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Show HOUSE APPROVES ! IB EES TSX General Plan of Revenue Bill Is Quickly Adopted; Vote by Friday. Measure Is Expected to Raise $3,200,000,000 for I Nation's Use. ! WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. Ail of the principal tax provisions of the new war j revenue bill were approved by the house today olmwt as fast as two clerks, working work-ing in relays, could read them. With only a few minor provisions and amendments amend-ments now to be considered, leaders believe be-lieve a final vote wi!! be reached Friday, with a possibiliiy that it may come tomorrow. to-morrow. After adopting within an hour the war excess profits provision without change, the house passed important sections raising rais-ing many millions of dollars without a word of objection or even discussion. Every Ev-ery a mendment proposed either was rejected re-jected summarily or passed over so that the ways and means committee can consider con-sider them before final action is taken. Besides the war excess profits provisions, provi-sions, which yield the greatest returns to come from the bill, provisions adopted today were taxes on estates, estimated to raise $110,000,000; transportation, $187.-000,000; $187.-000,000; amusement admissions, $100,000,-000; $100,000,-000; excise taxes, including automobiles, jewelry, luxuries and semiiuxuries, $518,-000.000; $518,-000.000; beverages, $1,137,000,000; tobacco, ?IM;,C00,0OO; capital stock, $70,000,000: the federal automobile license provision, $72,-330,000, $72,-330,000, and stamp taxes, S3':,000,000. The luxury taxes caused some discussion, some members contending the bill's -rates are too low ajid others that they are too high. Amendments Fail. An amendment by Representative Piatt of New York to reduce the luxuries rate from 2 to 1 per cent was defeated. The most important matters remaining to be disposed of are the proposal to tax cotton Z a bale and to impose a 5 per cent tax on products of child labor. The cotton tax was formally proposed today by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania and the amendment met spirited and instant in-stant opposition. The leaders predicted tonight that the proposal would be rejected. re-jected. Representative Green of Iowa gave notice no-tice that tomorrow he will offer his child labor amendment, with predictions sen-oral sen-oral that it also would be rejected. Other provisions deferred for action until un-til tomorrow by the ways and means committee or the house include: The clause levying $10 annually on proprietors pro-prietors of any trade, business or profession profes-sion whose sross receipts are over ?2000. The section levying 5 per cent on gross receipts of automobiles used for hire. Much Ground Covered. An amendment by Representative Wood of Indiana to exempt traveling salesmen from the $100 annual brokers' license tax. An amendment by Representative Tread way of Massachusetts to levy 10 per cent on gross receipts from billboard, street car, electric sign and similar advertising. adver-tising. Allowances tor depletion of oil and gas wells and mines. Exemptions from income and inheritance inheri-tance taxation of persons In the military service. The business, or occupational, license tax of $10 proved a stumbling block today, to-day, because of confusion over its application, ap-plication, and it wa.s determined' to consider con-sider having the section redrafted tomorrow. tomor-row. Representative Rob bins of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania snid V- would apply to ministers, authors, school teachers and the Irlce, but Representatives Garner and LrOngworLh of tiic ways and means committee declared i: would not app"y to salaried persons, but only to firms, such as iaw partnerships, partner-ships, advertising den till concerns and the lihe. Auto Tax Carries. The proposed federal licence t,ix for automobiles, ranging from ?-l to 50 annually, an-nually, according to horsepower, was sharply attacked, but finally approved. When the house e adjourned tonight rending of all sections of the tax bill hed ber-n completed, with only a few administrative adminis-trative provisions remaining: to bo acted upon in addition to the controverted items put over today. The provisions amending the Harrison drug act, with much more drastic rcgu-lations rcgu-lations of traffic in nurcorics, were adopted without change. Among new proposals to be offered tomorrow to-morrow is the plan, urged generally by Republicans. but ooposed by President Wilson, tor a joint congressional comrr.It-W. comrr.It-W. to supervise w:u- e-rvntTUures. 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