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Show 1,'M f ' . El J 1 Raising of Revenue m I i Being Considered .IS jjP j li President Wilson Advises Joint Session of ml j If j Congress That Matter Is Urgent m j ' ' 1 1 "" """""""" Mb' rj I Washington, Sept. 4. "We shall A I : J I pay the bill, though we did not do-ffl do-ffl ft ; I J : I liberately incur it," said President M f ' , ' J j J Wilson today, presenting before a H , ' joint session of congress an appeal H jv If for an emergency Internal revenue to H , j I raise $100,000,000, the government' I' j i I 1 probable loss In customs receipts bell be-ll I lily causo ol tne war ln EurP6, fll' It' : fl Prompt action whs necessary1, the II JM j J (j president said, "In order to ketjp the jfJf j SSI treasury strong." His only sugges-H sugges-H ! ' i Jj tlon as to tho method for levying tho, !8 I tax was that sources be chosen that j I would "begin to yield at onco and. I yield with a certain and constant flow." The appeal met with quick action. 'As soon as the president had left the house chamber, amidst an outburst of, applause, Speaker Clark referred the message to the ways and means committee. com-mittee. Democratic members of the committee met tonight at the call of the chairman, Representative Underwood, Under-wood, and began consideration of plans to raise the additional revenue Various members suggested sources which they 'believed would properly be subjected to an additional taxation. taxa-tion. On tho list suggested wore: Gasoline, Gaso-line, a tax of 1 to 2 cents a gallon; railroad and amusement tickets, a tax of C 'to 10 per cent; beer an increase in-crease of CO cents a barrel; domestic domes-tic wines and whisky, an Increase ot 1G cents a barrel; proprietary articles; artic-les; tobacco and tobacco products; chewing gum, soft drinks, playing cards. The proposal to tax railroad tickets was not received with enthusiasm by the members of the committee, although al-though it was estimated that a 6 per cent tax would raise $40,000,000. Chairman Underwood said the articles ar-ticles suggested would be gone over, by the Democrats of tho committee and a list ot taxable articles would be agreed upon by eliminations. This list will bo submitted to the treasury department probably early next week for estimates as to tho hm'ount to be raised on each, and tho rato of taxation. taxa-tion. When tho bill is completed in, committee It probably will bo brought Into tho house under a special rule and hurried through. TreBldent Wilson whs given an enthusiastic en-thusiastic greeting from senators and representatives when he entered the house chamber escorted by Senators Kern, ClarkB and Galllnger and Rep resentatives Un4erwood, Fitzgerald and Mann. The president said ho had come to discharge a duty which ho wished with all his heart he could avoid, but made it plain that additional addi-tional revenue was necessary and that ho performed his duty without hesitation or apology. Unforeseen conditions occasioned by the conflict in Europe, he said, had created conditions which, unless dealt with promptly, might Involve consequences conse-quences of the "most embarrnssjng and deplorable sort." To borrow money tho presldont urged wns unwise; un-wise; bond lssuo would make an "untimely "un-timely nnd unjustlflnblo" demand on money markets leaving taxation as the only method left to ralso revonue In this situation hu appealed to the "profoundly patriotic" people ot thq country to take upstho burden. |
