The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-24
SENATE PASSES
REVENUE BILL;
TAXES LUXURY
Levy 6 100 Per Cent. on
Campaign Gifts Of More
Than $500.
POSTAL ZONES TO GO
Months Pay for All Soldiers
and Sailors Discharged
After Nov. II.
MODIFY CLOTHING RULE
Assessment On Industrial and
Agricultural Automobiles
Stricken Out.
MODIFY CLOTHING RULE
Speci1l Despatch TO TUE suS.

Special Despatch TO TUE suS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-The Senate
paseed tonight the revenue bill prac-
tically ms 1t came from the Finance
Committee with only unmportant
amendments. In the course Of the
final days deliberations the radical
element In the Senate assumed the
upper hand long enough to force
back into the measure the semi
luxury taxes and also to compel the
inclusion In the measure of a tax Of
100 per cent. on campaign contribu-
tons in excess of $500 from any In
dlyldual, firm or corporation, with
heavy penalties for infraction of the
proposed law.
special provision that every Of
fcer and man Of the United States
naval and military forces shall be
paid one month of extra salary at
the time of his discharge was In
cluded.
Burleson Plan Defeated.
Almost the concluding act Of the
Senate tonight was the ratification
in the open Senate Of the Finance
Committees action in the matter Of
postal rates. The elimination Of the
zone system OF charges for second
class mail matter, the pet measure Of
Postmaster General Burleson, was
accomplished by a vote of Al to %,
thus ratifying the previous action Of
the Finance Committee in this re-
spect and of the Senate Committee of
the Whole.
Under the bill as passed tonight
first class postage Is reduced from 8
cents per ounce to cents beginning
July l. 1919, while the zone system
Is abolished and rate Is established
OF IL cents a pound for periodicals
and newspapers destined for points
within a radius of twenty miles OF
the point Of publication and ~ cents
for greater distances.
Senator La Toilette CWis.) delivered
a speech more than two hours In
length in advocacy of his substitute
measure tonight urging the increase
in the gross levy of the bill from
s597s, 100000 as proposed by the FL
nance Committee to ss.743. 100000 as
his own bill was designed to provide
Wealth Conscription Plea.
Senator La Toilette urged that the
eonscription OF wealth which Ne and Q
group Of radical Senators had urged
when the present law was pending in
the Senate had been recognized by the
present Finance Committee in fran.
ing their bill. but in his opinion he
said they had not gone far enough
He urged the enactment of a law that
would conscript to the full every cent
Of profit made through the accident
Of war
Senator La Toilette warned the Sen
atsthat there would be need for every
penny Of revenue which his bill sought
10 provide. He warned that history
did not show wherever in the years
Immediately subsequent to war there
had been any such diminution in Gov.
eminent expenditures as the Treasury
officials predicted. He said he would
rather expect to see the cost of Gov
eminent for 1919 raised to $22 900. 900,
900 than lowered to $18 900. 900 900, thu
figure set as certain for the current
year.
The La Toilette substitute wa
beaten on yea and no vote, 55 10 6
The defeat of the substitute was fol
lowed by a brief discussion OF othel
amendments. and the final unanimous
vote for the passage of the commit
tees bill as amended.
Immediately after the passage OF tht
OIL the conference managers on the
part OF the Senate Who will conduc
negotiations with the House looking Il
adjustment Of differences between thu
House and Senate measures were ap
pointed. They will be Senators Sim
0-0 W. ~, II Jhc .5Hlil1 NHd-J AIN
Williams (Miss), Democrats, and Pen
rose (Pa.) and Lodge (Mass.), Repub
hcans.
Senate Radicals I'm Action.
Senator Kenyon's motion to replac'
N the revenue bill the "semi-luxury'
taxes Of the House measure AFFORDED
the frst oportunity for the Senat,
radicals to score a victory over tn,
finance Committee. Under the termi
of the House bill there had been in
corporated In the revenue measure {
special schedule OF taxes of 20 PEI
cent each on the articles ordinaril.
.ohsldered essential, but upon which
ule wealthy may expend far highel
sums than actual necessity or ever
common good taste demand. The q
Yer cent. levy was not effective on ar
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