The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-24
Measure Requires Collection at Source to Avoid Popular
 Annoyance. -.-s4
Sz4, 900, 900 REVENUE
 OI7TSIDE STAMP TAXES
The Levy Becomes Generally Effective the Day After
 Enactment.

Washfngtons Sept. 24---Thes text of inc Administration war revenue bill has just been made public. The measure will come up for debate in the House to-day and will be passed before aajQJrpnent on Friday. The bill will then go to the Senate, where ] if will be rnade the sub5ect of 9 bitter and somewhat profraofed debate.
 The measure is expected to.raise ad- 6itIona1 revesue of 105.00o, ,000- All of it's provisions except those .embrac- ed in schedule A, 4leVying taxes on commercdaI paper and telegraph and sleeping car and parfor car tickets will take effect on the day next suc- ceedinz the date of it's passage
 Ths axes aatnorfzed by schedule A will Become operative on Novem- ber s1. 1914, and terminate on Decem- j levy will continue to be collected until the act is repealed by Congress.
 In framing the bill the Democrats sought wherever practica0le to make the axscoI1ectibIe at the source. Their l1deasin doing this was to save the con sumner from as much annoyance as I posst hEe
 For example, the brewer win pay the tax on his product The tax on gasoline will be paid by the reflner- The tax on te9epanone mesH aees will be paid by the oorporat1on- The tax on tobarco products will be paid by the G1aa Ter and uaan1zfacturer
 The Achieving will be tho special tax i1evies added to the existing internal revenue laws of the United States:
 tax 0f $1.50 per barrel on beer, lager beer. ale. porter and other sarni- st lar fermented nduors, an increase of 50 cents a barrel over the present rate.
 tax of 2.cents "a gallon on gaso- line
 A tax on thes domestic manufacture
 
 Icent. Of sacc11ax1ne matter of 20 cents "a gallon and upon dry wines of 12 cents gallon
 The following special taxes as con ttainedsin the Spanish war revenue law of 1898 will be included in the bill:
 tax upon the capital Of bankers of $2 per $1 sO0O of capita1lza4ion This ftsSAt the same rate as the law Of 18Dg. 4exeept that q nnininkim of $50 upon each banker was set by that law and case of bankerss of less than $25, ,000 2 of capital The $25, 00o limitation has been stricken out of the new biII
 Stock and bond brokers win pay a special tax of $50.
 FaSYnbl brokers will pay e. special tax
 Connnareia1 brokers will pay a spe- cial tax Of $20.
 Custom house brokers win pay tax aof $1O.
 Ine pEopr1eEors Of theatres, nlu- seums. music halls in cities Of more than 16s0O0 population VIII pay a tax of $100- This differs from the law of 1898 only in the city opJElatton limit which was then set at 25,000.
 The proprfetors of cfrclrses will pay a tax Of s1eo: Nproprietors Of all other fpub1ic exhf b1tio1s or shows for manev not enumerated above, will pay a tax of $10, and proprfetors of bowling al- 1eys and biIliaFd rooms will pay a tax of $5 for each alley or table therein.
 The law of 1898 IS re-enacted in so far as dealers in leaf tobacco are con ceEned- Dealers whose annual sales do not exceed 50, 900 pounds shall each pay $6; dealers in leaf tobacco whose sales exceed 50, ,000s pounds and do not exceed 100 600 pounds shall pay SIP, and if their annual sales exceed 1OO- 600 pounds the tax shall be SPA
 Dealers tn tobacco, except leaf to- sbacco as above specified, shall pay universally a tax Of $4.80 In the law fof 1898 dealers in te bacco and cigars paid 2, .gTadtaHed tax on the same ba- isis as the dealers in leaf tobacco
 The manufacturers of tobacco whose sales do not exceed SC, ,0oO IDS. annually will each pay $6- Manufac- turers whose annual sales exceed 5O.- 1000 and do not exceed 100 00O pounds tobacco whose annual sales exceed 900 pounds shall pay $24 tax
 Manufacturers of cigars whose an tnual sales do not exceed 100, 900 cigars shall each pas 6 tax Those whose annual sales exceed 100000 cigars bur do not exceed 200,0 will pay SIP tax and those whose annual sales exceed 20 GOO cigars will pay SPA tax
 All ma nz1facturers of ci igar cites shall each pay '$24 tax. This is the nd eans Conarnfttee to the anti -cigarette CT t4sade in the United States The 5albsence of differentiation in the number of cigarettes manufactured is the only discrfninatio against the paper wrapped smoke
 The special license features of st1,e fbfll are concluded with the folloWing punitive provision:
 And every person who carries on any business or occupation for which special taxes are imposed by this act. without having paid the special, tAx :heretn provided, shall besides beins liable Eo the payment of such. tax. he deemed guilty Of a nafsd e7neanor. and upon conviction thereof shall pay a dpe of not more than $50 or by inn months or both at the discretion o1 the court ss
 Here follows list Of things taxed to which stamps will have to be at fached and the rate applying.
 Enc tax upon bonds. debentures or sAt4ssez tk7z' e'A 141eSpE84a eSS kFI1l De hYe cents on each $I00 Of face value or a fraction thereof. and there@shalI be 2 tax of two cents on tIae transfer o1 such bonds debentures or certidcates of Indebtedness, whatsoever.
 Upon each sale, agreement of sale or agreement to sell any product ol tmerchandise at any exchange or board z Of trade for present or future deliv- cry there will be a tax of 1 cent foi each $100 of value of said sale oa AgfeeI1ent.
 The tax on bills of exchange (do- naesaie1 certificates of deposit draw ing interest or orders for the payment