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Show I i EMERGENCY WAR II , TAX BILL TAKEN UP I I'm , Si It El' 111 By Vnanlni0U8 Consent the Senate H ffill I Makes the Measure Iti IS I Unfinished Business II 19 Washington, Oct. 10. Tho cmcr I gency war tax bill wns mado tho unfinished un-finished business of tho senate to be 1 pressed continuously until pnssed. IP-IIIJiH ' Sennto leaders expressed the belief 1 111(11 that tbo mcaBUro would bo passed by rlwl .' " ,,lc cn1 ot next wcckl 1 illy Tho bill as perfected by tho Demo- a Mim (' cratlo caucus was voted out of tho 11., n ! nance, committee after a brief ses yj M iflr ! slon nnd reported to tbo senato by 81 H ' Senator Simmons. Ily unanimous PI i consent tho mensuro wns made tho U jf unflnlBhcd business with tho under- I jfj jj standing that It would bo taken up i 1 tomorrow to glvo way only to tho hi I conference report on tho Alaska coal ' 8 ! I land leasing bill. BR til , it Ij) I1, Tho amount presented no estimate h fjjlj of the amount to be rnlscd by the bill 'II IJ but Senator Simmons said that the bur jj jfj 1 1 estimated rovenuo would bo about fElSfl Hi $105,000,000 unless a continued slump 111 In! I ji in beer production cut It down. 1 ffluijl, Tho report of tho commlttco said ll f Mil HI present rovenuo and tariff laws had 1 1 llj 1 1 y 4 ; lnlsed enough money to run tho gov- II lllllll ernment and lenvo a surplus of ?34,- I 9 mil Ir 000,000 last year. j'D I miff "Early in August of tbo prcsen i I pj f year," It adds, "seven of tho great i' I (kliil III nations ot Europo became Involved i' jj nil II y in war, six of them being tho chief Ij ftjfi Industrial nations of that continent. ! R If It fc' Theso conditions In Europe havo nee- ' I'll 1 1 esBarlly affected our trado relations ! B ijll with Europe, particularly our Imports, I'D t 5jj and ns our customs revenues aro do- ''K If I B ' rived from dtitlcs on Imports our rev- EH 'if ' i enUQ fronl t,1's source lms Greatly IH if! I suffered and will contlnuo to suffer I I ll IF wbllo tbo conflict continues." j ll i . The report presented a table show- ' i lng tho following decrenso In cus- ' .11 W toms revenues for tho present fiscal "i ji 0 sl year under thoso of last year: July, . j) If' $4,800,000; August, $11,000,000; Sop- Ji S 'L tember, $9,C0O,OO0; October (first five ' II , I days) $2,800,000. ' ' El ' t As reported tho revenuo bill would ft ', go Into effect thirty days. after Its j j Kj' 'J pnssago and cease to bo operative on it' I .1 December 31, 1915. An amendment ILfj ih proposed by tho finance commlttco ( Bf a would appropriate $492,000 for tho 1 Hf administration ot the law. !li a Tho dlsputo over taxes on domestic 11 T wines continued today beforo a sub- llljjL committee of tho flnanco committee, If if although tho bill carries a tax of 20 S I cents n gallon on sweet wines nnd tMi I i 8 centB on dry wnes. Pacific coast 8 and central states wlno growers con- j ' ferred nnd probably will reach an j agreement whereby tho tax on grapo , j brandy, which Is used In fortifying sweet wines, will bo fixed nt 55 cents unniti l i1 1 a eallon nni' tno tnx per Kft"on on ' I8r ' ll w'no 1)0 """"K01 lo equalize both dry j llj ' 1 nnd sweet wines nt ubout 1C or 17 I 111', l cents per gallon.- |