Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-03
From All Quarters.
Two PER CT. INCOME TAX
Whiskey Tax Increased Ten
Cents a Gallon.
ne DID NOT BRIGHTEN mrs. LEASE.
The Threats of the Governor
Had No. Effect.
cossAcks TORTURED CATHOLICS.
Women Subjected to Vilest
Indignities.
DECIDED ON AN INCOME TAX.

It VIII BE Two Per Cent. ON All In.
comes Over -Four Thousand Dollar
So Say tho Ways and Means Conn
| mittee-Some OF tho Members Or
posed It-An Additional Tax OF Ten
Per Cent. on Whiskey. =
WASHINGTON, Jan. "A two per cent.
tax on incomes above 81, 600 an additional
tax of ten cents gallon on whiskey, and a
tax of two cents pack on playing cards
was the decision reached by the Demo
cratic members of the ways and means
committee today. This conclusion was
not unexpected, Is the committee has
been known to be equally divided on the
proposition to tax incomes with Mr..
Turner, of Georgia, occupying the only
position of doubt.
The committee met at the treasury at
4 o'clock this afternoon, determined to
settle the question of an income tax be-
fore adjournment. 1t was represented by
such of the gentlemen az favored the pro-
position, that general income tax would
yield the government an annual revenue
of $50, 600, 900; that making the exemption
81 600 would limit 1t to a class amply able
to afford 1t and that In view of the large
deficit that will be caused by the reduction
in customs duties there was no alternative
but to adopt It.
Some of the gentlemen who opposed the
tax argued at length that the principal eff
feet would be fatal to the democratic par
that an income tax ought to be laid upon
all incomes, whether large or small, and
that any other course would be unwise, in
that 1t did not fall on all alike.
When Chairman Wilson put 1t to q vote
six of the eleven republicans voted aye and
it was carried. Those who voted in the sf-
frmative were Messrs. Mcmillan, Bynum,
Tarsney, Whiting, Bryan and Turner. The
tax applies to the net earnings of corpora
tions as we'll as to private incomes. 1t does
not, however, apply to inheritances.
The additional tax of ten cents on whis
key includes whiskey now in bond. With
possible upon the owners Of this whiskey
1t was decided to extend the bonded period
to eight years.. 1t is now three years. It
was decided that the allowance for "out-
age" shall be limited to six years. The tax
Of $3.50 per thousand on cigarettes, upon
which the committee agreed several weeks
ago, was allowed to stand.
Mr.. Wilson, the chairman of the ways
and means committee, will not present the
revenue features agreed upon to-day for
mally to the house. He will present to-
morrow tho conclusions reached by the
committee. While there is no disposition
on the part of either Mr.. Wilson or the
democratic majority to prevent the republi-
cans from debating the matter fully it IL
the chairman's intention to reach vote on
the bill on January II. Deducting Sundays
there will leave the bill before the house
thirteen legislative days.
It is Mr.. Wilson's intention to limit gen.
ersl debate to five days. The remainder
the measure under the fve-minute rule.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Wilson's re-
marks tomorrow Mr.. Burrows of Michigan
will speak in opposition.