The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-11-26
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN
pULGiNG IN LUxuRIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax Of $1O5, 100000
Levied-Beer Sears Erunt of
Burden.

Congress has levied war tax OF
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, it is estimated
will yield $31 ,0GO, 900; tax on the
capital stock of banks of $4.300,O0l
and tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea
ter tickets, etc, nla&es the remainder
Congress has decreed that the
brewer, the banker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and marcel
to the front; that milady who would
add to her beauty must first tip Uncle
Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas
ure and Protit--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 qualifications almost every line
! of business.
The market place has always been
a favorite stand for war revenue col
Iectors The trader is a great finan
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 oat1 neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition
and money is as important a factor
in war as blood. Many monuments
have been erected in honor of heroes
Slain in battles, poems have been writ,
ten eulogizinxs their noble deeds and
the nation honors it's 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.
|Ah Aioi1o4 W IlC OO1S0I lAdI
swers the call to arms and, when
the battle is over, bandages the
wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a
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
of 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 tc
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 it's competitor in
business, Industries may struggle for
supremacy in trade and occupations
may view each other with envy OF
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
nag, one cause and one country.
The luxuries in life have always
been the great burden-bearers in gov.
eminent We will mention a few O,
them giving the annual contributions
to the nations treasury: Liquor $780,.
100000; tobacco, $103,0O0.000; sugar
$54 100000; silks, $155O0,000; lia
monds, $3,s37 600; millinery, s2.479.
600; furs, So, O24 900 and automobiles
$S70,000. We collect $685., 600. 900 OF
internal and custom revenue annually
and $450,o0o,000 of this amount cIassi
fies as luxuries, and to this amount
we should add Che $100,O00,000 war tax
now levied