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Show BEGIN WORK ON TAX BILL. Will Raise Twenty-four Billion Dollars . as Sinews of War. Washington. Without evidence of political division congress on Friday Fri-day began work on the greatest revenue measure in all history, providing for the raising of 5-4,-900,000,000 ?S,000,000 in taxes and twice as much in bonds to pay America's Amer-ica's share of the cost of the war next year, and for loans to its co-belligerents.' In the house, Democratic Leader Ki ten in, chairman of the ways and means committee, explained the draft of the bill, while hearings on it were begun by the senate finance committee. |