The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-04
STAMP on EACH PACKAGE
war Tax Applies to Small M Well ~
Large Shipments.

Collins, baby carriages, dogs, bicy-
cIes and marketing and many other
things will have to bear l cent
stamp to be carried by the railroads
and steamboats,.
BEGINNING next Tuesday, shippers
M small as we'll as large packages
and whole carloads over the railroads
Viii have to provide revenue stamps
and affix them on the packages or to
the bills Of lading. This is one OF the
provisions of the War Revenue Tax
bill It's understanding will be CT
benefit to those who now send their
marketing and other miscellaneous
packages on the trains. Whenever the
railroad makes charge for carrying
these packages the revenue stamp
must be affixed and must Be Cancelled
at the time it il attached.
The new law may cause embarrass-
meat and confusion at first to those
who are unaccustomed to its use, but
the railroads have instructed their
agents to give needed assistance when
patrons ask for it. In this way it is
thought the new system may soon be-
come SO generally known in its appli-
cation that the danger Of violating the
law may be lessened.
1t is in the shipment of small pack
ages and OF dogs and other domestic
animals, all of which will require the
stamp, that the most confusion is ex-
peCted to occur at first. To help out
in this matter it may be of advantage
to these shippers to know what arti-
Cles are subject to the tax of | cent.
A stamp for this amount must be at
tached and Cancelled before the roads
will accept the consignment.
IN the so-called package territory
adjacent to Baltimore, Philadelphia
AMI Washington combined in7Oice re-
ceipts must be issued with the proper
revenue stamps attached. The cost
OF the stamp must be paid by the
shipper and be Cancelled by the per-
son attaching it to the package with
his or her initials and the date. This
refers to all package shipments along
the lines of the Pennsylvania, West
ern Maryland and Baltimore and Ohio
out of the city to nearby points The
companies already charge for most OF
these shipments. The new law re-
quires in addition the 1-cent revenue
stamp, which must be on the package
before the roads will carry them.
Special provision will be made for
the shipment to points where the
companies have no permanent station
agents. In this case the roads will
assist by permitting the train crew to
help the patrons.
Among articles which will be SUB
ject to the tax and which are almost
in daily transit are the following:
Baby carriages, cribs, gocarts and
Children's sleighs, sleds, velocipeGes
and tricycles.
Bicycles, except bicycles unaccom-
panied by baggage between any points
wholly within the State of New York
Or wholly within the State of New
Jersey.
Camp equipage for campmeetings
and other public occasions.
Canoes, racing shells and other
kinds of boats.
Caterers supplies.
Collins, burial cases, ice boxes and
other funeral supplies.
Dogs, in boxes or crates.
Emergency shipments.
Homing pigeons, in baskets.
Packages and marketing tin pack
age territory.
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Small domestic pets.
Toboggans, skis or snow shoes
Baggagemasters receiving dogs on
chain from passengers at their cars
will issue receipt for charges collect
ed, to which 1-cent revenue stamp
must be attached by either passenger
or the baggagemaster.. The cost of
the stamp must be collected from the
passenger and the stamp must be
cancelled by the person attaching it
by writing or stamping thereupon the
initials of his name and the date.
Baggagemasters will procure revenue
stamps for this purpose from the
train conductor
In the case of transportation Of ar
tlcles subject to charge between nom
agency points, the train baggage
master making collections will issue
receipt. Revenue stamp must be at
tached and properly Cancelled.
Al the holiday season is approach
lng and many of the suburbanites will
soon be coming to the city for the
purchase of their holiday gifts for the
children. they will have to prepare to
meet this added cost to the toys and
other essentials they may send home.
Nearly everything Of this kind comes
Within the purview of the law and the
required internal revenue tax.
Revenue stamps will be sold at all
postotfices, and it is expected that
shippers will obtain their supplies
there. as the law requires that the
revenue stamp for bills of Iading must
De provided by the shipper However,
AZ a convenience to its patrons, the
railroads will endeavor to have their
agents and conductors supplied with
stamps, which may be sold to ship
pers.
Some idea of what a task it will he
Ior the Pennsylvania railroad east Of
pittsburgh alone, to see that the laws
mandates are carried out can be had
from the fact that it issues some 3d.
VVO bills Of lading and freight receipts
every day.