Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-12-24
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN.
DULGiNG IN LUxuRiES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax Of $1o5, 5,o0o, 900
IeVied-6eer Bears erunt Of
Burden,

burden,
Congress has levied a war tax of
$1O5, 100000 to Offset a 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-
Iproximately $4,000, 900; a stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, it is estimated
will yield $31 1,0O0,000; a tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4,3OO,00O
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
to the front; that milady who would
add to her beauty must first tip Uncle
Sam, and dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas
ure and Profit-the twin heroes Of
many wars-shall fight the nations
battles and by an ingeniously ar
ranged schedule of taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Choice and Gain touching in its
various ramihcations almost every line
of business,
All hail the dollar that bIeeds for
its country; that nares its breast to
tho Of ,c1r
to preserve the stability and integrity
of the nations credit
The market place has alwavs been
q favorite stand for war revenue col
lectors The trader is a great fnan-
cial patriot His dollar is the first to
rally around the starsrangled banner
and the last to hear the COO OF the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
buy cannon; to feed and clothe the
bows in blue and earh month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nDr
brave without food and ammunition,
1 and money is as irnortant a factor
In war as blood MANY monuments
have been erected in honor Of heroes
slain in battles. poems have been writ
ten euioei7iug their noble deeds and
the nation honors its soldiers while
they live and places a monument uDon
their groves whom they die. hut verv
little he's been said OF the dollar that
bears the burdens Of wor.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens Of War.
All honor to the dollar that an
Fwers the call to arms and, when
the battle is over, boudages the
: wounds Of stricken soldiers. laws a
wreath upon the graves Of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans
All honor to the industries that
bend their bocks under the burdens
Of war; lift the weight from the shoul-
dprs Of the poor and build a bulwark
around the nations credit.
All honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer tn
the comforts of the bows who a-a
marching; cool the fever Of afflicted
soldiers end kncpl with the cross be.
side diving heroes
A dollar may fight its connection IN
business. industries NAV struggle for
supremacy in trade and OCCUPATIONS
may view each other with envy or
Fuspicion, but when the bugle calls
they bury strife and rally around the
flag, comDanions and friends mess
rates 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
ernment We will mention a few Of
them giving the annual contributions
to the nations treasury: Louor $3.50,
coo COO: tobacco, $1O2 0oO nNO; sugar
SEA .0A0.0oN; silks, $15500 900; dia
ronds, 81 o@7 nO0; millinery. s9479,
coo; frrs. 50 O94 mn ard automobiles
1870 NNO We collect 1856. 600 600 o
interral end custom revenue annually
and $3.50 600 n0O of this amount classi
fes as Injuries and to this amoun
we should add the 100000, 900 war tal
now Ievicd.
The wor tax is Immediately effec
tive Tramp! Tramp! Tramo' the
Industries are marching S100,000,00'
strong ard beneath the starry Gas
theyIwtll i'll the treasury again while
they shout, "TIurrah for Uncle SAM!