The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
HOUSE APPROVES i ALL PROVISIONS ' FOR TAXES IF NEW WAR REVENUE BILL House Leaders Now Believe Final Vote to be Reached
 By Tomorrow TAX CAUSE
 OF MOST DISCUSSION #> - Important Matters Yet to Be Disposed of Are Pro- posed Tax on Cotton
 Bales and Products of
 Child Labor
LUXURY TAX CAUSE
 OF MOST DISCUSSION

Washington, September Is. All of the principal tax provi- sions of the new war revenue bill were approved by the House today, almost as fast as two clerks, working in relays, could read them. With only a few minor provisions and Amendments to be consider cred, leaders believe a final vote will be reached Friday, with a possibility that it may come tomorrow.
 After adopting within an, hour the war-e2cess profits provisions without change, the House passed important sections raising many millions of dol lars without a word of objection or even discussion Every amendment proposed either was rejected summar- fly or passed over so that the ways and means committee can consider them before final action is taken. Besides the war-excess profits sec lions, wi1icss yield tlxe greatest rela- tions to come from the bill, provisions adopted today were taxes on estates, estimated to raise $t10.0o0,oo0; trans- portation, s1S7.000.000: amusement ad- missions, $100.000,000; excess taxes in- cluding automobiles, Jewelry, luxuries and semi-luxuries $1S,000,00o; bever- ages, $4,137, ,000,0 900; tobacco, $341 ,o00.- 900; capital stock, $70, ,000, 900 and the federal automobile licenses provision, SIP, 030,000 and stamp taxes, $32.000, ,009. The luxury taxes caused some dis cussion; some members contending the bills rates toe low and others that they are too high. An amendment by Representative Platt of New York, to reduce the luxuries rate from 20 to 10 per cent was defeated
 Tho most important matters remain- ing to be disposed of are the proposal to tax cotton s3 bale and to impose a per cent tax on products of child labor. The cotton tax was formally proposed today by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, and the amend ment met with instant and spirited op- position. Leaders predicted tonight that the amendment would be rejected
 TO OFFER AMENDMENT
 Representative Green of Iowa, gave notice that tomorrow he will offer his child labor amendment, with preGic- tions general that 1t also would 5e rejected.
 Other provisions deferred for action tomorrow by the ways and means com mittee of the House include:
 The clause levying per cent on gEoss receipts of automobiles used for hire.
 An amendment by Representative Wood of Indiana to exempt travelling salesmen from the $100 annual brokers H. cense tax.
 An amendment by Representative Treadway of Massachusetts to levy 10 per cent on gross receipts from billboard, street car, electric signs and similar ad- vertising.
 Allowances for depletion of oil and gas wells and mines
 Exemptions from income and inherit tance taxation of persons in the military service.
 The business, occupational, license tax of $10 proved a stumbling block today. because of confusion over it's application. and it was determined to consider having the section redrafted tomorrow. Repre- sentative Robbins of Pennsylvania said it would apply to ministefs. authors.
 
 sentatives Garner and Longworth of the ways and means committee declared 1t would not apply to salaried persons. but only to firms. such as law partnerships, advertising dental concerns and the like
 AUTO TAX ATTACKED q : The proposed federal license tax for automobiles. ranging from $ to $50 an. nually. according to horsepower was sharply attacked, but finally approved. Representative Treadway declared the horse power standard illogical. in conflict with thes state standards, and arbitrary, and urged that value instead of horse power be made the basis.
 Chairman Kitchih of the ways and means committee said the proposed H. cense tax virtually is road tax, in view of government appropriationse. for road work Some members doubted that the tax would apply to used automobiles, bur Representative Kitchin said that no mat ter how many times machine changes hands each owner would have to pay the federal license.
 < In suggesting the tax on billboard and similar adveftising receipts, Repre- sentative Treadway said his amendment was designed to reach a proper revenue source now untouched. Representative Madden, of Illinois, opposing the amend ment, said it would be a discrimination in favor of newspaper and magazine ad- vertising Representative Fordney, of Michigan. insisted the latter Is taxed under the present law. but Representa-. tive Crisp, of Georgia, said the only leyy ffat could be called a tax on news paper advertising Is the increased post age rate on advertising portions
 When the House adjourned tonight reading of all tax sections Of the bill had been completed, with only . few provisions remaining to be acted upon in addition to the controvert- cd items put over today.