Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-25


revenue bill, was taken to Boston by
Secretary Tumulty.
Meets Congressman Tomorrow
The President was faced with a
busy week before his departure about
March for the return trip to Paris.
This afternoon he was to preside at
a cabinet meeting. while tomorrow
night he has a dinner engagement
with members of the Senate and
House Foreign Affairs Committees to
discuss the proposed constitution of
the League of Nations.
Thursday the President will review
a parade in honor of returned Dis
trict of Columbia soldiers. No other
engagements had been made, so far
as was known. but many requests to
see the President on various matters
were awaiting him.
President Wilson has been absent
from Washington nearly three
months, having left December 8 for
New York, where he embarked on
the George Washington for Brest.
Signs Bill on Train
Announcement was made on the
arrival of the presidential party in
Washington to-day that the Presi-
dent had signed the six billion dollar
war revenue bill. The bill was signed
aboard the special train last night
before the President retired. This
measure carries a rider making the
District of Columbia bone dry.
Bill Now Operative
Signing of the revenue bill by
President Wilson on his special train
enroute to washington last night
puts into operation the machinery
for collecting six billions of taxes
this year.
Higher taxes provided in the new
bill go into effect to-day on liquor
and soft drinks, including near beer,
grape juice, soda water and mineral
waters and on tobacco and on So
called luxuries. Anticipating the
imposition of new taxes, thousands,
of gallons of whisky had been
withdrawn from government bond
ed warehouses within the last week,
with tax paid at the old rate of $500
a gallon, to escape the higher rate
of $40 a gallon now effective.
Articles in Luxury Glass
Articles in the luxury" class on
which new taxes go into effect to-
day include automobiles and motor
accessories. pianos, sporting goods,
chewing gum, cameras. candy. fire.
arms, slot machines. toilet soaps and
art goods. The tax is paid by the
manufacturer.
Other features of the tax bill
which go into legal effect to-day,
but which are retroactive and which
consequently are not affected by the
time of the signing of the bill in
clude the following:
Taxes on incomes, excess profits
and war profits; estates and inherit
ances, and excess taxes on q number
of special businesses, such as brok-
ers. bowling alleys. insurance COM
panies, theater and amusement place
proprietors. and liquor dealers. Dras-
tic measures to prevent the. mar
cotic drug traffic become effective at
once.
New Taxes Effective April I
On April 1 new taxes on railroad
and steamship tickets, pipe lines. in
surance, theater admissions and club
lues, and variety of stamp taxes
become effective. Levies against the
excess of value of so-called semi
luxuries. such as articles of Dress
will be made after May 1. The soda
fountain taxes become effective May
1. Taxes on products of child labor
will be imposed in sixty days.
Without awaiting signature of the
bill by the President, the internal
revenue bureau has gone ahead pre-
pairing to administer the law. Tax
return forms and regulations are be-
ing issued, and income and profits
tax returns must be filed my March
Is.