Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — HOW WAR TAX PLAN REACHES EVERY CLASS [ARTICLE]

HOW WAR TAX PLAN REACHES EVERY CLASS

Increase From One Per Cent On Some Articles to Double Taxation On Other Articles. Following are figures of the houfee bill, subject to amendment by the senate, where many changes doubtless will be made. Hearings by the senaite finance judiciary committee will start Friday: All figures are increases. AU tariff duties, 10 per cent. All articles now admitted free, tax 10 per cent Letter .postage from 2c to 3c. Postal cards, from 1c to 2c. Excess profits tax, from 8 to 16 per cent. Corporation tax, from 2 tq 4 per cent. (Stock exchange transactions, on each sale future delivery for each SIOO will be 2 cente. Capital stock on each original issue of SIOO, 5 cents; on transfers on SIOO face value, 2 cents. Bonds, etc., each SIOO face value, sc. Indemnity bonds, 50 cents; where premium is in excess of SIOO, 1 per cent of premium charge. 'Drafts, checks, notes and renewals or extensions, for each SIOO, 2 cents. Deeds, for first SIOO to SSOO, 50c; for each SSOO or additional or fraction, 50 cents. Proxy 10 cents. Power of attorney 25 cents. Life insurance policies (except industrial or weekly) 8 cents on each SIOO. . . Marine, international and fire insurance premiums 1 per cent. Casualty policy premiums 1 per cent. x , Freight bills, 3 per cent on tickets a'bove 25 cents ex'ept initial! commutation.

Passenger tickets, 10 (per cent. Seats, berths or. staterooms, rail and water 10 per cent. Express rates, 10 per cent. Automobiles and motorcycles, 5 per cent on wholesale prices. Tires, 5 per cent. Light, heat, telephone and telegraph bills-, 5 per cent. Telephone (long distance) 5 cents on each, toll message over 15c. Miusical and talking machines. 5 per cent on those costing over’ $lO. Jewelry, 5 per cent of selling price. Cosmetics and proprietary* medicines, 5 per cent on wholesale price Amusement ticket§ (charity excepted), 1 cent for each 10 cents of admission price except where maximum is 5 cents. Moving picture film, not exposed, % cent per foot. # \ Film, ready for projection, 1 cent per foot. Chewing gum or substitute, imported, 5 per cent of selling price. Distilled spirits, tax doubled. Beer, ale, $1.25 per barrel. Still and sparkling wines and cordials, tax doubled. Grape brandy, product of fruit distilled, tax doubled. Soda fountain and soft drinks, 2 cents per gallon. Natural mineral or table water, 10 cents per gallon. Carbonic acid gas, 8 cents j>er lb. Tobacco tax, doubled. Cigarets, light weight, $1.25 per 1,000. Oigaretsi, heavy, $3.60 per 1,000. Cigaret papers, % cent for each 25

papers. • Tennis racquets, golf clubs, baseball bats, lacrosse sticks, baseballs) footballs, tennis, golf, lacrosse, 'billiard and pool balls, 5 per cent. Fishing rods, reels and lines, 5 per cent. t Billiard and pool tables, 5 per cent. Chess and chickerboards and pieces, dice, games, 5 per cent. , Playing cards: Upon every pack (in addition to present tax) 8 cents. Yachts, pleasure boats, motor boats, 5 per cent of price. Club memberships, social or sporting) 10 per cent of dues. Oil pipe lines, 5 per cent on charge. Postal rates (newspajiers and magazines— First zone 2c, second to third zone 3c, fourth or fifth zone 4c, sixth or seventh zone 5 cents, eighth zone Bc. . _ > Religious and educational papers, 1% cents a pound. - x . Advertising, 5 per cent of total.