The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-07
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
War Revenue Tax of $105, 900, 900
Levied-Beer Bears Brunt
of Burden.

Congress has levied war tax
OF $lO5, 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 approximately, $50,O0O,-
600; a stamp tax on negotiable
instruments, it is estimated, will
yield $3l,OOO,OOO; a tax on the
capital stock of banks of $780,
600, and tax on tobacco, per-
fumes, theater tickets, etc, makes
the remainder.
Congress has decreed that the
brewer, the banker and the in
weston must shoulder the musket
and march to the front; that mis-
! lady who would add to her beau-
ty must first tip Uncle Sam, and
a dollar that seeks pleasure must
first salute the flag; that Pleasure
and Profit-the twin heroes Of
many wars-shall fight the ma
tons battles and by an inge-
niously arranged schedule of tax
alton 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
tor its country; that bares its
, breast to the fortunes of war and
: risks its life to preserve the sta
bility and integrity Of the nations
credit.
; The market place has always
been favorite stand for war rev.
!, enue collectors. The trader is 4
great financial patriot. His dol
: lar is the first to rally around the
} star-spangled banner and the las
!. to hear the COO of the dove O
8 peace. He is called upon to bu,
: cannon; to feed and clothe tn,
! boys in blue and each month
cheer their hearts with the coil
: of the realm. Men can neither b,
- free nor brave without food ant
ammunition, and money is as i'm
>. portant factor in war as blood
X Many monuments have beer
erected in honor of heroes slail
in battle, poems have been writ
ten eulogizing their noble deed
y and the nation honors it's soldier
while they live and places a mon
: ument upon their graves whe,
| they die, but very little has bee
said of the dollar that bears tn
burdens of war.
Honor TO the Dollar That Bear
II the Burdens of War.
II All honor to the dollar that an
swers the call to arms and, whe
the battle is over, bandages tn
wounds of stricken soldiers. Law
I a wreath upon the graves of fall
| en- heroes and cares for tn
widows and orphans.
| All honor to the industries tina
bend their backs under the burd
ems of war; lift the weight fror
the shoulders of the poor an
build a bulwark around the ma
tons credit.
II All honor to those who cor
tribute to the necessities and ad
minister to the comforts of tn
boys who are marching; cool tn
fever of afflicted soldiers an
kneel with the cross beside dyin
heroes.
| A dollar may fight its compel
itor in business, industries ma
struggle for supremacy in trad
and occupations may view eac
other with envy or suspicion, br
when the bugle calls they bur
strife and rally around the fla.
companions and friends, mes
! mates and chums, all fighting &c
one flag, one cause and one cour
try.
The Injuries in life have a
ways been the great burden-beal
ers in government. We will mer
ton a few of them giving tn
annual contributions to the n;
tons treasury: Liquor, $3.50
100000; tobacco, SlO3,OOO,OOC
sugar, S54,000,O0O; silks, Sl5,5OO
900; diamonds. S3,S37 900; mi
linery, S2,H9.000; furs. S2,O24
600 and automobiles $4,000
The real problem oI nc farmf