The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-24
Here IS the Toll You
Non1 H0l1e to PdyEor
Democratic Folly

the President Is now In eject as 7
most of Its features
The exceptions are the specia
taxes In Section 3 on bankers
brokers ana proprietors OF theater
and circuses and the tax on tobac
60 dealers and manufacturers
which Will go into effect by specia
provision on November j. an
stamp taxes in Schedules a ana =
The stamp taxes are the one
hat will affect the average man o
he street. They will not go Int
erect until December J. Iner
are few other exceptions, ou
they are unim portant.
Adhesive Stamp Taxes Ehectlv
DECEMBER 4.
The adhesive stamp taxes ar
The ones which in most cases wi
tall directly on the average c1t1zer
Here they are:
Bonds, debentures. certifi-
Gates Of indebtedness by any
association company or cor
poration, new issues. $1oO
par value. each ave cents.
Sales or agreements TO sell
stock. 500 par value, each
two cents.
Agreement OF sale Of pro-
ducts or merchandise on ex-
change. each 800, one cent.
Promissory notes. except
hank notes for circulation
and renewals. each 500. two
cents.
and express, one cent.
Telegraph and telephone
companies, one cent on eacn
message over fifteen cents.
Senders of telephone or
telegraph messages on each
over Is cents. one cent.
Certificates of profits OF
corporations, etc, and trans
fer thereof. face value each
500. two cents.
Damage certificates. ETC..
twenty-five cents.
Other Certificates required
Sby law, ten cents.
Brokers' note or memoran
dunn Of sale, ten cents
Deeds or realty transfers
valued between 500 and
$500, fifty cents.
Deeds, same. each add
tfonal $500. fifty cents.
Entry Of goods at custom
house 500 value. twenty
ditto. not exceeding $500
value. fifty cents.
Ditto, exceeding $500 val
Entry for withdrawal of
goods from customs bonded
warehouse, fifty cents.
insurance of property.
new or renewed policies.
each 81, one-half of cent.
policies of insurance or
bond Of nature Of indemnity
for loss, each 81. one cent.
PASSENGER tickets by sea
to foreign ports costing less
than SO. one dollar.
Ditto, not exceeding $6O'
three dollars.
Ditto, exceeding SEQ. five
dollars.
vaseline, hair dyes, tooth
washes. graded in values OF
ave cents up to Is cents.
each Eve cents of value. one
eighth Of cent.
Ditto. valued from Is to
25 cents, five-eighths OF
s Ditto. each additional IS
cents retail, fve-eighths of
Chewing gum, etc., valued
less than 81 a unit, iouF-
tenths Of a cent.
Ditto, each additional 81,
four-tenths of q cent
Voting powers or proxies
ten cents.
tate, protests. TWEEN ty-hve
palace or parlor car seat
or berth, one cent.
The conference committe
changed the telegraph and tel
nl1nne tax to require the compar
to collect 1t from the person pa
ing for, the massage, In lieu
the WOE01Gt. sc AA$e'eSSA $50
&. The government viii collect z
sleeping car ticket tax from =
companies.
The tag imposed under the ne
law shall not be levied AFTER y
cember 81, 1915
Taxes on Drinkables.
The principal feature of the IL
q the tax on beer. which will
$50 barrel, or SO cents mo
Than is imposed under the la
mat existed up to today. The !.
5is 4 stamp revenue, and Is to
Inn posed on AL beer. lager bee
ale porter aud other similar ie
m ented liquor. proved, manufa
s,,rad. sold or stored in war
honse. or removed for consum
ton or sale, within the Unit
states, by whatever name SUI
LIQUORS shall be called
The new law also taxes Z
s,illed wines. domestic and II
5norted. when sold or oftered {
sale or consumption, as follows:
Per bottle or quarter pint
or less, ia cent.
Bottles CONTAINING more
than one quarter but nos