Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-11-04 | Page 22 | Substitute Levy on Sales Not Favored

SUBSTITUTE LEVY LEW ON SALES NOT NOTa f a FAVORED spots Smoots D ot's Proposed Business S 'S Tax Scheduled for Defeat Today I If T f WASHING WASHINGTON N Noy 4 The The senate sen sen- ate having hayIng voted down last nh night ht 43 to 25 the Smoot manufactures sales tax tax x of oC 1 per cent was expected by l leaders aders on on both sides sides' to reject t today Jt byan y an even more decisive majority the alternate Smoot proposal of oC a a business ss sales tax of oC one half C of oC 1 l per centon cent centon on n g gross SS sales In excess of oC n. n year The second sales tax vote vot today w was s expected to end the pres present nt drive for Cor this form Corm of ot taxation but In the the- the debate debate last night bight some speakers ers on the Rep Republican Republican Re Re- p publican side particularly Senators McCumber of North Dakota and andIc McCormick Mc- Mc Cormick of t Illinois predicted e 1 that such sucha a tax might be necessary In connection connection tl tion n with the soldiers' soldiers bonus bill bill Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Lenroot Rep Wisconsin predicted predicted pre pre- pre pre- that the bonus bill would be put through b before Core next July 1 1 1 Procedure with regard to the tax re- re islon bill after the vote on n the second sales ales tax proposal was somewhat doubtful early today Notice had be been n given that there would be renewal of ot the tb fight to add the bonus bill to the tax measure and to substitute a a. graduated graduated corpor corporation tax for tor the flit fla flat 15 percent per pel percent cent centt tentatively agreed ed upon up upon n but the order of ot their presentation appears pp ars to tobe he be do doubtful These are th the only big issues r remaining i In the tax tar fight and the general opinion at the capitol li seemed emed to be that a final vote on the revision bill would be he h had d by tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row night Some Republican leaders thought t the bill might b be passed to tonight tonight to- to night b but t Senator Penrose of ot Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania is charge of ot the mea measure ure did not not lo look k upon this as more than a possibility