New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
CHAMPAGNE MAY CO Up
"PeepuI" Face Stamp Tax Of so
Cents a Quart.
DEALERS WON'T PAY II
Bill Reported Out at Albany Does
Not Worry Hosts to Broad
WAYS Guests.

Life in New York Is just one hard knock
after another News that Senator The"
McManus had succeeded YESTERDAY in hav-
INK the senate COMMITTEES on Taxation re-
Port favorably his bill imposing stamp
tax OF 50 cents q quart on imported cham
Dagne made veterans or the yellow High
vsv talk statistics last night
Mine Host Churchill was less gloomy
than some others. He solved the situation
in a sentence. so far as his champagne
trade was concerned.
"If McMauus puts 80 cents quart tax
on champagne" said the big fellow. the
price will be paid by the dear old con-
sumner will get al least all OF the extra
Hfty McManus may he working FOR the
peopul. but. believe me. the peepul' will
have 10 pay the tax collector"
Then. in a manner Of speaking. you are
not kicking Mr. Churchill"
THE only way you can make me- kick
is 70 danse mo in the air" was hts jovial
and instant reply.
Others thought II was too had TO have
70 worry about champagne just when
things were easing Up little in the Croton
watershed 4 threatened tax on cham
pagne before the authorities had ceased
recommendations OF stringent precautions
by all 70 prevent q water fsuine-what a
moorland or a place the old metropolis
was IKE 20 10. they said.
Talk IT A water famine had not frenzed
tl1e vine importers nor chorus girls Lack
Of water did not necessarily mean lack ~
lubrication. Let Croton do It's worst. and
New York they foressv. would still
be far from a desert. SKY Of brass and
husky throsts would give way 70 Burgun-
dian dew. The populsce would sizzle wine
Wall Street would go 10 business armed
with Bordeaux. II would be the most gen
ia town on the map. Souls nlelloved win
glorious wine would send forth me SUD
Iirnated word Al would he swollen WIN
rit. There would ne continual merryrnak-
Ing The romance IF life would 10 rev'Ve'.
And C-otor could stsv dry al"aFs. ror I'll
+bs, the importers ~ vine and the chorus
girl contingent would care.
rr. nron-ietore Of Broadway zaysst
fooderies say The" McManus has started
ont arrsrertly 20 PVT champagne on th'
rrohiritivA list They say they cannon
fa,hor, hia object "a he has rurrha sed
=everai hotties ~ the wine ~ VIC VIZ
benign They declare h- has done 50 for
hia ner-oual uee They quote th- history
~ the t,rirr % g 80 case placed ~ ~.
srsrkIing moisture o. the tsderal govern
n,ert over year ago case ~ cham
No rre nov costs. fhev Sav. 20 IN N bond
Senator McNauus suggests taxing ~ ths
-a+e Of - cents = quart making = case
cos. the dealer 81 81 They saw The chorus
girls arc hound 70 suffer and ask What viii
their raracious threats do then poor
things
II will 20 loneson. town. they vhlr1r-r.
1hen NcManus eliminates he present
prosperous sounds - grrglins. rlurnurlng
vine alons tho worlds most famous thor
oughfare
NJ CtarpAlle NJ the Num1 Chsnlrs gre
and importation COMPANY. said AZ Rector =
las, night that he Thought n must he one of
.'The" NcNanuss Jokes. II the report was
,r,ie then. he said. II was indeed serious
matter because no matter now long Won
might r-v he was positive the American
ne,nIo would never learn 70 Ike Americas
v,ines The imports NJ champagne by the
sole agents into the United states from
Jsnuarv TO June T. 1911. amounted. he
said. 10 s3.455 cases