The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-06-29
EFFECTS OF WAR TAXES.
anev Will Hit n early all Citizens One Way
Another.
Ne,o York San.
or Another

A .,ome Jaw III ~" "1' - ~
sso @ that very small proportion of
%sa ' General public has given any
r. ,nsht to. The importers, manufac-
l. ,,srs iobbers, retailers, in fact, all
w., .,.bauts who hand their wares over
81 r : ,he general public for consumption,
rot been so remiss in this matter,
81 i the result is that most Of those
q come in for heavy taxes under
d. new bill have arranged things so
IN, their share Of the war revenue
81 III he paid by the consumer. Then
ghere are many other things in every
- use By the general public, such as
MI checks, deeds, mortgages, con-
.v,nces. notes and steamship tickets,
h., the individual himself must pay
h. tax on. There is going to be a
,e,t number of surprised citizens on
She first day that the new law goes
nto effect, which will probably be on
q i. because the articles taxed are
sspaDy.
q An interesting feature of the new
az is the new stamps it is going to
s. 3.ssut into use in this country. There
III be hundreds Of different kinds.
ar weeks the Government engravers
AYE been making designs and submit
i;pc them to the treasury department
lor approval. It is said that all of
he work has been completed, and
That the Government plants, assisted
the various bank note companies,
i re hard at work trying to turn out
Enough stamps to meet the demands
III the FIRST week in the life Of the new
au.
g The demand during that week will
Be tremendous. Every bank check
|bust bear stamp. Most men know
|hat there are thousands Of bank
S3becks issued daily in this city alone.
.lp the entire country there may be
.7hillion. Yet the stamping of the
4a5suk checks is just one item 10 the
Dist.
During the civil war and away up
Into the seventies, when there was
E3a1 on bank checks, the stamping was
Expedited by the banks, which entered
INTO an agreement with the Govern
8hent by means of which they were
SlloWed to stamp themselves whole
books Of checks. These books were
&eld to the depositors for the value Of
3he stamps they contained. Whether
Ahis method will be adopted now is
question. If it is not the depositor
ssil have to buy his own stamps and
}tick them on himself.
i As the distribution Of these stamps
8sin the hands Of the eollecsor Of
8nternal revenue, they will naturally
pe on sale in the Offices of the district
collectors. Banks also will keep them,
Obey will be on sale in the various ex-
&hanges downtown, and in the bust
Aess centres of the city. Stamps of
ahe kind that almost everybody will.
!3Fant will probably be sold in drug
stores and retail dry goods stores, as
9he ordinary postage stamps are to-
!83iay. The whole thing will eventually
9esolve itself into perfect system.
5lhe interesting question is whether
sthe Government, in the short time it
ah's had to get ready, will be able to
supply enough stamps to meet the
demand of the first few days. If it is
Spot, there will be endless confusion
SSand interference with business. How
f'er, the Government is not generally
2Fsiaiss in such matters, and there is
3ery little danger Of such break
3own.
New York city s contribution to the
Par fund under the new law will be
sslnost twice as much as that exacted
from any other city in the country :
3laere is very little to base calcula-
Iaons on, but it has been roughly esti-
mated that this city will spend $40,-
3W, ,oOo annually on war taxes. There
lsll be no protest here. If it were
pace as much New Workers would
Se'and it without word.
The tax on beer. is nominally 81 a
1 barrel. 1t will be So under the new
~ saH. It's expected that something
f'ke = 600, 600 a year will be realized
|.0 beer in this city. The brewers
)nase " refused to pay or even share the
il additional expense. They say that
3.ae , retailer must stand it. The re-.
a'lefs are not satisfied with this plan
= all. They proposed SHINE time ago
;.A' the government quadrurle les
present. excise charge, which is :s25,