The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-14
WAR TAXES ARE IN FORCE
INK WAS HARDLY COLD BEFORE
THE WIRESWERE WARM
Collectors of customs Received
Prompt Orders to Go to Work ON
the New Basic OF Collection This
MOrning-Beer and Manufac-
tured Tobacco Will BE the First
to Feel the Change.

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| to Feel the Change.
| Brewers and cigar and cigarette man
ufactqrers will this morning, begin to
contribute to the new war tax.
The president signed the war revenue
bill. I yesterday and the work Of the
treasury in making arrangements to
get at the sources of revenue was rapid.
| directed by telegraph as to what his
immediate duties would be, and before
noon today the government will be
| realizing In the new measure.
Collector Won Baumbach was not In
town yesterday, but his chief clerk pro-
ceeded at once to provide for the col
! lection of the new taxes. So far as
the instructions go the additional taxes
will apply only on beer and manufac-
| tCred tobacco. The other things Will
i come later, as soon. as stamps can be
supplied, and within a week or so every
check that Is cashed will have to bear
a stamp. just like package Of c.garet-
ties.
So far as this collection district is
concerned the most important addition
to the source Of revenue under the new
bill will be through the added tax on
beer. The increase is practicaly 100
per cent. The brewer is not going to
lose by the change, for William Hamm
said last night that all beer would be
| advanced in price to the retailer in the
| amount that the tax had been advance
ed. The tax on beer has been 81 bar
rel. The future tax will be 81 per bar
| rel, less the previous discount of 7R
Fer cent. Last month the revenue f. ON
! the beer stamps used in this district
amounted tc $49,602. During the COM
Ing month the revenue is likely to ap
proximaite 100000 for the natural in
crease in the consumpti Of the bever-
| age, added to the increased tax win
more than double the revenue of last
| month. .....
The rate on manufactured tobacco
and snuff has been cents per pound,
and this is just doubled. Formerly
| stamps were issued for packages of 2,
3 and ounces Now the stamps viii be
ounces. The revenue last month from
tobacco and snuff was SS12, and this
| will be pract cally doubled. ~
The addition tothe tax on CLEARS ard
cigarettes will provide for an imp Rant
i Increase. The old rate was 50 per 1000,
while the new tax will he at the rate Of
S3.f0 This app les speci ically to cigars
and cigarettes = weighing more than
| three pour ds to the 1000, and a there
are none manufactured in this di:trict
Weighing less than that the tax will
apply generally. 4! The increase is just
| CuS-l1l Ill d-O WI ddd at lCdSI tuOl
much to the sum of $11,SS2 that was
c. Fected las n on h.
The new stamps will be ready for
! issue at once on these articles, as the
instructions of the commissioner of rev.
| enue provide that rubber stamps may
be used and the new series put on the
| old stamps.
| A provision is made for the exemp-
ton of stocks of tobacco upon which
| stamps have been affixed, since April
! IA. The amount of these stocks are TO
be shown to the collector, and he will
admit Of the sale of. the packages if
the i7stocks include more than LOCO
| pounds of tobacco, or more than 10000
cigars.
The manufacturers of proprietary
| medicines are arXiouss to know when
the stamp law goes into effeet on their
products, andv thes; collector has. had
many inquiries. No Instructions have
as yet been received from the depart
ment, but will be received in a few
i days no doubt. The tax is at the rate
| of one-eightlh of a cent for every five
| cents retail value in the package, and
| five-eigths cent stamp will be issued
for packages that sell at a quarter.
The collector has as yet no informa-
ton as to the method of collection of
| the corporation, tax, or the tax on
| checks and other evidences of indebt-
edness. This latter will be easily dis
posed of, as the law simply requires
that the two-cent stamp that is yet to
be issued be pasted on each check.
/ Brewers and cigarmakers say that
they have no especial and common ar
rangement, but it is said by all of them
that the additional tax will be added
to the selling price of their goods.
There will be some additions to the
collectors office at once. A couple Of
additional clerks will be employed as
soon as the collector gets back-prob-
ably this morning, as he is only gone
to Alexandria-and number af addi-
+! tional inspectors will be SENT out to
investigate the statements of stocks
on hand reported by the tobacco man
| IF :.