The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-05
SENATE REJECTS
 SALES TAX AS A
 REVENUE SOURCE
Republicans Plan to Urge Plan Later as Means of financing Proposed
 Bonus Plan
By Associated Press

Washington. November 4.-The sales tax. as source of federal reVe- nue at this time, das definitely re- tected today by the Senate, but there was further evidence that it was the purpose of republican congressional leaders to bring 1t forth later as a means of raising funds to finance the proposed five day" plan for adjusted compensation for former service men.
 The majority today against the Shoot amendment to the tax revision bill proposing a business sales tax of F of per cent. was even larger than was that last night against the smoot 1 per cent manufacturers sales tax vote was 46 to 25. as com par . q, 4S to 25 last night.
 as the case with the manu- ff.r grs' tax, the democrats voted
 against the business tax. They
 ? joined by 22 republicans, three . hom--Fernald of Maine. Good ! of Idaho and Reyes of New
 pshire, voted for the manufact- {. ers' SIX republicans who did not
 ote last night-Brandegee Connect cut; Calder. New York; Dillingham; Nermant: Hale. Maine; Harreld, Okla homa, and Johnson, California--sup- ported the amendment today.
 Three Fall To Vote.
 Three republicans who supported the manufacturers tax did not vote today. They were Edge, New Jer- sey; Ernest, Kentucky, and Warren. Wyoming. Counting senators who pared. 1t was estimated that the maximum vote which would have been cast for the sales tax was 34, or some six less than it had been esti- mated would support 1t. Some sen ators thought that the debate re- suited in the loss of some votes.
 The Senate continued consideration of the tax bill at a session tonight, but with soldier bonus and other i'm portant amendments yet to be dis posed of, republican leaders aban- doned hope for passage of the bill this week. They sought to obtain unanimous consent for final vote at p. m, Tuesday, with debate lim- ited after D. m. Monday. but the plan fell through after some debate.
 Several senators who want to vote in local elections objected to a vote on Tuesday and asked that some hour Wednesday be fixed.
 Urgsd By Shoot
 Urging his sales tax amendment, Senator Shoot told the Senate that since a sales tax was to be adopted in connection with the soldier bonus he thought it would be wise plan to put 1t Into eeffct now so as to Aaf. tt~& l,. sary to yield tht money needed
 Senator Reed (democrat). Missouri. said he saw no reason for delaying enactment of the bonus legislation and in this connection paid his re- spects to Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee and other House leaders, who, he said, were undertaking to dictate to the Senate what it should or should not do.
 Announcing his support of the sales tax, Senator Johnson (republican), California. assailed the pending bill as one seeking to continue "a tax scheme which requires an army ot experts to teach honest people how to pay what Is due the government and which creates another army of experts to teach the dishonest how to cheat the government"
 Senator Walsh (democraD, Massa- chusetts. opposed the Shoot plan as one which not only would fail to re- lieve the people of the vexatious nuisance taxes now in force, but would multiply them many-fold. Business men. he said. had misunder- stood the Shoot plan In that they had thought 1t would replace all other taxes.
 An unsuccessful effort was made tonight by Senator Townsend (re- publican), Michigan, to have the per cent tax on automobile trucks and wagons repealed. The Senate vote, 36 to 27, against reconsideration of the committee amendment. pro prosing to continue this tax. Amend ments by individual senators then were taken up under a tacit agree ment that the session tonight would continue until a late hour.