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Show ONE BILUON IS CU1 ! FROM U. S. TAX SCHEDULE J Reductions Include Features ' of the Beverage and Tobacco Lists 1 r . y Aaseclsted Press. ' WASHINGTON. Nov. Ls-rlea aggregating a billion dollars were ' cut from the special miscellaneous 1 tax schedule of the war revenue hill . today by the senate finance commit -: tee. In accordance with Its decision to make the Itlt levy about six bll-! bll-! lion dollars. Revfuctloris Included features of ihe beverage and tobacco schedules. No change waa made In the alcoholic I beverage rates, but the house tax of fM per cent on near beer was cut te i 15 per cent and that on other soft drinks from 70 to 10 per cent. 1 The new rates approved on clears ! were: ll.fift on those weighing under ! three pounds per thousand: $4 per I thousand on those retailing for fi cents; $5.40 per thousand on those 1 ret a i line for from ft to S cents; $9 on those retailing for from It to 16 cents; 912 on those retailing for between be-tween IS and 20 cents, and $15 on , thoae retailing for over cents. ' 1 on rig are hps weii-nins, nwii ' three pounds per thousand a rate of $2.90. an Increase of 40 per cent over existing law. On cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand the rate wsa made $7.20, a SO per cent j 50 per cent out from the house hill. Rates Tan gin c from 11 to 1$ cents.; Instead of 10 cents as In the house measure, were fixed for tobacco and , , snuff. : Reduction In the rates 'on amuse-1 ment admiaalnn and clnb dues also , were tentatively approved, but an- 1 nouncement of the details withheld. A decision on the question of fixing! 1S20 taxes was postponed because of: Republican opposition. ! |