The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-09-02
TAX REVISION BILL
PASSES IN HOUSE
Fifty Republicans Join Democrats
in Vain Move to ReCommit
the Measure.
CUT OF ss18,0o0,oo0 CLAIMED
Proposed Tax Investigating Commits
sion Only Committee Amendment
Which FaiIs-Measure Will
Raise 1886, 100000.

Washington.-Th House, by vote
Of 274 to 123, passed the revenue bill
(which revises the war revenue laWSFto
raise in taxation about $3,36600C ,O0O
so as to reduce taxes $91S,000,0O0 to
1923.
Representative Garner, In behalf of
the Democrats, moved to recommit
the bill in order to cut out the provi-
sion repeating the present surtaXes,
which range as high as 16 per cent.
The motion was rejected by vote Of
230 to 169.
Fifty Republicans deserted their
party and joined with the Democrats
on this motion, while only one Demo
crat, Campbell of Pennsylvania, re-
fused to follow his party. Republi-
can leaders expected a larger deser-
ton because of the appeal made by
the American Federation of Labor,
which called upon all members friend
ly to labor to fight against the re-
peal Of the excess profits taxes and
the income reduction. AT least half a
dozen of the Republicans, including
Representatives Burke of Pennsyl-
vania and Nolan of California, are
credited with having supported the
appeal Of organized labor.
The Republicans who voted for the
motion to recommit the tax bill were ::
Andrews, Barbour, Beck, Browne
(Wis.), Burke, Burtness, Cable, Chris
topherson, Clague, Cooper (Wis.},
Davis (AIinn), DowelI, Frear, Calm,
German, Hoch, Hull, Keller, Kelly
(P0, Ketcham. King, Kleczka,
Knight, kopp, Lampert, Little, Luce,
Michaelson, Murphy, A. D. Nelson
(Wis), J. NJ. Nelson (Wis), Nolan,
Perlman. Ramseyer, Robson, Rosen
bloom, Ryan, SchaIl, Sinclair, Speaks,
Stafford, Steenerson, Strong (Kan),
Swing, Noight, Volk, Eolstead, Wood
ruff, Young, Zihlman.
The three Democrats who voted for
the bill on final passage were Camp
bell of Pennsylvania and Dupre and
Lazaro of Louisiana. Nine Republ
cans who opposed it were Beck of
Wisconsin, Keller Of Minnesota,
of Illinois, J. NJ Nelson OF
Voight of Wisconsin,, Woodruff OF
Michigan, Clague of Minnesota and
Lampert of Wisconsin.
All amendments to the bill not Of
fered by the Ways and Means Commit
tee were rejected, and one committee
that to establish a tax-in-
veStigating commission. failed. Advo-
Gates of this proposal are expected to
urge its insertion in the bill by the
senate.
The amendments adopted reduced
the tax on cereal beverages to 4 per
cent: repealed the . per cent tax on
basebals, golf balls and footballs and
such equipment; reduced the tax on
yachts from 10 to per cent and re-
pealed the tax on motor boats less than
thirty-two feet.
The only important departure from
the original intentions of the commit
tee and the Republican leaders was
the decision to repeal the excess prof
its taxes and reduce the income sur
taxes next January The original bill
provided that these should become eff
fective as of January 1 last, but a Re-
publican caucus forced the committee
to make the repeal and reduction be-
gin January, when there will be Il 121a
per cent corporation tax substituted
for the repeal of the excess profits tax.
All insurance companies, except fra
-ernal. were placed under the corpora
ion tax of 1917 per cent and the man.
Ifacturers' tax of ) per cent on cos
netics and toothpaste was repealed
Representative Garner of Texas
'pened the discussion by charging that
he bill would put the burden of taxa
ion on the poor and reduce the taxes
# the rich. He said that would be ac-
by the repeal of the excess
profits taxes and the reduction on in
.ome SurtaXeS.