The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-09
WILL ELIMINATE
 NUISANCE TAXES
 UNDER AGREEMENT
Committee Also Would Repeal Luxury Clothing Taxes and Cut In Half Sporting
 Goods Tax
By Associated Pres.


 By Associated Press
 Washington, August s.-Agreemeni to eliminate the taxes on fountain l drinks and ice cream and the so- called luxury tax on wearing apparel is understood to have been reached today by republican members of the House ways and means committee slt- ting in executive session. A reduction i of one half in the 10 per cent levy on sporting goods also Is said to have been agreed upon.
 The total loss of revenue from these ! proposed changes would be slightly less than s5o,noo.ooo and the reduc' tions are the first to be passed upon ! by the majority in their effort to carry out the announced programme of republican House leaders to cut | $500 900. 900 from the nations tax bill.
 Proposed Repeal
 The wearing apparel levies pro posed for repeal are 10 per cent o1 the amount when the cost of: | Women's and misses hats, bonnets and hoods exceed SIS each. 1 women's and misses silk. stocking or hose exceed g per pair. ] Mems, womens and misses, anu boy boots, shoes, pumps and slippers exceed si0 per pair.
 Mems and boys silk stockings or hose exceed s1 per pair.
 Mems and boys hats exceed $6 each-
 Mems and boys caps exceed s2 each ..I-4s 4s~.. 1 - wear exceed $2 each.
 Mems, women's, misses and boys pajamas, night gowns and underwear
 kimonos. petticoats and waists ex- ceed s15 each.
 | Mems waistcoats, sold separately from suit, exceed s5 each and house or smoking coats or jackets and bath or lounging robes exceed s7.50 each. Sporting Goods
 1 The sporting goods on which 1t II I proposed to cut the tax in half fn- clude tennis rackets, nets, racket covers and presses, skates snowshoes, skis, toboggans, canoe paddles ana cushions, polo mallets baseballs bats l gloves, masks, protectors, shoes ano uniforms, golf bags and clubs, la crosse stocks, balls of all kinds, in- IEluQlnk DdScpdtiS, ioOtpoAAct eNht'-- ! golf, lacrosse, billiard and pool balls fishing rods and reels, billiard and pool tables. chess and checker boards and pieces, dice. games and parts of games (except playing cards and ] children's toys and games) and all similar articles"
 ! Repeal of the 10 per cent tax on tcarbonated bottled beverages, whicf lis collected and paid by the manu. l facturer monthly, also was discussed at the meeting and favorable action was predicted by some members oi the committee who urged that it was not fair to remove the tax on drinks at fountains in the cities and retain the levy on bottled goods sold large lily in the rural districts.
 No Formal Agreement Before undertaking revision of 1 specific sections of the existing re- lvenue law, the committee majority spent several hours discussing pos sible cuts in both taxes and expendi- I lures with the probable amounts or government income from the various | sources other than internal revenue. Several sets of figures were consid- cred, but 1t was said that no formal agreement was reached on any final totals
 Estimates before the committee today were said to have contemplated total cuts of approximately s579,0oo,- 900 in probable expenditures for tnis fiscal year, leaving the total at *5,- 905, 100000, exclusive of postal esti- mated at $575. 100000. Reductions pro posed included s75.00o.o00 for the army s57. .000,o ,ooO for tlhe navy; s1oo.- 900 900 for the shipping board; s245,- 0oo, 900 for the railroads; $10o,00o,ooo 1 proposed by the treasury to be em- pIoyed in redeeming treasury certl- ficates.
 SusKested Reductions
 Tax reductions suggested totalieo $720,0OO. .000, including $450,000,000 ex- icess profits 390,000,000 income sur taxes s5o,00o, 900 nuisance taxes and $ls0, ,0o0, 900 transportation taxes AS an offset against these reductions estimated increases in all income in- cluded $2e2, 900, 900 from the proposed f5 per cent increase Tn the corporate income tax to offset the excess prof1ts levy, s70.o00,Ooo, from customs be- tcause of the proposed new tariff law and $60,000, 900 from the sale Of sur plus war supplies.
 The next loss in government re- venue this fiscal year on this basis would be $45s. 100000 if the repeal or | the excess profits and higher iD- lcome surtaxes were made retroactive to last January 1, but it was said to- day that sentiment to defer these repeals until Januaryl was growins Should the committee finally declde | to postpone the date of these reVis- ions. the net loss in revenue on tne basis of this set of figures would De 1 s1s0,O00,ooo leaving the total net ln- come for this fiscal year at $4,llo o0o, 900, exclusive of postal receipts estimated at s500,ooo,o00
 A few committeeman expressed the 1 view today that the completed biii would be ready for the House by the end of this week, but Chairman Foro- ney and others adhered to their original prediction that it would pc i finished about the middle of next week. O..