Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-21
HOUSE DEBATES BRIEFLY
REPRESENTATIVE LoN6WORTH TERMS BILL MIGHTY GOOD JOB, SHOWING HEART OF AMERICAN PEOPLE IS SET ON CARRYING WAR THROUGH
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 WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.--The
 house late today passed the war
 revenue bill, designed to raise by
 taxation approximately SS.1S2O0O,-
 900 of the twenty-fOur or more bil-
 lions needed by the nation for the
 current year. The huge measure
 the largest of its kind in his
 tory. now goes to the senate.
 Passage of the bill was unani-
 nous A formal roll call de-
 manded by Majority Leader Kitch-
 in. recorded $50 yeas and no nays,
 which, announced by Speaker
 Clark, was greeted by a roar of
 cheers and applause.
 All possible speed in the bills course through the senate is assured. according to leaders. Desire for the bills enactment before the November elections has been expressed by lead CTS of both houses, but this is con- sidered doubtful.
 Consideration of the measure by the house today prior to the vote was brief An amendment by the house ways and means committee which drafted the bill. extending the deple- tion allowances to gas and oil wells and mines to include timber and Oth- CT natural deposits" was adopted.
 Representative Moore Of Pennsyl- vania, republican, renewed his pro- posal for a committee to supervise war expenditures. but it was disposed of on a point of order as was another amendment offered by MT. Moore for a house committee to investigate means of preventing wasteful eNpendi- lures. Representative oGod. of OlWa. republican. made a vigorous but futile fight for his amendment to provide S350O. exemption from income taxes for persons serving in the military establishment overseas instead of fm- iting the exemption as proposed in the bill to government salaries A substitute amendment by Representa- tive Austin of Tennessee. republican. to exempt all privates from income taxation also was rejected
 An amendment in the interest Of wine producers drafted and approved by the treasury department and oi- fered by Representative Kahn of Cali fornia. was denied consideration be- cause of objections by Representative Stafford of Wisconsin. republican it provided that wine growers could eX- tract alcohol from wine and sell non alcoholic beverages.
 Just before the final vote. Repre- sentative LongwOrth of Ohio, republi- can. characterized the bill as a nigh ty good jOb." and said it would show that the American heart is grimly set on carrying the war through to the finish and is the best answer the American congress can give Co the whining peace proposal from Austria
 As passed over to the senate. the principal revenue producing sources of the measure-inc0mes war excess profits liquors. tobacco and luxuries- were approved by the house substan- tially as drafted unanimously by the ways and means committee after three months labor Roughly, the to- tai tax levy doubles present returns from internal revenue under existing laws.
 In the senate mounting war ex- penses and revenue reduction by pro hibition are factors entering into re- vision. expected to be extensive. Much senate sentiment exists for reduction of the bills aggregate levy while Sec retary McAdOo already has disap- proved any substantial increase.
 Major tax features of the bill as transmitted to the senate and esti- mated revenue yields include:
 Income tax:
 individuals normal rate increased