K
VOL. LX XO. 18,700
Entered at Portland Orefron)
Postofflce ! Rcnnd-C1B Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ROCK FROM COUNTY
HOSPITAL HITS HOUSE
HOME OWNER COMPLAINS
OVER INVASION OF BOULDERS.
FIGHT OVER TAX
BILL PREVENTED
Compromise Is Reached
After Long Effort
HARDING'S ELECTION
NO LONGER IN DOUBT
CONGRESS SOLEMNLY CAN
VASSES ELECTORAL VOTE.
TOLD
HARDING'S CRUISE
OVER; WORK BEGINS
PRESIDENT - ELECT AGAIN
FACES CABINET PROBLEMS.
PRICES AND WAGES TO
FAMILY TRIANGLE
ENDS THREE LIVES
STAY UP, SAYS GARY
TO
DEEP
NO CUTS CONTEMPLATED BY
STEEL CORPORATION.
CONGRESS
AIDED
TRIM
v
SOLONS ABE TO NAME BOARD
Governor Will Fill Vacancies
in Commission.
HUME ATTACKS POWERS
Cordon Dons War Paint and Pre
pares for Trouble When. Revis
ion of Bill Is Planned.
" FTATK HOCPr:. Salem, Or.. Feb. 9.
(.Special.) Compromise was ef
fected tonight over the method of
appointing the tax supervising com
mission, when Representative Gor
don had everything ready to ngnt
the proposal to have the legislature
name the commissioners. The under
standing now it may be a different
understanding by morning is that
the legislature will name the three
commissioners to serve four years;
that the governor can fill vacancies
and make reappointments.
STATE HOUSE7s"alem, Or.. Feb. 9.
(Special.) To resist the attempt of
Senator Hume to have the legislature
and not the governor appoint the per
sonnel of the tax supervision com
mission. Representative Gordon put!
en hia warpaint tonight. The Gor
don bill calls for the appointment of
a commission of three to supervise
the budgets of all tax-levying bod
les in Multnomah county, and Invests
the appointive power In the governor,
At a meeting of the Multnomah
senate delegation today Hume pro
tested against the governor having
such power for political control in
Portland and Multnomah county, and
effered an amendment to have the
legislature name the commissioners.
This amendment provides that the
men appointed by the legislature
shall hold until January. 1923, and
that the people shall elect commis
sioners for four-year terms beginning
with the general election In 1922. i
Sleasore'a Success fevldeat.
For a while this afternoon there
iras a disposition on the part of Gor
don to consider having the commis
sioners named in the bill, and a list
of names, supplied by Hume, was
gone over repeatedly, but without
success. At one time S. L. Eddy, R.
,L- Sabin and J. O. Elrod were ten
tatively selected, but whenever a
combination of three was proposed It
later was discarded for one reason or
another. Finally Mr. Gordon conclud
ed that he would not recede from bis
original position that of having the
commissioners appointed by the gov
ernor.
A poll of the senate shows that
there Is more than enough votes to
- puss the tax measure, but whether
Hume's talk about the people elect
jng the commission will have any
effect remains to be seen. Mr. Gor
don was arranging details for cam
palgning his measure through the
senate tonight with every evidence
of success.
Bath Reverse Stands.
when the senate delegation met
today and a number of amendments
were read by Senator Moser and were
accepted by the delegation, Hume
offered his own amendments, de
signed to prevent the governor from
making the appointments and ar
ranging for election by the people.
In this he was joined by Senator
Joseph, although both of these sena
tors, when the port development
bills were under consideration In the
senate, fought against the legisla
ture naming the port commissioners.
Hume's amendment was that the
legislature name the commissioners
to serve until 1923 and that at the
general election in 1922 the voters
of Multnomah county elect members
of the commission for a four-year
period. Also Hume wanted $10 a day
paid to the commissioners for every
day engaged. Ma Gordon resisted
the idea of compensation, saying that
lie fears that with a $10 a day pay
there may be men who would want
to be on the commission for that
remuneration. The state highway
commission -receives no compensation
and that Is the reason, said Mr.
Gordon, why the highway commis
sion has always had a personnel of
the highest type of men.
List of Nism Presented.
The legislature, contended Hume,
knows how to pick men for the tax
commission as well as the governor
and Hume submitted a list of names
from which he wanted selections made
ty the legislature. The list included
B. F. Josselyn, P. R. Malcolm. Morton
II. Insley, Earl C. Bronaugh. William
Killingsworth. E. B. McNaughton,
George D. Schalk, L. J. Goldsmith,
J. O. Elrod and R. L. Sabin.
Placing the power of appointment
In the hands of the governor would
jrive him control of the purse strings
and the politics of Multnomah county,
argued Hume. After building up an
'elaborate statement of the danger of
politics In such a commission, Hume
finally confessed that his reason for
not wanting the governor to appoint
nas because he, Hume, did not want
I. N. Day or Henry E. Reed for the
commission.
Mr. Gordon stated that Mr. Reed
Vice-President's Warning That
Demon.-,! rat ion Will Not Be Tol
erated Generally Heeded.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 9. The
election of W. G. Harding as presi
dent and of Calvin Coolidge as vice
president was formally declared to
day at a joint session of the senate
and house. .
With dull solemnity and without
demonstration such as marked the
"elections" of President Wilson, the
two bodies canvassed the votes cast
by the electors chosen at the elections
last November 2. The formal vote,
tallied with the informal results
known to the Dublic on the dav after
election, with 404 votes for Mr. Hard-
Ing and Mr. Coolidge and 127 for
James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roose
velt, democrats.
Vice-President Marshall presided
and gave an effectual warning agains
any demonstration for an occasio
which, he said, "was solemn and im
portant and should be carried
through In silence. Unlike many pre
vious occasions, the vice-president'
warning was heeded, except for a tit
ter over slip-ups- of the tellers in
pronouncing the names of states and
announcement of the results.
By a coincidence Senator Lodge, re
publican floor leader, who acted as
a teller, announced the first votes,
rrom Alabama, for Messrs. Cox and
Roosevelt, while Senator Underwood
of Alabama, democratic teller, an
nounced the first returns for Messrs,
Harding and Coolidge from Arisona,
in the alphabetical canvass of the
electors' vote.
A large gallery audience, compoed
mostly of women, watched the pro
ceedings, which were completed In
about half an hour.
BY SENATE BILL
250 Millions, 18 for New
Hospitals, Voted.
TRAINING FUND IS INCLUDED
$412,350,000 Sundry Civil
Appropriation Measure total.
SOLDIER TO BE HONORED
Unidentified Body May Be Buried
as That of General.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9. Mili
tary funeral honors of- a general offi
cer would be accorded an American
soldier sleeping with the unknown
dead In France under plans outlined
today by Secretary Baker. They were
communicated to congressional mili
tary committees in connection with
formulating estimates of the cost of
returning the body for burial in Ar
lington National cemetery as a trib
ute to the hero dead.
Mr. Baker approved use of Admiral
peweys flagship, the cruiser Olym
pia. The cost, Mr. Baker said, would
be im.ooo.
RAID FOLLOWS BANQUET
Dinner Given to Newark Mayor Re
sults in Liqnor Seizure.
NEWARK. N. J., Feb. 9. Alleged
violation of the Volstead act at a
testimonial dinner given last night
in honor of Mayor Gillen led to
raid today on the Krueger auditor
ium, scene or the banquet, and the
seizure of wine, whisky and cham
pagne.
Six prohibition enforcement agents
made affidavits that they attended
the banquet and purchased liquor at
an open barv Officials said that
330,000 worth of whisky and cham
pagne seized last Monday in a stable
was Intended for last night's banquet.
CHINESE MAKE PROTEST
Government Against Barring White
Girls From Oriental Cafes.
VICTORIA, B. C. Feb. 9. Diplo
matic protest against British Col urn -
oia regulations pronioitlng the em
ployment of white girls in Chinese
restaurants have been made by the
Chinese government through the
British secretary of state for foreign
affairs at London, it became known
today.
The protest was referred to
Premier Oliver of British Columbia
and has been discussed by the pro
vincial cabinet, it was said.
iConci tided, ob Fage 2, Column 3.)
CHEAP DRESSES WANTED
Buyers for Women Economical and
Expensive Goods Not Sought.
CHICAGO. Feb. 9. Frugality is to
be the object of buyers of women's
clothes this year, according to E. V.
Porsch, Chicago, who spoke today at
the opening session of the annual
convention of the Manufacturers &
Importers' association here.
"Buyers all over the country refuse
to buy women's dresses when they
are quoted at more than 330 by the
manufacturers," he said.
$10,000,000 FOR POWER
Sum for Mississippi Flood Con
trol Is Increased From $6,670,
000 to $8,000,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9. The
sundry civil appropriation bill was
passed by the senate tonight carrying
$412,350,000, of wnich amount 3250,
000,000 is for war veterans.
Among principal items was $18,600,
000 for new hospitals and enlarge
ment of hospital facilities for service
men as requested by the American
Legion. Funds for compensation and
vocational training of the service men
also were carried.
The appropriation of $10,000,000 for
development of the Muscle Shoals,
Ala., water-power project was retained.
During final consideration the sen
ate voted to increase the appropria
tion for Mississippi river flood con
trol from $6,670,000 to $8,000,000.
The measure is but the second of
the 16 supply bills to be passed by
the senate, and republican leaders
are expressing prlvateopinions that
several appropriation measures ap
pear to be doomed and will be forced
over Into the extra session.
As passed by the senate, the sundry
civil bill carried almost $30,000,000
more than the house provided and
about $20,000,000 less than the appro
priation for the present year. It will
be sent to conference.
Houseboat Is Deserted When but
Little Progress Is Made and
Vaactlon Time Grows Short.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 9.
President-elect Harding, abandoning
bis houseboat cruise to begin a final
period of consultation on the per
sonnel and policies of the administra
tion, returned here by automobile to
night to spend most of the time until
inauguration day.
The president-elect; left his house
boat Victoria late in the afternoon at
Daytona, 76 miles south, after changes
in plans based on the uncertain prog
ress of the vessel up the Indian river.
Although she was' dislodged today
from a mudbank, her day's run was
Head of Big Concern Optimistic
Over ' Outlook, but Govern
ment Is Held Remiss.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. Existing
prices and wage scaies of the United
States Steel corporation are to con
tinue, declared Ei'oert H. Gary,
chairman of the board, to newspaper
men today.
Som Independent companies, he un
derstood, had made efforts to sell
their products below current quota
tions, but he asserted that the United
States Steel corporation has no in
tention at this time of changing its
selling prices. The subject of re
ducing wages among its 265,000 em
ployes has not even been up for con-
not promising and Mr. Harding de-1 sideration, he added
elded he could not prolong his vaca
tion.
With his return Mr. Harding is to
take up not only the final selection
of a cabinet, but many other ques
tions. Although he has a more or
less definite idea on most of these
subjects, it is known that the crucial
decisions are to be made. He is hold
ing his mind open on virtually every
one of the cabinet places.
During his houseboat trip to Miami,
which began February 22, only the
most' pressing " business telegrams
have been forwarded to him. When
he reached his headquarters here he
found that more than 100 messages
en a single subject were awaiting him
as well as a great amount of mail.
FUNDS WANTED FOR BASES
Naval Plans on Pacific Coast Call
for Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9. An
Initial appropriation of $5,500,000, to
begin work on the proposed new
Pacific coast naval base at Alameda,
Cal., will be requested by Secretary
Daniels. He also advised the senate
naval committee today he would
recommend $1,500,000 for the San
Pedro, Cal., submarine base.
His estimates were made following
recommendations of the joint con
gressional committee on location of
the Pacific coast naval base sites.
ARMY GUN SALE CHARGED
Weapons Reported Sent So nth of
Mexican Border.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Feb. 9. Follow
Ing the arrest of three soldiers while
attempting to sell ammunition said
to have been stolen from Rockwell
field, officers at the army aviation
base today began a careful count of
the machine guns to determine wheth
er any have been stolen.
The soldiers are reported to have
told the police that three machine
guns recently were stolen from the
North island arsenal and sold to per
sons In Lower California. North is
land officials were inclined to doubt
the statement, but ordered a count
and, in the event that the machine
guns are found missing, it is declared
the matter will be referred to tbe
state department in Washington, for
investigation. ;
TIME PRECIOUS IN EAST
Many States Represented in Day
light Saving Organization.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Representa
tives of 57 commercial organizations
in New York, New England, New Jer
sey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mary
land and West Virginia today organ
iced the Eastern Time Daylight Sav
ing association.
The association will seek to have
congress pass a daylight-saving law,
applicable at least to all states in the
eastern time zone.
"It seems to me," he continued,
"that any manufacturer of steel who
contemplates reducing selling prices
below the basis fixed by the Indus
trial board in March, 1919, nlust have
In mind the intention of reducing
wages accordingly, thereby charging
the difference to the working people.
It so, the manufacturer is wrong and
unfair, unless, of course, the present
selling prices are higher than they
ought to be, which would be unaif to
the consumers, or wage rates are
higher than they should be."
In answer to charges by Comptrol
ler Williams that steel prices are too
high. Judge Gary pointed out that
these products had twice been re
duced since the armistice and that his
corporation continued to maintain
its quotations of March, 1919.
although both wages and freight
rates have climbed upward.
He was optimistic regarding the
general outlook for business, but as
serted that governmental taxes and
the failure of the government to pay
what it owes the railroads are the
principal factors retarding the return
to more satisfactory conditions.
"The present taxes are too big," he
said. ' "They absorb too large a part
of incomes, materially interfere with
desired extension and improvements
and ham.ier business.
"Millions upon millions of dollars
are due the railroads and their failure
to receive the money delays pur
chases, and even prevents them mak
fag payments on contracts, which. In
turn, embarrasses others and pre
vents a return to expected better con
ditions."
Spokane Man Kills Wife,
Brother and Himself.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS TRAGEDY
Triple Shooting Is
Without Any Words.
Done
i
DEATHS FOLLOW QUICKLY
Elmer Harding Is Slayer and Sui
cide and Crime Witnessed by
Stepdaughter of Murderer.
BONO FORGERIES ALLEGED
Additional Informations Are Filed
Against Spokane Man.
SPOKANE, Wash.,' Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) Two additional informations
were filed today by Prosecuting
Attorney Meyer against Jay Hough
in which Hough was charged in each
Information with first degree for
gery.
In one information Hough was
chanted with forging a $1000 bond
of a $125,000 series, issued by school
district No. 16, Hill county, Montana,
and In the other he was charged with
forging a $100u bond of an issue by
the Port of Newport. Or.
THAT WILL HOLD HIM FOR AWHILE.
VOTING LEAGUE OPPOSED
Woman Solon Against Any Move to
' Club Man in Politics.
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. 9. Alice
Robertson, representative from
Oklahoma, announced her opposition
to the National League of Women
Voters, "or any other organization
that will be used as a club against
the man."
Her opposition was expressed at
today's session of a republican wom
en's school of instruction.
PARIS PACT IS RATIFIED
Agreement Approved 395 to 83 in
Chamber of Deputies.
PARIS. Feb. 9. The chamber of
deputies tonight ratified the Paris
agreement b ya vote of 395 to 83.
Many deputies abstained from voting.
The chamber voted confidence in
tbe government, 387 to 125. - '
1 1 1 i m w .ssixn-i' mc v i t
........... ....... ... ....... ..
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 9 Jeal
ousy, according to the police, prompt
ed Elmer Harding, 30 years old, today
in killing his brother .Carl Harding,
his own wife and himself. Harding
snot his brother and wife and then
killed himself today at a local hotel
when the brother emrgd from a room
to which his wife had denied him en
trance. The shooting followed closely re
cital by Elmer Harding to George
Taylor, a roomer at the hotel, of an
account of what he declared had been
his wrongs at his brother's hands.
According to Taylor Harding charged
his brother with having gone to Port
land with his wife, after having left
his own wife and three children at
Missoula, Mont.
This was denied by Emma Field,
Mrs. Elmer Harding's 15-year-old
daughter by a former marriage, and
by Mrs. Harding's mother, who said
they recently returned from Portland
with Mrs. Harding after she had been
unsuccessful in finding work there
and in Seattle.
They charged that Elmer Harding's
treatment of his wife had forced her
to leave him here.
, Stepdaughter Witnesses Tragedy,
tmma Field, the slayer's, step
daughter, was spared to carry through,
Hfc- to piuture of the tragedy. She
was the only eye-witness.
The brothers had been employed by
the Grimmer Transfer company for
the last nine months.
The mother of Mrs. Harding ar
rived in Spokane yesterday from
Portland, accompanied by her daugh
ter, tne dead man, and the step-
daugnter of the slayer.
After trailing his wife to the hotel
this, morning, where she had regis
tered after arriving from Portland,
Harding procured a revolver and re
turned this afternoon. He killed his
brother just outside the room in which
his wife was staying. Then forcing
his way into the room, he killed his
wife and turned the gun upon him
self. The men died instantly. Mrs.
Harding died on the way to the hospital.
According to the story told by the
girl, Mrs. Harding was standing at
the dresser when the husband stepped
into the room after killing his brother.
Hasband Shoots Without Speaking.
The woman said nothing. Her hus
band shot without speaking and the
girl fled out of-the room down the
hall, not knowing whether some of
the shots were directed at her.
"I was in the room with mamma
and Carl for about an hour," said i
the girl. "Everybody behaved alright.
think Carl knew Elmer was out
side. He acted like it.
There was a knock on the door.
Mama knew who it was but she
wouldn't let him in. He must have
been there for half an hour. I
thought he just wanted to come in. I
didn't think it would be so terrible.
I think mama was afraid. Elmer
beat her often. . Mama was black and
blue from being beaten, and she was
knocked unconscious three times
about a month ago, when we lived
on Hangman creek. Mama and Elmer
quarreled many times. He wouldn't
let her go any place. Grandma often
told mama to be careful. She told
mama to leave Elmer and to leave
Spokane.
"After we had been talking in the
room Carl got up and said he would
have to go to work.
Shots and Groan Heard.
"He opened the door and stepped
out. I heard a shot and a groan, then
Elmer ran , into the room and shot
mamma. He didn't say anything
just shot three times.
"I ran out. I heard two shots at
I ran out. I didn't know where I was
running and never saw mamma again.
"Oh, I liked Carl, but I didn't like
Elmer. He said he would kill mamma
if she left him and mamma was afraid.
She thought he would do anything.
"He said he would kill her and he
did. Oh,"- said Emma, with the first
trace of breaking down, "It was terri
ble." "I was afraid that something would
happen to my daughter," said Mrs.
Mary Danforth, 726 First avenue,
mother of the slain woman," when we
arrived from Portland yesterday
morning. I got a room at a hotel
and told Marie to stay there with me.
But she was a woman and knew her
mind and she went down to the other
hotel.
Mrs. Harding: Visits Portland.
"Time and again, I asked her to
have nothing to do with the Hard
ings. I did not know much about Carl;
he was a stranger to me. I told her
to leave tbe Hardings and Spokane.
"Three weeks ago she left their
Several More Great Stones Are on
Verge of Falling Down and
Thteatcning Home.
Two-ton boulders tumbling down
hillsides didn't bother Tony Turevany
formerly.
That was before one paid a per
sonal visit to the Turevany domicile
at 747 Fourth street.
Now, however, the situation is dif
ferent. One huge boulder is nestled inno
cently about halfway inside of Ture
vany's house. Four or five more are
romping around on the hilltop above,
just waiting for a chance to Join the
first, at least, so Tony says.
And Tony Is worried.
Tony marshaled his troubles In
grand array last night and marched
them in review before Assistant Com
missioner Johnson of the department
of public works.
The Turevany home, it seems. Is
situated in an unfortunate position at
the base of Marquam hill, directly be
neath the site of the construction
work for the new county hospital.
Earth was excavated for the site of
the hospital and piled on the hillside.
Rains came. The hillside started
down. The Turevany home was on
the line of march.
"Good Lord, my Gosh!" commented
Tony last night. "There were a bees
crash and my house, it shake almos"
to piece. My wife, she holler, "black
hand; bomb; police!" but I start out
to find trouble. This boulder, he al
most push house over. Break all the
dishes and make my house look all
squeegee."
Johnson promised to have some
thing done in the matter.
Good Declares Halt in Ex
penses Must Come.
PER CAPITA TAX NOW $59
Tariff Not Expected to Raise
More Than $400,000,000.
SALES TAX IS FEARED
American People Would Not Stand
for Proposed Method of
Money-Gelting, Is View,
ALABAMA GIRLS WARNED
Birmingham Policewoman Toler
ates No Artificial Complexion.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 9. Bir
mingham g(rls with complexions arti
ficially produced are threatened with
a "face-washing" whenever they ap
pear on the streets in the future by
Mrs. Newsome, policewoman.
Mrs. Newsome declared today that
whenever she sees a girl with a
"chalky white complexion, cheeks of
brilliant red, vermlllion pigment on
her lips and her nose powdered to th
nth degree, she feels like escorting
her to the nearest bathroom and ad
ministering to her face a liberal dos
of soap and water, and I am going to
do it, too, she asserted.
RUHR HELD IN DANGER
Von Hindcnburg Declares France
Covets Industrial Region.
BREMEN. Feb. 9. Field Marshal
Von Hindenburg, interviewed today
declared the French were "hanker
Ing" for the Ruhr region, a danger
that must be taken seriously.
He said military leaders of France
were unable to rid themselves
their fear of Germany, doubtless
owing to France's decreased popu
lation.
Americans, he believed, had altered
their previously hostile opinions
about Germany.
AUTO EXPORTS INCREASE
Total for 192 0 Reported Twice
That of Previous Year.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 9.
Automobiles exported from the
United States in 1920 numbered 142,-
08 passenger cars and 29.126 com
mercial cars, according to a report
today by the department of com
merce. The total was more than
twice that in 1919 and four times
that in 1918.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
(Concluded on Page .2, Column 2.)
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 56
degrees; lowest, 52; rain.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Germans have new reparations plan,
Page 9.
National.
Chairman Good declares that Congress
must cut expenses and cut deep,
Page 1.
Congress in joint session solemnly declares
Harding ana coolidge eieciea. i-age i.
Senate votes J250.000.0O0 for war veterans.
Page 1.
American Legion gets assurances that
present congress will legislate relief for
disabled war veterans, rase o.
Immigration bill hits snag in senate.
Page 2.
Factional row hampers reorganization of
democratic party. -Paae 2.
Census figures show Oregon farm land and
owners still on increase. Page 3.
Domestic.
Harding closes his cruise and attacks cab
inet problems. Page 1. ,
Present prices and wages to continue, says
head of steel corporation. Page 1.
Legislature.
Hume's effort to take power of appoint
ment away from governor resented.
Page 1.
Repeal of picketing law is defeated.
Page s.
Basis for licensing automobiles and trucka
agreed on by highway suo-commlttee.
Page 8.
Idaho house passes bill providing for con
solidation of school districts. Page 9.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor Hart of Washington signs civil
code measure. Fage .
Sports.
Entry Hat for state swimming meet Satur
day night is growing. Page 14.
List of Monk Fowler's bouts is impressive.
Fage 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Milk eondenseries resuming operations in
northwest. Page 21.
Profit taking weakens stock .market at
close. Page 21. t
New motor vessel charted by Houser.
Page 20.
Shipping board expected to hold coast
ship conference this month. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Circuit Judge Tuckers dismisses suit in
equity Involving purchase ot army
stores. Page lit.
Householder complains that boulders from
county hospital work hit his home.
Page 1.
Oregon supports Chamberlain for place on
chipping board. Pace 20.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. With a
warning to the house that the mount
ing wave of high taxation would no"
roll back without a sharp and sweep
ing reduction in government expendi
tures. Chairman Good of the appro
priations committee, declared today
the time had come to call a halt.
Huge figures wera hurled over the
heads of members as Mr Good told
dramatically of the vast sums ex
pended and the appeals for mon.
There was a shout of approval 'wher
he Insisted that the approprlatio.i
bills must be passed before March 2.
so that the framers of a new tar'Cf
,'aw may know the amount of clo'hr
out of which they must patch th
nation's coat.
:i,50U.OOO,000 Held I.lmlt.
Laying down the definite pollc
that expenses must be cut befort)
talking of lower taxes, Mr. Good In
sisted that appropriations for tin
year beginning July should be ktlt
within three and a half billion dol
lars, virtually the sum recommend--l
in the big supply measures for that
period.
Mr. Good's plea for government
economy was made in presenting the
first deficiency bill for the present
year, carrying $203,000,000. Demo
cratic members of the committee de
clared there would be other de
ficiency sums, and Representative
Byrnes, democrat. South Carolina, de
clared direct appropriations this year
had passed the ,3,000.000,000 mark.
This stupendous sum could best be
understood, he added, by the fact
that In order to meet It the govern
ment must levy an average tax of J 00
on every man, woman and child.
Tariff Declared Keatrlcted.
In suggesting methods of raising
revenue w'thout making the burden
on the individual more severe than
it has bene since the early days of
the war, Mr. Good said he doubted
if a tariff law 'could raise more than
1400,000,000 without disturbing inter
national trade relations.
Urging repail of the excess profits
tax, Mr. Good said:
"We shall not need the revenues
that have been brought In by the
excess profits tax if we cut down ap
propriations. There is where we can
effect a saving. It will be a system
of economy and the financing of tem
porary loans, such ss our certifi
cates of Indebtedness, the war savings
stamps and the victory loan. It ought
to be done by borrowing money rather
than by taxing the American people."
Sales Tax Called Dangerous.
At this point, Mr. Good was Inter
rupted by Representative Oldfleld,
democrat, Arkansas, who said ha
feared the republican party would Im
pose a sales tax to take the place ot
the one It wanted to repeal.
The party that Is so foolish as to
place a sales tax on the backs and
the bellies of the American people,"
Mr. Good replied, "would go down to
humiliating defeat, because the
people would not stand for it."
Mr. Good said the higher tax of
$6.40 a gallon should be imposed on
withdrawal of liquors from bonded
warehouses liquors taken out for
edicinal and used for beverage pur
poses, uy lining tne tax irom
he figured, the treasury revenue
would be increased from $30,000,000 to
(100,000,000. By demanding the same
tax on the tobacco industry that.
Great Britain collects, he said, trea
sury receipts from this commodity
would jump from $300,000,000 to $300,-
000,000 a year. He also advocated a
higher tax on passenger carrying
automobiles, rlgur'ng on a revenue of
about $20,000,000, half of which should
go, he thought, to the roads.
Liquor Officials Attacked.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer,
nternal Revenue Commissioner Wil
liams and the Anti-baloon League
came in for a sharp attack ty Mr.
Good, who indulged In a tilt with
Representative Volstead (rep.) of
Minnesota, author of the prohibition
enforcement law.
Representative Good charged that
the appropriation committee had
found "irregular things" which
"ought not to be permitted," and
added that Mr. Kramer and other en
forcement officials did not "seem to
know" what was going on in their
department.
Mr. Volstead defended Mr. Kramer.
He charged that a persistent effort
was being made to discredit the en
forcement of prohibition.
"The force is not perfect." he de
clared. "It had to be thrown together
hurriedly, the salaries are small and
there were some men who were not ,
strictly honest, as Is found In every
t Concluded ou 1'aao Cw.auut 4J