The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20
SPECIAL TAX
AGREED UPON
REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED
TO TAX PUT CAN'T PRE-
VENT IT
WILL AFFECT ALL
Every Known Business will be AS
sessed as Per Schedule
Agreed On.
WILL AFFECT ALL
(By Associated Press,

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cy revenue hill to provide $105,O0O,
sleeping and parlor car tickets. insur-
ance, telegraph and telephone mes
sages, amusementB and a variety OF
documents was signed late today by
democrats of the house ways anu
means complttee It will be intro
duccd by Democratic leader Under
wood Monday.
Republicans Of the committee will
be called in Tuesday to vote on the
bill and the house will begin congid-
ering it Thursday. Y
Republicans OF both the house and
the senate have already gone on re-
cord in opposition TO any war tax
measure. Democrats hope to rush
the bill through the house. The hig
fight will be u Se senate.
The comm creased .ae inter-
nal revenue = beer by fifty cents
a barrel making the new tax total
S1.50. Domestic wines are to be tax
ed 20 cents a gallon on sweet wines
and IL cents agasion on dry wines
Gasoline to be- taxed at cents per
gallon. I'D
Stamp tax provisions and tax On
tobacco dealers, brokers', bankers and
amusements are carried in schedule
A.. which win continue in effect un-
til December 81, 1915. The remainder
of the bill win be in force until re-
pealed.
Bankers are to be taxed 50 on each
$1,000 OF capital, surplus and undivid-
ed afoiitsii brokers viii pay $50 each
and pawn brokers e29;- commercial
brokers $50; customs house brokers
$40. Proprietors of theatres, mu-
scunis. concert halls in cities Of 15,-
eee population. CT I.cEa ere 30 pay
500 each. CIRCUS proprietors are to
pay S10O per year, proprietors of other
exhibitions, $40 and proprietors of
bowling allies and billiard rooms s5
for each alley or table,.
Tobacco dealers and manufacturers
are TO be taxed the same as in 1898 ex-
cept that In the largest class, tobacco
dealers not specifically provided for"
the tax is to be $3.50 each. In 1898
there was $I2 sax on tobacco dealers
having annual sales of $4,000 pounds
or more.
Bonds and certificates of indebted
ness are taxed cents for each $i10
involved, and freight and express rates
l cent each, with mandatory provis-
ion that the shippers must pay this
tax. Telephone messages are to be
taxed one cent on all tolls of Is cents
or more and kilograms one cent mes
sage.
The bin carriers taxes of 20 cents
on each indemnity bond. two cents on
each certificates of profits, 25 cents on
each certificate not especially provided
for.
Life insurance policies are to be
taxed cents on each 500 and fire,
marine, casulty, fidelity, and guaran-
ty Insurance. policies one half cent on
each dollar as In 1888 Goods with
drawn from customs houses will pay a
stamp tax of fifty cents as I'm 1898, but
the 25 cents tax on each warehouse
receipts imposed in 1893 is omitted.
The 1898 tax of from 25 cents to one
dollar for entry of goods at customs
houses. according to value, is renew
ed
For each seat in palace or parlor
car and for each berth In a sleeping
car the tax now is to be cents as
against the one cent war tax Of 1898.
..Srv,D irussi a United States port TO
Foreign port wiit be taxed 81 to SIS
each, according to the value of the
/ ticket as in 1898.
Other provisions are: Brokers' con-
tracts, 10 cents; deeds and other con-
veyanccs 30 cents SJhen not exceeding
$500 In amount and 80 cents for each
additional $500; mortgages 25 cents
for each fl.600; power of attorney to
gote. 10 cents each; power of attorney
to sell. % Gets; protest OF note. bill OF
4 SSS~ SSaz11.Fl--,
Because of constitutional questions,
the committee eliminated altogether
all foreign bills OF exchange. charter
agreements, manifests and foreign
bills Of lading and also struck out all
reference to tax on checks, bills of ex-
change. drafts and deposit certificates
ard postoftice money orders, and on
leAses
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