South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-06
WHISKY DEALERS
HERE HIT HARD
Heavy War Tax on Stock on
Hand May Send Up Retail
Prices.

pay $1,000 70 $4,000 war tax on
whisky that they have stored in
their cellars as the result of snap
ping up the bait thrown out TO them
some time ago by distillers. AS the
result retail dealers here will cut
down the size OF their glasses. ad
vance the cost of bottled beer five
cents. and sell no whisky for less
than - cents per glass.
Where heretofore whisky cost the
dealers 81 per bottle the tax on the
spirit is now so cents. The tax on
wines and cordials has doubled. The
distiller now pays S1.10 on his whis-
ky per gallon. IL costs the retailer
$500 per gallon. o. so cents more
than before the tax went into ef-
feet
One local saloonkeepcr stated Fri
day that a meeting OF the South
Bend men would probably be held
this afternoon or Monday afternoon.
There is some talk OF charging 10
cents per glass for beer. but this is
hardly probable in view of the fact
that most dealers have cut down the
size of their beer glasses from eight
10 seven ounces. Two-Ounce whisky
glasses are being used in place of
the old two and one-half ounce re-
ceptacles
Costs One Man 81 1000.
II seems that several months ago
representatives OF distillers visited
South Bend and induced several To-
ers TO invest in a large store
OF spirits and cordials. The eager
ness upon the part of one man to
comply with this proposition in the
belief that stock on hand would not
be taxed in excess of the old levy
will cost him within a few weeks
something like $4,000. Other deal
ers have made themselves liable
from that amount down TO $1,000
additional tax.
An inventory blank forwarded 20
loonkoepers by the government.
due oct. 4, will have TO be filed
within the ensuing y days.
Tobacco Dealers Get Notice.
Word was received by cigar deal
ers here late yesterday afternoon
from internal revenue headquarters
at indianapolis through George II.
Hess OF the deputy collectors office
here that the war tax bll which
was passed oct. will call for one
half OF the tax Immediately.
The bill states that an inventory
of all tobacco in stock must be made
Immediately by the cigar dealers
and filed before oct. 10. One-half
of the new revenue will be levied
on all such stock and any stock
taken in before Nov. IS. After Nov.
the full tax will be called for. ac-
cording 10 the bill
All cigars selling from four TO
seven cents which. until the passage
of the new war tax bill, oct. 9, were
taxed So on the thousand will have
an additional tax of 80 cents per
thousand until Nov. 8. After that
/ the additional tax will be 81, max
( ina, a total tax of 81 per thousand
ON all cigars selling from four TO
seven cents apiece.
The tobacco dealer with such
cigars on hand at present should
make an inventory OF them. He
/ will then have 10 pay soc addition
\ al tax 10 the 80 which was the tax
originally on every thousand he has
+ in stock This additional soc will
/ also have TO be paid on every thou
sand cigars taken in up until Nov
%. when the full additional tax,
which will be 81, will have TO be
/ paid.
Up until the time of Oct. 3 there
| had been but a tax of So a thou
sand on all cigars. regardless of the
/ price for which they sold. With the
ew bill! in effect cigars selling
/ from four to seven cents will call for
a total tax of 81 a thousand. cigars
/ selling from seven 10 > cents will
/ call for total tax of SO thou
sand. those selling from Is 10 20
cents will call for a total tax Of IS,
4 and those selling for 20 cents and up
will call Tor a tax of SO.
New Taxes i'm November.
However. these new taxes will not
he called for until Nov. g. Until
then only one-half of the tax will
be called for. For instance, il one
cigar dealer in the city has 5000
cigars on hand that sell for 1Oc a
piece then he Will be required 20
pay in addition TO the So tax per 80
geo he has already paid an extra
I Lou per lsVNVt d the new TAX on
such cigars is So per 1000. This
is a 81 raise over the original tax.
But as he is only required TO pay
one-half Of the new tax Until Nov.
I o. the additional tax he will have 10
/ pay is $50 per 1000. But after
/ Nov. he will have 10 pay 50 extra
per 1000. This will call for a to
tai tax OF 50 on every 1000 10-cent
cigars purchased after Nov. g.
The new war tax bill calls for d
dve-cent raise on every pound OF
sauff and pipe tobacco. The tax
originally was eight cents. The
raise viii mean that after Nov.
the tax on every pound of snuff and
+ pipe tobacco will be 13c. However.
there will be but "a tax of 10 l-2c
per pound up until that time.