Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-02
TAX BILL REPORT
ADOPTED BY HOUSE
Simmons VIII Call 1t Up in SEN
ate To-Day, and Expects Ac-
ton by Wednesday.
FIGHT ON CERTAIN FEATURES
Opinions Still Differ by Many
Millions as to Amount Meas
ure Will Raise.
FIGHT ON CERTAIN FEATURES
IBy Assoclatad press.l

| n roll call.
Tomorrow, Senator Simmons will
call up the report in the Senate. and
he expects 1t to be adopted not later
| than Wednesday. Senator Smoot and
| others have indicated that they will
| make fight on certain features of the
| report. but 1t is not believed they can
send 1t back to conference So conf
dent are leaders that the report will
be adopted in its present form that
Democratic Leader Kitchin tonight
| told Democrats that they were at lib
erty to go TO their homes at will He
expects the session to end within a
week or ten days.
Virtually no opposition to the report
| appeared in the House to-day during
the four hours 1t was under discussion.
Mt kitchin explained all of it's pro
visions at length. enumeratinr particu-
iarly the points on which the House
won in conference and Representative
Fordney, of Michigan, the ranking Re-
| publican member of the conferees. add
| ed his Endorsement.
Representative Cooper. of Wisconsin,
! roundly criticized the increase in .cc
| ond-class mail rates; Representative
| Green. OF Iowa, insisted that the hill
should have been at least $500. ooo. ooo
| hiSher, a dozen others spoke. and the
report was adopted
KITcIfIN ESTIMATES AMOUNT
| AT s2,575. 900 900
| opinions still differ as to the amount
| that the bill will raise. Mr. Kttchfn
estimated 1t at s2,575, 100000, while
treasury experts believe 1t will be So
| 100000 during the coming year. and
possibly S2.5sS.000.0o0 a year when In
full operation
| oinciai estimates as prepared nv
treasury experts differ materially from
unomcial estimates previously publish
eo only In few instances. Instead
| OF S6oo.ooo.0oo. the income tax tota, Ia
paced at @S5l.0o0.O00; excess profits
a. $i.ooo'o'0.ooo. instead of S1,1I0.0o0,-
.oo' tobacco. Mt s3o.ooo.ooo. instead Of
| $24o00.0o0. and hrst-class mail at s7o :
100000. instead OF $50. 600. -
During to-days debate, President
wilson was quoted by Representativ.
| cooper. OF Wisconsin, as Gn authori,y
against the zonc system prescribed for
| 'eeoho-class mail matter. Mr.. Cooper
aiso asked why members placed n
burden on the newspapers and
magazines and still held on to their
rural free delivery systems.
! fuollshers Representatives here have
Htuaily abandoned hope OF seeing The
new second-class zone rate changed
though Senator Mcclellan is exnoo,aS
10 oppose 1t on the floor.
| Inc Dill catches" almost eyervbodv
from the cradle to the grave. and for
| sooo measure, levies a few new +.xos
on the heirs
naoys hrst dash of talcum powder
WILL under the per cent manufactnr-
ers tax on cosmetics help Uncle Sam
| carry on the war. and after death. the
Feoerai collectors will be on hand to
get the inheritance tax, at advances op
tne present rate of from l per cent on
|oo'ooo TO 10 per cent on $1,000 600
between birth and death most of mans
Ae'"ieies would be taxed, voting q
pfoAy at meeting OF a cemetery as
| sociation being one Of the few snec,
hcally exempted
Those who ,iave prohted most hy
the war. the recipients of enormous
excess war profits. will pay the mos.
to help carry 1t on. More than half the
total amount of the bill, or about 81.
110.0o0.000. is to be collected from them
Ihe person who writes postal card
VIII be caught. for cards will sell for
cents each by the provisions of the
| Dill. Letters Will be cents. One will
Dc taxed when he goes to moving
picture show, IL the admission is over
o cents. one-tenth of the&cost of the
| ticket. That rate will affect all who
attend amusements. from the man In
| the gallery to the one in the box.
host OF stamp taxes. designed to raise
S30.000.000. also will get the man with
| little money In many ways. His great
est consolation is that the consumptton
| taxes. which would have made him
pay on coffee, tea and sugar. were
stricken from the bill.
MAN OF MODERATE
MEANS IS AFFECTED
The man of moderate means, as we'll
as the wealthy Is affected by tho in
come tax section. Normal rates hay
peen doubled and exemptions lowered
10 $l'0OO for single persons and $4,000
for married ones Surtaxes. for in
comes above $4,000, ranged from / to
% per cent the maximum applying to
incomes over s1.oO0,Ooo. This section
is expected to raise $500. 900.
Included In the taxes imposed on
| manufacturers are levies of ia a
cent foot on motion picture films,
per cent on the sale price of chewing
gum and per cent on automobiles.
musical instruments and jewelry.
Even drowning ones tax troubles in
drink or sending them up in smoke Will
cost more. for the levies on all kinds
of drinks and tobacco soar. The new
rate on whisky is $2.1o per gallon. and
beer. $3.50 barrel. Wine taxes will
be about doubled. and even grape juice
will be taxed l cent gallon.
A person cannot escape taxes by
travel. Eight per cent Is assessed on
passenger tickets. and steamer tickets
also pay n tax.
Some confusion and misinterpreta-
tion has arisen out Of the wording OF
the section imposing stamp taxes on
negotiable instruments which has been
misconstrued to mean that tax has