The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-16

effect and from Maine to Mexico the peo-
pie through direct taxes are paying the |
expenses of the war with Spain The Sec /
rotary of the Treasury gives the following |
dates when the various provisions Of the |
new revenue law go into effect:
July t-Adhesive stamp taxes.
July 1-All special taxes.
Aug. 12-Adulterated flour tax.
June 14-All other provisions Of the law.
The following is list of the articles on
which taxes must be paid: Beer, banks, |
deposits, checks, certificates of debt, bills
OF exchange, bills of lading, receipts, |
drafts, brokers, amusements, billiard ta-
Dies, bowling alleys, tobacco, cigars, Gig
arettes, insurance policies, leases, custom
house manifests mortgages, foreign pas
sage tickets, proxies, power of attorney,
protests of notes, ETC., warehouse receipts,
medicines, chewing gum, wines, petroleum
and sugar reflnerieB, palace and parlor car
seats sleeping car berths, inheritRnoes
and legacies, sales and transactions, tele-
phone messages, kilograms, indemnifying
bonds, certificates OF stock, certificates Of
damage, charter parties contracts and
brokers' notes, memorandum of sale,
custom house entries and Withdrawals,
mixed -four tea
The following list gives the principal
articles of consumption with the tax that
shall be paid by each. The revenue rails
ca from this source will approximate 81
100000 a day;
BeOr and Ale. .,...,.,......85 a barrel
Tobacco. .....-.. ..s,.s.s.12c pound
Cigars 50 per 1000
Cigarettes. ............ $500 per 1000
Bank checks. .............'..2c stamp
Manifests of express package ..1O stamp
LOng-dIstance telephone call. ..... 10
Telegraph message. Recommendations. 10
1ndemnifying bond. ............... 500
Lfe-insurance policy, for each 800. 100
Benefit Society Insurance-4O per cent.
of first weeks premium.
Fire InsuranCe-O ne-half of 1 per cent.
on each dollar insured.
Lease-One year, 25C; 8 years, soc; over
years, 81.
MOrtgage-Under $1,000, a6o; for each
$500 over 81 800, 25o.
Passage 10 Foreign Countries-Nct exc
Ceeding $50, 81; not exceeding $50,
%, over $50, 80.
Patent Medicine-FOr each So value, one
eighth of per cent.
Perfumery-FOr each 90 value, One-eighth
OF per cent.
Wine. .'................. lie a pint
OIL and Sugar-Reflners are taxed one
fourth of per cent. on gross receipts
exceeding S25O,OOO.
Mixed Flour. ACCOMPLISHMENTS a barrel
Tea. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Zoe pound
The additional tax on all fermented liq-
uors stored in warehouses and already
stamped is to he assessed and collected.
Brewers are allowed ~ per cent discount
on stamps purchased. Other taxes that
went into effect with the signing Of the
bill are an additional tax of cents
! pound on tobacco and snuff, an addition
| al 60 cents a thousand on cigars and
cigarettes weighing more than three
| pounds to the thousand and an addition
! al 30 cents a thousand on cigarettes
| Weighing not more than three pounds to
| the thousand. one ounce package of
smoking tobacco, and one and two-thirds
| ounce, two and one-haf ounce and
three and one-thiTd ounce packages
! Of tobacco and snuff are author
| lied in lieu of two, three and four
| ounce packages. Dealers having a stock
| on hand in excess Of coo pounds of tobac-
co. or 10000 cigars or cigarettes, stamps
| affixed subsequent TO April IA at the old
| rate, must make re, urns to collectors
! within thirty days for assessment of a
| tax equal to one-haf the difference be-
! tween the tax already paid at the time
! of removal from the factory and the new
! rate. The excess on hand only is to be
| returned, and the tax will be assessed on
the excess, which win be paid to collect
| ors after notice. No additional stamps
| are to be affixed 10 such stock on hand.
! Upon gross receipts of persons, firms,
] companies and corporations engaged in
| refining petroleum and sugar, or owning
| or controlling any pipe line for trans
! porting oil or other products in excess of
| $3.50, 900, tax of one-Quarter of / cent an
! nually is imposed, which is now in effect.
| Returns are TO be made monthly An inn
! port tax of 10 cents a pound is imposed
upon tea, which takes effect Immediately.
The following special taxes take effect
| on and after July l: Bankers, gradual
commercial brokers, 800 custem-hoyse
| brokers, $40; proprietors of theaters, 500,
| proprietors of circuses, 800; proprietors of
| shows for money. SO; proprietors of bowl
ing alleys and billiard rooms, for each all
ley or table IS; dealers in leaf tobacco
! graduated, minimum S.: dealers in tobac-
co whose sales exceed 80 600 pounds, S12;
| manufacturers of tobacco, graduated
| minimum, Sc; manufacturers OF cigars,
| graduated, minimum, Sc; manufacturers
| and packers of mixed -four, $12 The last
! tax is not imposed until sixty days after
| the passage of the act, which would make
| 1t effective Aug. IL. 1898. All persons en-
! gagged in the business on that date are re-
| Quired to make returns before the end of
| August and pay the special tax, reckoned
from Aug. /. 1898. to the first day of July
| following.
/ Wall Street hit Hard.
1t will delight the hearts of many per-
! sons to know that the Cigarette fiends''
must contribute very largely to the tax.
| On the S,00OOO0,000 cigarettes which they
! annually consume the tax will amount
to about 100000 more than now. AL
! ready the dealers are announcing their
! new price lists. Packages of six cigar
! cites of the standard cheap brands win
! be sold for the same price as packages of
! ten are now being sold for. Men of money
| who hold seats on the EXCHANGES will
| have to pay their share toward helping
| Uncle Sam win his fight against Spain
! also. The tax on the transactions of the
! New York stock exchange alone viii
! amount to 100000 a year and the other
! exchanges viii nav In nronnrtinn prnh-