Arizona republican., 1918-08-02
HEAVY INCREASES
 IN TAXES AGREED
 0N BY COMMITTEE
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1


 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Doubling of the present taxes on manufacturers Of tobacco, cigars and cigarets and increased taxation of brokers, theaters and other amusements, billiard and pool parlors. bowling alleys and cap ltalization of corporations, were agreed on by the house ways and means com mittee in framing the ss,000,000,000 revenue bill. A new tax of one per cent on retail sales of mail order houses doing more than $t00,000 an- nual business was adopted. Pullman seats and berths and passenger rates will be subject to uniform tax of 8 per cent. Stamp taxes were undis- turbed.
 Chairman Kitchin. after the commit tee adjourned. summarized the situ- ation as follows:
 Special Taxes Increased
 We have put a tax of one per cent on retail sales of mail order houses that have above $100,000 annual busi- ness. We have increased the special taxes Brokers now under a special tax of $30 will pay an annual tax of $100 and if they are members of stock exchange or board of trade en- gagged in buying and selling, will pay an annual tax of $250. We have in creased the tax on pawnbrokers from $50 to $100; ship brokers from $20 to $50; custom house brokers from $10 to $50.
 "Theaters. including moving picture shows, museums, and concert halls having seating capacity of not over 25O people, will pay an annual tax in creased from $25 to $50; seating ca pacity between 250 and 800, increased from $50 to $100; 800 to 800 seating capacity increased from $75 to $150, and all over 800 capacity increased from Sl00 to $200 annual tax. We have doubled the present special taxes on theaters, circuses, bowling alleys, bil- Hard and pool places. and on manufac- turers of tobaccos. cigars and cigarets. On Basss With Clubs.
 We have put new special tax on sales of seats on stock and produce exchanges of 10 per cent on the sale price of the seats, and on annual dues of these exchanges a tax of 20 per cent on the amount of the dues. This is to put them on the same basis as clubs and other organizations already put under tax.
 Pullman seats and berths are under PlCsCIlt idN tdhcu IU PcI lclJ anu PtS senger rates 8 per cent of the amounts paid for tickets or coupons. We today agreed to make the tax on both of request of the director general of rail- roads, who wanted the taxes on them made the same to simplify the mileage coupons about to be issued. We i'm posed tax of 10 per cent on the sales | of yachts.
 We consider the stamp taxes in the present law and they will remain as at present."
 l MT. Kitchin announced that under the action of the committee so far the excise taxes would produce about $1 900, ,O000 900, which includes beer whiskey. automobiles. soft drinks. gas oline owners and similar taxable sub- jects. This is about one-half of the amount allotted to commonly termed luxuries and non essentials. but MT Kitchin said athe allotted s2,00O 900, 000 under this head would be levied.
 Yield Several Million The special tax on mail order houses was unofficially estimated as capable of yielding several million dollars o1 revenue and was adopted with prac- tically no opposition. Proposals that a tax of one half of one per cent be i'm posed on gross sales of chain stores and a five CT cent tax be laid on | goods manufactured by concerns en- ploying child labor, under certain standard ages, were rejected. | A proposal to tax cotton was re- | jected almost unanimously. Repre- sentative Moore. Pennsylvania, pro- posed tax of 8 per bale. which he contended would produce $33.00o,000 a year revenue. but it's opponents i'm mediately suggested tax on grain and | anthracite coal and similar article: produced in the north. Only Repre- sentatives Moore and Fairchild. New York, voted for it. MT. Moore also rroposed tax or dogs, which the con- | mittee voted down.