Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-09
Adoption by Senate Expected Tomorrow or Tuesday;
 Democrats Claim This Year Levies of Measure Too Low
Members Agreed That Expen- ditures of Nation for 1919
 Will Total S2O.OO0. 100000
 and SIO.OOO.OOO.O0O Next
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 WASHINGTON. Feb. S--The house tonight concluded it's work on the rec ord breaking war revenue bill by adopting. BIO to II. after six hours discussion the eOnferees' agreement on the measure It now goes to the senate for final approval. which is ex- pscted early next week
 The conference report, which pro poses to raise six billion dollars in taxes this year and more than four billions annually until repealed. will be taken up by the senate immediately after disposal or the woman suffrage resolution Monday, or. if delayed on Tuesday Its adoption by the senate and approval by President Wilson are regarded as assured
 During the debate in the house to- day. democratic and republican lead CTS joined in declaring the bills tsx leyies too low. both for this year and 1S2O. and predicted that higher taxes must be provided by the next congress
 Child Labor Opposed
 Opposition 10 the report was not
 
 10 minor amendments. particularly the child labor legislation On the final roll call seven democrats -BlacSburn. Alabama; Dies and Ray0urn. Texas. and Humphreys, SiSSion- Stephens and Venable. Mississippi with four republicans. Dyer. Missouri: Langley and Powers, of Kentucky, and Sells Oi Tennessee-againSt the con ference draft 4 motion by Represen- Iztive Venzble 10 re-commit the bill and strike out the child labor section was defeated. IT to 15-
 Besides the child labor provision. several house members criticized as a pit1ance' the S60 pay bonus pre- Tided for persons discharged from military service
 Representative Kitehin. democratic leader. made the principal address commenting the bill as a whole. but declaring it should have smpOsed high CT taxes and that it would not meet future requirements He expressed the belief that expenditures this year would total S20. .oO0. DOC 900 and SlO- 0oO.OO0. 900 in 1920. and that by the end of the next fiscal year the bonds outstanding would aggregate S30.0UD- OOO,e00- He explained. however that to enact the bill and take S1.7GO GOO = 600 more than under existing law from 'prOfiteers" charged with conducting propaganda against its passage. the house cOuferees were compelled to give and take He also declared that before the 10 per cent semi-luxury taxes become erl6ctive April l. next legislation for their repeal or mOdi- fication would be forthcoming.
 Advocates Budget Committee
 Representative FOrdney of Mics igan. and Moore of Pennsylvania. re publican conferees. also declared the bills taxes would be insufficient. while Representative Rainey of liz nOis. a democratic eOnferee. asserted there must be immediate revision of the tariff
 All of the cOnferees criticized va riOus features of the bill and MT. Moore referred to it as a -fOrbidding measure and a chamber of financial horrors"
 Representative Rainey declared that it was illogical in many respects and would meet with violent criticism. He also agreed with Mir Kitchin that next years expenditures would be S10000, 900 900 and advocated a budget committee 10 bring about economy in appropriations Heavy federal estate taxes also were urged by Mir. Rainey who declared there now are 30.00C American mflliOnsires. 22.O00 of whom were created by the war