The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-02
THEATERS HARD
 \ HIT IN NEW TAX
Tobacco and Cigars Must x Pay Double and Brokers Will Be Highly Taxed.

q Washington, Aug. 2-Taxes on the Capital stock of corporations, on Brokers, theatres and other places of SAmussment and on manufacturers of Tobacco were doubled for the new Revenue bill by the Ways and Means sCommittee yesterday.
 New taxes written into the bill were ia tax of per cent on the reail sales of mail order houses doing a business fof $100,O00 or over annually, tax Of 10 per cent. on the sale of seats .of stock produce or grain exchanges land tax of 20 per cent. on the dues 5or fees paid by all members of such Associations.
 | The taxes agreed on by the com ,mittee yesterday in addition to the gtaxes on automobiles, gasolene, ad- Emissions, etc., previously decided on, swill yield 1t Is estimated, close to tA, 900, ,OoO,OOO,
 I The tax on the capital stock of cor yporations, joint stock companies and Associations is 50 cents for each $1,- 900 of the stock; 1t willsbe $1 under the new bill, This assessment upon Preparations will be in addition to the income tax and excess profits tax pro- 3vided for In other portions of the tbiil.
 Stock brokers now paying $50 each twill pay $1O0, This includes brokers son produce exchanges as well as those rwho deal in stocks and other securi- ftles. Brokers who are members of tthe Stock Exchanges will pay $25O Instead of $1o0. This gives the Curb Fbroker distinct advantage but Chair man Kitchin explained that the com smittee believed man who could af- ford a seat on change could well af- ford to pay $15O more than the fellow Who works on the outside,
 Pawnbrokers will have their pay of $50 raised to $10O, ship brokers will be raised from s2O to $50 and Gus toms House brokers from s10 to .S5O.
 2 The tax on theatres, concert halls motion picture shows and similar places of amusement is doubled ac- ;oording to the following schedule: Seating capacity of not over 250 from $25 to $50; between 250 to 500, from $50 to 500; between 500 and 800 from $75 to $15O; over 800, from $1OO to $20O
 The circus tax is raised from S10O to $20o and proprietors of bowling alleys and billiard rooms will pay SIG for each alley or table in place of the $5 tax now paid. Baseball parks will be assessed $2O instead of $10.
 The doubling of the tax on manu- facturers of tobacco, cigars and cigar cites will change the schedule of taxes as follows: Manufacturers whose sales are over 50,O00 pounds, old tax &3, now $6; not over 100000 pounds old tax $6, now SIP; not over O,oOC pounds, old tax SIP, now SPA; in ex- cess of 2o0,000 pounds, old tax 8 cents per 1000 pounds, now 16 cents pe1 1000.
 Manufacturers of cigars whose an nuai sales are not over 50 900 cigars old tax $2, new tax $4; not over 100, 900 cigars, old tax $3, new $6; no over 200, ,O00 cigars, old tax $6, new tax SIP; not over 100000 cigars, olc tax SIP, new tax SPA. In excess O 100000 cigars old tax five cents pc 1000 cigars, new tax 10 cents pc thousand.
 Manufacturers of cigarettes, in cluding small cigars weighing no more than 3 pounds per thousand olt tax cents for every 10000 cigarettes new tax 6 cents per 10000.
 The only instance thus far of an, tax being reduced was in the matte of the ten per cent. tax on Pullman seats and berths, which the commit tee decided to reduce to 8 per cent to conform to the rate on passenge fares The reduction was made a the request of the railroad admins Itration in order to simplify the neV scrip and mileage books which ar
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