The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-24
SCUPPERNoNG rs SAFE.
New Law Takes the Tax on . IA.
nous North Carolina Product.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str: Grape
Juice and salvation are to be free from
taxation when the new revenue bill be-
comes a law. Everything else from the
cradle TO the grave will be taxed. That
Is the decree of the Senate, and the
House conferees have agreed.
The House Ways and Means Commit
tee last summer searched the business
catalogues and the dictionaries for the
names Of things made, sold. traded and
used by the American people, and taxed
all of them. including grape Juice, be-
cause that is taxed in the present law.
They taxed incomes. excess profits, In
heritances, railroad tickets, express and
freight charges, insurance policies
yachts, motor boats, automobiles, motor
cycles. showshoes skis, toboggans
canoe paddles, polo ponies and mallets
baseball balls. bats. masks, shoes and
uniforms, golf balls. sticks and uniforms
footballs and everything pertaining tc
the game, including the tickets, billiard
balls and cues. fishing rods, hooks, sink
ers and bait, firearms, cartridges and
empty shells. knives, thermos bottles
cigars. cigar holders and cases, tobacco
pipes. bags and the matches. liveries
hats and boots. pianos, monographs and
mouth organs. paintings and statuary
ornaments and Jewelry, theatre tickets
and admissions to the movies, candy
chewing gum, ice cream. ice cream soda
sundacs, plain soda water. pop. root beer
snrsaparllla, all beverages made from
cereals whether alcoholic or nonalcohollc
carbonated water. spring water and al
other water in bottles. jugs or barrels
perfumes, plasters. poultices. lIniments
salves, ointments, pills. powders. drops
troches, lozenges. syrupS gargles. cor
dials. tonics, tooth pastes or powders oi
washes, pomades, hair oils or hair dress
ings essences, oils and all other medica
preparations. salts and their derivatives
and compounds COCO leaves and theii
derivatives and compounds, chemicals
playing cards. bank checks and drafts
and the products of child labor.
But grape juice, like salvation. is tt
be free from taxation.
Senator McCumber OF North Dakota
discovered that the grapes are food. ant
therefore grape juice Is a food. Chair
man Simmons saw the force of the sug
gestion. as did Chairman Kitchin. /
might save Scuppernong. the most cele
| brated North Carolina product. next 4
moonshine.
Dry North Carolina drove Scupper
nong wine from the State, but its wine
presses found temporary Judgment II
Virginia until that state went dry
Scuppernong appeared to be doomed. ant
the vineyards in the old North State be
gan to decline. But grape lice as {
food and not beverage to be ta1et
gave hope 70 the craftsmanship which
promotes taxation for everybody ant
every section except North Carolina.
Grape Juice was strick' IA from thu
beverage schedule. where II had beer
Cor two years to discourage turning
Scuprernong into grape Juice. McCumbe,
saved Scuppernong. Simmons. Kitchii
and North Carolina,
The revenue bill is now perfect ]
taxes everything In America save saliva
ton and Scuppernone OF course thu
House conferees agreed to the Senate
amendment. 3.
WASHINGTON, January %.