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Show WAS TAX BILL NEAR1NG CLOSE Final Vote Must Be Taken Not Later Than Monday, September 10. WASHINGTON, Sept 8. With the hotly contested war profits and income tax sections of the war revenue bill out of the way, the senate today took up for final disposition minor points of dispute In the measure. The final vote on the bill ns a whole must not be taken later than Monday. High tax advocates lost their fight again yesterday when the senate tentatively ten-tatively adopted the finance committee's commit-tee's income provisions designed to raise $842,000,000 additional revenue from individuals and corporations. In tho Senate. The group of senators who opposed the army draft law, made up of Senators Sena-tors Gronna, Hardwick, LaFolletto, Reed and Vardaman, rocelved a setback set-back when tho senate rejected, 74 to 5, a proposal by Mr. Hardwick to increase in-crease taxes on big Incomes to pay fifty dollars monthly to all Americans serving in Prance. Tho amendment aroused the senate's Ire as it has not been aroused In a long while, several senators among them Senator Nelson, Republican, and a civil war veteran, denouncing It aB "humiliating and belittling" be-littling" to tho American. Boldlers. "Our boys are not as cheap as some statesmen," states-men," ho added. When the senate met this morning the new administrative provisions regarding re-garding Income tax collection were first to be taken up, Including an amendment by Senator McCumbor to make partnerships subject to the same levy as corporations. An amendment by Senator Jones for a 16 per cent assessment on undivided corporate surplus was pending. Tho committee reduced the rate to ten per cent Among the other minor contested features that remain to be disposed of are the consumption taxes on sugar, coffee, tea and cocoa, levying $86,000,-000; $86,000,-000; tho sugar drawback repeal provision pro-vision and the section Increasing second sec-ond class mail rates. It Is considered doubtful, howovor, whether these can bo reached today. |