The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-11-24
THE PATRIOTIC
| DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN
! puLoiNG IN LUxuRlES MUST
- FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax of Sos 100000
- Leyled--Beer Bears Erunt of
" Burden.

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Congress has levied war tax Of
$I05, 900. 900 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 $50. 600, 900; stamp tax on
negotiable instruments, 1t is estimated,
win yield s31,000,000; tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4,000 900
and 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--shsll 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 ramifications almost every line
OF business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
its country; that bares its breast to
the fortunes of war and risks Its life
to preserve the stability and integrity
of the nations credit.
The market place has always been
q favorite stand for war revenue col.
iectors The trader is a great fnan-
cial patriot His dollar is the first to
rally around the star-spangled 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
boys in blue and each month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition,
and money Is as important factor
in. war as blood. Many monuments
have been erected in honor OF heroes
slain in battles, poems have been writ.
ten eulogizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors its soldiers while
they live and places monument upon
their graves when they die. but very
little has been said of the dollar that
bears the burdens of war
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Burdens Of War.
All honor to the dollar that an
swers the call to arms and. when
the battle is over. bandages th'
wounds of stricken soldiers. lays ,
wreath upon the graves of faller
heroes and cares for the widows AM
orphans.
All honor to the industries tina
bend their backs under the burden
of war; lift the weight from the shoul
ders OF the poor and build bulwarl
around the nations credit.
All honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer Z
the comforts of the boys who ar
marching: cool the fever Of Athlete
soldiers and kneel with the cross be
side dying heroes.
A dollar may fight its competitor i
business, industries may struggle 70
supremacy in trade and occupation
may view each other with envy o
suspicion, but when the bugle call
they bury strife and rally around th
flag, companions and friends, mss
mates and chums, all fighting for on
flag, one cause and one country.
The Injuries in life have Away
been the great burden-hearers in gor
eminent. We will mention a few c
them giving the annual contribution
to the nations treasury; Liquor, $3.50
100000; tobacco, $103,000,000; suga
s54,000.000; silks. $15,5OO,000; di
monds, s3,s37,o o0 millinery, STATS
600; furs, $2O24.OoO and automobile
$4,000 We collect $500, 900. 900
internal and custom revenue annual
and $3.50 100000 OF this amount class
ties as luxuries, and to this amoui
we should add the $l00,000,000 war Il
now levied.
The war tax is Immediately effe
tive. Tramp, Tramp! Tramp, Il
Industries are marching 100000, 0
strong and beneath the starry f;
they will fill the treasury again viii
they shout, "tInrrah for Uncle Sam
In every field of human activity Il