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Show EVERYONE PAYING " TO CRMEMY New War Tax Squeezes Purse of Wage Earner, but All Must Help. KAISER TO BLAME FOR COST Mad Prussia Must Be Broken Before Conflict Can End Good Patriots Steel Selves for Sacrifice and Then Victory. Postage. Three cents an ounce or frnctlon thereof on letters for other than local delivery; two cents on all postal cards. Admissions Ten per cent tax on tickets to theaters, cabarets, and other amusement places. Dues Ten per cent tax on dues of clubs exceeding $12 a year. Tobacco Graduated taxes on cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, cigarette cigar-ette papers and snuff. Express Five per cent tax on amounts paid for express transportation. trans-portation. Passengers Eight per cent of the cost of railroad tickets, except ex-cept local. Berths Ten per cent of the cost of berths, staterooms, and parlor car seats. Oil Five per cent tax on amounts paid for transportation of oil by pipe lines. Messages Five cents tax on each telegraph, telephone, or radio ra-dio message costing 15 cents or more. Insurance Eight cents tax on each $100 or fractional part thereof of each life Insurance policy ; one per cent of the premium pre-mium on fire, marine, Inland, and casualty Insurance policies. Washington. Uncle Sam Is rather pleasantly surprised at the way the nation Is standing the war tax gaff. The grouching, such as there Is, has been growled In a minor key, and most of It comes from the trouble-makers, the whining pacifists, those of a sickly sick-ly cast of loyalty. Nobody really enjoys paying excess taxes, such as three cents postage for letters, extra charge for freight, express ex-press and passenger transportation, telephone and telegraph messages and amusements. But all true Americans who realize that the kaiser Is to blame for the trouble, stand ready and willing will-ing to pay their share of the cost of exterminating the world's greatest menace. By the way, do you know that If you sire single and earn more than $l,OOi. yearly, you must pay two per cent tax on what you make over $1,000. And If you are married, you must pay two per cent on what you make over $2,000. The tax for all of 1917 must be paid by June 1, 1918. All of the new taxes fall upon the average man. They have nothing to do with the "conscription of wealth." They are a part of the program of taxation to make each man, woman and child In the United States feel a direct personal part In the war. They apply to freight, passenger and express ex-press transportation, pipe lines, Pull-man Pull-man seats and berths, telegraph and telephone messages, Insurance policies, poli-cies, admissions to theaters and "movies" and to club dues. The effect ef-fect of most of them Is felt, therefore, in a slight rise In the high cost of living. The taxes are expected to net the federal government the following revenues rev-enues : Freight transportation $77,500,000 Express transportation.... 10,000,000 Passenger transportation.. 60,000,000 Pipe lines 4,500,000 Seats and berths 4,000,000 Telegraph and telephone messages 7,000,000 Insurance policies 5,000,000 Club dues 1,500,000 Admissions 50,000,000 The war tax on facilities furnished by public utilities Is now levied ns follows: Three per cent of the amount paid for transportation by rail or water or by any form of mechanical motor power pow-er in competition with carriers by rail or water, on freight consigned from one point in the United Stales to another. an-other. One cent for each twenty cents or fraction charged by express companies compa-nies for transportation from one point In the United States to another. Eight per cent, of the amount paid ! for the transportation of persons by rail or water or by any form of mechanical me-chanical motor power on a regular established line in competition with common carriers, from one point m the United States to any point In the United States, Canada or Mexico where the ticket is issued in the Unit-Mi Unit-Mi States. No tux is imposed on com- nnlMion nr Reason llcki-ts fur hips lesa than :) miles, or in cases where Hu' fare does not exceed :i."i cenls. Ten per cent of the amount paid for seals, berths or staterooms. If a mileage hook used for transportation trans-portation or accommodation was purchased pur-chased prior to November 1, 1017, or if easli fare Is paid, the conductor or iip-nt collecting the fare Is required In collect the tax. Five per cent on the amount paid for the transportation of oil by pipe line. Five cents for each telegraph, telephone tele-phone or radio dispatch originating in the United States where the chargj Is 15 cents or more. The foregoing taxes are paid by thl persons paying for the services ol facilities rendered. A carrier making no charge for transporting a commodity commod-ity because of Its ownership thereof, or for any other reason, Is required to pay a tax equivalent to the amount which would be Imposed If It received payment, except in the case of commodities com-modities which are necessary for its use In the conduct of Its business or the business of another line constituting constitut-ing a part of the same railroad system. sys-tem. Service rendered to th federal and state governments Is exempt from taxation. Persons collecting these taxes are required to make monthly returns and monthly payments to the federal government. The new levies upon Insurance take effect In the following manner: On life Insurance, eight cents on each $100 or fraction of the amount of the policy, except Industrial insurance insur-ance policies not in excess of $500 Issued on the weekly payment plan, In which case the tax Is 40 per cent of the first weekly premium. Policies o' re-insurance are exempt. On marine, Inland and fire Insur. ance, one cent on each dollar or fraction frac-tion of the premium charged under each policy Including renewals, but not Including policies of re-insurance. Casualty Insurance, one cent on each dollar or fraction of the premium charged under each policy (except Indemnity In-demnity and surety bonds, which are taxable under another title of the bill) Including renewals, but not Including re-lnsurnnce policies. Policies Issued by any corporation exempt from the income tax are exempt ex-empt from this tax. The person, partnership or association associa-tion Issuing such policies of Insurance Is required to make monthly returns and monthly payments to the government. govern-ment. For every ten cents or fraction thereof you spend on the movies you must turn over to the government one cent. Of course, the movie proprietors propri-etors may save you the Inconvenience of handling pennies by raising his admission ad-mission price a nickel, as many other persons selling goods affected by the war tax have already done. Here Is the way admission tax and the club dues levies will fall upon the public: One cent on each ten cents or fraction frac-tion of the amount paid for admission to any place including admission by season ticket or subscription, to be paid by the person paying for such admission, except in the case of children chil-dren under twelve, where the tax In every case Is one cent. Persons admitted ad-mitted free pay the tax on the basis of the charge made to other persons of the same class, except employees, municipal officers on official business and children under twelve. Where the charge for admission to a cabaret or similar entertainment is wholly or in part Included in the price paid for refreshment, service or merchandise, the amount paid is to be computed under un-der regulations to be prescribed by the treasury department. In the case of persons having the permanent use of boxes or seats, or a lease thereon, the tax Is equivalent to 10 per cent of the amount for which a similar box or seat is sold for the performance or exhibition at which the box or seat is used or reserved by or for the lessee or holder. These taxes xare not to be imposed in the case of a place where the maximum maxi-mum charge for admission Is five cents or for shows, rides or other amusements amuse-ments In outdoor general amusement parks where the admission Is ten cents or in the ease of shows, rides or other amusements (the maximum charge for admission to which is ten cents) within with-in outdoor general amusement parks, or in the case of admissions to such parks. Where the proceeds inure exclusively ex-clusively to the benefit of religious, educational or charitable societies or organizations, and in the case of admissions ad-missions to agricultural fairs, no tax shall be levied, provided none of the proceeds are distributed to stockholders stockhold-ers or members of the association. A tax of 10 per cent is imposed on the amount paid as dues or membership member-ship fees, including initiation fees, to any social, athletic or sporting club where such dues or fees are in excess ex-cess of ?12 per year, such tax to be paid by the person paying the dues or fees. Dues or fees paid to fraternal fra-ternal or beneficiary societies, orders or associations operated on the lodge system are exempt. Those collecting admission dues or fees are required to collect the tax and make monthly returns and payments pay-ments to Mie government |