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Show POISON GAS BY j BIG BUSINESS' WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, Republican, criticized the finance committee's action in striking out the provision imposing taxes on luxuries, declaring that the Democratic party for one hundred years had advocated such imposts. Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Democrat, Demo-crat, also declared elimination of the section "a blunder" Senator Johnson of California, Republican, Re-publican, criticized the finance committee com-mittee for waiting until now to levy SO per cent on war profits. The minority who last year fought for that rate, he said, were "poisoned by gas spread by big business," abused and denounced. de-nounced. The senate, without objection, adopted adopt-ed the committee's amendment for taxation of inheritances in lieu of the lax on estates. The luxury tax section was estimated estimat-ed to raise about ?185,000,000. It Imposed Im-posed the 20 per cent rate on a variety va-riety of articles above fixed pries. Another An-other final vote on revision of the tax section of the measure was planned later. An amendment by Senator Johnson of South Dakota to eliminate tho 5 per ; cent on automobile trucks, automobile wagon trailers and tractors, was adopted Adoption of this amendment leaves tho 5 per cent only on automobiles and motor vehicles. |