The Washington herald., 1914-10-16
SENATE AMENDS
REVENUE BILL
Substitute for Stamp Tax on
Newspaper Packages
Also Adopted.
COTTON RELIEF DEBATED
Hope Of Passing War Measure This
Week and Adjourning Saturday
l. Abandoned.

The Senate yesterday approved the ae-
ton taken by the Finance Committse
Wednesday in striking from the war rev.
enue bill. the tax on patent medicines-
It also adopted the amendment reported
early yesterday by the Finance Commit
tee as q substitute for the stamp tax
on newspaper packages. The substitute
adopted by the Senate Is as follows:
That consignment OF newspapers 20
any one point or to different points by
the same train or conveyance, when en-
closed in one general bundle, shall be
considered as one shipment and In lieu
OF the bill OF lading therefor. the pub
Usher Of sid newspaper shall nle on
or before the 18th OF each month with
the collector Of internal revenue for the
district IN which such newspaper is pub
lished. q report under oath. showing
the number OF such shipments during the
preceding month, to which report such
publisher shall afix and cancel stamps
equal in value to one cent for each ship-
ment 30 reported; provided, that the re-
port herein required shall not include
shipments OF newspapers to different
points within the country within which
the same are published"
Proposed by oliver.
The amendment is in the maih the
one proposed by Senator Oliver, OF
Pennsylvania, who is q publisher
The Committee on Finance yester-
day reported a substitute for the sec
ton imposing a tax on domestic wines,
Fbut at the request OF Senator Poin-
dexter, OF Washington, consideration
Of It went over until today. It i'm
poses a tax OF cents 4 gallon on all
domestic wines sold in bottles, and in
addition imposes a tax OF 55 cents a
gallon on wine spirits used In the for
tihcation of domestic sweet wines.
The committee made another change
in the proposed graduated tax on to-
bacco manufacturers. who produce
manufactured tobacco, cigars. or cigar
cites The maximum tax on each manu-
facturer was raised to SASS.
Much OF the session Of the Senate was
devoted to a consideration Of the amend
ment offered Wednesday by Senator Hoke
Smith authorizing a bond issue to take
care OF the surplus of the cotton crop Of
1874 A vote was not taken on this
amendment yesterday. Senator Smith.
Senator Vsrdaman, and other Southern
Senators addressed the Senate in support
OF the amendment.
Senator Overman offered an amend
ment directing the Secretary OF. the
Treasury to credit each Of the cotton
growing States with a sum equal to the
amount paid by these States in war
taxes levied under the act Of 1862, and
authorizing the States to loan the money
out to cotton producers at a rate not ex-
ceeding per cent per annum- Under
the Overman amendment the States are
authorized to hold the money for i've
years. after which Congress shall make \
laws to dispose Of them.
There was some talk Of q night ses-
sion to consider the war revenue bill
during the day, but this plan was aban-
doned before o'clock. and the bill went
over again. All hope OF adjourning Con-
gress next Saturday was abandoned yes
terday on the Senate side. II Is expected
now that Congress will not be able to
adjourn much before the 2Gth instant