The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
To Be introduced in House
by Majority Leader I'm
derwOOd on Monday.
REPUBLICANS ON RECORD
IN OPPOSITION TO BILL
Democrats Hope to Rush 1t
Through, but Expect Big
Fight in Senate.
MAKES EMERGENCY REVENUE
and Insurance Among Sources to
Bear Burdens.

WASHINGTON. September l9.-An
emergency revenue bill TO provide s1o5,-
100000 by taxing beer, wines, gasolenc,
sleeping and parlor car tickets. insur-
ance. telegraph and telephone mes
documents, was agreed on late to-day
by Democrats OF the House Ways and
Means Committee. 1t will be intro
duced by Democratic Leader Underwood
on Monday.
Republican, Of the committee will be
called In on Tuesday TO vote on the
bill, and the House will begin consid-
ering IL on Thursday.
Republicans of both House and Som
ate have already gone on record In
| opposition TO any war tax measure.
Democrats hope to rush the bill
be in the Senate.
The committee increased the internal
revenue tax on beer by 90 cents on q
barrel, rnnking the new tax total $3.50.
Domestic wines are to be taxed 20
cents a gallon on sweet wines and IL
cents a gallon on dry wines. Gasolene
is TO be taxed . cents Il gallon.
WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT
UNTIL DECEMBER 81, 1918
Stamp tax provisions and the tax on
tobacco dealers. brokers. bankers and
aInuseinents are carried in Schedule A,
WHICH VIII tOHtlHuc III cHcCt uHtll
December 81. 1915. The remainder of
the bill will be in force until repealed.
Bankers are to be taxed 50 on each
$1,000 of capital. surplus and undivided
profits; brokers will pay $50 each:
, pawn brokers. $50; commercial brokers,
$50; customs house brokers, $40. Pro-
prietors OF theatres, museums and con-
cert halls in cities OF $4,000 population
or more are to pay 800 each. Circus
proprietors are to pay 500 a year;
| proprictors of other exhibitions. $40,
and proprietors of bowling alleys and
! billiard rooms, SO for each alley or
/ table.
: Tobacco dealers and manufacturers
are to be taxed the same az in 1898, eX-
! cept that In tho largest class, tobacco
dealers not specifically provided for
the tax is to be $3.50 each. III 1925
there was Sl2 tax on tobacco dealers
having ANNUAL sales of 40 600 pounds or
more.
Bonos and certificates of Indebtedness
are taxed ) cents for each 500 invested
and involved. and freight receipts l per
cent. Telephone messages of 15 cents
are taxed cent. Each Indemnity bond
20 cents. each certificate of profits. 20
cents and 10 cents for each certificate
not especially provided for.
Life Insurance policies are 10 be taxed
is cents on each Slo0 and fire. marine,
casualty. ndelity and guaranty insur-
ance policies one half cent on each 81,
as In 1898. Goods as withdrawn from
custom houses will pay a stamp tax of
30 cents as in 1885, but the % cents tax
on each warehouse receipt imposed in
1895 is omitted. The lS?S tax OF from
% cents to 81 for entry of goods at
custom houses, according to values, is
renewed.
PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS
MUST TAKE TAXATION.
For each seat In a palace or parlor
car and for each berth in a sleeping car,
the tax now is TO be cents against the
cent war tax OF lSaS. Tickets from n
United States port to a foreign port
will be taxed from 81 TO s5 each, ac-
cording to the value of the ticket as
in 1898.
Other provisions are: Brokers certi-
fcatcs 10 cents; deeds and other con-
veyances so cents when not exceeding
$500 In amount, and so cents for each
additional $500: mortgages % cents for
each s1,500; power of attorney to 'vote.
10 cents; power of attorney to sell. %
cents; protest of n note, bill of accept
ance. etc. 25 cents.
Because of constitutional questions,
the committee eliminated altogethc cr
foreign bills of exchange, rharter
agreements manifests and foreign bills
of lading, and also struck out all ref
erence to stamp tax OIL checks, bills of
exchange. drafts and deposit certifi-
Gates and post-office money orders and
on leases