Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-03
Progress of the Revenue Bill I'm the
Senate.

Senate.
After Mr.. Butter completed his speech in
the Senate yesterday afternoon the work
of perfecting the war revenue bill was re-
sumed.
Mr.. Jones (Ark) offered for the COM
mlttee some formal amendments to the
paragraph relating to the stamp tax on
medicinal articles put up as proprietary ar
tcles. As amended the paragraph reads:
Provided, That no stamp tax shall be i'm
posed upon any uncompounded medicinal
drug or chemical; nor upon any medicine
sold to- or for the use of, any person which
may be mixed or compounded for said per-
son according to the written recipe or pre-
Scrlptlon of any practicing physician or
surgeon. And the stamp taxes provided
for in schedule shall apply to all medici-
nal articles compounded by any formula
published or unpublished, which are put
up in styles or manner similar to that of
patent. trade mark or proprietary medicine
in general, or which are advertised on the
package or otherwise as remedies or speci-
hcs for any ailment or as having any
special claim to merit or to any peculiar
advantage in mode of preparation, quality,
use effect
The paragraph relating to the industrial
or weekly payment was so amended as to
provide that the tax should be 90 per cent
OF the hrst weekly payment of premium.
The tax does not apply to the fraternal or
lodge insurance companies.
The paragraph was further amended SO
as to include in the insurance organiza-
lions exempted from the tax, employees re-
lief associations and farmers cooperative
societies.
The committee amendment placing a
stamp tax upon all receipts for money was
adopted.
Schedule D. relating to the tax on pro-
prietary articles so amended as to
make IL read medicinal proprietary
ticles. An exception in favor of natural
spring waters was made in the tax placed
upon waters.
In connection with the consideration of
tie committee amendments to schedule
B, Mr. Gallinger gave notice of an amend
ment reducing all the taxes levied in this
schedule Cne-half.
From the committee amendment provid-
ing that all articles covered by schedule b,
wlich are in the hands of manufacturers,
wholesale or retail, dealers should be
taxed, Mr.. Faulkner proposed to strike out
the clauses of the amendment which in
cluded the stocks of proprietary articles in
the hands of wholesale or retail druggists.
He maintained that it would be working
an injustice to the dealers who had pur-
chased the goods and had them in stock.
Mr.. Wolcott held that if the amendment
were adopted il would render the provision
useless.
Mr.. Faulkner's amendment was rejected
26 to "A.
Mr.. Allen proposed an amendment to the
paragraph eXem3ting all articles in this
hands of retail dealers 1t was rejected.
The committee amendment was then
agreed to. 1t provides that upon all the
articles and preparations at present in the
hands of manufacturers or Of wholesale or
retail dealers the tax stamp shall be placed
by the dealer when the articles are sold at
retail.
Mr.. Gallinger Their offered his amendment
reducing by one-half the taxes levied upon
all medicinal proprietary articles, prepara-
tons. perfumes, cosmetics, etc, included
in schedule Is. He maintained that the tax
was onerous and unnecessary.
In antagoniZing the amendment, Mr.. Al
drich said schedule had given the COM
mittee more trouble than any other part
of the bill but he was satisfied that the
tax proposed by the committee was equita
ble ana just. The tax on these articles was
insignificant, he said, compared with that
on beer and tobacco and they were well
able to stand II.
The amendment was rejected. % to IL
Mr.. Allison said that as the bill was now
completed as far as the committee was con-
cerned, except as to the bond provision and
tie substitutes offered for it, he would be
glad If an arrangement for a final vote
could be effected. He believed that the bill
could be disposed of today and hoped that
it mig ut, as such contamination was par
ticularly desirable.
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) had no doubt that a
final vote on the bill would be reached to-
day. but objected to an agreement.
Mr. Allison then gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to remain in session
today until the bill was completed and
passed.
Mr. White (CaL) offered an amendment
levying a tax of one-quarter of one per
cent upon the gross receipts of every per-
son, firm or corporation operating sleeping
cars on railroads. In offering the amend
ment, ne said: This amendment will per-
nit the payment of a part of the war bur-
dens by the various sleeping car companies.
They have been long DESTROYS of contribut-
ing to the governments expenses, but
could not because of the lack of necessary
legislation. Such tax as / propose will
not fall, l fancy, upon the consumer.
After agreeing to meet at IL o'clock to-
Gay, the Senate at $40 pm. went into ex-
ecutive session and shortly afterwards adj
journed.