Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-16
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From Our Special CORRESPONDENT


Washington, March 1G.-"GeneraP
. Jacob S. Coxey, who led the army ol
the unemployed TO Washington many
years ago, has plan for the solution
of the bonus problem which ne says
should be satisfactory to the former
service men, to the GovernmenI ana
to the country in general. Inc Coxey
plan provides a cash bonus without
any interest being paid to the bank
ING interests or taxes collected from
The now over-burdened taxpayer.
In brief, the CoXey plan authorizes
the issuance Of legal tender treasury
notes for the sole purpose CT the boo So
nus, each veteran to receive Sl,ooo
who ''cnbarked on a vessel TO go over
seas" and $500 20 each one "sworn in
and did not embark"
"Female veterans" are included in
the plan of Coxey, which directs the
secretary of the treasury. to take out
of the import duties annually for %
wears 4 per cent of the total cost of the
proposed bonus, given as $4,000,
10000.
"This will stop any further stalling
bv the President, secretary of the
treasury comptroller of the currency
and the Congressional leaders who
have never intended from the start to
give bonus to the world war vet
erans,' said General Coxey today.
Income tax collections of 1922 will
total not more than $1,800,000,000:
treasury officials estimated today.
Receipts ranged up to 100000
during the boom period following the
armistice. The yield from the first in
stallment of current income taxes
which, under the law, had to be paid
before last midnight. is expected to
total approximately S400,O0O,000.
Last year the March Is collections
ran over S5O0,000,000.
The big drop in collections this
year will be the result of economic
depression. officials say. Higher eX
emption of the 1922 revenue law also
will reduce the total. Repeal of the
excess profits tax as OF January will
show up in taxes paid during the cal
endar year. Whether the total num-
Der of Federal tax payers will show
decrease this year is d matter of
speculation by officials. More than
100000 persons were or the Gov
ernment's rolls in 1921.
Despite the sweeping condemnation
of poison gas contained in the treaty
evolved in the Arms Conference and
signed by representatives of the five
leading powers. Great Britain will
continue without curtailment her ex-
periments and research in chemical
warfare, it wa slearned in an authori-
tative quarter today. A commission
of British experts now in the United
States is charged with the duty OF in
vestigating American methods for
producing noxious gases, with a view
to Incorporating into the British serv-
ice any improvements which may be
discovered. The investigation of this
commission will include both indus
trial and military plants. Permission
for the visitors to.inspect Edgewood,
the army gas center, as well as severa!
other army camps and posts, has al
ready been granted by the War De-
partment. ...
Approximately s7OO,ooO,OO0 worth
of foreign orders is in prospect for
cotton farmers of the Southern States
during 1922, it is indicated in reports
to the Government. Nearly 100000
bales of raw cotton will be- drawn
from the United States during, the
year, it is predicted. This is approx
imately one-half Of the expected crop.
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