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Show J SEVEN BILLION J WAR REVENUE I BILL STARTED . S ' Measure Laid Ik-foro House Author- 8 , JzIiir Five Million Bonds nnd Two (j . Illllioit Indebtedness Certificates. fl ( fi ' I ' r . fl , . PASSAGE IllEFORH END, i '. OF WKKK PREDICTED Sfn ' ' ji , IiHOo Opposition Exjiected to Pro- , vision Thnt Thrco IJIIIIon May Jlo B Used to Extend Credit to Allies; H New Taxes Proposed. Ji' Washington, April 11. Asaur- ''"' ' ances that tho 17,000,000,000 war Kp i , revenue moasuro will pass tho house Mf'.'-r ' l quickly and that consideration of Jfoijr. ' now taxation plans will begin Im- .gj&$M mediately wcro given President Wll- BP son and Secretary McAdoo today by - WB&d ' congressional Icadera. ' $' I Introduction In tho houso of tho &'$ ; I revenue bill authorizing a $5,000,- .r'fi4''' ! ' O00'Q00 DOnd ,Baue nnd n 12,000,- .'-m BP" j 000,000 certlflcato of Indebtedness preceded an unexpected visit of tho ' President to tho capItol by a few minutes today. j Democratic Leader Kltchln intro- ', i ducod tho measuro with a favorable ! report from tho full committee and ' i , announced that dobato on It would T-i begin Friday morning at 11 "o'clock. '.;- ' It Is hoped to pass tho bill before Saturday night, and possibly Friday. Amendments to lie Submitted. Various Republican members of tho committee will offer amendments which wero defeated In committee, but they havo plodgod themselves a vote for tho moasuro, whatevor ,nmy bo tho fato of tholr proposals. One by Representative Longworth of Ohio to oxompt estates from Inheritance 0 taxe3 under tho measuro Is expected to develop much debate Secretary McAdoo Is opposed to It. Other pro- posals expected to bo offered Include' , ono by Itopresentatlve Hill of Con- II nectlcut to ralso thu luteroiit rate on if both the bond nnd certificate Issues from 3V4 por cent, as tho bill now proposes, to 4 per cont, and another ; hy Ilepresentntlvo Sloan of Nebraska, to limit tho 11 fo of tho bonds to 30 1 years. Tho bill would" leavo their j tonuro to tho discretion of the 'sec- retary of tho treasury. J , Llttlo opposition is oxpoctcd to tho principal features of tho JG.OOO.OOO,-1 000 bond Issue the- provision that not moro than' $3,000,000,000 from tho proceeds shall bo used to extend credit to tho allies and tho remaining remain-ing $2,000,000,000 applied to war expenditures ex-penditures by this country. Differ on New Taxation Plan, , . I l In ovo'lvlng' a' now taxation- plan for raising rovenuo to meet tho certificates cer-tificates of Indebtedness, however, much trouble Is oxpoctcd in getting Ilopublicans and Dem6crats together. Tho flMt big question Is what amount of revenuo shall be raised by immediate taxation. The generally accepted plan has boen to divide equally tho cost of the first year of tho war, roughly estimated at from $3,750,000,000 to $4,000,000,000, between bonds nnd taxes, but tho President has .expressed himself as desirous of placing as much of tho burden on tho 'present' generation as possible, and so mo members of Congress Con-gress are advocating the raising of 75 per cent of tho first year noeds by taxation., Administration and congressional leaders generally aroMctcrmlnod that tho tax shall not be of a class character char-acter rogardless of tho amount. History, His-tory, ho said, shall not doalgnato this as cither a poor or a rich man's war, Houso financial . authorities , are considering proposals to ralso new revenuo on increased lncomo nnd stamp taxes and taxes ofexcess profits, pro-fits, inheritances, distilled liquors and beers, cigars and tobacco, amusement amuse-ment places, tho postal service, soft drinks and newspaper, billboard and other advertising, A list of suggestions submitted to tho last, Congress by Secretary McAdoo Mc-Adoo for taxes and Interior combust-iblo combust-iblo onglnes, oleomargarine, .refined stigar, fermented llquor( candy, glu-coso, glu-coso, talking machines and 'their records, rec-ords, copper, pig Iron nnd petroleum, distilled spirits anil (lonaturcd nlcor hoi, nlso Is receiving close' scrutiny. Liquors nnd beers probably will bo taxed millions of dollars and1 soda fountains and other soft' drink dispensaries, dis-pensaries, including the 'Inoar-bocr" parlors, aro virtually cortaln to bo assessed a chare..- Members of tho committeo aro considering taxing places of 'amusement,- Including) moving mov-ing plcturo theatres, on the number ft tickets sold, , Probably tho, most far-roachlng proposal yet suggested Is that the postal charges be raised. It has been proposed that tho present 1-cent rate for drop and circular letters be raised to 1 H or 2 cents and the regular reg-ular 2-cent rate to 3. Ui tax suggested. sug-gested. It ,1s argued in favor Of this proposal, would reach so(many per-, sons and bo objected to by so few. In connection with this proposal plan is another to tax newspapers and periodicals in proportion to tho amount of advertising they carry. ' Suggestion that sold storage foods bo taxed"b.eavlly also Is receiving much discussion. It Is argued that this would servo to bring In rovenue and at tho same' time discourage tho operations ot food; speculators. i |