The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-16
LEVY SPANISH
WAR TAX AGAIN
HOUSE AND SENATE AGREE ON
BILL TO RAISE $too.ooo,o1o
WAR REVENUE.
Banks, Brokers, Theaters, Amuse
ments and Many Other Commercial
Lines Will be Taxed.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Abandoning
the proposed tax on freight transport
alton democrats of the house caucus
tonight agreed to a war revenaa
measure to include the Spanish war
stamp tax on commercial and legal
papers, the Spanish war tax on bank
ers and brokers, a tax on theaters
and other amusement places, tax
OF two cents a gallon on gasoline,
specia tax on tobacco manufactur-
ers and dealers and a tax on domestic
wines and beer.
The caucus adopted a resolution
directing the ways and means com
mittee t. draft a bill along these lines.
President Wilson having approved
the plan at a conference with Major
ity Leader Underwood and Senator
Simmons late today The COMMITTEES
also was given authority to revise de
tails of the Spanish war tax in its
| discretion
Expected wide disagreements which
threatened to embarrass The admins
| tration did not develop in the caucus.
| Representative Underwood announc-
ed that the proposed bill would yield
an estimated revenue OF 100000 900:
the stamp tax to yield $4,000, 900;
erocial taxes on bankers and brokers.
s5,S0O,0O0; special tax on tobacco
dealers. $4.000.000; an increased tax
on beer Of fifty cents a barrel, $32,
500, 000 gasoline, $20,000.000 dry
wines at II cents a gallon and sweet
wines at 20 cents a gallon, $S,0000 600.
Representative Page, of North caro-.
line, opened tae attack on the pro.
posed freight tax and submitted a
resolution designed to prev Mt it's be-
ing included in any war revenue bill.
Debate on the resolution was ex-
TENDED Representative Underwood
Irelated the substance Of a conference
HELD a few hours before with Presi-
ldent Wilson and Senator Simmons in
which the president had expressed
the opinion that action in the war
revenue should be quick and decisive.
Mr.. Underwood told his co leagues
that break vita the president over
the pending ssue would not be well
for the democratic party nor the coun-
try.
The leaders speech brought the
democrats into an amicable frame or
mind, although the spirit of antagon-
, ism to any war tax had been upper
most before the caucus meeting.
Representative Page withdrew his
: resolution of instructions to the ways
and means committee and Mr.. Under
wood Outlined to the caucus the al
ternatve plan, which was promptly
p approved.
The Spanish war special taxes We're
as follows:
Banks with capital and surplus not
exceeding $4,000 to pay a tax OF $50
land 81 additional for each additions
$1,000 of capital; stock and bond
brokers, $50; pawn brokers, $20; com
nercial brokers, 500; custom house
brokers, s10 proprietors of theaters.
museums and concert halls in cities
of more than 5000 population, 500;
circuses. $100 in each state where per
lformances are give all other public
amusement places, $40; bowling alleys
and billiard halls, S. a table or alley.
THE tax on tobacco dealers and manu-
Ifacturers ranges from S. on dealers
lin leaf tobacco doing an annual busi-
ness not exceeding $4,000 to S2i on
Icigar dealers doing a business in eX-
cess of 100000 a year
The proposed stamp tax. win in
clude bills of lading, telegraph and
long distance telephone messages.
A resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative Hobson to postpone consid
Grafton of a war tax until the Decem-
Der session was voted down.
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