The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-15
Tax QUESTION
IN LONDON IS
TO Be SOL We'd.
Before the Next Budget for
War and Other Purposes
is Made Up.

Correspondence OF AAso.,intcd Pres,
LONDON, Dec. What can We
taX next? is the question waich
financial advisers of the government
X are puzzltng oyer as the time draws
near for next ycar's budget. Nish
the cost Of war stoadily mounting.
any proposal that bids fair 10 realize
. few thousand pounds per year with
out Injustice 10 individuals and wit!l-
M out increased cost Of colifrti0n is
Wcrt.1 careful scfutiny The new
French taS on M WHO billy ex,raya-
CANT meals at Cafes and rcataurants
Us being fayorably wafcIsd from tbe
English side Of tho cl4aHnGi. ana az.
the same time eTautbc 8taal est ~
istinE items Ell p;Ih1ic Tcrrnpe are
befng examined to sco L tIiny cin w
made Ky yield morc.
Hritcr in Tho gcononfi 4 slSseats
q res isipn 81 tile nuuleroue licensc
duties. otlicI hin linrcr licenses lrai.
clsaETTie. = in;tlufaCt;rer al ItafrG,i tlf
EStsltine ot1Iy nag ntr pound -45@
number pf tll5G4s t& al1Gd I'm tc@E h: u
t3Ht1iS saE.s lE1 writer. but II TILL
believed that They could aafelv stand
q considerable Increase In ciiageea.
X s1Hillar increase Is possible in Tile
case of dealers in these coInn1oditics.
AItnQ4t lis much more could lie or
fees Tor selling patent medicines from
five shilling to pound These Ii
censeS, moreover. are at present col
lected only IN Great Britain, nnd
could be extended without great In
Justice to ireland rs WE'LL
1T must be said writes another
tax expert, That so small an annual
duty as five shillings ought never to
have been imposed for any purpose.
The cost Of collecting such n sum
once a year ig altogether out OF pro
portion to the revenue secured. Even
the dog tax. which at the present
rate of Is Sd ($1.S5) yields nearly
10000 pounds yearly. could certain
IL be increased without appreciablc
hardship
The present license fee charged.
for dealers In tobacco Is SIS Sd per
year. 1t Is proposed to increase this
to one pound, representing an In.
crease in revenue Of nearly 100000
pounds.
a doubling oflicense fees is recon-
mcnded for real estate agents and
dealers in gold and silver. The for
ner now pay from two to ten pounds,
The latter from two pounds six shilI-
lnEs to i've pounds fifteen shillings
An increase of about 10000 pounds
ayearsin the treasury's receipts could
be obtained by these increases.
Playing cards, which at present
pay three pence pack, may be ex-
pected to suffer an increase to per
haps six pence.
Other licenses which are likely to
be increased are the duties on male
servants. on carriages and motor
cars. the gun licenses and the IL
censes in connection with the hunt
ing or preservation of game The
tax on male servants may also be
supplemented by new tax on ali
households employing more than one
female servant The tax on male ser
wants at present is fifteen shilIings a
year.
"a year ago the exchequers proposed
the doubling OF the taxes on auto
mobiles, but this resulted in an al.
together excessive increase in the
duties OF the higher powered ears.
and the proposals were eventually
withdrawn. Any new proposals
which are submitted are likely to in.