Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-17
Bills Of Ladiug Will Alss Help the
Treasury of Nation.
DEATH DUES CONE FROM THE STATES
Empire to Take ash Once Claimed by II,
Subo1dinates.
sash MUST Be RaloeD FOR THE NAVY
Nearly Billion Dollars to he Ex-
pended on Vessels In Next Twelve
Years, According TO Present
Plans.

LIN Dec. 16.--(Special Cablegram to
The Bee.)-The fiscal question continues to
attract az much attention in Germany as
II does in Great Britain. The semi-official
statement showed that 1t is proposed TO
raise the balance of the $50 100000 or $32,
oO0.00O Of necessary additional revenue un-
provided by the contemplated increase
In the duties on beer and tooacco, by
variety of methods. First it is proposed
TO raise the sum of $40, 10000 from a stamp
duty on bills of freight and bills Of lading
for inland navigation and inland traffic on
the railways. Secondly, the provision of
S,OCO,OOO is anticipated from the imposition
Of d stamp duty upon steamship and rail-
way tickets, but the duty will not apply
to ea-going traffic, In order that this traffic
may not be hampercd against foreign com
petition. Tho scale of duties will vary
according to the price Of the ticket No
ticket will be dutiablc which cost less than
two marks and the result of this restriction
will be to make fourth-class railway tickets
free of duty for distance OF 100 kilometers
and third-class tickets free of duty for the
distance of sixty kilometers
Further it is proposed to raise something
like Sl,000,00o by imposing an annual tax of
from 100 to $50 marks on motor cars. ac-
cording to their size, and n duty, the
amount of which is not stated but which
will vary in accordance with the horse
power. Motor cabs. motor omnbusses and
motor carriages for the conveyance of
goods will he excepted The hope is ex-
pressed that the motor car industry will
not be prejudicially affected by the new
tax which is expected to fall principally
upon the well-to-do section of the COM
munity.
Another 100000 is expected from the
contemplated imposition of receipt stamp
duty of ten pfenngs upon receipts for
amounts over s..
Imperial Death Duties.
There remain some $l2500.000, which ii is
proposed to raise by the Introduction of
imperial death duties. These will be i'm
posed upon inheritance on a scale ranging
from to 20 per cent in accordance with
the degree OF kindred OF the heir and
the value OF the inheritance. Inheritances
under SIS will be exempt from duty and
the lowest tax on the scale will be i'm
posed upon inheritances exceeding $685. 900
In value When the heirs are the children
or the husband or the wife of the testator
the inheritance remains free of duty 1t is
anticipated that this tax will yield some
$l2,b0O,UuO; but at least one-third OF the pro-
oeeds will be restored to the federated
states in order to compensate them for the
revenue which they have hitherto derived
from their state death duties, since they
will now surrender this source OF income
in favor of the empire.
Apart from this restriction the amount
OF the proceeds of the death duties which
will be appropriated by the empire is to be
determined from year to year by the an
nual finance bill in connection with the
estimates. The amount of the appropria
ton bill will be decided in accordance with
the necessities of the budget after othe
available sources of revenue have been ex
hausted Among such available sources o
revenue the matricular contributions OF
the federated states will continue to b'
reckoned, but they must not In future ex
ceed in amount the repayments which tho
states receive from the empire.
The North German Gazette observes:
The conjecture which during the last few
days has found expression in the press L
the separate states from all uncompen
sated matricular contributions Is incorrect
The highest amount 2 Of ss such ox1S Sseompe1
pfennigs per head of the population, which
means that the constitutional obligation
incumbent on the states in this respect VIII
not be removed but will only be financial!
limited in it's application. Taking the popu
lation Of the country at 6O'oOUO, the sun
contribute IN given year would thu
amount to 81, 00.0O0. ana II would increas
with the growth of the population.
Meanwhile the main financial feature
OF the German navy proposition are beinl
discussed at great length. The main finan
cial features are as follows: The tota
expenditure upon the navy for the mex
twelve years will amount 10 ss26,Ooo.Ooo.
this sum the ordinary estimates will hav
to bear S475 1000 for recurring expendi
ture, and also a portion Of non-recurrin
expenditure, which, in accordance with tn
financial regulations OF the last navy Law
works out at $3.50 900, or in all $50, 900 OO
This represents ss5OOO,OOO as the averag
annual expenditure which will have TO b
met out OF the ordinary revenue.