The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1915-01-28
The: PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES poELARslN
DuLGING IN LUxURlEs MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax Of s1os;oooooo
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Congress- has levied q war tax OF
t105, 100000 to Offset q 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 $%50.000,060; stamp tau On.
negotiable instruments, 1t 10 estimated,
will yield $31,0OO,000; q tax on the
capital stock Of banks Of $4,300,6O0.
and q 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
tosthe front; that milady who would
addfto her beauty must first tip Uncle
Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas.
ure and Proft-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 ii It's
various ramifcations almost every Hne,
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 stability and integrity
of the nations credit.
The market place has always been
q favorite stand for war revenue coll
lectors. The trader is a great fnan.
cial patriot. His dollar, IL 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 chesr5
their hearts with the coin Of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition.
and money is 40 important a 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 It's soldiers while
they live and places a 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.
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 fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans.
ALI honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burdens
Of war; lift the weight from the shoul.
ders ofsthe poor and build q bdlwark
around the nations credit.
All 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 It's 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
flag, one cause and one country.
The luxuries in life have always
been the great burden.bearers In gov.
eminent. We VIII mention q few of
them giving the annual contributions
to the nations treasury: Liquor, $780,.
100000; tobacco. $1O3.000,0OO; sugar.
$54.0oo,000; Silks $%15,500,000; did.
monds. s3,s37, 900; millinery. STATS.
600; furs, $2,024.000 andAautomobiles,
100000. We collect $685., 100000 Of
internal and custom revenue annually,