Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-10-19
SENATE PASSES
FREE CANAL BILL
Measure Giving U. S. Ships Pas
sage o. KID az 10 81.
VOTE 70 END FREIGHT TAX
Majority Committee Favors Repeal Of
All Transportation Tariff in Re-
port-Presiaent May Get Bill
This Month.

Washington. Oct II.-Despite OF
position hy senator Lodge. Republican
header. the senate passed the B0rah
bill providing that no tolls he charged
American vessels passing through the
Panama canal The vote was a.
a. 50.
senator Lodge. who is chairman Of
she foreign relations committee. did
not 90 into detail IN his protest
against passage ~ the bill. but said:
There are compelling reasons why
We should not exercise az this time
our undoubted legal right 10 remove
tolls as provided in this bill"
The bin now gOes to the house.
where. Il Is expected. il will be held
in Committee until after the armament
conference which begins November IL.
Those Favorinu Bill.
Those voting Tor the bin were: As
hurst. Bail. Borah. Broussard. Calder.
Cameron. Capper. Cummins. Curtis.
Edge. Elkins. Feuald, France. Ere
linghuysen. GoOding. Harreld. Harri-
son. Johnson. kellogg. Kendrick.
Ladd. Ia Toilette. LenroOt. McNary.
MUses. Newberry. Nicholson. Norbeck.
eddie. Page. Penrose. PoIndexter,
RansdeIl. Reed Robinson. Shields,
Saortridge. Smoot, Stanley. Suther-
land. Townsend. Underwood. Walsh
glass;. Walsh (Mont.). Watson
(Ind.l. Weller. Willis. Total. AZ.
Voting against the bill: Brandegee.
Caraway. Coli, Culbertson. Dillingham;.
Ernst. Fletcher. Glass. Hale. Harris,
Helm. Hitchcock. Jones u. Nd.
Kenyon. Keyes. King. Lodge. McCor-
mick. McCumber. Mcclellan. Mckinley.
Meyers. Nelsun. New. Overton. Pitt
man. Pomerene. Sheppard. Simmons.
smith. Spencer. Sterling. Trammell.
Wordsworth. Warren. Watson (Ga.).
Williams. Total. 81.
o. K. Tax Bill Amendments.
Amendments 90 the tax bin propos-
Ing repeal ~ all transportation taxes.
including those on oil carried by pipe
lines and On parcel-post packages; a
maximum surtnx rate ~ - per cent
aud Increased estate taxes were APP
proved by majority members of the
senate finance committee.
A Tat tax o. 500 a gallon on dis
titled spirits was also agreed upon.
but with a proviso that there would
D. n rebate II Sf-oO a gallon where
q was shown 60 the satisfaction OF the
commissioner ~ internal revenue that
the spirits were used for manufac-
turing or medicinal purposes.
The majority also approved amend
menls for retention ~ the corporation
capital stock tax and Tor repeal 81 the
S2OUg exemption allowed corporations
in the case % corporations having
annual met income In excess ~ $1,000.
Nuisance Taxes Cut Out
Excise taxes proposed for repeal IN
der another amendment include the
rates on sporting goods. chewing gum.
electric fans. therInos bottles. smoking
and hunting equipment. moving-pic-
azure films. toilet soaps and powders
Photographic apparatus and Access
Suries. furs and perfumes and cosmet-
fcs. The tax on works ~ art would
b. reduced from 10 20 8 per cent. the
tax on candy made per cent fat
and the additional taxes proposed on
hotel rO0ms and on hardwood Office
furuirlue eliminated
Thus the committee majority not
only approved all the Recommended
lions agreed upon by senate leaders
last week. but adopted some on It's
own account. The vote on the major
changes was understood 20 have been
3 O. 3. II was said that on the test
vote last saturday the majority dis
approved BY 60 = the proposals for
increased surtax rates and estate
taxes but these matters were recon
Sidered
May Reach Harding This Month.
Chairman Penrose. In announcing
the committee action. said the
changes. In his opinion. assured solid
Republican support for the tax bin.
and he reiterated his belief that the
amended measure could be sent 20 the
President before the end 81 the month.
Commanding practically the unani-
nous support ~ the majority party In
the senate he said. ~the bin ought
10 pass that body at an early date. I
do not anticipate any prolonged con-
trOversy In conference. 50 there is
every reasan TO expect the bin 20 be
come a law before the expiration OF
So rs~,aznmf month