The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-14
SENATE SPEEDS UP
 !. CONSIDERATION OF WAR REVENUE BILL
With Less Than Dozen Sen ators Present Provisions of Measure Are Adopted
 Without Objection

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 Washington, December B. The Senate today speeded up consideration of the war reve- nue bill. With less than a dozen members in their seats, miscellaneous provisions of 1 the measure designed to raise about $6,000,000 estimated for next year were adopted without objection or discussion and clerks read the entire text of the bill.
 Tomorrow the Senate will begin work on the principal and controverted fea- lures. including the income. war excess profits, beverages, inheritance. insurance, luxury, child labor and postal tax sec | tipns. Provisions approved today constituted practically all of those which are un- disputed and included the finance com nttees revision downward of the to-
 bacco, amusement admission, club dues, excise pr seni-luxury. special anG stamp tax, sections The Senate also ap- proved the committees action in elim- mating taxes on gasoline, users of mo- tor vehicles. mail order houses, and many articles classed as emi-luxuries.
 Senator Shoot of Utah, republican, plans an address tomorrow on the bilrs general policies and Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, ranking republican on the finance committee, expects to speak Mon- day, attacking the proposal to fix 1920 taxes.
 1 In view of theNrapid progress made to- day, Chairman Simmons. in charge of the bill expressed increased confidence for early passage of the measure in 1 the belief that the republicans will not cause great delay in a vote. Just before the Senate adjourned Son. ator LaFolette of Wisconsin. republican. presented a minority report, recommend- ing substitution of higher rates on in come and war excess profits and sharply lcriticizng the committee draft. FAvORS THE RICH The bill as now framed. said Sem ator I-aFollette, "favors the rich anc
 grinds the poor"
 Quoting the estimate made by Secre- tary McAdoo that government expendi- lures in 1919 would be SIS 900, ,00O, ,0o0
 
 more than the $6.000. 000. .000-~ total should be raised by taxation. The argument that the war Is over and taxes consequently should be de- creased, has little or no weight. lie said. when applied to the taxes on in- comes and war excess profits. The bill as now constituted. he said. will take by taxation only $2.40o,O0o,o00 of the 5000, 100000 profits made by corpor- ations through the war or 4S per cent, although 1t has been widely heralded throughout the country as bill which will levy an 80 per cent tax on wal profits"
 The principle that should guide us in framing this bill" the report said, "is that no man shall be allowed to retain a dollar of profits made out of this war when thousands of our peo- pie have. been called upon to give ev- erything, including their lives, for its prosecution, and millions must suffer great hardship on account of it. and generations must sweat and toll -te pay It's cost. It is intolerable that 2 favored few should be allowed to an,ass great fortunes hy reason of this war.
 Senator LaFollette concurred in the republican minority finance commit tee report. opposing fixing of the rates of taxation in 1920 at tiffs time.