Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-21
DEMOCRATIC MEASURE Anne q
RAISE FUNDS TO MEET -
Flcir is lNTRoDucEo-,-A
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE ~
COLLECTED BY coMPANlES (,
Moving picture Shows In cit1se eNs
$1,000 Population Must Pay Thsatss
Tax-Bankers, Brokers, Arussu,snt
Proprietors and users Of 0sseIsns,
Beer and Vino to Be Assessed.

of the emergency bill to raise $105,00O,.
900 by taxing beers. wines. gasolene,
bankers, brokers, amusement proprf.
etors and commercial instruments
featured today's session of the house.
The bill puts responsibility for col
lecting of the telegraph and telephone
taxes on the companies thru sworn re-
turns. In 1895 the public was required
to afix a stamp to each telegram.
In taxing life insurance policies
cents for each 500 the bill provides
that policies for industrial; or weakly
payment, the company to pay the tax.
The tax viii not apply TO beneficiary
societies.
The 500 theater tax In cities OF
Is, 900 population includes moving pic
ture shows.
Many Interests Affected.
The emergency revenue DILL to pro-
vide s105OO0. 900, taxing beer wines,
gasolene. sleeping and parlor car tick
cts. insurance. telegraph and telephone
messages amusements and variety OF
documents, was agreed upon late Sat
urday by the democratic members OF
the house ways and means committee.
The committee increased the inter-
nal revenue tax on beer by SO cents
barrel. making the new tax total Sl-So.
Domestic wines are to be taxed 20
cents a gallon on sweet wines and IL
cents a gallon on dry wincs. Gasoicne
is to be taxed 2 cents gallon.
Many items of the bill are adopted
verbatim from the Spanish war tax
bill of 1898, including the administra-
tive features.
Stamp tax provisions OF the bill and
the tax on tobacco dealers brokers.
bankers and amusements arc carried
in schedule A, which will continno In
effect until Dec. 81. 1915. The reH1Ain-
der of the bill will be In force Until re-
Pes led.s-.y--e
Bankers are to be taxed % on each
$1,000 OF capital. surplus and undivided
profits: brokers will pay $50 each;
pawn brokers $40, commercial brokers
$50 and customs house brokers $40.
Theater Men Hit.
Proprietors of theaters. museum
and concert halls In cities OF $4,000
population or over are to pay 800
each. Circus proprietors are to pay
800 q year, proprietors Of other ex-
hibitions $40 and proprietors of bowl
ing alleys and billiard rooms IS for
each alley or table.
Tobacco dealers and manufacturers
are to be taxed the same as in 1898.
except that in the largest class,
tobacco dealers not specifically pro-
vided for" the tax is to oe $3.50 each.
In 1895 there was Sl2 tax on tobacco
dealers having annual sales OF $4,000
pounds or more.
Bonds and certificates Of indebt-
edness are taxed cents for each 500
involved. and freight and express each
with a mandatory provision that tho
shippers must pay this tax Telephone
- ,sages are TO be taxed l cent on all
tolls Of 10 cents or more and teieg rams
/ cent n message.
Life Insurance Policies.
The bill carries taxes of so cents on
each indemnity bond, . cents on each
certificate of profits. 25 cents on each
certificate of damage and 10 cents Tor
each certificate not especially provid-
ed for.
Life insurance policies are to he
taxed cents on eacn 500 and fire.
marine. casualty, fidelity and guar
anty insurance policies VI cent on each
dollar as in 1898. Goods withdrawn
from customs houses will pay a STAMP
tax of so cents as in 1898. but the Is
cent tax on each warehouse receipt inn
posed In 1898 is omitted. The 1855 tag
of from % cents to 81 for entry OF
goods at customs houses, according to
values, is renewed.
For each seat In a palace or parlor
car and for each berth In a sleeping
car the tax now Is to he cents.
against the l cent war tax OF 1895.
Passage tickets, which are tickets
from United States port to for
eign port, will be taxed from 81 to
SIS each. according to the value OF the
ticket, as in 1898.
Contracts.
Other provisions are:
Brokers' contracts, 10 cents; deeds
and other conveyances, 80 cents when
not exceeding $1,000 in amount. and -
cents for each additional $500: mort
cages, 25 cents for each $500: power
or attorney to vote 10 cents. power oF
attorney to sell, 25 cents: protest of a
note, bill OF acceptance, etc. 25 cents.
Because OF constitutional questions.
the committee eliminated altogether
foreign bills OF exchange charter
agreenents. manifests anr foreign bills
of lading and also struck out all refer
ence to stamp tax on checks. bills Ok
exchange, drafts and deposit certifi-
Gates and postoffice money orders and
on leases.