Omaha daily bee., 1921-02-10
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In nlaxatio1
Iowa Representative Warns
House Members Time Is
Here to Call Halt on
Appropriations.
Opposed to Profits Tax

Washington, D. c., Feb. 9.-Warn.
ing the house that the mounting wavs
Of high taxation would not roll bacl
without sharp and sweeping re.
ductions in government cxpendi-
lures, Chairman Good of Iowa OF
the appropriations committee de
clared today the time had come tc
call halt,
Huge figures were hurled over
the heads of the members as Mr.
Good told dramatically OF the vas:
sums expended, and the appeals ior
more. There was a shout of approv-
al when he insisted that the appro-
priation bills must be passed be-
fore March 4, so that the trainers
of new tariff law may know the
amount of cloth out of which they
must patch the nations coats.
Laying down the definite policy
that expenses must be cut, before
talking Of lower taxes. Mr.. Good
insisted that appropriations for the
year beginning July should be kept
within $s5OO,0OO,00o, virtually the
sum recommended in the big supply
measures for that period.
First Deficiency Bill.
Mr.. Goods plea for government
economy was made in presenting the
first deficiency bill for the present
year, carrying $203,00O,0OO. Demo-
cratic members of the committee de-
clared there would be other dcfi-
ciency sums, and Representative
Byrnes, democrat, South Carolina.
declared direct appropriations this
year had passed the $5,000,000, 900
mark. This stupendous sum could
best be. understood, he added, by the
fact that in order to meet it, the
government must levy an average
tax of $50 on every man, woman
and child.
In suggesting methods of raising
revenue without making the burden
on the individual more severe than
it has been since the early days Of
the war, Mr.. Good said he doubted
if tariff law could raise more than
$500, 100000 without disturbing in
ternational trade relations.
Urging repeal ofSthe excess prof
its tax, Mr.. Good said:
1--WE shalt not need the revenues
that have been brought in by the
excess profits tax if we will cut
down appropriations. There is
where we cztI effect a saving. II,
will be . system Of economy and t1le
financing Of temporary loans, such
as our certificates Of Indebtedness,
the war. Savings stamps, and the
victory loan. It ought to. be done
by borrowing money rather than by
taxing the American people"
Fears Sales Tax.
At this point. Mr.. Good was in
terrupted by Representative Old
field, democrat. Arkansas, who
said he feared the republican party
would impose sales tax to take
the place of the one it wanted to
repeal.
"The party that is SO foolish as to
place a sales tax on the backs and
bellies of the American people," Mr..
Good replied, would 60 down to a
humiliating defeat because the people
would not stand for it."
Mr.. Good said the higher tax Of
S640 a gallon should be imposed on
withdrawal of liquors from bonded
warehouses--liquors taken out for
and beverage purposes. By
lifting the tax from $2.20, he figured,
he revenue would be increased from
to Sl00,0O0,000. By de-
the same tax on the tobacco
industry that Great Britain collects,
le said, treasury receipts from this
commodity would jump from $780,
100000 to $5OO,O00,00O year. He
llso advocated higher tax on pas
enger carrying automobiles, fgur-
ng half of which should go, he
:hought to the roads.