The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
WAYS and Means Committee Laid
Its New Revenue Bill Be
fore the House.
SWEEPING STAMP OMISSIONS.
Rate on Wines. Beer. Cigars and
Legacies Is Greatly Reduced
Circuses. Thcaters and EXhihi-
lions on the Free List.

Washington. Dee. 5.-Clai'man Payne of
the Ways ana Means Committee to-day in
ticduced a bill reducing the taxation under
Ire war revenue act. after the Republican
members of the committee had agreed on
the from of the measure and the articles
TO receive the reduction of tax.
1t is intended to have the fun committee
act on the bill to-morrow. and To put it
through the House before Christmas.
The bill provides an aggregate reduction
estimated at $40. The estimated re-
are as follows:
Beer. ss;Sss.712: cigars, .Sl@.7si. special
IA: custom-house brokers. sS.i67: circuses.
LA; theaiers. Si1.l1S: exhibitions not
otherwise provided. sS4,2lS: total special tax,
Schedule A-Bank checks. 100000: Ger
tihcates of deposits 10000: drafts inland.
s5C.@o: r-omissory notes. 3.Jeo.Vp: postal
sle".oG0: export bills Of lading. slooco0: ex-
press rec Nipts. $1,000: telephone messages,
S3la.Wo; bond of indemnity, S2J0.60': ccrtiG-
Gates other than. of profits. syD1,oGe; charter
party, sloo.G90: broker contracts. $40, 90:
conveyances. $500. 600: telegraph dispatches.
100000: insurance. sS.oo0,0y leases. S20.0D;
mortgages, 500. GrD: passage tickets. S2gl, co.;
power OF attorney, sl0o.c6: protests. So. e,,:
warehouse receipts. sz50. coo. Total schedule
A. So. 242. 900.
Schedule B-s4.5is. 2ss. less wines $500. ooo-
S3.S4s. 2sS: legacies. charitable. etc. 500. Ggl.
Grand total. $1,000 3iS.
The bill provides a discount of - per cent
M AF' toS VI - W ttt oAl t'fI HI ttl
of the present ~ per cent reduction, maxi
ing the new rate $50 per barrel.
The sections of the war-revenue act tax
ing commercial brokers. custOm-house bro
kers. circuses. theaters and other exhibi-
tons are stricken out.
Ink on Exhibitions.
The rate on cigars is made Sc. instead or
$50. per loo, weighing more than three
pounds per Lees.
Schedule A retains the stamp tax on cor
pcrate stocks, bonds. etc: sales. etc. at
- II ~ 10 nv hon u 90 r.la- ,zfaI -.
ceirts. certificates Of profits. entry of goods
at and entry for Withdrawal
OF goods from customs bonded warehouse.
With these exceptions. the stamp taxes I'M
der schedule \ are stricken out. Chairman
Payne's statement gives in detail the stamp
taxes omitted under schedule a.
Schedule b. which required stamps on
proprietary medicines and preparations. per-
fumery and cosmetics. chewing gum, etc.
IL amended so that sparkling or other wines
are the only products requiring stamps.
Section - of the war-revenue act. relat-
ing to taxes on leeacies. is amended by
adding at the erd of said section the fol-
lowing:
provided. thai nothing in this section
shall be construed to apply to beqlests or
cha irritable or educational character, includ-
ing works of art"
Section 80 OF the act is amended as 10
administrative features. and sections 10, II.
Is. - and 20 are repealed. as they relate
to administrative features no longer neces-
sary.
t'tbC ov VI ~ - {" ~ ~ A''hA
as follows:
Mixed Flour Defined.
Section 35-That for the purposes of This
act. the words mixed -four shall he taken
and construed to mean the food product
| resulting from the grinding or mixing to-
Gether of wheat. or wheat flour. rs the
| principal constituent, with any Other grain.
or the product of any other grain, or other
material. except such material no: the
! product of any grain, as Is commonly Use
for baking purposSs: provided. that when
the product resulting from the grinding or
mixing together OF wheat or wheat nou-
with any other grain, or the produc; Of any
other grain. of which wheat or wheat -four
is not the principal constituent as specified
in the foregoing definition. is intended toy
sale. or is sold. or offered for sale as wheat
-four. such product shall he held TO he
mixed -four within the meaning of this
act
The bill provides fer redeeming revenue
stamps heretofore issued and not used.
The concluding section provides that the
act shall take effect thirty days after its
passage.
Chairman Payne has called IA meetlng of
4 the Ways and Means Committee for to-
morrow morning. when he expects to uaVe
the bin reported to The House.
! He will then seek to have the hill con-
! sidered after the army. oieonargarine and
, legislative bills are disposed of. with n
view &c securing action before the hoii-
| GAYS.