New-York tribune., 1918-09-20
Levies of $8,000,0 900, 600
Sufficient This Year,
McAdoo Says
Tax on Child Labor
And Cotton Killed
Proposal to Give Congress
Control of War Expendi-
tures Rejected
Specinl Dispotch 10 The Trib,mO

WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.-In day
of quibtling the House to-day COM
pleted the ss,o0o,ooO,OoO war revenue
bill. Final passage of the measure is
expected tomorrow.
Secretary McAdoo issued a statement
TO set al rest any fears by Congress
that it would be necessary to raise by
taxes this year any more than the
$4,000 ,o00,0 600 provided in the present
measure. The Secretary also said there
need be no great increase in bond is
sues
Only one feature of the bill was con-
sidere0 worthy of a record vote and
this was on the petty question Of
whether few employees of the new
Tax Advisory Board should be appoint
ed from the service list BY a strict
party vote, except that Representative
Fordney, of Michigan, voted with the
Democrats, the vote standing 1919 to
1872, the House decided that this hand
full of employees might be without the
civil service list. In the end. how
ever, the reading of the bill was com
pleted, and the House meets tomorrow
morning with nothing to dispose of
but few unimportant questions that
we're deferred until the last.
Only Minor Changes
The revenue bill will leave the House
with nothing but minor changes, and
will not be extended to meet the deficit
in the estimates caused by the passing
Of beer or the greatly enlarged ex
penditures over estimates with which
the country is now confronted. These
problems Will be left to the Senate.
Some of the features of the day were
the rejection of Representative j.
Hampton Moore's cotton taxation
amendments and his amendment pro-
viding for a joint Congressional COM
mlttee on expenditures. These amend
ments and Representative Rainey's at
tempt to incorporate an amendment re-
pealing the tax on mixed -four for the
purpose q; promoting war bread
brought out lively and at times acrid
debate.
After many Ways and Means Com
mittee amendments of a textual nature
had been accepted, the committee sub
nitted two or three that changed the
substance of the sections affected.
The whole paragraph imposing a tax
OF per cent on the gross receipts of
taNlcab proprletors operating three or
more machines was eliminated, thus
saving the taXicab companies from ruin
and putting them on a parity with the
independent taxicab operators.
Adding Machines EXEMPTED
The committee also offered an amend
ment striking out the 10 per cent tax
on adding and duplicating machines
Ny kitchin explained that there was
very great demand by the government
Tor the exempted machines and that
they were labor savers and necessaries
The business and professional tax
was made SO for professional or re-
tail businesses doing $2,500 or more
business year and $5 additional for
wholesalers. and was so worded as
plainly to exclude professional people
working Tor salaries. Some other
minor amendments were accepted.
Representative Treadway, of Massa-
chusetts, withdrew his amendment tax
ing blllboards, as it was apparent that
1t would be held out of order. For
the same reason Representative Sab
path, of Illinois, withdrew his amend
ment taxing steel products.
Inc committee approved of an
amendment offered by Representative
RaIney, OF Illinois, repeating the pres
ent tax OF four cents barrel on
mixed flour, but Mr.. Rainey ran into
parliamentary difficulty and had to
give up I'LL some later time. The four
cent tax and the Sl2 occupationai tax
That goes with il did not raise revenue
enough to pay for its administration.
but did tangle the millers up in red
lape, he said
Raney Attacks Moore
As arranged yesterday, Mr.. Moore
offered one Of his amendments put
ing S3-a- bale tax on cotton.
IT takes gigantic intellect" said
Mr.. Rainey, "to propose a tax on apri-
eultufai products-a tax that was never
heard of beforehand to favor tax
en- bread. thus obeying the order of
The prot!teering mllers. The gentle
man from Pennsylvania represents that
clstrct where they succeed by political
tssasslnation. He comes from the
tate that has produced more profteers
o the acre than any other part of the
country: lie comes trom the state where
boothlacI stand privilege in the base
iacnt OF the Capitol sold for s75.0O0
why does not the gentleman pro
pose d tax on wool? The reason is
that IN his state the farms stand on
edge and they have to raise crops thai
can climb like sheep and goats. Whv3
why doesn't he propose a tax on an.
thraclte coal. which is found in Penn
sylvanla only, and thus get some Of
the coal protiteers he representso WI,