Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1916 — Big Revenue Bill Passed In House Monday. [ARTICLE]

Big Revenue Bill Passed In House Monday.

The administration’s omnibus reve-nue-bill, creating a tariff commission imposing a protective tariff on dyestuffs, repealing present stamp taxes and providing for new stamps on income, inheritance and war munitions profits, passed the house late Monday by a vote of 240 to 140. During the closing hours of the debate several amendments providing for elimination of the bankers tax and modyfying the tariff commission section, were adopted over the opposition of the democratic leaders. On the final roll call the democrats voted solidly for the bill and were joined oy 34 republicans, 5 progressive-republi-cans and 1 independent and 1 socialist. Many amendments proposed by the ways and means committee also were adopted including one under which cigarette manufacturers must pay a special tax of three cents for every 10,000 cigarettes.