Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-18

is in the hands of the collector of in
ternal revenue, they will naturally be
on sale in the Offices of the district
collectors. Banks also will keep them,
they will be on sale in the various ex-
changes downtown, and in the busi-
ness centres of the city. Stamps OF
the kind that almost everybody will
want will probably be sold in drug
stores and retail dry goods stores, as
the ordinary postage stamps are today.
The whole thing will eventually re-
solve itself into perfect system. The
interesting question is whether the
government, in the short time it has
had to get ready, will be able to sup
ply enough stamps to meet the de-
mand of the first few days. If it is
not, there will be endless confusion
and interference with business. How
ever, the government is not generally
remiss in such matters, and there is
little danger of such u breakdown.
New York city's contribution to the
war fund under the new law will be
almost twice as much as that exacted
from any other city in the country.
There is very little to base calculations
on, but it has been roughly estimated
that this city will spend $4O,00O,OOO
annually in war taxes. There will be
no protest here. If it were twice as
much New Workers would stand it
without word.
The tax on beer is nominally 81 a
barrel. 1t will be 50 under the new
law. 1t is expected that something
like $4,OOO,0O0 a year will be realized
on beer in this city. The brewers have
refused to pay or even share the addi-
tional expense. They say that the
retailer must stand it. The retailers
are not satisfied with this plan at all.
They proposed sometime ago that the
government quadruple its present ex,
else charge, which is $25, and let them
off with that. This, however, did not
meet with the approval of the ways
and means committee, and they re-
iected it. Now the retailer must get
even on the consumer. He can do it
| in one of the two ways, either raise
the price a glass or make the glass
smaller. The bottlers of beer decided
some time ago to charge 5 cents more
a dozen for bottled beer, but the man
who sells it over the bar is still think
ing it over.
Many of the retailers are growing at
the refusal of the brewers to share the
tax. They say that the brewers are
really gamers by the new law, as the
government allows them rebate of
y cents on their stamps. BY charg-
ing retailers the full amount, they will
be getting just that much more bar
rel than they ever did before.
From the 10-cents-a-pound tax on
tea, the government expects to rea-
lie about S2O,00O,000 annually in the
country. New York's share of this,
based on the importations of past years,
will be about s5,00O,0O0. There will
be no tax on tea imported before July l.,
of course, and by that time Importers
hope to get in some 10000, 900 pounds.
This, however, will only be about one
fifth of the amount usually imported
each year. The importers and retail
ers will never stand the tax them
selves. Tea will simply jump up 10
cents a pound after July l and the
public will have to pay that much
more for it or 60 without.
Stamps will have to be affixed to all
papers relating to real estate transac-
tions-conveyances, deeds, leases,
agreements, or contracts, mortgages,
trusts deed and powers of attorney.
Real estate men in this city, who are
familiar with the revenue bill are Won
dering what the effect of the section
which impose tax of 50 cents per
$500 or fraction thereof on deeds and
conveyance where the consideration or
value exceeds S100i is going to be. For