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Show I ATTACK OF RADICALS I IS SPUR TO STATESMEN m Washington, Aug. 29. Tho Scnato BB finance commltteo today advised the H alezuro of more than $1,000,000,00 B of war profllB. With startling sud- B dcnness, tho committee reviled Its B plan of last night and decided to take H not $160,000,000 but nlmost $500,- BB 000,000 In addition to a like sum In H tho bill. B FrlcndB of tho war rovenue bill B considered this radical step necessary in order to savo their measure from being elashcd to bits by the "radl- H BB Late today Chairman Simmons of 8 tho committee introduced amend- H ments calculated to raise the total of H bill to about $2,500,000,000. Exist- BB ing taxes produce $226,000,000 from I these exccsB or "war" profits. Tho H bill takes In addition $662,000,000. Hut tho revision today will lncreaso BB this $562,000,000 to $1,060,000,000, H This will make a total of $1,286,000,- 000 from war profits. BJ Maximum of 00 Per Cent H A new maximum of 60 per cent on H profits above 300 per cent was sub J ntltuted for a maximum of 50 por cent 8 on profits above 250 per cent, as set out In tho bill. As decided last night H a minimum of exemption of 6 per HI cent and a maximum of 10 por cent HI was placed in tho bill. H Tho attack on war profits is by no BBv means over. Tho facts that these BV' profits are estimated at botween two H and four billion dollars for three B years has attractod the attention of H "taAtintnrn. H After tho coiumitteo amendments H were put In today Senator Bankhead H of Alabama directed a new drive at H war profits. lie offered a scheme H taxing tho war babies up to 75 per H cent. Ills colleague, Underwood of H Alabama, ono of tho great financial H geniuses of tho senate, will speak H tomorrow for this plan. Senator H Bankhead said ho did not know the H exact sum this new amendment would H raise, but "no doubt much moro than H the commltteo amendments." H A move to closo debato upon the H bill was predicted today when Sena- m tor Simmons announced ho would BB tnake such a motion Friday. In sup- H port of this announcement ho offered BB potltton lately signed by about H sixty senators for possible cloture. H It Is noted that the paper will now BB bo offered for cloture, but only to BB prove that sixty mombors wish to BB end tho talk upon tho moasuro by BB sotting a definite date. H 1'oslnl mo Adapted. In the afternoon tho senate adopt- BB ed Senator McKellar'a schemo for fl applying a zone system of postago to B8 nowspapors and magazlno. Tho voto was 40 to 35. Dy this action tho senate rejected tho commltteo amend- .nent which would tax tho publlca-Bfl publlca-Bfl tlons one quarter cont additional per pound and put a tax of 5 por cent on BB publication profits nbovo $4000. BM " Tho McKellar amendment provides B this scalo: BB First, second, third zones (under BB 300 miles) 1 cent per pound. BB Fourth zone (300 to 600 miles) 2 BB cents. BB Fifth zono (600 to 1000 miles), 3 BB cents. BB Sixth zono (1000 to 1400 miles) 4 BB conts. BB Seventh zono (1400 to 1800 Billies) BB G cents. Eighth zone (moro than 1800 miles) 6 cents. Certain religious nnd farm Journals Journ-als aro exempted under tho McKellar nmendment. Thero will be a fight on this plan, for today Senator Smoot of Utah reserved tho right for another vote. Tho McKellar amendment would realize $12,600,000 against $19,000,-000 $19,000,-000 under tho zone system proposed by tho House, $3,000,000 by the commlttco com-mlttco plan and $14,000,000 under a zono system Introduced by Senator Hardwlck of Georgia, with tho endorsement en-dorsement of the postofflce department. depart-ment. Sonators who signed tho petition which will bo used to bring a closo to tho debato are: Democrats: Ashhurst, Bankhead, Dreckham, Uroussard, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Gerry, Hitchcock, Hollls, Hustfng, James, Johnson of South Dakota, Kendrlck, Klrby, McKellar, Martin, Meyers, Newlands, Overman, Owen, l'helan, Plttman, Fomerenco, Ransdell, Robinson, Saulsbury, Stmt-roth, Stmt-roth, Sheppard, Smith of South Carolina, Caro-lina, Swanson, Thompson, Underwood, Under-wood, Williams and Walcott 37. Republicans: Calder, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham, Fernald, Frcllnghuysen, Hale, Harding, Kellogg, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, McNary, NelBon, New, Page, Penrose, Polndexter, Sterling, Townscnd, Watson and Weeks 22. Totol, 59. |