Bisbee daily review., 1922-03-18
BONUS MEASURE
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can leaders, expected to confer with the speaker at the capitol early tomor- row. If MT. Gillett refuses to enter tain a motion on Monday co suspend the rules-and there appeared to be a growing belief at the capitol today that he would-there was possibil ity that the house Republicans would hold a party conference tomorrow night to discuss the procedure in handling the bill under special rule. i The conferene by Representative Kitchin with the Democratic mem hers of the ways and means commit | tee developed difference of opinion among those members as to whether [ there should be minority report. i Representative Garner, Texas, de clared after the conference that he would not sign such a report. Rep resentative Oldfield, of Arkansas, de clared that minority report would be filed and that it would be signed by some Democrats who voted for the bill.
 Mir. FTear, in his attack, said Sec tary Mellon had written a letter con-
 demning the compromise bonus bill without being asked by any member of the committee for his opinion, ana had made his letter of condemnation
 public before it was received by the committee.
 The Wisconsin meber declared
 that Comptroller Crissinger did not
 know what the bill contained when he
 announced to the press that he would
 aovise banks not to loan money on the
 adjusted service certificates
 Congress" said Mir Frear, ''is
 warned daily, weekly and monthly of
 just what the secretary of treasury
 and Comptroller Crissinger and other
 officials of the administration thing of congress and of the soldiers bonus
 bill. It is novel proposition when : Crissinger says that he will not permi
 national banks of the country to loan
 to the soldiers on their certificates Il
 the bill is passed by congress.
 "Thousands of other. banks will (
 so if our advices are right but or
 what meat does Crisinger feed and
 for whom does he speak? Is Crissin
 ger OF congress to determine what the
 bill contains? Crissinger claims tha'
 when the soldiers ask for loans they
 will find that they have frozen cred
 it's
 The freezing process that con
 fronts the soldiers and congress to-
 day is that which comes from officials
 of the treasury department who have
 handed out many 'icicles to congress
 and to the soldiers recently. Frequent :: threats are reported that campaign contributions will not be forthcoming
 unless a sales tax is passed as sub
 stitute for the present personal in come tax Again, it is said the prict
 of general soldier bonus bill must
 be general consumption tax to re.
 leiye large taxpayers.
 AS an evidence of frIgiGity why d,
 the treasury department first demand
 that obnoxious taxes be placed in the
 bonus bill, which we were later in
 formed would have invited it's vetoi
 Why did the treasury department , next refuse congress a soldiers bonus
 bill unless it provided its own means
 of payment? s,--ss--s.sSss -se .',ss sss,
 Why did the department object tt
 paying any soldiers bonus from treas : ury certificates when it had previous , ly paid billions of dollars in cancelled
 war contracts? Why did the depart , ment reject any proposal to pay the 3 soldiers bonus bill by S11, 900 100000 $ in foriegn debts?
 3 Why is the sales tax constantly : linked up with the soldiers bonus bill 3 when no general sales tax could pass , congress unless fastened onto some : worthy object? Why are Nle soldiers S asked to help pay their own bonus f through sales tax and what specia, 3 reason has Wall street and big bus
 mess generally for demanding sales l tax?"
 r MT. Frear declared that table g which he read, showing the income g and surtaxes paid by the wealthy in 5 dividuals, explains why every man + who pays large income tax desires ? a sales taxes adopted would not be re n pealed but would be constantly en 1 larged in it's scope, by interests thai
 never sleep" 3. r Secretary Melons letter to MT -- Frear was in reply to the one writer r him last Monday by the Wisconsor : representative. Declaring that his V position had been fully stated in let s ters sent the ways and means com Q mittee on January "A and March II - MT. Mellon said he had not attempted
 in them to argue the merits of tn, t soldiers bonus.
 Whether or not there is to be g soldiers bonus,' MT. Mellon wrote E "is a question for which, as you say
 congress will assume responsibility , For the treasury, l have attempted tc
 point out the necessity of meeting by
 taxation the cost of whatever bonus
 may De adopted and the dangers oi
 attempting to provide for a bonus by , borrowing or mageshift measures. AS ) think was made clear to the com
 mittee and the country, have not rec
 commended any particular taxes though I have, at the request of the , committee, suggested several possible , sources of additional revenue thai : would be available if congress should decide to grant q soldier bonus.
 ''I gather from your letter that yol are under some misapprehension al 1, so as to the treasury's position witt respect to a sales tax. The treasur. | lnI er.a