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Show rsMifioEnF , TAX BILL SIGNED MEASURE PUTS INTO OPERATION MACHINERY FOR COLLECTING TAXES THIS YEAR. Higher I axes Put Into Effect at Once on Liquor and So-called Luxuries. Railroad and Theatre Ticket Tax Begins April 1. . Washington. Signing of the revenue bill by President Wilson en route to Washington on February 25 puts into operation the machinery for collecting six billion of taxes this year. Higher taxes went into effect at once on liquor and soft drinks, including includ-ing near-beer, grapejuice, sodawater and miner;U waters, and on tobacco and so-called luxuries. Anticipating the imposition of new taxes, thousands of gallons of whiskey h;id been withdrawn with-drawn from government bonded warehouses ware-houses within the lust week, with tax paid at the old rate of !j;o.20 a gallon, to escape the higher rate of $0.40 a gallon now effective. Articles in the "luxury" 'class on which new taxes went into effect include in-clude automobiles' and motor accessories, accessor-ies, pianos, sporting goods,- chewing gum, cameras, candy, firearms, slot machines, toilet soaps-and art goods. The tax is paid by the manufacturer. Other features of the tax bill which went into legal effect, but which are retroactive and which consequently are not practically affected by the time of the signing of the bill include the following : Taxes on incomes, express profits' and war profits; estates and inheritances inherit-ances ; and excise taxes on special businesses, bus-inesses, such as brokers, bowling alleys, al-leys, insurance companies, theatre and amusement place proprietors and liquor dealers. Drastic measures to prevent the narcotic drug traffic become be-come effective at once. On April T, new taxes on railroad and steamship tickets, pipe lines, insurance, in-surance, theatre admissions and club dues and a variety of stamp taxes Ire-come Ire-come effective. Levies against the excess ex-cess of value of so-called semi-luxuries, such as articles of dress, will be made after May 1. The soda fountain tax becomes effective May 1. Taxes on products of child labor will be imposed in sixty days. |