The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-20


Measure La Toilette Will Oppose
Certain Sections Expeditions Pass
age Generally Desired.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The tax
revision bill will be sent to the President
by, the latter part of October, Chairman
Penr0se predicted yesterday in announc-
ing that the senate finance committee had
formally approved the house measure as
amended.
Neither the Smoot manufacturers tax
nor the Calder proposal TO impose tax
of $6.4O a gallon on all alcoholic liuors
withdrawn from bond for other than
manufacturing purposes will be included
in the measure. as it will be presented to
the senate Wednesday. The authors have
given notice, however, that they expect to
present these amendments on the senate
floor
Senator Penrose said that so far as the
business of the senate would permit, 1t
was the purpose to take the bill up i'm
mediatey and press for final action. He
added that some features. particularly
the profits tax repeal and the proposed
reduction of the maximum income surtaN
rate to b per cent, would be opposed
from certain quarters but that there
+cemed to be general desire to expedite
passage.
Two Weeks in Senate
Under these circumstances" he con
-inued. there is reasonable expectation
that the bin can be passed in the senate
with two weeks consideration and ought
not to require more than a week in CON
ference"
1t was stated that the amount the bill
will produce this year will not be less
than So 100000. 1000, the minimum which
Secretary Mellon considers necessary.
For the next fiscal year it is estimated
oughIy that the return would be around
- 200 000.O 900.
The Smoot sales tax plan was dis
aussed further i'm the committee ycster-
day with treasury experts participating
nut Chairman Penrose said Senator
Smoot had stated afterward that he was
willing not to press the amendment IN
he committee. but would reserve the
light to submit it to the senate. The
committee did not take a vote On the
proposal the chairman added.
The Calder whiskey tax amendment
lIready has been accepted in principle by
the committee and Senator Penrose said
he New York senator would present II
n the senate practically as committee
amendment Senator Calder also has re-
-ervcd the right to offer another amend
ment to tax 10 Per cent beer at the rate
If - ii barrel.
10 Per Cent Higher on Hotel Charges.
Before finally approving the bill. the
committee voted two additional changes.
Under one. amusement admission charge
not exceeding 10 cents would be exempt
from the one-ccnt tax imposed by the
present law. Under the other, hotels
would pay 4 tax of 10 per cent on the en-
tire amount charged to trausients for
rooms. if the sum exceeds 50 for one
person and 81 for two persons. As orig
inaIly presented by Senator Reed. Dem
7crat. of Missouri, the tax would have
| been paid only on the amount by which
| The charge exceeded these sums.
1t Is expected the Democrats viii sub
nit a minority report attacking several
features of the bill, particularly those
| dealing with excess profits and income
| eurtaxcs Senator Lafoilctte of Wis
| eonsin and some other Republicans also
arc expected to oppose some sections OF
| the measure.