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Show INCREASE IN TARIFF PUT OUT OF BILL WASHINGTON. May . The 16 per cent tariff Increase, estimated to yield $200,000,000 annually. was stricken from the $1,800,000,000 war revenue bill by the senate finance committee this afternoon. The committee's action on the tariff section is to leave the tariff low aa It now stands. Redactions in the house taxes on soft drinks also were decided upon. For the 10 per cent house tax on syrup ased in soft drinks, the committee tentatively decided to substitute a smaller spactflc tax based upon gallons gal-lons of syrup. |