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Show THE PATRIOTIC i DQLLftR CONGRESS DECREES DOLLARS IN DULGINQ IN LUXURIES MUST FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG. War Revenue Tax of $105,000,000 Lovled Beer Bears Brunt of Burden. Congress has levied a war tax of $105,000,000 to offset a similar amount of loss on Import revenue due to the European disturbances and of this amount beer Is the heaviest contributor, having been assessed approximately ap-proximately 150,000,000; a stamp tax on negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $31,000,000; a tax on the capital stock of banks of $4,300,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, theater thea-ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder. Congress has decreed that the brewer, the banker and the Investor must shoulder the musket and march to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip Uncle Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure must first salute the flag; that Pleasure Pleas-ure and Profit the twin heroes of many wars shall fight the nation's battles and by an ingeniously arranged ar-ranged schedule of taxation congress has shifted the war budget from the shoulders of Necessity to those of Choice and Gain, touching in its various ramifications almost every line of business. All hail the dollar that bleeds for Its country; that bares its breast to the fortunes of war and risks its life to preserve the stability and integrity of the nation's credit. The market place has always been a favorite stand for war revenue collectors. col-lectors. The trader is a great financial finan-cial patriot. His dollar is the first to rally around the star-spangled banner and the last to hear the coo of the dove of peace. He is called upon to buy cannon; to feed and clothe the ooys in oiue ana eacn month cneer their hearts with the coin of the realm. Men can neither be free nor brave without, food and ammunition, and money Is as Important a factor In war as blood. Many monuments have been erected in honor of heroes slain in battles, poems have been written writ-ten eulogizing their noble deeds and the nation henors its soldiers while they live and places a monument upon their graves when they die, but very little has been said of the dollar that bears the burdens of war. Honor to the Dollar that Bears the Burdens of War. All honor to the dollar that answers an-swers the call to arms and, when the battle Is over, bandages the wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a wreath upon the graves of fallen heroes and cares for the widows and qrphans. All honor to the Industrtes that bend their backs under the burdens Of war; lift the weight from the shoul-; shoul-; tiers of the poor and build a bulwark ; around the nation's credit, i All honor to those who contribute ! to the necessities and administer to . the comforts of the boys who are marching; cool the fever of afflicted soldiers and kneel with the cross beside be-side dying heroes. A dollar may fight its competitor in business, industries may struggle for supremacy In trade and occupations may view each other with envy or suspicion, but when the bugle calls they bury strife and rally around the flag, com. .nions and frfendB, mess mates and , churns, all fighting for one flag, one cause and ine country. The luxuries In life have always been the great burden-bearers in government. gov-ernment. We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250,- 000,000; tobacco, $t03.000.000; sugar, $54,000,000; silks, $15,500,000; diamonds, dia-monds, ?3,S37,000; millinery, $2,479,-000; $2,479,-000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles, $S70,000. We collect $865,000,000 ot internal and custom revenue annually and $450,000,000 of this amount classifies classi-fies as luxuries, and to this amount we should add the $100,000,000 war tax now levied. The war tax is immediately effective. effec-tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the industries are marching $100,000,000 strong and beneath the starry flag they will fill the treasury an.in while hey shout, "Hurrah for Uncle Sara!" |