The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-10-13
SENATE PASSES
FREE CANAL BILL
Measure Giving u. S. Ships Pas
sage 0. KID At to 81.
VOTE TO END FREIGHT TAX
Majority Committee Favors Repeal Of
All transportation Tariff in Re.
port-President May Get Bill
This Month.


Washington, oct, 11.-DeSpite Op-
position by Senator Lodge, Republican
leader, the senate passed the Boroh
bill providing that no tolls be 'narged
American vessels passing through the
Panama canal. The vote was A
to 81.
Senator Lodge, who is chairman of
the foreign relations committee did
not so into detail in his protest
against passage Of the bill, but said:
"There are compelling reasons why
we should not exercise at this time
our undoubted legal right to remove
tolls as provided in this blu
The bill now goes to the house,
where, it is expected, 1t will be held
in committee until after the armament
conference which begins November H..
Those Favorine Bill.
Those voting for the bill We're: AS
hurst, Ball Borah, Broussard, Calder
Cameron, Capper Cummins, Curtis
Edge. Elkins, Fernald. France FIRE.
linghuysen, Gooding, IIarreld Harri-
son, Johnson, Kellogg, Kendrick
Ladd, La Toilette, Lcnroot McNary,
Moses, Newberry Nicholson, Norbeck,
eddie, Page, Penrose PoindcXter
Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Shields
Shortridge, Smoot, Stanley, Suther-
land, Townsend, Underwood Walsh
(Mass), Walsh (Mont), Watson,
Qnd), Weller, Willis. Total. A.
Voting against the bin: Brandegce,
Caraway, Colt, Culbertson, Dillingham;,
Ernst Fletcher, Glass, Hale, Harris,
HeAin, Hitchcock, Jones a. NJ,
Kenyon, Reyes, King, Lodge, McCor-
mick, McCumber, McKellar Mckinley,
Myers, Nelson, New Overton, Pitt
man, Pomerene, Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith, Spencer Sterling, TrammeIl
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson (Ga),
Williams. Total, 81.
o. x. Tax Bill Amendments,
Amendments to the tax bill propos-
ing repeal of all transportation taxes,
including those on oil carried by pipe
/ lines and on parcel-post packages; Il
maximum surtaX rate of 80 per cent
and increased estate taxes were APP
proved by majority members Of the
senate finance committee.
A fiat tax of S6.4O a gallon on dis
titled spirits also was agreed upon,
| but with a proyiso that there would
be a rebate of S4.2O a gallon where
/ It was shown to the satisfaction Of the
commissioner Of internal revenue that
the spirits were used for manufac.
/ turing or medicinal purposes
The majority also approved amend
ments for retention Of the corporation
capital stock tax and for repeal Of the
$1,000 exemption allowed corporations
in the case Of corporations having
annual net income i'm excess Of $25 600
Nuisance" Taxes Cut Out.
Excise taxes proposed for repeal un-
der another amendment include the
rates on sporting goods chewing gum,
electric fans, thermos bottles smoking
and hunting equipment, moving-pic-
| ture films, toilet soaps and powders,
Photographic apparatus and acces-
sOrles, furs and perfumes and cosmet-
| les. The tax on works Of art would
be reduced from 10 to > per cent, the
tax on candy made per cent fiat
and the additional taxes proposed on
hotel rooms and on hardwood office
| furniture eliminated
Thus the committee majority not
only approved all the recommenda.
tlons agreed upon by senate leaders
4 last week but adopted some ON It's
own account The vote on the major
changes was understood to have been
3 to 4. It was said that on the test
approved by to 4 the proposals for
increased surtax rates and estate
taxes, but these matters we're recon
sldered.
May Reach Harding This Month.
Chairman Penrose, in Announcing
the committee action, said the
changes, in his opinion, assured solid
Republican support for the Tux bin
and he reiterated his belief that the
amended measure could be sent to the
President before the end of the month
Commanding practically the unanl
nous support Of the majority party n
the senate" he said, "the Hill ought
TO pass that body az an early date.