Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-08-23
Huge Sum Must
be Raised by the
New Tax System
Government Must Have Twenty.EOur
Billion Dollars to Garry on the
War During Coming Year.

washington, Aug. 1l.-War taxa
tion with all OF its problems and it's
benefits as well as its evils Is the
subject which may occupy Congress
almost to the exclusion OF all others
when 1t reassembles for regular ses-
sion Saturday, August "a
statesman Of an older genera
ton once remarked that government
was nothing more or less than the
power to levy and collect taxes. II Is
obvious that while the subject of war
taxation has the attention of Con-
gress it must necessarily command
the attention OF the American ppo-
pie. because the stability OF govern
ment is measured chiefly by its rev.
enue
The Ways and Means Committee
OF the House now Ii engaged in the
preliminary work OF framing the
twenty-four billion dollar revenue
bill which is to provide the sinews OF
war for the coming year. Passage
OF the bill by the House in substan-
TALLY the form in which it comes
from the Committee promises to be
a matter OF course.
| Spnate REVISION Probable.
In the Senate, however, will come
revision and reconstruction. often
the subject of prolonged debate and
even filibuster, which will put the
bill more nearly in the shape in
which II ultimately will become.
After the bill has been passed by
the Senate. 1t will go to confer
l rAf en ha Al
where bills really are made. Here q
joint committee representing both
Senate and House smooths out con-
flicting provisions, arranges compro-
misses for hard-fought amendments,
and finally inducing each side to
give way a little. or when agreement
is shown to be hopeless. disregarding
provisions entirely. reports back to
both houses of Congress a completed
bill. Sometimes one house or the
other insists on some provision. re-
fuses to accept the decisions of the
cOnferees and demands further CON
sideration. but in the end bill that
is adopted by both branches Of Con-
greSs comes out
Five Stages bill Must Pass.
The war revenue bill will be
threading its way through these tor
tuous passages in the halls of Con-
gress for several weeks. possibly un-
I'll snow flies, and il will be we'll for
any American newspaper reader who
wishes to grasp the significance of
its movements as ii progresses to fix
in mind the five stages through
which the bill passes before it goes
TO the White House for the sigma
ture of the President These stages
are:
l. The bill is framed by the Ways
and Means Committee OF the House
thiS stage now going On).
= 1t is considered in the House
and with a more or less limited de-
bate. and possibly some amendments
from the committee form. is passed
and sent to the Senate.
.. The bill is considered by the
Senate Finance Committee. To which
it has been referred In this com
mittee the bill may he practically
made over" or to the structure Oi
the work of the House may be added
the ideas Of the Senate committee
men.
4. 1t is debated and passed in thu
Senate. often after nights of prolong
ed argument and parliamentary man
| euver
| :. As altered by the Senate thu
| bill goes to the conference commit
| t.e of Senators and Representatives
| which finally reports back a conpro
| mise draft on which both sides ear
agree.
| Inasmuch as this particular bill
lengthens the long arm of IN" Gov
ernment tax collector so II can reac'
into almost every mans pocket. on
who attempts to be informed OF wha
sacrifices he will be called upon Il
make that the world may become
decent place to live in. will do wei
to survey the needs which hav
| brought before tho country mi
| measure for taxing the high and 10"
| Backbone for Allied Cause.
The American people. of course
| will not only finance their own shar
of the war. but they will furnish
7 large measure the monetary bach
hone to enable the allies to continue
The new law l. expected To max" IA
equitable distribution of the hnrd"
to all the people in just prop"rn"
to their share Of the nations W"a'l
Results Of the present laws hav" ne
been entirely satisfactory.
Estimates submitted to tongr"'
place III" expenditures of III" comm
yoor a, about S30.""o, ,"oo, 90"
does not necessarily follow. h"""N"
that the actual txpendi'nr" vi
reach that figur" TIL" HuuS" cor
mittee on Appropriations j. 81 u
opinion that S24, ,""" ,"o".""" ~
suffice According 10 m" origin
budget the expenditure for war ru
noses alone will b. $3.50 2"3.h'
BiIl Must Rai>r Eight Billions.
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