The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-11
WAR REVENUE TAXES.
Excuses for Only Partial heouc''o"
Bv Chairman Payne.

tho house vays and means committee,
in his report on the bill reducing the
war revenue taxes says:
while the war for which these ao-
ditional taxes were levied Is ehueu'
the train of extraordinary expenditures
has not terminated with the close Oh
actual hostilities. We find it still nee
essary to maintain an army OF loo'ooo
men until law and order is fully re-
stored in our possessions. we ma
it also necessary to provide troops "
man the Notifications which we nave
been building the past few years and
also to provide a sufficient NUMBER IN
the navy to man the vessels winch
we have recently added. The lncreas-
ing navy, too, brings new necessltles'
all of which call for greater drain
upon our resources.
"In making the reduction in the bill
reported, the committee has sought
to remove the more annoying taxes in
the war revenue act by the entire
abolition of those which were most
vexatious and by reduction Of those
which seemed to have proved a great
burden upon the several branches OF
trade to which they are applied"
After enumerating the various
stamp duties abolished by the bill, the
report concludes:
THE 2-cent stamp on bank checks,
certificates of deposit, drafts, also
money ordes, etc, are very annoying
to a large class of people and much
complaint has been made to the com
mittee. 1t is true that in the large
cities where such transactions are
frequent and the stamps are imprinted
upon the paper itself, the burden and
annoyance is not SO great, but in
the smaller towns where transactions
are less frequent and especially with
the farmers and men who do not get
checks with imprinted stamps the an
noyance and delay has been a great
source OF complaint.
Another source of annoyance has
been the tax of l cent on express re-
ceipts and kilograms. There is no
doubt but that this taxation has caused
more widespread annoyance and trou-
BILE than any thing else in the action.
The committee therefore has stricken
these taxes from the laws.
The tax upon deeds and convey
ances has been quite burdensOme in
numerous instances as well as the tax
upon insurance and leases. The tax
upon promissory notes and mortgages
has been very onerous upon the debt
or class. 1t has seemed to them that
it was enough to pay interest without
paying tribute to the government
upon every transaction of this kind.
These are the principal items in the
amount that are stricken from the
schedule. While the other taxes Of
like character are small in amount
and present obvious reasons for their
repeal"
In reference to the reduction on
beer, the report says:
'The committee recognizes that the
manufacturers of beer have some
claim in the genera. reduction of the
war tax and they believe that the
amendment proposed in section one
of the bill gives them all the relief to
which they are entitled in view of the
amount of reduction carried under the
bill. We increased the discount from
I ~ per cent to 20 per cent, making
a net reduction OF 25 cents per bar
rel"
In conclusion the report says:
After this reduction of SAC, 900, 900
shall take effect, leav ng il revenue of
sos, 100000. Under the war revenue
act that sum will be barely sufficient
to meet the train of extraordinary ex.
penditures which follow the close OF
actual hostilities. We are certainly
justified in maintaining the war rev
enues up to point equal to the eX
ira expenses entailed by the war.
The committee has amended the act
providing that it take effect on its
passage. There seems to be no diff
nculty in this, as the various per
sons who are subject to the tax will
look to it that they secure the reduc
lions under this bill and the govern
ment can lose no revenue because OF
1t. Your committee therefore re.
ports back the accompanying bill will
the amendments with the recommen
dation that it be passed."
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