The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21
THREE BILLION VALUATION

THREE BlLLlON NALU UAIlON
 Senator Ellis of Dallas said a survey Of the state showed values amounting to about 5, 900, and tax appraisertents at about 221a per cent.
 ''If they are willing to put values up to 60 per cent, why don't they come out and say so and drop this subterfuge of putting this miserable incubus of income and tonnage taxes?" asked Senator Ellis. How many of you occupying seats In tha capitol today, from the governor down, would be occupying those seats today, if you had come out before election and said you were going to put on this in come and tonnage tax The people are opposed to these. They are being heard from and they will continue to be heard from on these matters.
 Senator Phillips motion made at 2:S to adjourn until o'clock was tabled by vote of F to 13.
 Senator Tally moved to adjourn to 1:3' and this was tabled by vote of 15 to l3, whereupon Senator Acker moved to table the motion to postpone further con- sideration of the machinery provisions until the disposal of the income and ton naOe tax sections. The vote stood F for tabling to lS against the tabling of the motion.
 WILL BRING FIVE MILLIONS
 Senator West of Jefferson presenter figures showing that. based on the 1915 incomes, the proposed income tax would bring in over $5OOO,0OO a year and about GOO from the coal tonnage tax. He said he would like to vote for the pro posed machinery, but he would not do it until the income and tonnage taxes were eliminated.
 He opposed these taxes, because, as he said this bill will reach down in the pockets of the people and take money the state is not justly entitled to.
 He insisted that the proper equaliza- ton of ad valorem values would realize all the revenues the state needs. He said he wanted to be for the machinery, but he cannot stand for grabbing money from the pockets of the people.
 At 12:45 the committee adjourned ur- til 2:S0 p. m.
 RECONvENE AT 2:30
 The senate convened at 2;30 p. m. and after the roll call for introduction of bills and reports of committees, adopted a joint resolution adjourning until Friday, and then at 3:30 o'clock resolved itself into the committee of the whole to further consider the rev. enue bill.
 Senator Leith asserted that the pending bill creates a new and pow erful machine which, with two other bills now on the way, will build up the greatest political machinery ever known in this state. He said he had been taught democracy from his in- fancy and believed in it. but the pro- ceedings now taking place in Mont- gomery is undoing all that democracy means. He charged that had the peo- pie known before election that new subjects of taxation proposed in the pending revenue bill would be taxed the governor and the men advocating it would not be here today.
 He attacked the taxing count, which was designated by Senator Rog- CTS of Sumter this morning as an ar bitration board, as a revolution in the taxing system, that the compensation of the members had been fixed at @i5 day, three times as much as such work costs now.
 ADMIRES GOVERNOR
 Saying he admires Governor Kilby very much and would do anything in reason for him, Senator Leith said lie he was not going back home and tell his people that he imposed this extra tax burden on them just because the governor wanted it.
 He said he had heard of such 2 thing as some senators shaking in their knees when the governor sends for them. God pity them if there are such, he said
 He said he believed the governor to be too big a man to refuse an ap- pointment merely because a senator opposed him.
 Senator Huddleston of Fillmore said he had not had time to study the rev enue bill; that it had been Jumped up in the senate in way that those n n,t permitted in the sanctum sanctorum cannot understand it. The revenue bill is the bill of all bills that should be considered judiciously and carefully, because wrapped up in 1t are the nap piness and prosperity of all the peo- pie in the state Saying his advice and counsel had not been sought by the administration. yet he wanted 10 help in enactihg laws that will be Tor the benefit of all.
 He said he was not wiling to ensiave the people of Alabama to build up an oligarchy of office holders; he favored good schools. proper care of eleemosy-