The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-13
ACCUSTOMED 1
TO WAR TAX.
People Generally NowH Have
a Good Idea of the
Measures Operation.

Wilmingtonians now have a good idea
OF the operation of the war tax bill The
little adhesive stamps denoting the pay
ment of the taxes under the law are now
sticking to a large number of dissimilar
articles. Millions of Thorn have been sold
by the government, and they are found
everywhere. Peri Ons unacquainted with
the law soon are informed as to soioe one
or other OF Its provisions. When they
hand in u telegraph dispatch for trans.
mission over the wires they learn that such
me sage may not be sent until one
cent revenue has been affixed to it. People
able to draw chocks arc fortunate enough
to receive then, learned long ago that a
two-cent stamp must be pa ,te1 OH each Of
will cash them.
Patrons Of the express companies AMI
shippers OF goods by railroad and steam
boat lines have also learned that receipts
for goods and bills of lnding must be
stamped. Then there are the medicinal
proprietary articles perfumery and cos
metics, which must BIZ stamped according
to their retail prices. These articles EN-
b. ace Il large part Of the contents of the
drug stores, and include vaseIine, hair oil,
hair dressing, hair dye, tooth washes and
similar preparations Marriage IS even
more costly than heretofore. q 10-cent
stamp being required On each of the two
certificates attached to marriage licenses
issued In Maryland. The most costly
Stamps are for deeds and mort cages the
highest denomination being $50
10 avoid tho necessity Of pas ing two
cent stamp on each check the govern
ment has authorized the imprinting OF
such stamps on checks BY firms in differ
parts of the country. Yes ertiay Mes.rs.
Gnggenheimor, Well g. CO., of Baltimore.
We're appointed to do such work by Inter
nal Revenue Commissioner scott. The
government authorizes the i,nprintng up
on checks, but not upon commercial pa
per. The imprinting OF stamps upon any
other paper then checks will not b. au-
thoriz1d. it is understood.
Messrs. Gu ygenheime We'll aud Co. will
perform the work for Bal more and vcln
ity and for pe.sen' in any other section Of
the country who chJ to secure their
checks from the firm. Heretofore orders
for imprinted cheeks received by Collector
Parlett in Baltimore have been sent to
New YORK. Thosu ordering imprinted
check, must pay 81 II thousand for The i'm.
printing besides the prizes OF the stamps
and the cos of the work. The firms doing
the imnrinting are each bDnde for S.1-
0O), and II revenue officer is detailed to Sd
iervse the wtrh In the p:iutiny Office
Decisions from Washington on tho nu-
nerou, questions raised as to the nterpre.
tntion OF the various provisions of the war
tax bill are being received from Washing
Ior daily by Colector Parett. Olc re.
ceivc yes erday wns n to the taxation of
wines When bottled for sale Tho com-
missioner decided that kettles. pitchers
demijohns and jugs containing wine do
not require tax stamps unle-s of such siZs
aud material us to show them to be sd
flr bottles or MS substitutes for bottles for
tho purpose of evading he tax
Prompt returns are being made to Col.
lc or Parlett by the banks throu .huut
HIS district. Now that tho rush for adhu-
svn stamps is over, the work Of collecting
thee and other special taxes can BE- pro
ceeIed with, In IL short time it is expec-
tod everything in connection with the col
lection OF the war tax will be working
smoothly.