The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12
Senate Agricultural Committee
VIII Not Report Out Gore
Substitute
EXPECT OWNERS WILL
WITHDRAW HALF STOCK
Senator Smoot Believes No,
More Than 100000 Gal
Ions Will Be Left In Bond.
Other Must Pay War Tax

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
Washington. D. c.. July 1.-THE
Gore amendment to the food control
bill, or the substitute an the Okla
homa senator calls 1t, including
changes in the prohibition sections OF
the bill, will not be reported out by
the committee on agriculture, OF
which Mr.. Gore Is chairman.
This was decided informally at
meeting Of the committee today. 1t
was decided also, after liberal discus
sion of the subject, that the prohibi-
ton sections as adopted by the SEN
ate last Saturday. under unanimous
consent rule, must stand as a part
Of the bill. and cannot be amended.
To Ensure Sections Validity.
To meet the charge that the Smoot
amendment might be unconstitutional.
The committee will amend that section
Immediately following the amended
Robinson amendment OF Saturday,
the one which has to do with COM
Wandering in such way as TO make
the Smoot amendment absolutely con-
stitutionsl. After discussion of tbs
subject today. during which views of
4 able lawyers on the subject were
| secured, Il was agreed that beyond
doubt the Smoot amendment could be
made absolutely proof against attacks
as to it's const!tutionality by amend
ing the section as TO Communicating.
The verbiagc of this amendment
will be decided upon lAter- Should
Senator Gore still desire TO get his
su bstttute considered, the committee
having also decided not to report any
part Of 1t, he will have to Introduce
It Or the floor, provided he can do
this under the rules
! snfoot supports Amendment.
Senator Smoot in a statement today
discussed at length his amendrA Mt,
supporting II throughout and In his
statement he sse;S In Part: ~.'e.szs-
Estimating that there are about
900. 600. 600 gallons of distilled spirits
in bond at present, the cost to the
for the liquor and the taxes which
would have been collected. would not
exceed s2s2, oeo geo and probably In
the end the cost would be consider
ably lower.
About one half of the liquor in
bond will be withdrawn. l have no
doubt, by the time the law goes into
bond From the treasury department
II have received an estimate of sixty
two cents a gallon as the price which
the government will have to pay to
obtain this liquor,
That means $4,000, 600 The
amount OF revenue in taxes. including
the old taxes and those proposed
l&220 gallon. That means s220. 900
| 600 to the government in taxes and a
! total cost to the government of ap
lproxtmately s2s2.0oo.ooo
/ ION the distilled spirits withdrawn
from bond the government will col
| lect the proposed tax of 32,2o a gal
| Ion. At present the tax on distilled
spirits Is $1.1o gallon: this will have
to be paid. The war revenue bill pro-
vides an additional tax Of tile. and
| the liquor will not escape this new
tax either. for we have provided In
the revenue bill that all distilled spirits
produced or imported upon which the
tax now imposed by law has been paid
| and which are held by a retailer in a
quantity in excess Of fifty gallons or
by any person or corporation or as
ISOLATION In any quantity, whether in
the original condition or mixed or
combined with any other article and
which are intended for sale must pay
! this new tax.
| This 10 certain. The manufac-
ture Of whiskey and other distilled
sp.s.. Va, ~. - 1900 T.. w., ansr1
anu WI, ne. oe sontsS ~ ~. ~. 49, ~
ION .nls pa" d'pu ,,. III.
ste anoros u VI
nAnoIIk tne s,.ua.un ~
| posed 70 pay the owners LOT 'hei'
properly
| The ~enats made fair progress with
the 1000 nlii- To-Day. Al commune