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New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
taking war profits personal incomes
Some of these follow:

He concluded this list of swollen
personal incomes by showing how the
president, superintendent and treas
urer of a certain pipe line company
had increased their incomes in three
years from $4,000 to $4,000 each to
about $725,000 each
Mr.. kitchn said there were thou
sands of similar cases of expanding
incomes and that most of them were
due directly or indirectly to war con-
tracts.
Platt Causes Merriment
When Mr. Kitchin was speaking Of
the tax on salaries of government Off
cias. including the President and
Judges of the United States courts,
Representative Platt, OF New York,
caused some merriment by arguing that
since Congressman tax on his $1,000
salary would leave him only $1,000,
that was really his taxable income, and
The tax should be imposed on the latter
amount
Mr.. kitchin endeavored to explain
without success that the Congressmen
would never be overtaken with that
sort of figuring. AS to the constitu-
tionality of the tax on judges. Repre-
sentative Hardy, of Texas, pointed out
that that could never be determined
"e>"uoc "o JuuSe "ouiu De competent
to pass on question involving him
self. Mr.. Kitchin thought the taxes
on the President and the judges, as
we'll as those on state officials, would
be sustained by the courts, though
there was admittedly a question. He
considered the situation with respect
to taxing state obligations to be in q
similar position.
MIR. Kitchin devoted considerable
part Of his time to arguing that little
or nothing was to be gained by raisint
the tariff at this time. and That som.
considerable harm would be done
thereby, though he admitted that the
time might come when q consumption
tax would have to be imposed through
an increase of tariffs. The protection
argument for a high tariff was tenn
porarily eliminated by the protection
the war was giving.
Mr: kltchln will go on with his ex
position tomorrow, and will be for
lowed by Mr.. Fordney. ranking Repub
llcan member of the Ways and Means
| Committee.
Mail Order Protest
The Senate Finance Committee hello
us 1lrst nearing this morning, but there
was lack of witnesses, and after ar
noul session adjourned until to.
MORROW.
The mail order houses of the coun
Try through George II Eiswald, Of .he
Charles William Stores, of New York
protested against the / per cent tax
on their sales, which he said would put
them at disadvantage with their com.
| petltors. who were not so taxed. Will
lam R. Heath, of the Larkin COMPANY
of Buffalo, spoke for the type of mai
order house that gets its orders through
solicitors. John Hinkley, of the Balti.
more Stock Exchange; George M. B
loves, of the Chicago Stock Exchange
j. 5. B. Maleney, of The New York Con.
solidated Stock Exchange, and Thomas
r. Cunningham, of the New Orleans
Board of Trade, protested against the
tax on stock exchange memberships anc
brokers as being unjust to the smaller
exchanges.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Americas Industrial
Army Is Already on
The March to Victory
so, 900 Laborers Recruited and
Transported Last Week by
u. S. Employment Bureau
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Between
$4,000 and 10000 unskilled workers
were recruited and moved from certain
states having surplus of common la
borers for war work to other states
where government projects needed ad-
ditional hands during the last three
weeks of August, the Department Of
Labor announced to-day.
The movements were handled through
the Federal directors of the United
States Employment Service in the vari-
Gus states on authorizations from the
Director General at Washington. To
augment the common labor supply for
war production, several hundred labor
crs from the Bahama Islands have been
brought to this country through the
United States Employment Service dur
ing the last few days. They were
shipped from Nassau and are to be used
in the construction of the army and
navy terminal at Norfolk, Va.
AS soon as ships are available several
thousand Porto Rican laborers, now
registered at San Juan, will be brought
to the United States by the employment
service for government war work. Mex
lean labor is another source of outside
labor which is being utilized in war
production.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

much of it, and not in later years,
when depression comes.
Mr.. Kitchin said he believed that 90
per cent of the business men of the
country would cheerfullv paw the heavy
taxes as patriotic duty that was,
after all, small compared with the sac
rllce of the fighting men who were
giving their lives that there might be
an American nation and business III
the future.
Income Levies Explained
Mr.. kitchin took up the personal in
come, normal and surtaXes and the
corporation income taxes. and explained
and defended them i'll the midst of a
rapid succession of questions. He cX-
planned that the surtax rates had been
arrived at by considering how much q
man of certain income ought to pay
III taxes, and then man Of another
income, and so on, and then these abso-
lutte amounts had been converted into
percentages. Though the percentages
were larger on the higher incomes in
the list, the possessors of those in
comes were still left with large in
comes, absolutely considered.
The reason was that such large in
GENES were usually turned back into
production tOr the most part: that
the hotation of loans must be con-
sdered with regard to them, and that
their possessors must not be driven to
unloading all their taxable securities
to the Generalization of the markets.
AS to corporations, he considered
that they were entitled to larger profits
now than before the war, and he re-
marked that, even after paying the
large taxes the bill purposed to impose
on them, most of them would still be
earning more than before the war, as
their incomes had increased from
$4,000, 100000 to Sl0,500,000, 900. They
were entitled TO more because of the
decreased purchasing power OF the dol
lar, both to them, if put into the bust
ness, and to the shareholder, if turned
over to him iS dividends, and because
Of the increased hazards Of business, in
view of the uncertainties of the future.
Examples Cited
AS showing the tremendous war
profits that make available rich reve-
rue collecting sources, Mr.. Kitchin
gave some sample "before- and after
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
British Shipping
Improves Greatly,
DESPITE U-Boats

LONDON, Sept. 6. - Baron Pirrie,
Controller General of Merchant Ship
building. yesterday gave some of the
impressions he had gained in his recent
tour of the shipyards on the Tyne. and
generally reviewed the situation with
regard to the merchant shipbuilding
programme He said he had been
he had found it. and continued:
"Considerable progress has been
made with the construction Of new
private yards and extensions as we'll as
With the installation Of necessary
plants and labor-saving devices. New
shipbuilding berths are being brought
into use on which keels are being laid.
Fcrty-nine yards are now being solely
engaged on cargo shipbuilding, and
every month the number is increasing.
During my tour | inspected num-
ber of new yards in which concrete
vessels and tugs are being constructed.
Of the programme Of concrete ship con-
struction toward the end of last year
was the then shortage of steel and the
lack of skilled men.
"The latest figures issued Of the ton
mage Of steamships of 500 tons and
over entering and clearing from United
Kingdom ports should satisfy the pub
lie that all the departments concerned
were fully alive to the necessities of
the situation. The combined results OF
new merchant construction, merchant
ship repairs and the official operation
of shipping by the Shipping Controller
has improved service to and from this
country by % per cent since January
last, and these results we're achieved
notwithstanding the deficit of 594,143
gross tons during the six months to
June 81, as between the tonnage of
British merchant ships produced and
British merchant ship losses.
~ have had several conferences re'
Gently with the First Lord Of the Ad-
miralty on the question Of division
Of the shipbuilding effort as between
naval and merchant construction. The
necessity for anti i-submarine craft has
hitherto made such demands upon the
shipbuilding resources of the country
as seriously to restrict the output OF
merchant ships.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Five Lost in Crash
OF Ships During Fog
Off Atlantic City
United Fruit Co. Steamer
Almirante Sinks in
Four Minutes
Hit by u. S. S. Hisco
Landed in New York
After Rescue From
Heavy Sea

Five lives we're reported last night
to have been lost when the United
Fruit Company steamship Almirante
was sunk in collision with the u. S. s.
Hisco, about nine miles off Atlantic
City, N. j., yesterday afternoon. After
standing by the Almirante until she
sank, a few minutes following the
crash, the Hisco, with the bodies Of
five persons picked up from the water
as we'll as all the survivors on board,
reached New York late last night.
The two ships came together in a
heavy fog which hung over the entire
Atlantic coast Details of the collision
were refused by the Naval Intelligence
officers. who immediately began an in
vestigation of the accident.
According to one report. the AL
mirante, bound out, was struck head-on.
She sank, it is said, in four minutes.
Perfect order prevailed on both ships
and several small boats from the AL
mirante were launched before she sank.
While definite information was not
obtainable last night, it is believed
that there were several passengers on
board the fruit steamer. Just before
the vessel disappeared beneath the
waves, q number of persons were seen
to jump overheard and the fivA dead
are thought to have been from among
those who failed to reach one of the
small boats.
There was fairly heavy sea run
ming at the time of the accident which
made it difficult for the small boats to
keep afoat. Skilful work on the part
of the commander of the Hisco un-
doubtedly saved many lives, as he
brought his ship sharply about and in
little time was picking up the. small
boats and their occupants.
AS soon as it was possible the crew
of the Hisco lowered boats and thei1
search of the ocean in the immediate
vicinity of the accident resulted in
from coast guard station, who had
received the first call for aid sent out,
recovered the fifth body, which was
afterward transferred to the Hisco.
The Almirante left New York Thur.
day in command of Captain Farquar
Grant, bound for Havana and West
Indian ports. She was of 5000 tons
gross, and was built at Belfast in 1909
The vessel was 37S feet long and had
beam of SO feet.
Apart from being a popular passen~
ger carrier, the Almrante came into
public notice in 1918 when she rescued
the passengers of Frederick w. Van.
derbilt's steam yacht Warrior, which
was stranded at the mouth of the Mag
dalena River, Colombia.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Court Decides Price Paid for
Barge Canal Land Was Fair

In decision handed down yesterday
in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, JUS
tice Callaghan held that the price of 95
cents a square foot for land along the
East River in Brooklyn, taken over by
the state for use in connection with
the barge canal, was not excessive.
The decision was rendered in an
action brought by the city to determine
the justice of the price, established by
a commission in 1918 and reaffirmed d
by another commission appointed fol-
lowing agitation against the price as
too high.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
M Such Colossal Finan-
.;alTask Ever Undertaken
in Worlds History -
Aim Not to Leave
Bills for Posterity
CHAMPION of $S,00O,O ,OOO,-
MOO Measure Applauded
as He Explains Terms
Bv Theodore M. knappen

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-Dealing
..;,b billions of income and expen
,,.,res ricturlng the wealthiest nation
:, the ages, making and spending
u,orev as il was never spent before,
torecasting for generations to come,
rsst national expenditures and equally
vost revenues. Chairman Claude Kitch-
:, ~ the Ways and Means Committee
.,.rsn TO oxuound :he eight billion dol
,.- reyenve bill to TIE House ihis after
neon.
r vss nc .orge- the anti-war kitch-
I, or the small retinue Kitchin who
told to-day the story Of the greatest
s,.ncisl effort any nation ever under
.ook Il was new the kitchin of great
md irresistible armies, of unstinted
w;n-the-war expenditures and bankful
channels of revenue pouring the sinews
=; war into the treasury. 1t was even
.be Kitchin Of the most up-to-date
economic ideas advocating a policy of
paying for the war as it is fought to
the greatest possible degree
II was even no longer the states
-;cbts Kitchin, but kitchin advocat-
;pe Federal taxation or the salaries
and the obligations of states. 1t was
no longer North Carolina kitchin, but
United States Kitchin-a constructive
Ktchin-a kitchin who even dared to
defend leaving to the possessors of in
comes measured by the millions some
Of those millions.
The new bill provides not only for
The raising of $4,000, 100000 by taxes.
hut for the sale Of $4,000, 100000 in
bonds. making total of more than
$4,000. .000,O 900 TO be raised. Chairman
Simmons of the Senate Finance Com
mittee said tonight he hoped the
measure could be enacted INTO law by
October IS, or perhaps October 81.
Greeted With Applause
Some 2SO members and scattering
gallery greeted the chief Of the high
-axers with loud non-partisan hand
elapping and even q yell or two as he
rose to present the argument for the
heaviest tax burden ever imposed on
nation. That makes me feel mighty
good he said appreciativeiy.
Briefly reviewing the CELEBRITY and the
ardor with which the Ways and Means
Committee mad acted Immediately fol-
lowing the Presidents message of May
-, aud extending his thanks to fnan-
cal and fiscal experts of the Treasury
Department. with special mention of
Dr. 7. S. Adams, of Harvard. for their
patient and helpful cooperation. Mr..
nitchin said that the committee had
been controlled by three purposes,
which were:
First-To determine what amount of
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Woman Swallows Poison
In Brooklyn IL" Station

A young woman, who carried purse
in one hand and small phial in the
other, raised the phial to hsr lips yas-
terday at the Gates Avenue station
Brooklyn. II have taken poison" she
said to those who rushed to her side.
The bottle had contained phenol. Tho
ambulance surgeon who took the young
woman to the Bushwick Hospital said
she was near death.
She said she was Adele Merritt, Of
21b West Fiftieth Street. Manhattan,
but no one could be found there who
recognized her or the name she gave.
In the purse were ring set with q
small diamond and photograph Of a
soldier
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Gas Mask Needs of
Americans Supplied

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-Production
Of gas and of gas masks in the United
States has reached the point where
shipments in great quantities are be-
ing made at regular intervals, Major
General Sibcrt, chief of the Chemical
Warfare Service. said to-day. Enough
masks are being produced to supply all
the needs Of the American forces. In
the last year large quantities Of gas
masks and other protective supplies
for American troops we're obtained
from the British.
Improvement in the protective equip
mcnt Of the Allies has resulted In q
marked decrease in gas casualties, it
was announced officially.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

Highest temperature yesterday. 10 degrees TAT IL or
g.. NJ lowest. 81 degrees lat 10 p M average
GO degrees average same date last year. 81 degrees
average data for thirty three years. So desreos
Humidity
g. m......70 l D. m......s5 .. m.....SS
Barometer Readings
g. M 1881 p. IN. 29.sl 8 p. ..2seB
Local ofncial Foreoast.-Fair to-day and to-mors
row tomorrow; moderate northwest winds
becoming variable tc-n morrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
2-Pound Sugar Ration Retained

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8-Retention
Of the present sugar ration Of two
pounds a month for each person was
announced by the food administration
o-day at the conclusion of two days
conference, attended by administrators
from most of the states. called here
by Food Admiuistr:..s... - ooYeI
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
OTHER SERVICES
SONG SERVICE ABOARD THE
HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE BOATS
EACH SUNDAY,

EACH SUNDAY,
On Scot Hs* JOHN a. COURTRIGHT Marine
Barracks r H. c. A. Secretary, Will ba the speaker
oo the $40 A. 81: boat lie will be assisted by
Mise RUTH LINAUD and Miss WOLFE, solosts
sesyins OF song and address Oh the 10 90 4; II.
bost from DesbrosSeS St. will he conducted by
Chaplin LEWIS W. ARMSTRONG assisted by a
y NJ G.. A. Overseas Secretary; Miss ERMEN
TRJDE LANSING. soloist, and Miss EMMA DU
BOIS, coTnetst-
Soldiers siid sailors and all patrons ~eicoha
a1 tbs Bear Mountain service in Pavilion No. 2, at
2.ts p. NJ Singing and address
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
Neutral Norway Loses 13
Ships and 2 Men in Month

LONDON, Sept. 6.-Norway lost thir-
teen vessels. aggregating 22,976 tons.
through war causes in the month of
August, according to an announcement
made to-day at the Norway Legation
here.
Two Norwegian sailors lost their
uyea.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

Before you start him off to
schools anything neededa
School suit? Pair of
"Westpointer" shoes? Hata
Shirts? Stockings? Under
wear?
Quality that stands for
wear and tear.
Variety you naturally ex-
pect in a Rogers Peet store.
Special Shopping Service
for out-of-towners.
Write for samples.
Official outhtters for Boy
Scouts Of America.
Sporting goods.
Open All Day
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
at 18th st. The at 34tb St
Four
Broadway Corners Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 4lst Sc.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
At the Recruiting Office

"Your name ?"
Il. Lehigh Low"
"Stop yodeling aud ansWer me-
Boston Transcript.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

nr1.IGYoY's SOCIETY OF FRIENDs-Msetins,
fo1 worshi3 IL T. No.. st 2zl East 18th st sfsn.
haitian. and ITO Schsrmerhorn g.. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

REFORMED CHURCH OF HARLEM.
Lenox Avenue and l23rd Street
NsY. EDGAR TILTON, Jr. d. d. Minister
II A. ~. DR.. Triton viii preach.
No evening Ssrvice,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-07

AS showing the tremendous war
profits that make available rich reve-
rue collecting sources, Mr.. Kitchin
gave some sample "before- and after
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
From Records of Indiana Title
and Loan Co.

Adam Hunsberger and wife
Abraham Livingston and wife and
Max Livingston and wife TO Walter
L. Signe, lot 35, unrecorded plat Of
jefferson heights, second add. $3.50.
Fred c. Klein. commr., TO Ed
mund j. Hartman. lot - and part
20, Lawrence and BattelTs add. 81.
William B. Calvert and wife 20
Eli Gable. lot 1O7. first add. Ma
varre pl., 81.
Marietta ". Kreighbaum TO John
F. Fuchs, lot 241. wenger Home
stead add, $3.50.
d. Donald p. Drummond. admin
istrator, TO George A. Rough, undi-
vided 1-9 of Is 1.3 acres in War
rem twp. S1,333.33.
Wilhelmina Fisher to Charles J
Mumford. lots 50. So. Fishers South
Side survey, $500
The st. Joseph Loan & Trust Co,
trustee. TO Charles Suabedessen, lot
IA, Huey heights, S265.
Eli Table 10 William 3. Calvert
lot 81. Arnold's second add, 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
SHOW EFFECT Of
WAR ON WAGES
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Reports Conditions in Iron
and Steel Industries.

The bureau Of labor statistics of
the U. 5. department of labor has
just published a report bulletin
218) which is a continuation of its
former reports on wages and hours
of labor in the iron and steel indus
try. This statistical record ends
with May, 1915, a time when the
late general depression in the in
justry was lessening, but at a time
when hourly earnings still were at
a low level
The depression while not affect
ing the rates of pay which had
been materially increased in the
spring of 1913. did. by affecting the
tonnage output and consequently
the incentive for rapid work. so de-
crease the earnings per hour Of
tonnage workers, that the combined
fun time weekly earnings Of time
and tonnage workers in Ma, 1915.
as compared with May. 1918. were
decreased four percent i'm blast fur
naCes. ten percent in Bessemer
plants, one percent in open hearth
plants, nve percent i'm blooming
mills, four percent I'm bar mills. and
. five percent in sheet mills. The
weekly earnings in plate mills were
UNCHANGED and tin-plate mills show
ed an increase OF three precent
In addition 10 the regular tables
showing wages and hours of labor
complete presentation is made in
this report, by percentages. OF the
turns discussed, during each month
OF the two year period ending
June. 1915, which covers the great
er part OF the general depression.
These monthly statements clear
~ show the increasing activity in
the several departments from Jan
uary 10 June. 1915, while other text
and tabular statements exhibit the
remarkable increases in employ
ment and in rates Of pay and earn
ings in the iron and steel industry
between January, 1915. and jan
{ uary. 1917. In the latter period APP
proXimately leo OF he principal
I iron and steel plants OF the cOun-
7 Try reported az increase in en-
ployees OF over so percent and in
I total pay rolls Of over 125 percent
The reduction in seven-day work
/ through the Introduction OF relief
/ gaEgs which began in 1910. in
I creased 20 such an extent that in
blast furnace plants. the department
+ in which operations are continuous
only So percent OF the employees
! worked seven days per week N
I 1915. as compared with so percent
.n 1918. So percent in 1919. and
81 percent in 1897.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-20
SAYS STARVATION
WON 7 BEAT HUNS
German Workers are Used to
Living on Half RatiOnS-
No Hardship Caused.

A loyal United States citizen of
German birth. who has bought Iiber-
ally Of Liberty bonds and thrift GER
tifeates. recently made an nlunina-
ting statement concerning stories
that have been appearing from time
to time on the food shortage in Ger
many and the effects of the block
ade.
1T is folly to place too much con-
fidence in Germany's food short
age" said he. "as a factor in bring
ing peace. was a labOrer in
Frankfort for II years before COM
ing TO the United States, and my
father before me also was a laborer
there The pay he received and
the pay I received was not gener-
Gus enough. even in the most pros
porous times, 10 provide us with
half the dainties with which the
American workman's table is pro-
vided
The German workman is accus-
toned TO short rations. Here in
America we read that a German
family is limited TO so many pounds
of potatoes a week and so many
ounces of butter and bread and
sugar. and we say that means the
war can't last long; nobody can live
on that. On the contrary, Germans
can live on these rations and have
been living on them for years.
Unless 1 am much mistaken, Ger
many will be able to stagger along,
for the simple reason that Germans
never were heavy eaters, except
those of the well-to-dO class. The
German workman never was well
fed when / lived in Germany.
THE blockade may have its eff
feet, but the only real way to de-
feat Germany is by force of arms.
That is why I have contributed my
share of money to help win the war
for the United states. I know what
German fare means. / came TO this
country TO escape slow starvation,
low wages and poverty. I have been
better fed and better clothed by far
since coming here, and / have been
able 10 save money and keep square
with my fellow man. l wouldn't 20
back TO Germany and I don't want
any Germany over here. IF my
savings can help defeat the German
plan of life, ] shall feel that 1 am
doing a bit in the interest of righte-
BUSINESS and square dealing. I in
tend TO let the government have
every cent of money ! can spare, for
democracy has done a million times
more for me since 1 have been here
than the German plan did for all
the generations of my laboring
family"