The sun., 1918-09-12
CONGRESS TO RUSH
M'AD0O PROGRAMME
War Legislation Needed Before
Loan Drive Will BE Law
Next Week.
REVENUE BILL SCORED
Loss in Customs Duties Shown,
Besides Need Of Tax on
All Sales.
REVENUE BILL SCORED
Sn,ciaI Dkhphlch 10 THr srN.


WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE iegisla-
ton urgently needed by the Administra-
ton before the Liberty Loan drive be-
gins, September rs. will be passed by the
House before the end Of the week. The
Senate will take 1t up Immediately. and
1t will be on the statute books before
the end Of the next week. These assur-
ances came to-day from the responsible
leaders Of the House and tho Senate.
As this Legislation, is cited by the Ad-
ministration as a necessary precursor 10
the Liberty Loan drive, the revenue bin
will be sldetracked in the House as soon
as the general debate Is concluded there
and the McAdoo programme rushed
through General debate Is counted upon
to end tomorrow.
The Ways and Means Committee held
n meeting to-day to consider the urgent
recommendations made by the Secretary
Of the Treasury. but adjourned until t..
morrow to hear Assistant Secretary 81
the Treasury Leffingwell. specifically at
thorlzed by Mr.. McAdoo to report his
Views. The tentative draft OF the legls-
lation desired probably will be reported
to the House and Immediately taken NJ
Friday under n special rule. " neces-
sary. In view Of the war angle given 10
this need no opposition worthy OF the
name can be made.
Kitchin Explains Measure.
Chairman Kitchin OF the Ways and
Means Committee says that putting the
McAdoo legislation on the statute books
would cost the Government only ahou.
$50, 600, 900 n year. and declared no re-
IN In would M
10 make up this deficit.
Republicans kept up their criticism ~
the KitchIn bin to-day, pointing out pa
ticularly the neglect OF Increased import
duties and the failure of the bill to moe
than touch very lightly the broad field ~
consumption taxes while bearing heavily
On wealth and business.
Representative Sloan (Neb). a Re-
publican member of Mr.. Kitchns com
mittee. declared that he would supporf
the measure, as he has every completed
war measure since the war started
II shall critlcise the omission of two
features" he said, 1.-The inclusion Of
which would In one case add more than
half billion dollars and in the Other
case would result in a confidence in pub
lie expenditures which has been unduly
shaken by the Hog Island contracts AMI
the lamentable airshp construction co.
lapse.
"The last fiscal year shows the largest
importation In our history. with the least
duties collected in twenty years-irnports
s2.946, 100000. duties s179.0O0.0oo. our
customs duties for this year were only
cas- per cent. of our revenue. as against
IS per cent. in the Spanish America
war. 81 per cent In the civil war and o.
per cent. In the war Of 1912.
Need of superyi.ion.
I'VE are practically giving these mil
ions to foreigners without any adval
tage to America. Goods are not sold
with reference to cost. but rather witt
reference to the opportunity of the soller
and the necessity of the buyer, Grea'
Britain, a free trade country. is collect
ing 10 per cent. OF her revenue at he
ports. while Canada Is collecting 5S Pc
cent.
MY second criticism relates to a
committee on war expenditures. We
should have such a committee. Had
there been such body we would halr
had airplanes and no scandal. We have
| loaned to the Allies $500, 100000, AMI
instead of that sum being evidenced los
bonds OF the other nations we have ii"
diplomatic certificates issued by the rep
resentatives of the other countries"
Representative Sterling (lll), RepJh.
| lican, had this to say:
IF the Republicans had been in Tie
! majority this bill would have been some
what different A vast amount of money
would have been raised by the same
| means employed in this bill. but the Re,
publicans would have incorporated fea-
| lures which would have proved Of vas.
| Importance when the war is over.
Yield From Imports.
Import duties would have been raised
to point where they would yield COZ
siderably more money and would haV"
proved protection to the United States
in the period after the war. agree
| with Mr.. Longworth of Ohio that t'a
rates on incomes and profits hay"
| reached the point where IL they cut any
deeper they will destroy the sources
from which this revenue comes.
| In addition to the tarifc aro'hr-
| thing which this bill Scarcely toucras
| probably would have been included NHH
| Republicans been in q majority. 1t~ca
| or four billion dollars could have been
raised without disturbing business To-
| per cent. tax on all sales Every t7.e
any article Is sold an additional ! per
| cent of its price would have been ,r-
| lected and turned in to the Goverum''
| II would be n wonderful source uf retc-
nue. and would not Cypress business"
|