The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-13

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The tax will be based, of course, on the
last report of the banks. which will be
those made at the end of this month. The
total tax upon them will vary but little
from the figures given above.
Eight regular bond and stock brokers
here Will pay $50 each as a license tax. Ev-
cry time one of them sells 100 shares of
stock it means 50 more, either out of his
pocket or the pocket of the man who own
ed the securities. Then there are eleven
money brokers in Savannah. These Will
probably be under the same $50 tax Nine
pawnbrokers doing business here will pay
$50 a year to the government for the priv
ilege. Merchandise brokers are under the
same tax. There are about twenty-five
of them in Savannah The aggregate di-
rect tax on the brokers' of all classe in Sa-
vannah will accordingly be about $1,000
Insurance agents are another class of
Savannah business men from whom the
government will require a license tax.
They will pay Sl2 each. There are about
forty of these gentlemen and they win
yield about $500 to the war account. The
proprietorS of the theater and the two
music halls on Broughton street will pay
500 to the government for the privilege of
catering TO the public's desire for amuse-
ment. That means $500. There is also
provision in the bill putting a license tax
of SO on all other public entertainments.
may be construed into a tax on all enter
tainments where there is charge for
admission. If SO there will be a decided
diminution in church concerts, etc, In Sa-
vannah Billiard rooms must pay IS for
each table. This will net several hundred
dollars i'm this city.
IL Is when business documents are con-
sidered that it is made apparent how thor
ouShly the work of creating sources Of rev
Cnue has beer done by the congressional
committees There is not any form of bus
iness paper that VIII not be subjected TO
stamp tax ranging from one cent up to s.
or more. Every time q Savannah police
man in his endeavor TO hold his job pays
an cid bill of more than IS, and receives a
receipt the creditor must put a one cent
stamp on II. With every other class OF
citizens it is the same. Under penalty of a
fine Of $1,000 or five years at hard labor in
penitcntiary CreGitor--is not apt to for
set TO offer the stamp required by law.
hin collectors will have to so supplied
with stamps for tho purpose. AS there Is
a small army of them in Savannah. and
thousands Of accounts are collected every
month, the income the government
will derive from this source alone in this
city viii not be small. This Is a tax on
the creditor class and 1t should make the
Popuhst party happy.
The one-cent stamp will he the smallest
used in general business every time a Sa-
vannah merchant. or any other Savannah
ian, sends a telegram after the law goes
into effect, a stamp OF that denomination
must be put on 1T before the telegram
company receives 10. To the great mass
of the people sending hardly more thai
a telegram or two i'm year this does NOT
mean much. But TO the Wholesaler on
Congress or BrouShton street. or the Bav
20 the ship broker 20 the cotton houses
70 the naval stores exporters and lumber
3 a. lar
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