The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-01
PLENTY OF TANES.
Emergency Bill Hits Almost Every
body Somewhere.

vide S105, 100000, taxing beer, wines.
gasoline. sleeping and parlor car
tickets, insurance, telegraph and tele-
phone messages, amusements and a
variety OF documents, was agreed on
last Saturday, by the Democrats OF
the house ways and means commit
tee. with the understanding that it
would be introduced yesterday.
Republicans of the committee vii!
be called in Tuesday to vote on the
bill and the house will begin consid-
ering it Thursday.
Republicans of both houses and
senate have already gone on record
in opposition to any war tax meas
ure. Democrats hope to rush the
bill through the house. The big fight
will be in the senate.
The committee increased the inter-
nal revenue tax on beer by fifty cents
a barrel, making the new tax total
$3.50. Domestic wines are to be
taxed 20 cents a gallon on sweet
wines and 12 cents gallon on dry
wines. Gasoline is to be taxed two
cents a gallon.
Stamp tax provisions AID the tax
on tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers,
and amusements are carried in
schedule A, which will continue in
effect until December 81, 1915. The
remainder of the bill will be in force
until repealed.
Bankers are to be taxed two dol
lars on each $1,000 Of capital, sur
plus and undivided profits; brokers
will pay $50 each, pawn brokers
$40; commercial brokers $40; GUS
toms house brokers $40. Proprietors
of theatres, museums and concert
halls n cities of $1,000 population
or more are to pay 500 each. Cir
Gus proprietors shall pay 500 year;
proprietors of other exhibitions $40,
and billiard rooms IS for each alley
or table.
Tobacco dealers and manufactur-
ers are to be taxed the same as in
1898, except that in the largest class,
tobacco dealers not specifically pro-
vided for the tax is to be $3.50
each. In 1898, there was a s12 tax
on tobacco dealers having annual
sales of $4,000 pounds or more.
Bonds and certificates of indebt-
edness are taxed five cents for each
500 involved and freight and ex-
press receipts one cent each, with a
mandatory provision that the ship
pers must pay this tax. Telephone
messages are to be taxed> one cent
on tolls of Is cents or more and
kilograms one cent message.
The bill carries taxes of fifty cents
on each indemnity bond, two cents
on each certificate Of profits, 25 cents
on each certificate of damage and
10 cents for each certificate not es-
pecially provided for.
Life insurance policies are taxed
eight cents on each 500, and fire,
marine, casualty, fidelity and guar
anty insurance policies one-half cent
on each dollar, as in 1898. Goods
withdrawn from customs houses will
pay a stamp tax of fifty cents as in
1898.
For each seat in a palace or parlor
car, for each berth in sleeping car,
the tax now is to be two cents against
the one cent war tax of 1898.
Other provisions are: Brokers con-
tracts, ten cents; deeds and other
conveyances, so cents when not ex-
ceeding $500 in amount and so cents
for each additional $500; mortgages
25 cents for each s1,500; power Of
attorney to vote, 10 cents; power OF
attorney to sell, 25 cents; protest OF
note, bill of acceptance, etc., 25
cents.
Because of constitutional ques-
tions, the committee eliminated al
together foreign bills Of exchange,
charter agreements, manifests and
foreign bills of lading and poStoffice
money orders and on leases. York
vile Enquirer.
Colorado's coal strike has cost the