Reluctant to Talk Prohibition But With Great Hopes for Tax Reduction Mr, T. P, Appleby, U. S. Con grossman from New Jersey arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday afternoon aboard the U. 8. Transport Chaumont which anchored off the French Bund shortly past 3 o'clock. Mr. Appleby is the only Congressman aboard the Chaumont which includes however, in her passenger list this eight U, S, Congressmen's re-who are making the tour of by a "North-China representative on Tues-! day whose first interrogation was apropos prohibition, an issue which! has been associated with the Con-grossman's name, Mr. Appleby laughingly admitted to the reput~ ation of being one of the few Congeressmen in Washington who do not! "take a drop," but beyond that he} ~"FOTMed to go with the discussion.
"There other more vital re questions in the United States at! the present time," he said. "Among these is the tax reduction programme which is holding the attention of the nation.
Giving as an authentic conviction that curly this autumn will see marked cuts in the tax rates in! America, Mr. Appleby said that the! receipts of the government last year amounted to G.$60,000,000 more than had been anticipated,' which clearly means that, with the President' well-known disposition towards an economy programme, and with other machinery now already started in this direction, a reduction in taxes is coming.
Taxes and Staff Reduction Mr. Appleby, who believes that he was elected on his tax reduction platform, is the only Republican elected from his district to Congress for many years. His policy is the government should not try te make itself responsible for the collection of taxes requiring more expenditure j of money than the collection itself brings in. This applies especially to income taxes, and Mr. Appleby: yesterday expressed a belief in the approach of the time when income! tunder G.$5,000 would not be taxed.) With decreasing of returns could be instituted a compensating decrease in staff employees in the Department of Taxation. Besides income taxes a long list of involved and minute levies would come into the program me, also. As an example of wh: he wished to convey, Mr. Appleby declared that a tax on motion pictures at present prevailed and none on grand opera, whereas the patrons of the latter often wishing see a performance at the last moment and entirely able to pay the high prices of side-walk ticket speculators would pay far in excess of a government levy on the ticket, should such a levy exist.
While staying clear of any comment upon the prohibition question, Mr. Appleby expressed his interest in aviation and the future air programme of America, It is hig plan to go to Peking on Monday, for a short while, thence to Japan and from there back to the Eas: Coast of America by way of the Panama Canal. He expects: to be in the States again in October and by that time he will have been away about five months. He was excused by the President from r2- mitining sessions.of Congress. on
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