Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-10-14
FREE CANAL BILL
PASSES SENATE
Borah Bill Giving U. S. Ships
Passage Without Charge
Voted At to 81.
SENATORS FOR TAX REPEAL
G. o. P. Committee Votes to Kill All
Transportation Tariff-Expect to
Get Measure to the Presi-
dent This Month.

Washington, Oct. 12.-Despite op-
position by Senator Lodge, Republican
leader, the senate passed the Borah
bill providing that no tolls be charged
American vessels passing through the
Panama canal The vote was AZ
to 81.
Senator Lodge, who is chairman OF
the foreign relations committee, did
not go into detail in his protest
against passage of the bill, but said:
There are compelling reasons why
we should not exercise at this time
our undoubted legal right to remove
tolls as provided in this bill'
The bill now goes to the house,
where, it is expected, it will be held
in committee until after the armament
conference which begins November H.
Those voting for the bill were: AS
hurst, Ball, Borah, Broussard, Calder
Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis,
Edge, Elkins Fernald, France, Ere
linghuysen, Gooding, Harreld, Harri-
son, Johnson Kellogg, Kendrick,
Laid, La Toilette, Lenroot McNary,
Moses, Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck,
eddie, Page, Penrose, Poindexter,
Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Shields,
Shortridge, Smoot, Stanley, Suther-
land, Townsend, Underwood, Walsh
(Mass.), Walsh MONTY, Watson
(Ind), Weller. Willis. Total. AZ.
Voting against the bill: Brandegee,
Caraway, Colt, Culbertson, Dillingham;,
Ernst, Fletcher, Glass, Hale, Harris,
Heflin, Hitchcock, Jones IN. NJ,
Kenyon, Keyes, King, Lodge, McCor-
mick, McCumber, Mcclellan, Mckinley,
Meyers, Nelson, New, Overton, Pitt
man, Pomerene, Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith, Spencer, Sterling, Trammell,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson (Ga.),
Williams Total, 81.
Amendments to the tax bill propos-
ing repeal of all transportation taxes,
including those on oil carried by pipe
lines and on parcel-poSt packages; a
maximum surtax rate of so per cent
and increased estate taxes we're APP
proved by majority members of the
A flat tax of $6.4O a gallon on dis
titled spirits was also agreed upon,
but with proviso that there would
be a rebate of $4.2O gallon where
it was shown to the satisfaction of the
commissioner of internal revenue that
the spirits were used for manufac-
turing or medicinal purposes.
The majority also approved amend
ments for retention of the corporation
capital stock tax and for repeal of the
$1,000 exemption allowed corporations
in the case Of corporations having
annual net income in excess of $25,0O0
Excise taxes proposed for repeal I'M
der another amendment include the
rates on sporting goods, chewing gum.
electric fans, thermos bottles, smoking
and hunting equipment, moving pic
ture films, toilet soaps and powders.
Photographic apparatus and aces
sories, furs and perfumes and cosmet-
les. The tax on works Of art would
be reduced from 10 to per cent, the
tax on candy made 4 per cent flat
and the additional taxes proposed on
hotel rooms and on hardwood Office
furniture eliminated.
Thus the committee majority not
only approved all the recommends
tons agreed upon by senate leaders
last week, but adopted some on it's
own account. The vote on the major
changes was understood to have been
3 to f. 1t was said that on the test
vote last Saturday the majority dis
approved by to A the proposals for
increased surtax rates and estate
taxes, but these matters were recon
sidered.
Chairman Penrose, in announcing
the committee action, said the
changes in his opinion, assured solid
Republican support for the tax bill,
and he reiterated his belief that the
amended measure could be sent to the
President before the end of the
month.
Commanding practically the unani-
nous support of the majority party in
the senate" he said, "the bill ought
to pass that body at an early date ]
do not anticipate any prolonged con-
troversy in conference, so there is
every reason to expect the bill to be-
come a law before the expiration of
the present month"