".JV Vf -. V JS '. ub.;ki " ' rvf ' r EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,' WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1017 V v ' ;? i.& . w rwv rw -w- r ' yv r ti ?. COFFEE AND TEA LISTED FOR TAX IN REVENUE BILL Measure as Reported Fixes One and Two Cents a Pound FREE LIST ABOLISHED WASHINGTON, May 0 The $1.SOO.OOO,000 war taxation bill was formally ordered reported to the House today by Hie Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Kltchln paid tho report would he undented later today and would have the unanimous and nonpartisan hacking of the committee. The levying of a consumption tnx of one cent on coffee and two cents on tea was ott a today by the committee. This was tho enj.. tsientlat change made tn the hill as mde public In Its fundamental provision Representative J. Hampton Moore, lie nunllcan, of Pennsylvania, voted "prorent" today He announced he would not file a minority report on tho bill, hut told the committee he regarded some of the taxes i. iha hill us lnenultahle. A tax on cotton was one of the things Moore desired to go An agreement was reached to take up the bill tomorrow morning By unanimous consent the Houso will meet tomorrow at 11 o'clock to get an early start on the measure. Answering n question by Minority Leader Mann. Chairman Kltchln, Democratic floor leader, raid he hoped o pass the bill Sat urday night Mr. Mann Bald he hcllevjd thi debate would run longer than that time. s members of the House would not have opportunity to lead the leport of the com mlttee until tomorrow and the Importance of the hill demanded close scrutiny and den.uate discussion TEA AND COKFKK TANKS The paragraph covering tea and coffee taxes reads; That upon all coffee or tea here tofore Imported Into the United States which are held on May 10, 1917. or any day between such date and the day suf eedlng the day this act Is passed, by any peison, corporation, partner ship or association (except a retailer who does not sell coffee or tc.i at whole sale) and Intended for sale, there shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid a tax of one cent per pound In the case ef coffee and of two cents per pound In the case of tea. So consumption tax on sugar was In eluded, although there has been before tho committee proposals for a tax on sugar, tea and coffee NO KRlCi: LIST The most striking feature of the hill li the decision of the committee to place a 10 per cent ad valorem duty on all articles now on the free list, under the Under wood tariff and to provide tor n horizontal Increase of 10 per cent In the present tarirf chedules This Is u departure from tbo Democratic Revised Income Tax Rate to Raise Revenue for War THIS table Is bnscd on an exemp Hon of $i000 for heads of families, r or persons unmarried and not heads of families the exemption is $1000: TOTAL TAX I'nder l.ftw of t'nder , urlRlnnl Hert proposed Income . )., inio. revldon. 'V'" ... . . lid j I'"" ... , in .' "i .1.. Jl" ?'Jo 'in Umiiiii .. no t'.Mi in.'. ''""" tin ssn 47(i -"."on mo hjo nan -Vfioo.. . . 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Whisky taxes were placed at $2 20 11 gal lon, and beer at $2 "5 a barrel, the highest marks In the history of the Oove.nment, Automobiles and pleasure bonts are to bo taxed on a. basis of 5 per cent at tho factory. Most of the other taxes have been previously outlined. Tho rich man must pay heavily, but the burden Is proportionately distributed all down tho lino by the bill Whllo It Is not sufllelent to carry out the President's Idea of a "pay-as-you-go" war. It will meet the JI.000.000,000 short-term certificates of In debtedness In less than eighteen months. The new tax will take one-third of In comes of T.B0O.000, nond runs up to where It takes virtually half of Incomes over $2, 000, oon. Incomes, Inheritances nnd excess profits constitute the framework of the bill The rich man Is hit hard, whether his wealth be Incomes from Investments, estates left by his ancestors or profits nbove 8 per cent on tho capital Investe'd in business. The hill, however, goes from the big things to little things, affecting virtually every man, woman and child In America GANS, CONVERTED, PUSHES DOPE BILL Maybe Pressure, or Change of Heart, Assures 'Teeth' in Measure RETRACTS HIS DEFIANCE Hu a Staff Corre-jiondeiil HAHniSnUUCJ, May D The last obstnelo to the enactment of drastic nntl-narcotic legislation was re moved today. Yesterday Slgmund J. dans, chairman of the House Committee on Public Health nnd Sanitation, expressed himself as Indifferent to the passage of any law curbing the drug traffic In Pennsylvania, but over night he seemed to have had a change of heart or succumbed to the pressure of public senti ment. Today he' gave his pledge that he would favor a bill "with teeth." Oani Is a Penrose-McNlchoI representa tive from the Thirty-eighth Ward, Philadel phia Yesterday ho proclnlmod his Inde pendence of popular sentiment In the fob lowing terms; The dopo bill Is bothering everbody In the Legislature except me. You can be sure that thern will be an entirely new bill repoited nut of "committee, if any. Whether the new bill Is reported out or not depend upon the weather If It Is fair. It may be reported out If It Is raining, It will not be reported out. In these laconic sentences Oans gave expression to his entire Indifference as in the fnte of the proposed nntl-narcoilc legislation His entire change of front today, however, furnished assurance that the last obstacle to the measure was removed Tn Publlo Health and Sanitation Com mittee of the House will meet next week, nnd will report out a bill that Is n combina tion or tho Varc nnd Whltakcr bills, and that will bo the most stringent of any law now In forco anywhere else In the country If the expectations of Its sponsors are realized. The committee met late yesterday, but fnlled to take any definite nctlon on an antl-dopo bill, because of the nhsence of Representative Sullivan, of Allegheny. Sul livan had tho new bill, and had agreed to offer It In committee In place of one he Introduced at the request of Captain Archi bald Mackerel!, of the Pittsburgh detective bureau. Sullivan Is 111 this week, nnd therefore was unable to attend yesterday's meeting Ho will bo hero next week, however. Apparently nil of tho forces In the com mittee nnd In the legislature at largo have united finally behind a stringent bill. The druggists' lobby that has been active for Beveral weeks nbandoned Its fight The next meetlnt; of the committee Is scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon, when Sullivan will offer the new bill It will bo reported out with a favorable recommenda tion The ncw! measuro will be known as the Vnre-Whltaker bill, as It embraces all of the strong features of both the Vnre and the Whltaker measures that were Intro duced early In tho session after their sponsors had m .do a thorough investiga tion of the need for a drastic law that would put an end to the dope trafllc. French Mow Down Foe on Aisne Heights Continued from Pane One Ing of the Herman lino with prodigal mass ing of reserves. The Herman artillery Is pouring a flood of shells over tho Hrltlsh positions. The Hrltlsh artillery Is endless'y blasting away nt the enemy The fighting Is for tho most part In waveR of small sections of troops, who dash forward, are met by Herman detachments and who cllm.li In hand-to-hand fighting. Positions are ad vanced and pulled back as the tide swings from sldo to side. Northeast of llarglcourl the Herman lines were bent back slightly by the Hrlt lsh thrusts Northeast of Oav relic the Hermans made strong attacks, hut were repulsed The new British positions west of Krosnoy have been consolidated nnd strengthened There Is savage fighting all nloug the front from a point south of Lens to tho sector of Hullecourt. The text of the War Ofllce statement fol low s : We have ndvanced slightly northeast of llarglcourl An enemy attack north east of Hravcllc was completely re pulsed. Hostile forces concentrating for 1111 nttack north of Fresnoy were dispersed by our artillery fire We have Improved our positions west of Fresnoy Hy counter-attacks wo have regained 1 art of the ground lost In that sector yesterday. While the Hermans were thus endeavor ing to prevent realization of the British scheme of crumbling tho northern pivotal point of their line they were staging an other tremendous counter-offensive move ment ngnlnst n similar mennce on the southern pivot. In tho French hold on Chemln des Dames The enrl'er statement given out hy the British War Office follows: "Around Fresnoy hostile forces concen trating for an attack to the north wero dispersed by oVir artillery," the Hrltlh commander-in-chief reported. "To the west we Improved our position and a night counter-attack regained us a portion of the ground lost yesterday morn ing. "At night slightly northeast of llargl courl wo advanced our position," the report continued "Northeast of Uavrclle village esterdoy evening tho enemy nttneked. but was broken up by our barrago and ma chine gun lire, being completely repulsed "Kast of Armentlcres early this morn ing an enemy raiding party was driven off." Hullecourt, encircled on three sides by Australian troops, was about to fall today to the British battering ram against the so-called Herman "Oppy line" running from around Oppy to Queant Penetration of tho Herman positions at Bullecourt, It was believed here, would Imperil the Her man front on tho Oppy lino nnd possibly forco a retreat for Its entire distance In the belief of military experts It might fore- $& MILITARY WRIST WATCHES A nrnrtlrnl (rift that ulll he crcntlv nppreclated liy th los polng to tho front H,VIllM DIALS $7.50 to $25.00 C. R. Smith & Son Market St. at 18th i s WHEN bread is made into freshjhot-buttercd toast, it has more flavor. Toasting puts more flavor into most good things seals it in, so to speak. And toasting puts more flavor into Lucky Strike cigarettes; the tobacco it's toasted. Better still it's Burley tobacco toasted. Lucky Strike is the real Burley cigarette something ab solutely new in cigarette flavor. This toasting not only gives Lucky Strike cigarettes flavor but keeps' it there -seals it in. They're always fresh. And because everyone has been wanting real Burley cigarettes, everyone has been buying them look at all the Lucky Strike smoke 'circles. Have you tried the famous ".toasted cigarette"? Begin today. 1. 1 seals in 1 V flavor always fresh, !SlitofauuiS cast abandonment to the north of tho coal region nnd around I.ens. The Bullecourt operations wero held to day to bo of more Importance than thoso around Fresnoy. ltecnpturo of tho city by the Hermans, however, Is a setback to the British aim nt circling the end of the Oppy line. Front dispatches today Indi cated the Issue at Fresnoy had by no means been decided. British troops ire endeavoring by violent artillery llro ind repeated Infnntry assaults to shako the Herman grip on the village. Tho Vlmy Itldgo Is the strategic strip of high ground running south from the Lens pector to tho cast of Arras. It was captured by storm by tho Conndlans In tho first rush of the new British offensive on April 9 nnd 10, and this success opened up the way for other British successes In tho days that followed, Vlmy Itldgo was n strong link In the defenses of the northern end of the Hln denburg line, nnd formed it natural bar rier south of I-ens, Tho first real menace to the Herman's) grip m tho rich coal fleldt of northern France wna seen when tho Canadians swept the Hermans from the rldgo and planted tho Brit nbnvo II. Fresnoy had been stormed by th" dlans on May 3, nnd ever Blnca fighting had raged there. After severe 1 ties with Infantry and artillery, they'll nianH suddenly threw fresh troopfV"! mo iray mm urove mc cxnausiea canal back. But the Hermans had to nay hft for this success. 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