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of the Ways and Means Committee that
the expectations of the $500. 900. 900
would fall about s445. 900, 900 short OF
| the expenditures contemplated for the
period covered by the bill until June 3o
1918.
Committee Is split.
Y Chairman Kitchin made the announce
ment to the House Immediately after the
revenue bill was taken up this morning
He said he would not oppose the Lenroot
amendment increasing the surtaxes on
| individual incomes above $4,000 by
2j per cent. thus increasing. the reve-
nue. returns by $4,000, 900. AS his
announcement was tantamount to an
agreement to support additional in
creases to the revenue production OF the
| bill. members of the Ways and Means
| Committee split with the chairman and
several announced that they no longer
would feel bound by the agreement to
| support the bill as reported out. Repre-
| sentative Hill. tariff specialist. was the
| first to bolt and later the committee
| split on the Lenroot amendments. which
were adopted en- bloc by vote Of 147 to
| lo7
! Hili voted for the Ienroot amend
! ments. so did Rancy of Illinois. Kitchin
reversed his decision and voted against
them after Hill had led brief fight to
! have the entire biu recommitted TO the
Committee on Ways and Means. Nc
| Cormick and Madden of Illinois and
| Meeker OF Missouri. all Republicans.
urged that the bill be recommitted
! That the general agreement by which
all members of the committee voted in
favor OF reporting the bill was the re-
! suit of log rolling was evidenced by the
I statement of Representative Fordney,
! Michigan. ranking Republican, who an
nounced that ne bad not pressed a tax
| on bank checks in committee because by
desistlng he was able to keep other taxes
obnoxious to him out of the bill. The
consumption tax OF cent and a half a
pound on sugar Is generally believed to
have been the tax which Fordney was
most anxious TO keep out of the bill.
! Amendments Voted Down.
! Following the success of the Ienroot
amendments an effort was made to raise
by $1,000 each exemptions on married
and unmarried men. This failed by q
vote OF 80 to 100. Later efforts by Nc
Cormick and Lunn TO add additional ex-
emptions of 5000 and $3.50 for minor
children in the case of one parent maxi
| ing income tax returns were voted down
| by the House. 4 large number of amend
( ments proposing various changes In the
income surtaXes was voted down, the
House having made up its mind to ac-
cept the Lenroot schedule. which changes
the surtaxes to the following figures:
Incomes from s40.000 to $50, 900, In
crease surtax from s 10 10 per cent
$50. 900 to $4,000, increase from II to
1875 per cent.
$4,000 to 100000, increase from IA
| to 1850 per cent.
100000 to $50, 900. increase from IT
! TO 21.25 per cent.
sl5o,oOO to $500, 900. increase from 20
to 2J per cent.
100000 to s25o.oco. Increase from "a
to 30 per cent
s2b0.000 to $500, 600, increase from Ct
TO 33.75 per cent.
5000, 1000 to $500, 900. increase from 30
| to 1880 per cent.
100000 20 $4,000 increase from
! SO TO 41.25 per cent.
More than $1,000. 900, increase from SO
TO As per cent
An amendment offered by Page OF
Massachusetts taxing members OF Con-
gress 65 per cent. on their Government
salaries was defeated BY a vote Of l47
to AZ.
An amendment by Representative
Fitzgerald OF New York designed to save
$500, 900 bookkeeping charges by per-
mitting citizens to make their own in
come tax returns was adopted At pres
ent citizen notifies the Government OF
the amount of his income, and a few
weeks later is advised by mail OF the
amount OF his tax
Kitchin Talks of Another BIII.
No attempt will be made IN the House.
Mr.. Kitchln announced. to raise the
total of the bill TO s2,245, 900. 900. 1t is
| probable, however. he added, that the
total will be larger than the s1.S0O.-
10000 contemplated in the original
measure. and II It Is found that more
| money is needed another bill will be
drafted at the next session of Congress.