Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-11-28
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN.
DuLGiNo IN LuxuRIEs MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax OF 100000, 900
Levied-Beer Bears Brunt OF
Burden.

Congress has levied war tax of
$105 100000 to Offset similar amount
OF loss on import revenue due to the
European disturbances and of this
amount beer Is the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed ap-
proximately $4,000, 900; stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, 1t is estimated
will yield $3l.000,000; a tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4,300, 900
and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea
ter tickets, etc, makes the remainder
Congress has decreed that the
brewer, the banker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
o the front; that milady who would
id to her beauty must first tip Uncle
am, and dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas
ire and Protit-the twin heroes Of
many wars-shall fight the nationr
battles and by an ingeniously ar
ranged schedule OF taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
'houlders of Necessity to those o.
hoice and Gain. touching In its
'arious ramifications almost every line
# business
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
IS country; that bares Its breast to
he fortunes of war and risks its life
o preserve the stability and integrity
2 fha nations cradff
The market place has always been
a favorite stand for war revenue col
'ectors. The trader Is great finan
ial patriot, His dollar Is the first t.
ally around the star-spangled banner
nd the last to hear the coo of the
owe Of peace. He Is called upon to
NY cennon; to feed and clothe tn
oys In blue and each month cheer
heir hearts with the coin of the
calm. Men can neither be free nor
rave without food and ammunition,
nd money is as important a factor
n war as blood. Many monuments
ave been erected In honor of heroes
lain In battles, poems have been writ
IN eulogizing their noble deeds and
he nation honors its soldiers while
hey live and places a monument upon
heir graves when they die, but verv
tile has been said of the dollar that
ears the burdens of war
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens OF War.
All honor to the dollar that an
wers the call to arms and, when
he battle is over, bandages the
Wounds of stricken soldiers, lays
wreath upon the graves Of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans.
All honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burdens
# war; lift the weight from the shout
ders OF the poor and build a bulwark
around the nations credit.
All honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer to
the comforts Of the boys who are
marching; cool the fever Of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross be-
side dying heroes.
A dollar may fight its competitor in
business, industries may struggle for
supremacy in trade and occupations
may view each other with envy or
suspicion, but when the bugle calls
they bury strife and rally around the
flag, companions and friends, mess
mates and chums, all fighting for one
flag, one cause and one country.
The Injuries in life have always
been the great burden-bearers in gov
ornment We will mention a few OF
them giving the annual contributions
to the nations treasury: Liquor, $3.50,
100000; tobacco, s103,000,O00; sugar
s54 100000; silks, $15,500,00O; dia.
monds, $3,837 900; millinery, $2,479,-
900; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles.
$4,000. We collect $685., 100000 OF
internal and custom revenue annually
and $3.50 100000 of this amount classi-
fies as Injuries, and to this amount
we should add the $100,000000 war tax
now levied.
The war tax Ia Immediately effec-
tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
industries are marching 100000. 900
strong and beneath the starry flag
they will fill the treasury again while
they shout, "Hurrah for Uncle SAM"
In every field Of human activity the