The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-11
BIG WAR TAX BILL
FINALLY PASSED IN
SENATE, So TO q
RAISES 81, 100000, 900
DURING ENSUING YEAR
Enactment by Lower House
Within Two Weeks is
the Prediction.

WASHlNGTOE. Sept. lO.-Thc war
tax bill-thn largest single taxation
measure IN American hstnry--was
passed tonight hy III" senate. 1t pro-
vidcs for a levy somewhat under So.
4hn. non. 0nO. as compared with SI.S67.-
$4,000. proposed N the bill as i, passed
house May 20.
The vote was ca to {. Senators I5orah.
Gr0nna. .LaF'ollrtie md Norris bcirS
recorded in opposition.
The great bill. nearly four months III
the making. will be- returned 10 the
house tomorrow and then goes TO CON-
ference with enactment within ten days
ar two weeks probable. Senators Sim.
mons. Stone and Williams. Democrats
and rcnrosc ami L"dGc. Repuhlican1.
Of he finance committee were appoint
cd tho Scnat"'s coTfer"es.
Awaiting tho senate in the final
struggle over war pclicies is the Si'.-
inn. 900. nnn credits bill. which passed the
house unanimously and upon which
work will be- bcSun tomorrow by IN
senate finance committee.
or the $500. .hH0. .nn0 new taxes pro-
vdcd for in the tax bill for the dura-
tion Of the war &H42. 200. 00A is tn hc
taken from incomes corporate and IN
divdual end $I.n6n. .nnh.O .Onn from "Gr
profits, Most If tn" remainder is lev
led on liquor. tobacco and public utili-
tics.
In tonight's cleanup. the principal
eleventh hour "ctionS Of the senate
were elimination OF all provisions for
taxing publishers and Increasing second
class periodical postage rates and NJ!
consumption taxes ON sugar. tea. coflce
and cocoa. the latter reducing the bill
$50. nn6 00O. Tn" senate also struck out
the clause proposing repeal Of the
drawback" or rc-eXport allowance
given sugar rrrInrr:; and defeated pro-
posals 1" add inheritance taxes
In 4 last effort "f the high :aE
gruuu to increase taxes. the senate re-
jected III to Ii, the Laf'ollctte suh-
stitutc bill In raise 3.5n0.n0n.h0h more
taxes. Those supporting 1t were: Rorah
Rrady. Gore. Gronnn. Hardwick. Hollis.
IIuStIng. .JnhnSur. of California; Jon"s.
of Washing ton: Kenyon. l.aFolletlc. Nc
Nary. Norris. Reed and Eardsman.
Passage nf III? bill was devoid Of the
usual stirring scenes marking such an
epnchal measure AZ four o'clock today
under tho agreement which ended the
clotur" fight fortnight ago. debale
dozen roll calls brought the bill ~
passage.
a parliamentary snarl and a dntermin-
cd fight on the second class postage pro-
visions furnished tho most excitement.
After the Mrkcllnr sub-zone postage
provision applying to publications sent
beyond three hundred miles had hcen
rejected - to 81. Senator Hardwick's
suh-zone plan applicable to advertising
port ions only. was beaten 4S to 20. Sen
ator Mckellnr attempted Ia offer an
other substitute with maximum rate 81
four cents u pound instead Of six cents.
but senator Salisbury. presiding held
that the house zone provision had never
lm.rn formally eliminated. Then the
senate made sure of its determination
in eliminate all postage increase md
special lrv"s on publishers by adopt
ing Senator Weeks mntiun to strike
ont the entire house clause. 30 In q.
The only postage features left in the
bill arc provisions for free transporta-
iion Of letter. from American soldiers
abrrnd and fnr. one cent stamp taN on
parcel post packages. raising about *i'-
hnn 200
Tho consumption taxes. of holf cont
a pound on sugar. two cents on coffee.
five cents mn tea. three sents on cocoa
and from ono to two cents gallon on
moInsSrs went out by overwhelming ma
joritirs y tinul vote on Senator Brous-
snrd'$ motion to eliminate them all was
y" ia 2s.
M changes were made hy tho senate
in tho two vital Srction.-lncomcs and
WAY profits. The house income tax levy
was increased from s596.006.nhh 70
S6l" 2On .0h0. with thr house provision
for $1nh. .nO0 0hh additional by rrtroac-:
tive lax on 1916 incomes eliminated. In
tn" hous, hill s2no.0n0. .onG additional
WAS lcvin.i by doubling present excess
rr,iiis taxes Will: tho senate bill raises
81 .n6h .0nn. hnn beyond present returns or
S:"G. mo non from both normal eXrcSs in
comes and war profits Of corporations
and individuals. by n now system OF
rates graduated from L. TO S0 per cont
has"d "n thr ihrr" year rre:war period
uG la1l-I". Tho senai" also repealed
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