The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-12-04
THE PA TR|0T|C.
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS IN.
DULClNG IN LUxURIEs MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax Of $105, 100000
Levled-Beer Bears Brunt Of
Burden.

congress mas leVloO war lax VI
S1O5. 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 s31,0Oo.OOO; tax on the
capital stock of banks Of $4.300.000
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-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 It's
various ramificattons almost every line
Of business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
| It's 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
| favorite stand for war revenue col
lectors. The trader is 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
lealm 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
I 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 the
F, 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
| Of war; lift the weight from the Shout
6ers OF the poo Or and build a bulwark
around the nat ions credit.
Ali 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
nag. one cause and one country.
Tho Injuries in life have always
been the great burden-bearers in gov
eminent We will mention a few of
them giving the annual contributions
SO the nations treasury: Liquor, $780,
100000 tobacc Go, $1o3,Ooo.Oo0; sugar,
e54, 100000; silks, s15,50O.0O0; dia-
monds. 1897 900; millinery. $2.479,-
COO; furs, $2,024. 900 and automobiles,
$4,000 We collect $685., 100000 of
internal and custom revenue annually
s-nd $3.50, 100000 of this amount CLASH
fes as Injuries, and to- this amount
re should add the $100,000,000 war tax
row levied.
The war tax is Immediately effec-
tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
Industries are marching s100,00O,000
strong and beneath the starry flag
! they will fill the treasury again while
they shout. "IEurrah for Uncle SAM"
In every field of human activity the
demand for. more competent men and