P. Leased Wlre1

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The war revenue bill, framed to bring into the the treasury $1,SO0,00O,000 through new taxation during the coming year, passed the house by a vote of 329 to 76 late today 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 of the democratic side strongly opposed to certain sections of the measure. Virtual re-drafting of the bill in the senate is regarded as certain. Material changes already are contemplated by the senate finance committee as result of public hear ings held during the long debate in the house. Final passage of the bill probably cannot be accomplished in less than a month.
 Outstanding features of the bill are the greatly increased income. inner itance, excess profits, liquor and cigar and tobacco taxes, virtual abolition of the present customs free list and ten per cent addition to existing tariffs, new taxes on manufactures, anusements, clubs. public utilities, and insurance, a far reaching stamp tax and a greatly increased second class mail matter rate based on the parcel post zone system.
 In only four particulars does the measure differ substantially from the original draft. SurtaXes on incomes above s40,000 have been increased about one fourth above the committee schedule Several articles. in cluding print paper and pulp and gold and silver. slated for a ten per cent duty, have been kept on the free list. Slight reductions in the second class mail matter rate have been made. A pro- posed five per cent tax on all adVer- tising except newspaper and period- ] icals eliminated.
 | Attacks on the bill in the senate will center around the excess profits. income. and manufacturers taxes and the second class mali rate increase sections. Business rner generally are protesting vigorously against the tax es and virtually every publisher in the country is opposing the drastically increased mail rate.
 In final effcrt to summon all of his party votes to support of the measure, Democratic Leader Kitchiii declared that he had been informed personally by President Wilson today that he did not desire changes in the bill in the senate. as had been cur | pealed earnestly to all members to supply the president with money to carry on the war now that the coun- try is in it.
 Republican Leader Mann insisted that the bill would raise too large an amount of money by direct and i'm mediate taxes. He placed every pos sible obstruction in the way of the measure Bond issues or supplement- ary taxes, he declared, should raise the greater part of the required war 1 revenue.
 Tn the present time" h. said. ''prices for the necessities of life are going to be unusually high. This bill places too great a burden of taxation upon the country. We had far better continue along by raising a part of this money by bonds and passing oth
 CT tax bills from year to year. This bill approaches killing the goose that laid the golden egg. I am afraid we are killing that goose today. T regret that I shall have to vote against the bill. It raises too great an amount of money by direct and immediate taxes and I cannot sup port such tremendous levy at this time"
 By a vote of S45 to 60, the Lenroot | income tax amendment, already adopted in the committee of the whole, | was retained.
 The section of the war tax bill pro posing a tax on advertising matter other than that contained in news papers and periodicals was stricken out
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