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Show HOUSE PASSES REVENUE BILL. New Taxes Are Expected to Yield $197,000,000 Annually. "Washington. The administration omnibus revenue bill, creating a tariff commission, imposing a protective protec-tive tariff on dyestuffs, repealing present stamp taxes and providing for new taxes on incomes, inheritances inherit-ances and war munitions profits, passed the house on' Monday by a vote of 240 to 140. The new taxes are expected to yield $197,000, 000 annually. The tariff commission would be composed of five members, no more than three to he of the same political party and would have broad powers of investigation. The bill also carries an antidumping provision to protect American producers pro-ducers from unfair foreign trade practices. |