The Washington times., 1917-01-11
President and Secretary No
Adoo Understood to Have
Tabooed Project.
COMMITTEE LOOKS AROUND
Continues Still Hunt for Things
Upon Which to Place an
= Internal Tax.

Seeming in the proposal a protee-
tive tariff flavor. President Wilson IL
understood to have effectively
squelched in the House Ways and
Means Committee the plan OF Con-
gresham Garner OF Texas. q Demo
crat. to meet the- Treasury deficit By
a flat per cent increase in the tariff
rates Of the Underwood law. and i'm
posing 10 per scent.taxson-a All articles
now ON the free list. ,.~
This, being so. the hunt of the COM
mittee for things upon which they
could impose additional internal taxes
without too great cost at the POLLS
goes despairingiy ON. All that has
been left to Mr.. Garner is the con-
vfction he has that his plan could be
carried out without transgressing the
limits Of the Demoeratic principle OF
"a tariff for revenue only.. esps-
cially. a. Mr. Garner. ruefulty sees Il.
the present tariff is nowhere near
meeting, the revenue that Is needed
Has Other saEEestien.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo.
having nkwise tabooed e-large num-
Der OF suggestions put. up. to him By
the committee. has come. back with
other suggestions. These are n part:
A 5 per cent tax on business pro6ts.
where the dividend yield exceeds
per cent From this Mr.. NcAdoo
thinks $500. 900. 600 could be raised.
A restoration OF the abandoned
stamp taxes-349. 000, 900.
An,increased levy on, dnheritsnees-
s2S,o0eso0o.,s $50 ~ ~
An. increase of Is cents per gallon
in the tax on whisky-S50 100000.
An Increase of % cents q barrel In
the tax on 900.
A. taxi ON o cents q gallQnaon @soft
S6d rs and mineral Iwatsrs-s42.-
An increase In the tax on cigars
and tobacco S27 900 900.
AddItfsaal AutonsBiIs Tax.
A tax OF 81 per horsepower on in
ternal combustion engines (aufomo-
biles)-s30y 100000.
A tax OF 3 cents q pound on.oIso-
600, 900. -
A per pound output tax on petro-
leum. copper. zfuminufn. and pigiron-
SS1. Oo0. 000s avs - -5zrnsfl
\ tax OF cent per foot on melton
picture reels-$5, 600 900.
A tax OF I cent per pound on giu-
cose-S15.O 900 900.
A tax on bfllboards and street car
advertising cards-$2. 500. COO
A 10 per cent tax on eandy-s2-
000. 900.
A tax OF o1elsenth OF I per cent nd
yaIorem on photograph records
$50, O00, 900.
o. Genie II IaeIaaea.
In addition, and strictly on the
score OF tariff for revenue only" the
Secretary has advised the, committee
that 1t might be proper TO levy an
import tari6 Of 3 cents . pound on
coffee, estimated to raise $50 1000 00O;
10 cents . pound on tea. 10000 900:
10 per cent on cocoa, 5000 ,000s 10
per cent on crude rubber, f15,o00y o09,
and 10 per cent GA raw silk, $12,-
O00, 1000. ....s
As none OF these commodities Is
produced in this country, Mr.. McAaoo
points out, there could be no sugges-
tion that import duties on them
would be in the nature of. eprotec-
ton" 49,
Nevertheless Mr.. McAdoo has. gone
further and suggested the following
changes in the Underwood tariff,
which, he has told the committee,
could be Justified on tariff for rev.
snue" basis: 10 per cent duty on
raw wool to raise 81, 900. 900: 10 Per
cent on manufactured wool; 8 per cent
on cotton bagging; 10 per cent. on
lumber and 10 per cent ON copper.
the two latter to yield "a, 000, 900. and
4 10 per cent duty on bananas, to
yield S15.0O0O00.