Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-08-16
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reason for the present need Of in-
creasing our national revenue. Con-
gress has seen fit to make an
appropriation Of more than $4,000
900 for improving rivers and har-
bors; it will probably pass the bilE
now pending to appropriate some
$3O,O00,O00 more for the erection of
public buildings in many cities and
towns throughout the country; and
1t has already committed the treas
ury to great expenditures to i'm
prove the common roads in all the
states. 1t is a conservative estimate
that about $200,0O0,O00 additional
revenue will be required to make
the books show a balance to the
good next June.
The revenue bill, which the House
OF Representatives has already pass
ed, and which the Senate will I'M
doubtedly accept without material
change, is avowedly framed on the
principle Of laying the full burden on
the rich. No one who is not a,
stakeholder in a corporation organ
lied for profit, unless his income ex-
ceeds $3000,-if he is the head of
family, $4000,-will contribute a
dollar more to the treasury than he
has paid in the past. Almost the
whole addition will come from those
whose income exceeds $4,000 a
year. The normal" income tax
that laid on incomes of more than
$4,000 and of less than $2O,OOO-has
been one per cent. It is doubled by
the pending bill; but as $4,000 for
family is exempt, the man whose
income is $4,000 will pay only $120
not a serious matter. The rate
increases with the size of the income,
lnsomuch that the possessor of an
income of $1,000,OOO will have to
pay more than $4,000 a year
Many of the states impose taxes
on the estates of deceased persons.
Now the general government will
exact percentage of the value of
every such estate that exceeds $780,
OOO. The inheritance tax also in
creases in rate from one per cent
on the excess of value above $4,000
until it reaches five per cent of the
excess above 100000.
Next, there is a wholly new ta2,
upon the gross receipts of all per-
sons and companies that manufact-
ure gunpowder or other explosives.
or any sort of firearms or cannon, or
ammunition Of any kind. The tax,
like those already mentioned, is
higher for the large than for the
small concerns. The bill readjusts
the excise duties on wines and on
manufactured tobacco; it also re-
quires all proprietors of theatres
bowling alleys, billiard rooms con-
cert halls and notion picture shows
to pay for licenses-and those in
large places must pay a higher tax
than those in smaller towns. FL
nally, it lays a protective" duty on
dyestuffs, in order to encourage
their production in this country.
The bill also orders the creation
of tariff commission. Both of the
great parties have at last come tc
an agreement that such commits
sion will be useful. It is to be non.
partisan, charged with the duty OF
collecting information in regard to
the working of tariff laws in general
and in detail, at home and abroad
and of communicating the same to
Congress to assist it in framing OF
amending tariff laws. Of course, il
can neither make nor change the
rate of duty upon any article
Congress would not, and could not
if it would.-The Youths Companion
Clean Hands.
Disease germs lead a hand to
mouth existence. If the human race
would learn to keep the unwashed
hand away from the mouth many
diseases would be greatly dimin-
ished. We handle infectious matter
more or less constantly and we con-
tinually carry the hands to the
mouth. If the hand has recently
been in contact with infectious mat
ter the germs Of disease may in
this way be introduced into the body.
Many persons wet their fingers with
saliva before counting money, turn
ing the pages Of book, or per-
forming similar acts. In this case
the process is reversed, the infection
being carried to the object handled,
there to await carriage to the mouth
of some other careless person. In
view of these facts the U. S. Public
Health Service has formulated the
following simple rules of PERSONAL
hygiene and recommends their adop-
ton by every person in the United
States.
Wash The Hands Immediately
Before eating,