Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-12-10
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEGREES DOLLARS m.
pULoiNo IN LrKuRlEs MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax Of fo5,ooo,o0o
Le"led-Beer Bears 7runt Of
Burden.


Congress has levied a war tar OF
si05, 000, 900 TO Offset a similar amount
Of loss on import ven due TO the
European disturbances and OF this
amount beer IL the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed az.
proximately $780, C0. 900; q stamp tax on
negotiable instruments. It is estimated.
will yie!d S31. 900, 900; a tax or the
capital stock OF. banks Of $4,000. 900
and c 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 mllady who would
add to her beauty must first tip Uncle
Sam. and q dollar that seeks pleasure
must first salute the flag; that Pleas
ure and Proht-the twin heroes OF
many wars-shall fight the nations
battles and by an ingeniously az
ranged schedule OF taxation congress-
has shifted the wal budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those OF
'hoice and Gain, touching In It's
arious ~ramifcations almost every line
u business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
Is country; that bares It's breast to
the fortunes OF war and risks it's life
o preserve the stability and integrity
Of the nations credit.
The market place has always been
q favorite stand for war revenue col
lectors. The trader Ia q great inan-
| 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 iced 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 Ia 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 eulogizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors It's soldiers while
they live and places n monument upon
their graves when they die, but very
httle 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.
swe1 the call to arms and. when
the battle IL 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
10 the necessities and administer 10
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, NIL fighting for one
flag, n cause and one country.
The Injuries in life have always
been the grent burden.bearers in gov
eminent. We will mention n few OF
them giving the annual contributions
TO the nations treasury: Liquor, $3.50.
O00. coo; tobacco. si03 GOO. 900; sugar.
S54 GOO, 1000; silks. si5,5 500, 600; dia.
monds. $3.s37, 900; millinery. s2.479,-
900; furs. s2.O24. 900 and automobiles.
$50 900. We collect secs. 900 900 of
internal and custom revenue annually
and $3.50, 900, 900 OF this amount classi.
ies as Injuries. and to this amount
we should add the $l00.O0o,00O war tax
now levied.
The al tax is Immediately effec-
tive. Tramp Tramp Tramp the
Industries are marching 500. O0O. 900
strong and beneath the starry flag
they will Ill the treasury again while
they ehout, "Hurrah for Uncle SAM"
In every field Of human activity the