New Britain herald., 1921-08-09
TAX ON SODA AND
 ICE CREAM TO Go
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\COnIlnueO rom nrSt Qa&G.) and higher income surtaxes retro active to last January 1. It also was urged that the cutting off of the
 levles on freight and passenger traffic would prove of real help to business ] through savings in freight charges and added expenses of travelling sales men. Agreement Not Reached. Formal agreement among the | majority members as to the total that will be absolutely necessary to run ! the government this fiscal year has l not yet been reached and it was said that further specific tax cuts might | await such an agreement. There also was talk of conferences with
 President Harding to obtain his ad- vice in the solution of the major problems before the committee. Democrats Are Busy. Having been excluded from partici- | patton in the framing of the bill, l democratic members of the com mittee are giving study to the revision ques- tion. Representative Kitchin, the
 democratic leader, who is detained at | his home in North Carolina by ill-
 ness, has been kept fully informed o the public hearings and it is under stood that his counsel will be sought
 in framing any report that the demo- l crats may decide to make after they have studied the republican draft of the measure.
 Wants Full Repeal. l Representative Garner of Texas, the l ranking democrat on the ways and means committee in the absence of l MT. Kitchin came out f1atly today for
 full repeal of the transportation taxes and the so-called nuisance
 axes including the ten per cent. tax l ,n bottled soft drinks, and against '! ny of the new or increased taxes i ,uggested by Secretary Mellon. He also is of the opinion that a | much greater return can be had from hack taxes than the treasury has esti- | mated He thinks that instead of I s235, 100000 given in Mir. Mellon s statement to the committee nearly $500,0O0,0n0 can be obtained from this source this fiscal year. Tax to be Cut or Dropped. Decisions reached included these: Reduction to per cent of the 10 l per cent tax on sporting goods. in-
 cluding tennis rackets. golf balls
 basebal,s football ecuopment and all l similar articles commonly known al
 sporting: goods.
 | Amendments of the first paragra ph l in Section 904 of the revenue bill
 which now exempti from thu 10 per | cent. taH or carpets in exces1 of $5
 a yard imported and American rugs
 mado principally of wool.' It i1 es- timated that by placing a ta1. or inn
 ported and American rugi made chiefly of wool tho revenues that | would be lost from reducing the sport I ing goods tax and repeating soma o1 the luxury taxes on clothing would
 be made uD
 l The luxury taxes, beginning with 1 1ter, and running to Article 20, in 1 elusive, in Section 904, the committee | also decided should be repealed by l thc%new bill. Tho elimination of the | 10 per cent. tax on wearing apparel decided upon includes thesa articles: l Housa and smoking coats and jack 1 eta and both or lounging robea in 1 exces1 of s7.50.
 1 Mems waistcoats, sold independent l ly of suits, on the amount in excess 1 ot s5
 l Women's and misses hats, bonnets l and hoods, on tue amount in excess
 o: s15.
 Mems and boys hats on the amour. in exces7 or $5. Mems and boys caps on the l amount in excesa of $2. l Boots, shoes, pumps and slippers on the amount in excess of $10.
 ! Neckties and neckwear on the | amount in excess of $2. Mems anc | boys silk stockings or hose on the
 amount in excess of s1 per pair.
 1 Women's and misses silk stocking: or hose on the amount in excess o. s2 per pair.
 Mems shirts on the amount in ex | ces, of $3.
 Pajamas. night gowns and under | wear on the amount in excess of $5 Kimonos, petticoats and waists or the amount in excess of $15 each.
 It was also decided to repeal the
 tax on soft drinks and ice cream.