Show Mi ti Taxation in n Germany German Y i 1 ht E R RJ who groan audibly when paying their really heavy taxes and who doubtless fu J made mad e uncomplimentary i allusions ions to Slings in gen gener general r al 1 when paying the penny soft dink and Similar taxes may thank their lucky fars ors that conditions in this country are are not like ose se that e exist in Germany e man in n r respect to taxa- taxa K Rates h higher gher by fr from m 50 to 10 pe percent s a eve ove the previously e excessive ones recently have iJ be e imposed upon public utility companies c while taxes tax s were increased at the same sane same time mom r rr to 1500 per cent according to class of r vf income j e There are in in addition separate income taxes tt fb the state and to the community the ti e ver for the privilege of being in in business and fi le on every received regardless of profit the tax on all luxuries bought or pos pos- the capital tax with a maximum of 80 SO er r cent the for the privilege o oe of f a home e with an additional tax of 10 per pe r ent nt if a room is rented and a tax on possessions possession s distinguished from capital while there is still productive war tax that has never been removed re- re re-I re moved oved besides minor levies levies of less importance tt The government now is considering the plan raising the import tax from 1900 per cent to 00 per cent which will increase the revenue Jut t little as the people of Germany will not not be le Ie to pay higher prices which continued to toJ as the exchange value of the mark con- con 1 J blued to decline J Reports from Berlin state as an example of I f he fie high cost of living that butter which rentY re- re ntY was selling at 32 marks a pound recently to 40 marks and then to 50 marks or orI out 10 in Ame American ican mo mosey ey at the normal rate I f exchange Possibly the German government play vmay as as de- de cle de- cleared ared lared would be the case win the war war in pea de deS c S economic methods but it would appear th thata that t tf f a e a people of Germany already have been hipped |