Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-24
CLOSING DISCUSSION OF
 TAX BILL IN THE SENATE

Washington, Nov. 23-The tax re- vision bill became law late today, President Harding signing it at the capitol during the closing hour Of the special session of congress.
 The executive signature was attach ed within less than an hour fater the senate hads completed enactment Of the measure by agreeing to the con ference report by a vote of 39 to 2e. Six republicans, Borah, Ladd, Lafol- lette, Moses, Norbeck and Norris voted against the report, and one democrat, Broussard, voted for it.
 This is the bill which repeals the excess profits and transportation taxes does away with most of the so-called nuisance and luxury taxes, reduces in dividual taxes all along the line and increases the corporation income tax from ten per cent to F 1-2 per cent.
 Few, if any senators, supporting the measure were entirely satisfied with all of it's sections, but they took the view that it contained more good pro- visions than bad ones. The measure is generally conceded to be only tefn- porary one and the understanding now is that g. new revision bill will have to be framed within 8 year or so.
 In the four hours of debate which preceded the senate vote, the bill re- ceived little of commendaticn and much of condemnation. Every senator who spoke-and there were nearly a dozen had some complaint to make, white several sharply criticised the bill as a whole. Senator Calder, republican. New York, declared it would be a 'dis- q T1f fO 5tf try and Senator Srnoot, republican, Utah, said ''the people from one end of the country to the other are not sat- isfied with the bill.
 Senator Shoot declared that he thought in 1922 the bill would 'be amended and materially amended be- l cause of it's discriminatory taxes and l the higher sIr-taxes.
 l The managers on the part Of the 1 senate were assaAed by Senator Hitch 1 cock, democrat, Nebras ska. and others who asserted that they represented in l their negotiations with the house man ; i agers not the sentiment of the majori i ty the senate, but only that of the i dominant clement Of the republicans ! in the senate.
 Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachu- setts, inVeighed against a system UT der which, he said, managers of the house and senate, meeting in secret ] without their individual votes going or 1 record, could oveFturn the expressed will Of either branch Of the congress He warned that if this system was @ @continued there would be g. revolution
 in tho ceutry. Other senators on bott
 sides disagreed as to the result pie.
 trred, but agreed that the system va,
 faulty.
 Explaining that he would vote fo the bill because he believed some c it's administrative features were al improvement over some fthose il
 existing law, Senator Shoot said h
 agreed with many of the criticism
 aimed at the bill but not with all 0 l them, because some were '' not mad l in good faith.''
 , Turning to the democratic side h ] said:,
 It's the same baby, dressed in pin instead of red" He was referring | ) the present tax law which was spe. sored by the democrats.
 The surrender by the senate confer ees on the senate amendment propos ] ing an increased tax on Wfliskey We
 criticised by several senators, part 1 cJlariy Willis, republican, Ohio, af, Calder, wno said the conferees l agreeing to the original fouse provis
 ions, had thrown away sSo,o0e, GOO ]
 needed revenues
 ] Declaring that the bill was ui1ea
 factory to many republican leaders bt
 cause it carried the fifty per eel
 maximum sur-taX rate Senator Jone
 democrat, New Mexico, said it VI the purpose Of the majority manase