Roosevelt Standard | 1918-07-10 | Page 7 | Worse than the Barbers Union

worse than the barbers barbere union in 1 n tl the ic r ci g n ot of E elizabeth 1 i za be t h ev every e r y beard of f a fortnights fort 0 t ni nights g h ts g growth r 0 w t N A as s subject u 1 eject to i tax of 83 cents peter the great in 1709 1705 imposed a tax upon the beards of the russian nobles of rubles while the common peoples beard tax amounted to 1 kopec this tax caused much dissatisfaction faction but in spite of tills this the file impost was extended to st petersburg in 1714 the tax tas on beards was confirmed by catherine 1 I in 1728 by peter 11 II in 1728 by empress anne in 1731 and in 1743 by the empress elizabeth