Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 33 | Luxury Tax on Women's Wear

LUXURY TAX ON I WOMEN'S WEAR I Sterner Sex Likewise Hit in Pipes Hosiery Smoking Jackets Washington Aug 3 A 3 A 10 per cent tax on retail sales of or a wide variety of or commonly classified luxuries from Jewelry to meerschaum pipes and from smoking Jackets to silk hosiery willbe willbe will willbe be recommended to the full tull House ways and means committee Monday a as there the re result of or today's deliberations of ot tho the SUb SUb- sub committee A general revision of or the tho bill will wili beIn begin boKin be- be Kin gin In Monday to determine where In Increases increases In- In creases ma may be made to make up tho the present deficiency of or a billion and more moro moreIn morein In the tho estimated revenue from excess profits and income as so far tar tentatively tentative tentative- ly h n agreed reed upon Also some omo doubt is Is' ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed whether the tho luxury schedule can bo ho made to produce all of ot the allotted to it The Question question ques Ques- tion of ot a n luxury tax on wearing apparel will bo be considered by the whole com coin m ml i tt cc The sub-committee sub today In com I Its Ils search for tor taxable luxuries considered all forms of ot Jewelry silk underwear curios and antiques liveries art art huntIn huntIng hunting hunt- hunt In Ing garments ladles ladies driving habits li license ii- ii cense tax on riding riding- academies academics cutglass cutglass cut cutglass glass and like Uke articles While the tho action action ac ac- ac- ac tion Is nOt final a 10 per cent tax on practically all nil of or these was agreed f upon for ratification ty tho the full tull I y com corn The Tho tax will be bo put on the re retailer re- re taller selling soiling to the consumer the tho re retailer re- re taller being expected t tb charge enough to cover tho the tax Th The Tho committee In Its Investigation In of taxable luxuries today Is understood to have havo considered also prices of or hotel I rooms and meals and hotel price lists were scrutinized and efforts made to establish definitions separating the ex expensive cx- cx pensive from the tho necessary