The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-08-12
TULSA PREPARESC0NGRESS HAST
ITO ENTERTAINERS TASK I'M
BOYS IN Grey TAX ADJUSTMENT
BILLIONS or DMIARS Is
ASKED RN WAR DEPART
MENT TO CARRY on
GREAT STRIFE

etsss as wcli as IL evils. Is the sus
iect ~hsch will ocrups Congress a
ucst 10 the exclusion OF al Other
vAen il reasscnaAles~ for rsgals- Sc
sss a. on Aaguss 81.
A statesman Of an older generate
once remarked gasi government va
rcthing more az less ,aan the pose
TO levy and collNe, taxes II Is 90
ssons that Wills he subiecs II wa
s4xAsion has iae attsnsioa ot Con
sress must necessarily ccmnan
tke attention of sAe American peopls
because the stability OF government
is measured chiefly by its revenue
TAe SAYS and r'exas committee Q
the HsOGse now Is engaged in the pre-
ilrainary ~ors al training the twentl
four billion dclias revenue bill whicl
Il 20 provide IA sinews ot war 70
ghs coming rear Passage Of the bill
b. the House ir substantially th'
form in which IL comes from The con-
n,isiee promises s0 be matter @
course
In the Senate. l.owevcr. will CONS
revision and recensiruc;ion. often ih'
subject OF prolonged aehase and ever
fs.lbasser. which VII pa, The bill more
nearly ia the share in which i; nltl.
nsa,ely will beceme, the Senate Is
some historians as said. being the
saucer in shish Is cooled the hot tea
cSning from the cup 0. the House
she deliberations there are sure to he
prolonged
Afser the hHi has been passed by
ifc Senate /, wi'l go 10 conier-
ence. often referred TO as The place
: here bills are -s4lly made Here a
soini committee representing Senate
and House suo0ikes out conflicting
f.oy.siOas- arrange COMPROMISES for
hard fought ams-Jmen,s, and finally.
IL dacing each sile 10 give wsy lit
tie. or ~hen 2g-Ament IS shown 70
be hopeless, dlscArding provisions en-
;lrely. reports b4sk 20 both Houses az
Congress 1 completed bill Some
times one house or the other. insist
su, on some provision. refuses TO ac
cep, the decisions Of the conferees.
and demands further consideration.
-, in the end ihs oil TIA; is adopt
al By both branches et Congress
comes out.
The War Revsaae bill will BE-
threading iis ~Ay ihro4sh these tor
taoas passage IN the halls o. Goa
sress for several weeks possibly an
II srox flies and ]; will De well for
any American newspaper reader who
= shes 10 grasp he significance Of
is movements as il progresses to tlx
n mind the five stages through
which the oil passes before il goes
t. the White HC-se for the sigma
-rre O. TIE Presiient. these s;sges
are.
The bil Is framed hy the House
rzys and means committee fThis
Is aox going ca
il considered in The House wiEh
! more or less limited oebz;e. and
possibly some amendments from the
tern. = passec snd sens
10 the Senate
The bin J. considsre3 By the Sea-
ne finance COMMITTEES. 10 Which II las
sesn referred Il tbs committee the
III nav he Practically made over.
u % ne structure Of the work Of the
House nay Se added the IDEAS OF The
Senate comnitsse1e1-
II i 5ehated and rasssd IN The Sen
,te. amer ofter Eirhts OF p-olocged
l-gunenf and r1riisneutsry r3sn-
,sav-e
A. sl;ered By ~ Senate The sfT'
Eces 70 the conference co1rrittee Of
senators and Representatives, vhich
Insiiy reports hack a compromise
srsft q which both Hoasss can
,xree
Inzsz1ch a. tsis particular bill
e1<-hsns the ioz- arm of the govern
-ae1f TAX collector 80 Il car reach into
llusost svsv ,nan's poekss- ore xho
,ffenp-s 70 b. informed q -hat sac.
rificei ~ VII - csiied spon 70 make
hat tke ~o-H any becone q decent
pi4ee - I've in "a @ vel tn survey
he re-ss rkicA S1Fe trca<Hs before
he co1nfry this neasare for ts.inr
he hi<h sns ioz
Th- AnerfzH rsos,-. a ocsr<z. Ill
nst o1iE ln.noe heir oEn shzpe q
the var. bss they ~fn furnish n large
measures. the zq.ezzry hsek-bonc
10 srshis tke An.es . contf1se Thss
nexlzr : ex->cssd 20 make an sezIt
-. sE<<rSt.-io, - he b1rte. . al
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