Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
E U R 0 P EAN TAXES
REVENUES FROM TOOTH POWDER
MADE IN FRANCE

From Pearsons Weekly.
Though our country is content with tho
revenue raised from income taxes. dog and
game licenses letters patent of budding
paronets, armorial bearings. man-servant
ana similar taxes, other countries have far
more ingenious ways of raising the wind
lake france, for instance. She succeeds
IN raising &2S,C OoeO0 yearly out of stann
uuueS- When you visit gay Paris your no
ISl plu comes to you with a stamp on if
Every cheque drawn bears an extra RECENT
stamp across winch you must sign your
name. Iheatcr tickets must be slammed
Even posters on the boardings are etar,7I,.55
tHe Naiue varying with the size of the bin.
For municipal purposes its towns aIsn
@upPI FNeI eNpedients. Every morsel of
1000, drink and fuel must pay a tax. while
Paris puts an extra tax of ten centipes 10
penny on all spirits, besides nnuIctino Ia,,d u
lords with 2i2 per cent and tenants with
a / per cent tax. N-'
Germany At one time sent out charwomar
with instructions to inspect and tboroTgb
ly cleanse peoples houses If vas ,ot -,
so much with the idea Of cleanliness a. y,ith
me we" 10 raising money. And it was sue
cesSluI TO, for nearly million pounds
were added TO tho national funds
On another occasion only a cer+ai, biz,
OF tooth GoWcer was allowed to be sold in
lH~ STORES -'Ei't KIND made in the govern
IifHt -at'yfieS Rather than pay a stiff
price, people preferred not to use any denti
frlce a all ana so the tax failed in Ire mr.
pose. 80 80 pui
Austria is another country that has suc-
tTtoeu IN raising the wind by enforcing
SItdi' mess ipth Its people. Under a penaltV
OF SO Austria demands that every house
holder snail have his chimney swept by fine
government sweep at least once a month
Tor lear OF IRE She found the measure
most lucrative, as she charged a tax of Is
100. Tor every chimney cleansed
loHahd mas similarly levied several queer
. rdAgs. BESIDES imposing duty of two
PeECe On every person who entered a tavern
| before noon, she used TO levy taxes on those
VINO visited places of entertainment ON
marriages and on many other things
II a person were buried out of the dis
trlct to which he belonged his nearest of
| kin had to pay twice the amount that womb
| have had to be paid had the burial take
place III his own district Even boots ana
shoes were not exempt, regulated by the
the smaller the tax
To be exempt from military service In
| switzerland one must pay 4 tax of So a
year. no matter whether one be a crinpIe
or an invalid And if the bill is neglected
the Swiss is prohibited from entering any
beer garden or public entertainment until
the full sum is paid
Greece attempted TO raise the wind by
making efeiy smoker take out a license
! but as the smokers objected and made riots
| in the streets, she compelled her people to
purchase the na uonal emblem in the form
OF a small flying swallow These she bod
manufactured in bronze in very large
quantities charging a few pence for them
any perScn not having one in his or her pos
session being liable-to penalty.
Not few countries have lifted them
| selves out of financial difficulties by the aid
| Of postage stamps St Helena nets a pref
| " penny by the sale of surplus stamps; so.
| too. do the Canary Islands.
! Since 1892 the petty state of Paraguay
/ has issued over 1870 different stamps thus
| raising a considerable sum, while British
| Honduras. Congo Free State, among many
| other countries. have utilized the passion
| of stamp collectors as a means of raising
the wind.