The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-13
Those Most Able TO Pay VIII Bear
Brunt Says White House state.
ment In Support Of Admin -
lstratlou Measure.
NO EFFORT TO REDUCE
ONLY BIG MONEY TAXES
Plan Is to Have Every Class Bear
Proportionste Part; sidetraek
Chance for Frauds Under
Existing Statutes.
by United Press.


Washington. Aug. ia larger
share OF the taxes under the revenue
revision system OF the administration
VIII fall on those vito are the mos,
able to pay, according to state
ment which was issued at the White
House today in which the position
OF President Harding was defended
against criticism from various quar-.
ters.
There has been no effort to re.
duce only the taxes OF the rich. Il
Is insisted. On the contrary, the ad.
ministration is bent on seeing that
every class bears its proportionate
share of taxes and that frauds and
evasions under the existing laws be
made impossible. the White House
statement said.
1t is understood that the revision
OF the levy sections OF the 1918 tax
law is practically complete. The
house ways and means committee
voted late Friday to increase from
$1,000 to $4,000 the exemption al
lowed married men having yearly in.
comes of $4,000 or less. This Is IN
addition to the increase of 200 in the
exemption for each dependent Nom.
ber OF the family and would be re
troactive to Janpary |. 1921.
Arrangements also were reached,
1t was said, to decrease the manufac.
turers tax on candy from to 3 per
cent, the manufacturers tax on furs
from 10 to percent, the tax on art
works from 10 to percent, and to
repeal all of the socalled luxury
levies, including those on carpets
rugs, trunks, travelling cases, pocket
books, umbrellas and portable light
ing fixtures, as we'll as those or
wearing apparel.
The majority members of the ways
and means committee besides chang.
ing levies as outlined above, were
said to have agreed not to increase
the taxes on cigarettes, cigars and
tobacco and alcoholic beverages. II
also was stated that in reducing the
income surtax rates to maximum
Of 80 percent from the present 81
percent the committee had made nc
provision for further reduction to q
percent next year as recommended
by Secretary Mellon.
In voting to repeal the luxury
taxes, the majority members decided
to substitute il possible a manufac-
turers' tax on the same articles, If
designed to be sold at sums in ex
cess of specified prices. The rate
suggested was per cent on the
manufacturers prices and the return
was estimated at $1OO, 900, 900 annually
as against $25,O0O,0OO under the pres
ent laws 1t was explained however.
that provision of this nature would
be difficult to administer because
the prices Of such goods were not
standardized and that it might be
necessary to abandon the plan.
Under present plans of republican
leaders. the committe draft Of the
completed bill, which will Be in the
form Of an amendment to the 1919
law, will be presented to confer
ence of house republicans at ]
o'clock Monday and introduced ir
the house later that day. Actual con
sideration of 1t there, however, r.
was said, would 60 over until We'd
nesday ,ip order eFrtdtIhFst that the , measur'
could be ufogmpeal|y passed upon Tues
day by the ways and means commit
tee with the democratic members
present.
While the question of a special
rule is to be decided by the party
conference, some leaders said they
expected the majority to adopt
rule limiting general debate. fixing
time for vote and giving priority
to committee amendments. They re-
garded final action by the house q
week from Saturday as something
more than probability. but it was
emphasized that this was q matter