Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-25
WAR MEASURE" TAX
EMERGENCY REVENUE LEVY IN
THIS COUNTRY TO MEET DE.
FlcIT IN TREASURY.
SAME AS SPANISH WAR TIME
Most Everything in Our Everyday
Life Hit by This Stamp Act-BiIl
Will Meet Opposition in Senate
Bankers Pay High.

WdSulu6tOu- AL emergency TeVc-
nue. bill to provide $105,O0O,OOO, tax
ing beer wines, gasoline, sleeping and
parlor car tickets, insurance, telegraph
and telephone messages, amusements
and variety of documents, has been
agreed upon by the democratic men,
bers of the house ways and means
committee. 1t was introduced by Dem
ocratic Leader Underwood Monday,
the house considering it Thursday.
Republicans of both house and SEN
ate already have gone on record in
opposition to any war tax measure.
The democrats hope to rush the bill
through the house and the big fight
against it, it is realized, will be in the
senate.
Taxes Liquors and Gasoline.
The committee increased the intern
al revenue tax on beer by so cents a
barrel, making the new tax total $1.50.
Domestic wines are to be taxed 20
cents a gallon on sweet wines and II
cents gallon on dry wines Gasoline
is to be taxed two cents a 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 amusementsare carried
in schedule A, which will continue in
effect until December 81, 1915. The
remainder Of the bill be in force until
repealed.
Levies on ADJUSTMENTS
Bankers are to be taxed 81 on each
$1,000 of capital, surplus and undivided
profits; brokers will pay $50 each.
pawnbrokers $40, commercial brokers
$40, custom house brokers $40. Pro
prietors of theaters, museums and con
cert halls in cities of $4,000 popula
ton or. over are to pay 800 year
proprietors of other exhibitions $40
and proprietors of bowling alleys and
billiard rooms S. for each alley OF
table.
Tobacco dealers and manufacturer
are to be taxed the same as in 1898
except that in the largest class ITO
bacco dealers not specifically provided
for" the tax is to be $3.50 each. In
1898 there was a $12 tax on tobacco
dealers having annual sales Of $4,000
pounds or more.
To Tax Telephone Calls.
Bonds and certificates of indebted
ness are taxed cents for each $1Ot
involved, and freight and express re
ceipts / cent each, with mandator,
provision that the shippers must pay
this tax. Telephone messages are t.
be taxed l cent on all tolls of Is cents
or more, and kilograms cent mes
sage.
The bill carries taxes OF so cents OF
cash idemnity bond, cents on eaci
certificate of profits Is cents on eacl
certificate Of damage and 10 cents TO
each certificate not especially provided
for.
Travellers Must Pay Tribute.
For each seat in palace or parlo
car and for each berth in sleeping
car the tax now Is to be cents
against the ! cent war tax of 1898.
Passage tickets, which are tickets
from a United States port to foreign
port, will be taxed from 81 to IS each
according to the value Of the ticket, al
in 1898.
Other provisions are: Brokers' con
tracts. 10 cents; deeds and other con
veyances, so cents, when not exceeding
$500 in amount. and so cents for eacl
additional $500; mortgages. % cent
for each $500; power Of attorney t.
to vote. 10 cents; power Of attorney +
sell, rs cents; protest OF note. bill
Of acceptance, ETC.. Is cents.
Because of constitutional question
the committee eliminated altogethe
foreign bills of exchange, charte
agreements, manifests and foreigl
bills of lading, and also struck out al
reference to stamp tax on checks. bill
of exchange, drafts and deposit certif