Show BEDUCING WAR TAXES Resolution With That Object In View Introduced in House Washington April 2A possible reduction re-duction of ihe war taxes was foreshadowed fore-shadowed in a resolution adopted by the House today calling upon the Secretary Sec-retary of the Treasury for Information as to the probable surplus that the existing ex-isting revenue laws would create during dur-ing l this and the coming fiscal year The resolution was presented by Mr Payne the floor leader I of the majority The presentation of tin resolution falling as it docs for Information which may furnish a bal for tin reduction of the war revenues created considerable consider-able Interest Mr Richardson iTenn asked 1C It covered anything save the Internal revenue rev-enue taxation underfhe war revenue actMr Mr Payne replied that1 lUdld not Thors IVTK nr J l vision on the adoption i S of the resolution which was as follows fol-lows REDUCING WAR KEYKNtfc SrcreUiry oC time Riwlvod That the I IH hereby rcniies10 10 Trwwury be and Inform of RCp1eSeuitnti the JJoiwo QfSS hOSed if ttDll such whether In his opinion kflVhtdge l an he has the Pr r AIniln laWS and for thr raising of revenue nn cratln In thin will a HlrpluH continue to create MMf I injury over unl lb ov So th lo wants of Im IC 60 to whal ox 1 the covernmen nn1 l ° iCil year current toiu at th < nd of tIle Hsci yemir mill a like r M > orl 114 to the ending I June a Wl liim to time House That report t he also > or the recciPt rtlmnto of the probable llrohahle for of rO1UC ot trtamosrv rOlU nil murcm1 wit eUIfOIlJ internal l thlptJ viIS tl rcOUf mind mIill1flUM HOIIClI RIIOIcd flint ho mLl9J report to tho or Intclnnl rOnlln Houllo the amount was reVCOti oct IIxes reivci under tIme hCllIo or une n 11OS upon artlcle nol foue taxed that suld tntrncnt ue ittm I imzd II far as pOIItlbl for time snam fl1iuig month IHUnt JUl1lo Zi 0 lSJ9 amid for nlno Aluroh 31 TlKlO GROSVJENOR SEEKS LIGHT Intro Mr Grosvpnor of Ohio then duced thp following resolution Jolcd chat tne SecretarY or th 110 hlreh hi nquN1tNl to Trcuzurv bc nl1cl I rIOn tll tho Howc or RprrsontuLI tliL UQm of firms lcrtonll Lnd orlOra Lions who rom Um to I ime have IlIllcl t cutJm JuliN 0i1 goods lnd art1elO 111 I k Cpn dtIcrlptlon wlilch hUe cimmered lie lnltll Stcltl I corn Porto JUn iiice thO I treaty with Spain with tho articles and amounts paid by each and thu dales yi I such puymentsi AMENDMENT KILLED I I Mr McRnc of Arkansas offered an amendment adding to Ihe resolution the words And also If possible fro n whom these importers purchased said goods Mr GrosveflOm declined to accept ih I < amendment and the Democrats force an aye and nay vote upon It Th he amendment was lost l 81 to Sf anti the resolution was then adopted wlihout division DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY TliIn being District of Columbia day I the House then proceeded to the consideration con-sideration of District t business passIng pass-Ing among other measures a bill to Increase In-crease the tax on premium of foreign Insurance rompnnics doing business In I the District of Columbia from 1 lo 2 2 per cent centFORT HALL TREATY Mr Curtis of Kansas moved tho te passage under t lie suspension oC lh e rules of the Senate bill to ratify the agreement with the Bannock an ui Shoshonc Indians of the FlIt Hall reHPrvatlon In Idaho The House committee com-mittee 1 had amended the I bill I I to heel mmd the ratification of the Kiowa ComanHi and ApatRe agreement for opening i II I I settlement 2100000 acres in Oklahomi m I the land In the I Fort Hall reservation aggregating 118000 acres Mr Wilson ne of Idaho and othirs advocated tho passage of the bill and It was passed without division A Senate bill I was passed to appropriate m appro-priate 100000 fot the establishment or a military post at Sheridan Wyo At Jlf P m the House adjourned |