The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
he PAT RIOTIC
DOLLAR
War Revenue Tax of Sl05,000 900
Levied-Beer Bears Brunt
o. Burden.

If Sl05, 10000 to offset similar
amount of loss on import revenue
ue to the European disturbances
md of this amount beer is the
heaviest contributor, having been
assessed approximately, So0,00O,-
co; stamp tax on negotiable
Instruments, it is estimated. will
yield S5l, 100000; a tax on the
.apital stock of banks of $780,
90, and a tax on tobacco, per-
uiIes, theater tickets, etc., makes
he remainder.
Congress has decreed that the
brewer, the banker and the in
vestor must shoulder the musket
and march to the front; that mi
lady who would add to her beau
ty must first tip Uncle Sam, and
4 dollar that seeks pleasure must
irst salute the flag; that Pleasure
and Proht-the twin heroes OF
many wars-shall fight the ma
tons. battles and by an inge-
uiously 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
ramifcations 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 sta
bility and integrity of the. nations
credit.
The market place has always
been favorite stand for war rev.
enue collectors. The trader is a
great financial patriot. His dol
lar 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 i'm
portant factor in war as blood.
Many monuments have been
erected in honor of heroes slain
in battle, poems have BEEN writ
ten eulogizing their noble deeds
and the nation honors its soldiers
while they live and places a mon
ument 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 the
wounds of stricken soldiers, lays
a wreath upon the graves Of fall
en- heroes and cares for the
widows and orphans.
All honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burd-
ems of war; lift the weight from
the shoulders of the poor and
build a bulwark around the ma
tons credit.
All honor to those who con-
tribute to the necessities and ad-
minister to the comforts of the
boys who are marching; cool the
fever of afflicted soldiers and
kneel with the cross beside dying
heroes.
A dollar may fight its compel
itor in business, industries may
struggle. for supremacy in trade
and occupations may. view each
other with envy or suspicion, but
when the bugie calls they bury
strife and rally around the flag
companions and friends. mess
mates and chums, all fighting for
one flag, one cause and one coun-
try.
The Injuries in life have al
ways been the great burden-bear-
ers in government. We will men,
ton a few of them giving the
annual contributions to the ma
tons treasury: Liquor. $780,
100000; tobacco, SlO3.0OO,OO0;
sugar, $54,000.0O0; silks. SIS, 5OO,-
900; diamonds, 1887 ,O00: mil.
inery. S2,47o,000; furs, S2.Oo4.-
700 and automobiles $4,000.
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