The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Rough Road Ahead
 For Reuenue Bill
With Wide Divergence in Two Houses Over Els sential Features of Measure, General Belief
 Is That Hardest Fight Is Yet to Come
By ". J. ROLES

Montgomery, August 2S.-(Special )--Al- though both houses of the legislature have passed the general revenue bill it still has a rough road to travel before it becomes law. The senate gave Gov ernor Kflhy tho bill he had set his heart on and if he can get the two houses to agree on it in its present form it will meet hts approval notwithstanding the fact that it has undergone many changes since the recess committee handed it to the house
 The house struck out the taxing ma ehinery which Governor Kilby insists is essential to the proper equalization and distribution of the tax burden, and also tho water power, shipbutlding plant, cynamid and other industrial exemp- ttcns, but the senate restored all of rhem. The house made over 50 amend uents to the original bill and the senate has almost doubled this number. although some of the senate amendments are word for word those struck out by the house.
 Under the bill as 1t goes to conference the estimated revenues will be consider ably decreased, especially those to, be derived from the coal tonnage tax, which has been reduced from cents to cents a ton; the excess profits tax, which has been eliminated, and the in- come provisions. which have been mod. filed. reduce the revenues from this source to some extent
 Despite the fact that the administra- tson has won it's main contentious, with the exceptions of the taxing machinery, it Is generally believed that the hard est fight is yet to come The wide diff ference in the two houses over essen tial features of the bill may be bridged over, but the prediction is that it will not be an easy victory. The opposition in the house to the taxing machinery and the exemption provisions, it is un- derstood, Is united and strong enough to prevent the reincorporation of these in the completed bill unless the administra- tion makes some material concessions in other parts of the bill.
 NO LET-UP IN FIGHT
 The fight over the revenue bill has heen under way since July 8, when it isaa introduced in the house by Judge Ntiphree of Etowah county, chairman of dS recess budget committee, and from tH7s time until now there has been no
 1p on either side. At times it looked like the administration would lose some of the much desired provisions in the hl. but in the end the senate gave all fhls was asked, even though the house had refused K follow the administra fln ,a aIi af $ desires.
 hat he cor ference committee will do is he s . eet of much speculation here 70 E At imposed of four men who vi ee Ter inc Caxing machinery and in cc. anS tounage taxes and two who 1r he water power and shipbuild- ig exemptions. Mir. Benners of the D and Mr. Leith of the senate are ' onay so members who have refused
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