The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-10
STAMP TAX
 ELIMINATED Was Struck From
 Revenue Bill. MEASURE AGREED UPON It; May Be Reported to the
 house lOday. 1usiness Men of Principal Alabama Cities Met in Montgomery to Discuss It-Joint Session of Uoumlttees.

The revenue bill with the sNmp tax Feature eliminated, will proDaoly De re- ported favorapiy to the house or Repre- sentatives to-day.
 Committee of the two houses which have naa the measure under consioera- ton several days, met last ntgnt in the Senate chamber ana the b.il was agreed upon.
 Business men from the principal cities In the state met yesterday in Montgom- cry to oiscuss me revenue bIii Inc meeting was ealieu to oraer at l. o'clock in the rooms of the Commercial and In- dustriai Association. Nathan LoDman of Montgemer was made chairman, and l. l.. Giipert, of Montgomery. secretary.
 The to.iowing business men were pres- ent;
 Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce-W. F. Fltts. Nj. F. Jemison, L. II. Maxwell.
 Birmingham Commercial Club. Board of Trade, N hoiesale and Retail Grocers Association and Lumbermans Associa- uon--R. M Goodali, k. L. Bivings. M " Joseph, W. H. Kettig, J. B. Gibson. S. L. Earl. Il. ". brennan. w. N. Ma lone, J. D. Moore. Max Bloch, simon Klotz, H. M. Brock. J. NJ. Dewberry, s. W. Lee, John c. Smith. P. E. Cali foux, Northington.
 Montgomery Commercial and Industrial experimentation Lobman, w. F. Vsndiver, Abe Well, E. J. Meyer, A. G. Forbes. F.. Meertief. John Tullis. Jr.. Charles Levy. L. Strauss. l.. l.. Gilbert 4. F. Curtis, R. F. Dexter, George Wragg, J. s. Dowdell.
 Mobile-R. H. Clarke.
 After organizing the business men ad- journed to the Capitol to consult with Anfr A.. I members of the revenue committees.
 Upon resembling at 2:so o'clock a thorough discussion was had as to cer- tain features of the proposed revenue bin. which would work a hardship upon the merchants of the State.
 subcommittee consulted with the subcommittee of the Legislature at the Capitol and finally secured a common ground of argument.
 The merchants and business men re- turned to their various homes much grat- ified with their days work.
 The House Ways and Means Commit tee and the Senate Finance and Taxa ton Committee met in joint session last sider the report of the subcommittee representing botn houses recently ap- pointed to prepare and submit reve- nue bill that would as nearly as possible meet the approval of both branches of the Legislature.
 The subcommittee reported in the form of a bill of considerable size, the pres ent statute on the subject having been used as a basis for its preparation. The bill is the result of two weeks of palms. taking work on the part of the sub-com- mittee. and 1t is believed that it will in the main be found to be satisfactory. The bill was accepted by the joint com mittee and the subcommittee was dis charged.
 The measure will probably go to the House to-day and on its third reading will be generally discussed and such changes as may be found advisable will < be made. It will then be presented to Nthe Senate.
 Considerable time was devoted to dis cussion of various features of the bill but it was decided to leave most of the points about which there is difference ot opinion to open discussion on the floor oi the House.
 The House committee, after the session of the joint committee had Adjourned voted to report favorably the bill sub mitted by the subcommittee.
 One feature of the bill as passed upon and approved provides that in towns where sispensaries are maintained they shall be required to pay a fee twice thu amount of saloon licenses.