Show COffEE CoEE ON TU FREE fREL LIST r Ways and Means leans Committee to Consider Special Taxation Monday Washington March farch 13 As the tar tariff tariff iff if hill bill stands tonight coffee remains on the free list Whoa the Republican can members of the ways was and means committee ceased their labors tonight until Monday morning the provisions i elating to special taxation had ha not been decided upon Tue Payne Parne bill Jill will not bo he ready read for Introduction on Monday according to a member O Othe oi or orthe the committee While the thi Inheritance tax lax provision undoubtedly will bo be Included in Lute tho bill the lie members of or tho the leu teu CO have hae been unable to agree re ro this or the proposition to im impose impose I pose a stamp tax on eu checks s bonds and anti stocks The rho entire Is la open Tho treasury officials view with disfavor the tile proposition to levy lo an au im lID import import I port on coffee It Il is pointed out that several million bags hast of high grade grado Brazilian coffee coffeo Is now hold held In this country and In some of the lie European countries and security for loans to one of tho the Brazilian states and aud that lint should a duty dut bo be imposed the coffee stored in Europe could bo be e ship shipped lIed ped Into the United States before the now new tariff bill would become opera operative tive U This vast ast quantity or coffee corree estimated to exceed ten tell million bags is iM said to equal the entire exportation lion tion of or Brazilian coffee into the Unit United United ed States Slates for a whole year Thus it Itis itIs is stated instead of or tho Ito tax being a n nI I revenue producer the Income tor or the Arat fir st t year IB IR likely to be insignificant I In the brief which they the submitted to the tue ways and anti means committee tho ho National Coffee Coffeo and Tea fen association 1 1 tion lion declares that the proposed ed tax tux I on oIl coffee coerce or tea would fall fail to produce I any material revenue to the govern gOern government ment for nearly noarl two years car and would woul 1 Increase the cost of or those these beverages to 25 per pUI year They Tho stated that the supply of ot cof cot coffee cotI coffee fee In the world amounts amount to o about I sixteen million bags of which lour I million bags are arc stored hero or arc arcI I afloat In this country According to 10 the figures which submitted a duty dut or four cents a pound on coffee would they tho claim mean an immediate profit of at al least per bag hag upon every bap ba in the I United States or a profit of or nearly nearl to owners and holders of or orI I this his t coffee coerce I As an average of one billion pounds I of bf coffee are arc imported Importe annually the tue I tariff framers figured figure that a duly dot or four cents per iier pound would bring n a revenue to the government of or nearlY near annually The Importations Lions that would be free freo ot oh o duty from Porto Rico and aud Hawaii which now no amount to forty million pounds probably probably ably alii would Increase Increate with tu the protection rot c thou tion afforded af ord d by hy thin duty dilLy uty Tile The Philip 5 4 pities pines which now not practically export no I coffee it II Is contended would send con considerable coffee to lo this HIlEs country If the suggested sug tax were not placed on their II |