The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-08-25
House Votes to Cut S81 Is, ,0OO,.
600 From Present LeMes; .
Measure Sent to Senate.
8 REPuBL L LuICANls bolt.


#S Washing gton-Re ction Of the high
war taxes was brought a step nearer
when the house passed and sent to
the senate the republican tax revision
bill szSz - zss RS : &.= zszs,
. The final vote on the measure was
274 to 125, nine republicans voting in
the negative e. +, i. W =. .s~ :. !. Es.s s. 81 >
The chief feature of the bill as af.
Efecting persons Of ordinary incomes
are effective on the bill S passage.
They include an increased exemption
$500 for. heads of families, making
the new exemption $4,000 instead of
$4,000 as under the old bill, and an in:
creased: exemption of 5000 for each de-
pendent making the new rate $4OO in:
stead Of 5000. 5..n. r. ! ~ H.
AS passed, the bill in 1923 will be
cut $818,000,O0O from the present
levies yielding s3,6oo,ooo, 600 a year.
The reduction in 1922 will be approx
mately, $400, 900 and for the pre-
sent year the cut is estimate at $780,.
900, 900. ILL.,, = >...- .s...*, :.
Z These nine republicans bolted the
party leadership and voted against the
bill. 49,. :.
Representative Beck, Wis; Keller,
MINI; ); Nicholson, ILL.,; j.. M Nelson,
Wis; Sinclair, N. D.; Voight, Wis;
Woodruff, Mich; Clague, Mimi, and
ssIampert, Wis. Three democrats sup.
ported the measure. They were Rep
esentatives Campbell, Pennsylvania:
and Lazarre and. Dupre, Louisiana !:
+ Attach On Surtaxes Defeated. -
Fifty republicans, however, previous.
djoinef VIII ts ed denocrats in:
SUPPORT Of "a motion to erecommit the
bill with Instructions to the. ways and
means committee to- eliminate the re-
duction in surtax rates on incomes
above $66,000. This motion met defeat
by a vote of 169 to 230. Only one
democrat voted against the motion %sa
There was no test of strength on the
question of the repeal of the excess
profits tax, the democratic leaders de-
Gliding they could win, more republican
supp port=by limiting the motion to. re-
commit Ito: the question of reduction
ofSthe surtaxes ranging from 50 to IS
1ROA VII w @AdA 80 sAACOu10o. -
i Just before the two final zrollcalls
were taken Representa- w. B. Cock
ran (dem. NY. attempted to obtain
consideration of a resolution under the
guise of question of the highest
privilege. The resolution declared it to
be the. opinion Of the house that Presi-
dent Harding acted in violation of the:
constitution when he addressed the
senate to the exclusion of the house on
the question of soldiers bonus legisla-
tion on July IL. The resolution was
tabled on rollcall by vote of 2S8 to
1885,, on the motion Of Republican
Leader j. W. Mondell. !sz': =, E. as..,,sS la -:
h: r. $28,0o0, 900 More sIashed. :, *:..:z
l. The net result of changes made on.
the floor on the resolution OF the ways
and means committee was a further re-
duction of $28,000,000 in revenue in
comparison with the yield of the pres.
.ent law. The total estimated reduc-.
ztion after the repeal Of the excess
profits tax has become effective will.
be $81S,0O0, ,00O:s This will mean yield
after 1922. of 81, ,652, 100000 as against
$3.50, }, 900 900 from the present law.
The yield during the present: fiscal
year will be about $3,35O,0o0. .@ : E,:4 !" ! !