The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-15
EXPECT S1O7,OOO,OOO
YEARLY ON WAR TAX
McAdOo Fears Less Drinking of
Beer May Cut Down Revenue
Bits Total.
PENROSE AND LEWIS CLASH

WAsfuNGToS, oct. IA total Of Si07.-
100000 will be raised each year by the
taNes imposed In the pending war revenue
bill, Secretary McAdOo Informed the SEN
ate this afternoon. A reduction OF So
100000 will be made through striking out
the tan on proprietary medicines. II there
IL continuance OF the falling off In the
consumption of beer which has been going
on for the last few months. Secretary Nc
Adoo explained. to" total will have To- be-
reduced to s90,ies.2sG. not counting the
patent medicine tax.
According 10 Mr. Nc NdOo's Hgures the
beer taX will yield sI3.7a5.0OO tax on
rectihcd spirits. 100000 on sweet
wines. $1,000. 600. and on dry wines. So
100000. or total ~ s57oi5,0Oo. The
tax on bankers. Mr. MrAdoo estimated
viii Yield Si.300.oUp on pRwnhrokers.
100000 on commission brokers $780,
600 on customs brokers $4,000 on
theatres si.OoO.OO ~ which $3.50 900 will
be paid by moving picture theatres, and
$4,000 hy circuses.
Thu stamp tax on transfers OF stocks
and bonds VIII Yield IL was estimated.
10000. and Tho tsN on telegraph COM
panies, 81 900 900. while the total yield Of
the stamp tuN Is expected to be $50. $40
600 SECRETARY McNdoo figures tho tax on
pcrfumory will yiGd 60 600 600 that on
chewing rum, s3,oo0,ooo. and that On
tobacco. s5O0O3lS
Tho Senate Finance Committee besides
striking from tho bin tho proposed tax on
proprietary m"liciurs. agreed 20. adopt
senator DIVERS anne nlmrut relating 10
tho newspaper stamp t4N Under the
amendment stamps VIII not be required
on each PACKAGE ~ newspapers distrih-
utod. but the tax VIII Doc imposed on the
basis Of the number Of newspapers sent
out. Tho anenim'n' further exempts
packages of newspapers consigned to
points within the county IN which the
po0,r H. ruhl shed
The tax ON wines was rccousldercd AMI
~ was dec lel 70 assess a tax OF 3 cents
gIllou on both awcot mud drv wines
and of 81 gcu's a & lion on brandy used
IN fortifylnc the wines.
Pcnrosc Tells of Distress.
Senator rCnrosc " Pennsylvania and
Senator Lewis ~ Illinois INDUCED in a
partisan debate In the senate on the hill
Secretary Tuwuity Accompanied by Mrs
McAduo AID Miss Helen Woodrow Bones
was present throughout the debate
Senator pcnruse opened hy asserting
that Pennsylvania was suffering from In
du'trinl paralysis rs the result OF Demo-
cratic tarin lee Station and that the streets
were filled with idle men and women.
"Deplorabls must b. that situation" re-
piled senator Lewis. and believe me, I
View Il reYrettghlv that state which has
been consist nty Republican since the
civil war with very rare exceptions could.
with oticeluldcrs in every branch Of II
dominica 10y the policies directed by the
able senator himself confess to such
blight and misery as to he the object of
pathetic sympathy OF the generous and
contempt ~ the wise.
we read in the public press that this
very excellent State. with rs unlimited
resources, every now and then Is pre-
scented to the country as controlled by
politicians who, when not in The peni-
Tertiary for having robbed the state. pill
LACED the state House or looted tho treas
ury, are In Office un,il they get from
Office back to the penl'eniiary."
Warm Exchanges by Senators.
Senator Penrose iutcrrupted several
times, charging that Senator Lewlss
speech was filled with "frivolty and rant"
and Senator Lewis retorted by charg-
Ing that Senator Penrosc's air in the Sem
ate was one OF "pompous pondorosity."
Senator Penrose in reply to charge
OF negecting official duties re;or,ed that
Mr. Lewis had been recently compelled
TO attend the session Of the senate by a
sorgeant-at-arms who had arrested him
In bed at his cub ana brought him forci-
bly, to the session.
"unlIEe some of. my colleagues" said
Senator Lewis, 81 am always In bed att
nidnight, as any man ought to be at
tina. hour
During the colloquv Senator Penrose
suggested that the Democratic House had
gone so far in the direction of cloturo and
arbitrary rulings that /; would cause ex-
Sneaker Reed 10 turn over In his grave
aud mako Uncle Joe Canton when he
returns TO Congress next year. as he GER
tainiy will, look Ikea Progressive"