Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-14
PROPOSED LUXURY TAX
important Measure in Fair Way Of
Becoming Law.

| Becoming Law.
The house Of representatives on
Friday afternoon passed through sec
ond reading the last of the ways and
means revenue bills, that to provide a
tax on luxuries, by vote of SO to 80
against.
The measure provides for license
taxes on soft drinks, chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff, candies,
dice and playing cards. perfumeries,
cologne, toilet water, chewing gum. re-
creational exhibitions for profit, motor
driven vehicles and small ammunition.
In the case Of all commodities in
cartons or other containers revenue
stamps are provided. For the more
bulky articles the tax will have to be
paid by the manufacturer, dealer, or
distributor to the state treasurer at
stated intervals. Collection Of the
taxes and enforcement of the law will
be by machinery to be set up by the
state tax commission, and heavy penal
ties for violation are provided.
1t is estimated that 1t viii take ten
inspectors at yearly salaries Of $1,000
each to enforce the law.
There was considerable opposition to
the measure. resulting in the most pro-
longed debate of the present session Of
the house, commencing yesterday at
noon and continuing through last night
and this morning and extending almost
to o'clock this afternoon. y. o.
There was q mass,of amendments on
the desk ofythe speaker, but after the
adoption Of a few, the proponents OF
the bill took the position that an at-
tempt was being made to weigh the
proposed law down with every con-
ceivable so-ealled luxury for the pur-
pose Of multiplying it, and on motion Of
Eugene s. Blease, Of Newberry, the
remaining amendments, about 20 in
number, were rejected en- masse.
The following Is the schedule:
Cereal and substitute drinks contain
ing less than one and one half per cent.
of alcohol in volume, six cents per gal
Ion; unfermented fruit juice going into
bottled and fountain drinks. six cents
per gallon; finished and fountain sy-
rups of all kinds going into the max
ing of soft" drinks, ten cents per gal
lon. -
Recreational amusements for COM
mercial profit, for every admission of
80 cents or fraction thereof, but not
admissions for ten cents or less.' one
cent. aa ..r
Cigarettes, for each ten or fraction
thereof, one cent; cigars sold for less
than seven cents, for each three or
fraction thereof, one cent; cigars sold
for seven and less than Is cents, one
cent each cigar, sold for Is cents or
more, two cents each. Chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff, for each
ten cents worth or fraction thereof,
one cent. '.,
Candies, for every half pound or
fraction thereof, selling for from SO to
rs cents a pound, one cent; candies,
for every half pound or fraction there
Of, selling for over rs cents, two cents.
Deck and playing cards or sets there
of, for each set or deck, five cents
each.
Perfumeries, cologne or toilet water,
five cents for each sale.
Chewing gum, one cent for each
package.
Motor driven vehicles, one per cent.
of normal selling price. r..r
Small arms ammunition Of all kinds,
including machine guns, one dollar for
each one thousand rounds.
Tax experts estimate that the bill, II
enacted into law, will raise between
one and one half million dollars.