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Show WILSON WILL NOT ENDORSE BILL I Washington. Sept. 14 President Wilson probably will not endorse .i freight tax in the war revenue bill, in the face of party opposition. Chair- I man Underwood of the ways and means committee failed off a meei-ing meei-ing of the committee today pending the president's return to Washington. "Unless the president says to us thai we must have this freight tax.' 1 said Mr Underwood, "we will drop it l immediately. We cannot pass it without the president's request." Several protests against the pro-posed pro-posed twenty-cent tax on domestic wines were received today from Call-fornla Call-fornla wine growers associations, who j maintained it would put the growers out of business The committee has heard from one of the western asso- clarions that It would not prote.u i against a tax of 1 cents a gallon. On the olher hand It was learned treas-ury treas-ury department officials had recommended recom-mended a tax of 50 cents a gallon. I Among numerous substitutes or the i, committee's plan was one presented today h Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Arkan-sas, it would tax automobiles 50c or $1 a horsepower; certain soda four-tain four-tain drinks. 10c a gallon; beer, an additional 50c a barrel, and an additional addi-tional tax on cigarettes |
