Arizona republican., 1918-12-24
REVENUE BILL FUR
 1919-192O FINALLY
 GETS THRO SENATE
LaFollette Substitute Is De- feated - Sc enfi-Luxllries Reduced-Measure Passes Quickly - Body Adopts Holiday Adjournment

a record vote, the senate late tonight passed the war revenue bill, reduced to raise about six billion dollars in 1919 and four billions in 1920, as compared with the levy of $S,2OO, 100000 for next year proposed in the bill passed in the house three months ago.
 When the final vote was taken at 10:3O o'clock, the senate had been in continuous session for nearly 13 hours. Immediately after. the passage of the bill the senate began it's holi- day vacation under the plan for three day recesses until January ?. Absence of a quorum in the house, however, prevented that body from putting a similar program into effect.
 Amendments adopted included one by Senator Sheppard of Texas making the Reed law, prohibiting the ship ment of Intoxicating liquor into dry" territory applicable to the District of Columbia, and another by Senator Trammell of Florida providing a bonus of one months pay to all officers and enlisted men honorably discharged from the nations fighting force after November II.
 Reduces Semi-Luxury Tax
 The senate voted it's first disapprov- al of the revision of the house bill by the finance committee when it rein serted all the taxes on o-called semi luxuries, except those on wearing ap- parel for men and women. Later it voted to reduce the rate on semi-lux- uries from 20 to 10 per cent. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, re- publican, made a long address to the senate tonight in support of his sub stitute bill which would raise more than six billions of dollars, chiefly through increased rates on war excess and surtaxes. The Wisconsin senator said he would take every dollar of war profit and all incomes above enough to enable the .o wner the income to support his family in com fort.
 In his first address to the senate in a year, Senator La Toilette repub- lican member of the finance commit tee, tonight urged adoption of his sub- stitute bill, which he estimated would raice s6,743. 100000, with increases principally on war excess profits and individual income surtaXes.
 Senator LaFollette, whose address was prepared, attacked the senate bill principally because, he said, it did not raise enough revenue nor distribute taxes fairly. He said it would not really levy so per cent on war profits nor impose large enough taxes on per sons with large incomes.
 T would take every dollar of war profits" the Wisconsin senator said, leaving business it's enormous pre-war profits and it's capital untouched. T would take all of the incomes over enough to enable the owner ol the income to support his family in comfort"
 Plain Citizen Knows Now Even under his bill, Senator La Fol- lette said, war profits earned by cor porations in prNperous past years would go untouched.
 Regarding his plan to increase in. come taxes on the wealthy, Senator La Toilette said:
 Whatever may have been the forces which caused the resent world war, one result of it must be apparent to ev- cry man of intelligence, and that is that the plain citizen has come to req llZe his power as never before and con- sequently will assert his rights as nev- CT before. In order to raise the money to pay the expenses we have incurred, and are bound to incur, the government must reach out and put a heavy hand, through its power of taxation, upon ev- cry citizen in the land, and if it be presently discovered that the hand of l the government bears heavily and un- justly upon the masses, and touches | only lightly the rich-in proportion to their ability to pay-it will produce conditions of discontent and resent ment not pleasant to contemplate" Declaring that the country's expendi- lures would be 10 or F billion dollars for the next five years, Senator La Fol lette said with the present bill in op- | eration, this would necessitate twenty l five or thirty billions additional in bonds. This, he said, would be truly an appalling situation"
 The revenue bill, which had beer before the senate since December F now goes to conference, with forma
 meetings of the senate and house man. agerS, planned to begin January ? with a view to final enactment of tho legislation next month. The senate conferrees appointed tonight wer,
 Senators Simmons of North Carolina Williams of Mississippi and Smith O. Georgia, democrats, and Senators Pen- rose of Pennsylvania and Lodge O, Massachusetts, republicans
 Only few scattering Noes" iron the republican side marked the fina vote on the bill. The republicans die not seek another roll call on the bills provisions fixing 1920 tax rates, ant no further votes were taken on the lux. ury provisions, reinserted today witt the rate ike dat 10 per cent instead ot 20 per cent.
 In disposing finally of controverte6 ft1N fo Ion 5yt, I 5 to 6, the substitute bill of Senate, La Toilette of Wisconsin, which pro. posed higher rates, principally on wa, excess profits and individual income surtaxes.
 Another vote on the second -clas. postage question also was taken ant the senate sustained, Al to 22, it's ore. viou saction in favor of the amend. ment, which would repeal the existin, zone rates on publications and substi tute a rate of one cent a pound within 150 miles and IF cents a pound be. yond. Several riders were added tt the bill, but no important changes il the finance committee draft wer, made, except the reinstatement of tn, l so- o-called luxury taxes on number O.
 articles costing above fixed stan. dards.
 Among the riders adopted were pro. visions for one months pay bonus tt men discharged from the military es. tablishment after signature of the ar. mistice; extension of the Reed bon, dry" law in the District of Columbia
 and for 100 per cent taxes on politica campaign contributions in excess O.
 $500
 l A change made in the automobil,
 tax section provided for exemption O. | trucks, tractors and trailers, reducins the bills estimated revenue yield by