Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-27
WAR TAXES LlGHTENED.

One of the most gratifying and sig nlflcant signs of the ending of the war Is the reduction of the war taxes. The signs of the conclusion of hostilities were so apparent that congress made reductions that were estimated to take at least $45 5,000, 900 from the burdens of the people. The following is q list of taxes that the people will not have to pay after Monday next:
 Bank checks, ? cents.
 Bills of lading for export, 10 cents.
 Bond of obligation by guarantee com pany, 1-2 of one per cent on each dol lar
 Certificates of damage, % cents.
 Certificates not otherwise specified. 10 cents.
 Charter party, $3 to $10.
 Chewing gum, 4 cents each $1.
 Commercial brokers, $20.
 Drafts, sight, cents.
 Express receipts, cents.
 Insurance-L Life, cents on each $100 marine, inland, fire, 1-2 cent on each $1 casualty, fidelity and guaranty, 1-2 cent on each $1.
 Lease, 25 cents to $1.
 Manifest for custom house entry, $1 to 50.
 Mortgage of conveyance in trust, 25 cents for each $1,500.
 Order for payment of money on sight, or on demand, 2 cents.
 Power of attorney to vote, 5 cents.
 Power of attorney to sell, 25 cents.
 Promissory notes, 2 cents for each S1OO. x
 Proprietary medicines, IS cent for each cents. '
 Protest 25 cents. Ia
 Telegraph messages, I cent
 Telephone messages 1 cent.
 United States money orders, cents for each $100. f4
 Warehouse receipts, % cents.
 These are the taxes that arelrepealed absolutely and stricken from the laws. They will save the people $22, 100000. Then thGre are others that are reduced or partially repealed. The chief of these are on beer, cigars, cigarettes, to- bacco, snuff, conveyances, bills of ex- change, sales of products or exchanges and passage tickets. These are ex- pected to carry the total reduction up to $45,000,000 There will still remain the taxes on bankers'capita and sur plus issues of stocks, bonds and certifi- cates of indebtedness, brokers, circus proprietors, billiard rooms, theaters, etc, sleeping and parlor car tickets, and inland drafts and bills of exchange. Some of these taxes are scarcely felt atsall and are likely to sremain after some qualifications of customs duties have been made |.
 After July 1 the government will re- deem unused stamps on certain con- ditions. Documentary and proprietary stamps must be presented within two years and in sums of not less than $2. I Satisfactory explanation must be made concerning stamps not in the same condition as when sold. Claims for the redemption of stamps on printed paper must be accompanied by the imprinted 1 paper and will pass through the hauds of the collector of the district in which the stamps were purchased and for warded to Washington. So much time is allowed for the redemption of these stamps that but very few will miss re- demption, except those that have been lost or retained as souvenirs.
 The tendency toward lowering of | the peoples tax burdens is as apparent in state as in federal legislation The largest public expenditures at present are those of municipal administration. l The cities are carrying forward import ant public improvements and building for the future.s The extraordinary gen. eral prosperity is the warrant for thls | We may reasonably look for occasional panics and hard times for which no amount of political sagacity can fur nish preventive, but the work now be- ing done, if it is well done. will avert the necessity for the same when there is less money and taxation would be more severely felt-New Haven Pal ladium.