Evening star., 1921-10-26
BEER FIGHT ISPUT
INTO TAX MEASURE
Senator Wadsworth Offers
Amendment Providing for
Levy on Liquor.

The fight over beer was injected to-
day into the tax revision bill now
pending before the Senate. when
Senator Wadsworth of New Iorky Of
fered an amendment to the tax bill
levying tax of 80 cents gallon on
beer. The amendment also provides
tax of s1.20 a gallon foe wine. and
$50 gallon on distilled spirits.
Senator Wadswoc h said that in view
of the regulations just -issEed by the
Treasury Department authorizing
the sale of beer and wine for medici-
nal purposes. he thought that the
government should begin witnou. ce-
lay to raise revenue on these articles.
The consideration of his amend
ment will come up later during the
discussion of the tax bill.
Reopening debate on the Reed
amendment today. Senator Stanley.
democrat. Kentucky, declared repeal
of the excess profits tax was "a bold
and unblushing attempt by the re
publican party to reward the multi
millionaireS who have 1t in their
power to reward it,.
Cite Cox's Attitude.
Senator Trammell. democrat, Flor
ida. declared the republicans were
proposing to relieve the protiteers'
by the repeal. and republicans in re-
ply said that former Gov. Cox. the
democratic presidential candidate, had
advocated repeal
But the American people didn't
seem to think much of him. Senator
Trammell rejoined. adding that
former Secretaries Glass and Houston
of the Treasury Department spoke
sonly their personal views. and not
those of the democratic party in
recommending repeal.
Referring to the agricultural bloc
of which he said he was member.
Senator Trammell declared that the
press of the country has given undue
credit to the agricultural bloc for
making reformationS in this bill"
The democrats had nothing to do
with their little private agreement"
said the Florida senator. saying that
none of the republicans had advo-
Gated amendments until they had
been proposed by democratic Sena-
tors.
Vote Due Late Today.
A final vote on repeal of the excess
profits tax on next January / was TO
he taken late today by the Senate un-
der a unanimous consent agreement
reached last night to close debate on
this provision at pm. Adoption of
the House provision for elimination
of this tax was regarded as GER
tanty.
This will be the third of the six
major proposals in the revenue re-
vision bill to come to a vote in the
Senate in the one month to day
since the measure was reported by the
finance committee. After this is dis
posed of will come the fixing of the
normal corporation income tax and
votes en- proposals to increase the
inheritance taxes and repeal many OF
the So-called nuisance taxes.
Parties I'm Agreement.
The agreement for a vote today was
tie first to be reached between the
democrats and republicans on the bill
and came after democratic leaders had
refused to consent to the limiting of
debate on each amendment to ten
minutes for each speaker and that
on the bill to one hour.
Fifty republican senators having
signed an agreement to remain con-
tinuouSly at the Capitol, beginning to-
day. for votes on the tax BILL majority
leaders claimed they were in d po-
sition to WELD the club of a contin-
uous session until a final vote was
taken on the measure, but apparently
they were not disposed to use this
weapon except as a last emergency.
Even With continuous session
there was doubt that the bill could
be brought to a final vote this week.
as many important items in the bill
remain to be acted upon and there
are, pending scores of amendments.
After the committee amendments are
disposed of the whole bill or any sec
tion of il will be open to amendment.
as the Senate is now working in the
committee of the whole and must