The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-24
War Tax Measure Passed by
House, is to be Torn Into
Unrecognizable Bits by :.
Upper House.
KNOCKS SPOTS OFF IT
Censorship, Food Control and Other
War Measures Also Argued
by National
Congress.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, May 24.--The sen.
ate today had the s1,S00.Oo0,O00 re
venue bill as passed by the house
and was prepared to knock the spots
of it."
According to present plans, when
the senate gets through with the
measure, the house won't recognize
its offspring.
For two weeks the senate finance
committee has been considering taxes
and its opinions on many of the vital
features of the bill are widely differ
ent from those Of the house. The sen.
ate wants less taxation on the Poor
man and q heavier draft on the in.
comes Of the rich.
Debate on the BILL probably will be
gin In the senate late this week. The
house was prepared to consider the
food control bills, providing for gen
eral food survey, stimulation of pro-
duction, control Of distributing agen.
cies and establishment of standards.
Control Of Monopolies.
LBy Robert J. Bender, United Press
STAFF Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. May 24.-Govern-
ment control Of all great monopolies
in the United States will be author
ized-but not directed-by the present
congress.
This legislation is expected to
keep In line combinations which
Will be permitted to form during the
present emergency, despite the Sher-
man antitrust law.
A bill will be reported out Of the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee within few days, authorizing
President Wilson to direct the opera
tion Of all the railways. Provision
will be made for him to commander
all ship building plants and factories
engaged in production Of material
necessary in the construction Of ves-
sells.
The president will be. given virtual
powers of dictator in directing distrib-
ution of supplies Of all kinds.
There is plan under way in con-
gress now to thwart the efforts of the
great coal combine to keep up prices
by authorizing the president to fix
prices on this commodity.
The first step toward this end was
taken yesterday when Senator Cum
Minis, Iowa, introduced measure au-
thorizing the government to fix the
prices on all supplies for railroads
No obstacles have been placed in the
way of formation of a coal trust by
the government.
Arrangements have been made for
coal companies, railways and water
lines to pool their in
terests in some cases. Already there
has been a marked decrease in the
cost of producing and distributing
coal and interstate commerce commits
sion authorities declared today the
would save $600.000.000 an
1ually under the new Animation per-
nitted by the government.
Instead Of working in competition
With more than hundred different
yradings, the coal companies have re-
luced their gradings to less than a
lozen. On Lake Superior, the coal
now have common distribu-
ion points instead Of individual bunk
RS for each company. Similar ar
angements are being made at New
,ort News, Baltimore and Philadel-
,hia
i The coal companies are being allow |
ID to combine, together with the rail |
ways, that there may be no competi- |
ion and waste of energy, declared |
edgar E. Clark, member of the Inter-
tate commerce commission.
Censorship Debate.
WASHINGTON, May 24-Canvass
# the senate. at the suggestion of |
President Wilson, today, uncovered |
title enthusiasm for any kind of a |
whatever as clause in |
he Gregory espionage bill, Senate !
onferees, however, will meet again
with house conferees to
etermine whether some compromise
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