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War Revenue Bill Raises Taxes on Beer Tobacco and Telephones
Congress enacts comprehensive revenue measures from beer and tobacco taxes to telegraph and railroad fees, stamps on documents, and new duties on medicines and mixed flour. It authorizes borrowing up to 400 million dollars to fund war expenditures, sets schedules for special taxes, and imposes stringent penalties for evasion. The act also covers telegraph and telephone message taxes, insurance, conveyances, and stock transfer stamps, with enforcement provisions and effective date July 1, 1894.
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