Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-13
TAX ON PARCEL
POST PACKAGES
IS ELIMINATED
Senate Adopts the RepubIi-
can Compromise Plan for
Repeal Of Transportation
LevieS on January |.
lBs The Associated Press

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by the senate of the republican
compromise plan for repeal of all
the transportation taxes on next
January first, was completed today
with the acceptance without dis
senting vote of an amendment re-
moving the tax on parcel post
packages. Senator Reed, demo-
crat, Missouri, sought to extend the
repeal to levies on messages by
telegraph, telephone, cable and
radio, but his motion was voted
down, 80 to 26.
Committee amendments to the
bill accepted included those i'm
| posing license taxes on brokers
and others and manufacturers
taxes of two cents a gallon on
cereal beverages, still drinks and
unfermented fruit juices; seven and
one half cents a gallon on finished
fountain syrups and five cents
pound on carbonic acid gas.
Chewing Gum "Sticks" Bill.
Until the chewing gum tax was
reached the senate made fairly
rapid progress on the bill. But
there it stuck for nearly two hours
with a discussion of chewing gum,
tariff and other subjects. A re-
publican proposal to repeal the
per cent tax on this gum was OPP
posed by Senator Reed, who SAID
the senate had voted to retain $2S,-
100000 in taxes upon senders ana
receivers of messages by wire ana
radio while it was proposed to re-
fund one twenty-eighth of that
amount to Wrigley.'
"Who made this bargainE
asked Senator Reed with reference
to the compromise plan to knock
out the chewing gum tax. "Who
overturned the action of the COM
mittee? When was it agreed to?
1t demands an explanation when a
gentleman can escape 100000 In
taxes on something that Is useless
and worthless. What was the In
fluence that reached behind the
doors and took the tax off Mr.
Wrigley?"
Factories Closed Down.
Senator Watson, republican, In
diana, said the information be-
fore the finance committee was
that factories of the American
Chicle company were closed down |
and that the removal of the tax
had been suggested to get these
plants started up again. He de-
clared that so far as the commit
tee knew, "Mr. Wrigley" did not
care about the tax; that he never
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During S,nator Reeds address
t. ere was reference to the agrlcui-
tural "bloc" and Senator Moses.
republican, New Hampshire. want
ed to know how many agricultural
lists were in that "bloc." This led
later to an address by Senator
Ashurst, democrat. Arizona, who
declared the time had come 10
quit referring derisively to the ag-
ricultural bloc" He warned that
it was composed of democratic and
republican senators who were de-
termined to get legislation through |
the senate for the benefit OF the
farmers and who were equally DE.
termined that the "minlons Oh
Wall street" should not control tax
and tariff legislation.
Attacks Reserve Board.
After an address by Senator Het-
lin. democrat, Alabama, who toid
of the work of the agriculture
"bloc" and again attacked the fed
eral reserve board, the excise tax
section was passed over.
Those in charge of the bill ex-
planned 1t would be advisable 10
wait until the senate had passed
the excess profits repeal and other
major proposals before finishing
with the miscellaneous taxes, as
1t might be necessary to raise more
revenue from these sources tnan
the committee had contemplated
Chairman Penrose of the finance
announced today thai
as soon as the peace treaties were
disposed of he would ask unam-
NOUS consent for final vote on
the tax bill on October 81. II
Il look" he said, for az
amendments suggested by the r.
nance committee and those accept |
ed by the majority Of republican,
members to be a part Of the biil
No amendments from the minority
or any other source will have any
show. 49,
1.-THE bill will be improved IN
conference"