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Show WAR TAX ILL M! VOTE House Debating Final Action of Measure That Reaches Every Citizen. HEAVY TAX ON PROFITS Postal Cards Two Cents and Letters Three Cents All Amusements Taxed. . WASHINGTON. Oct 1. The $2,700,-000,000 $2,700,-000,000 war tax bill, which is up for final action today in tho house, "catches" almost everybody from the cradle to the gravo, and for good measure, meas-ure, levies a fow new taxes on tho heirs. Baby's first dash of talcum powder will, under tho 2 per ceqt manufacturers' manufac-turers' tix on cosmetics, help Uncle Sam carry on the war and after death the federal collectors will be on hand to get the Inheritance tax, an advanco on the present rate of from 1 per cent on $50,000 to 10 per cent on $1,000,-000. $1,000,-000. Between birth and death, most of man's activities will bo taxed. Those who jave profited most by tho war, the recipients of enormous expense war profits, will pay the most to carry it on. Almost one-half of the tojal amount of the bill, or about Sl,-110,000.000 Sl,-110,000.000 is to bo collected from tliem. Letters Three Cento Tho person who writes a postal card will be caught, for cards will sell for two cents each by tho provisions of the bill. Letters will be three cents. One will bo taxed when he goes to a picture show if the admission Is over five cents, one-tenth of the cost of the ticket. That rato will affect all who attend amusements, from tho man in tho gallery to tho one in ine box. A host of stamp taxes designed to raise $30,000,000 also will get the man with little money In many ways. His greatest great-est consolation is that the consumption taxes, which would havo him pay on coffee, tea and sugar are stricken from the bill. All Classes Taxed Tho men of moderate means as well as tho wealthy are affected by the income in-come tax section. Normal rates have been doubled and exemptions lowered to $1,000 for single persons and $2,-000 $2,-000 for married ones. Surtaxes for incomes in-comes above $5,000 range from 1 to 50 per cent, the maximum applying to incomes in-comes over $1,000,000. This section is expected to raise $600,000,000. Included in tho taxes imposed on the manufacturers aro levies of one-quarter of a cent a foot pn motion picture films; 2 per cent on 'the sale price of chewing gum and 3 per cent on automobiles, auto-mobiles, musical instruments and jewel jew-el ry. High Tax on Drink and Tobacco Even drowning one's troubles in drink or sending them up in smoke will cost more, for the levies on all kinds of drink and tobacco soar. The new rate on whiskey is $2.10 per gallon, gal-lon, and beer $2.50 a barrel. Wine taxes will be- doubled and even grape juice will bo taxed a cent a gallon. A person cannot escape taxes by travel. Eight per cent is assessed on passenger tickets and summer tickets also pay a tax. |