Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-09 | Page 1 | Double Tax on Beer and Wine

DULE TAX I! 8EER 111 II t Senate Committee Also Approves Ap-proves Doubling Present Tobacca Taxes. WASHINGTON. Od. S. Revision of :h:ee important sections o( the war revenue reve-nue bill those taxing beverages, tobacco and transportation vi rtually was completed com-pleted today by the senate finance committee, com-mittee, loiter the committee began work on the amusement admission provisions. The committee lowered the house rate on d is tilled beverages from S to JO per gallon: approved the house plan of doubling present taxes on beer and wines and adopted all of the house imposts on trans Porta lion, including freight, persons, express and telegraph and telephone messages, mes-sages, except thai the tax o:i oil pipeline pipe-line transportation was increased from 6- to S per cent. The committee also adopted provisions of the house bill taxing so'"t drinks, except "near beer." and similar beverages, consideration of which was postponed. In revising the amusement tax section the committee struck ov.' the hiise provision pro-vision for a penny tax on admissions to moving picture shows of 7 eerr. s or less and for children under I years, of ae. and also amended the sc-jnn imposing a tax of '2 cents on each ad nvs'.on of a dime or f ract ion thereof, so as to provide pro-vide f o r a tax of o n I y 1 cent on o -c e n t admissions. The house plan of doubling present tobacco to-bacco taxes was substantial.- adopt-: d, except that :ho-e. on cigarettes were made Si.l'i per thousand. The house rate of 1 cents a pound on manufactured tobacco was red'k ed to J I en'.s. Members Mem-bers of tfie commit t ee held that ii-juor sales would be greater under the red::c-:d rate than under the bouse taxes. The committee poi-tponrd net ion on re-, enuc problems arising from, pending IcLsla-tinn IcLsla-tinn for national prohibition from next July 1 until a fier the wa r a nd orders of t he president slopmn the ma nufa cure of beer next I'ccom'.'cr .