Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-31
NORWICH THEATREGoERs
 MUST PAY TAX
Government Orders Will Go Into Ef-
 feet Thursday.

the Breed and Davis theatres will col
 lect one cent war tax on every 10 cents spent for admission to these theatres. The management will turn the extra pennies over to the United States government to help win the war and make demdcracy safe for the world. Every cent over the regular price of admission you pay at either the Breed or Davis will be turned over to the government.
 |. This tax means one cent on each 10 and 20 cent ticket, cents on ecery 25 cent ticket. It is said some theatres have raised their prices cents. there by making money on this tax, but the Breed and Davis theatres do not want to profit by the war tax and only the amount asked for by the government will be charged. The prices will be absolutely the same ds before with just the additional war tax. The law holds every theatre manager respon- sible for the collection of the war tax
 Other taxes which go into effect on Thursday follow:
 - Freight, Express and Tickets.
 These increases are provided for un- der Titles V. VII and XI of the rev. enue law of Oct. 3. The law pro- vided that Titles V and VII should take effect Nov. 1 and Title xI 30 days after passage. which is Nov. 2.
 Title W is war tax on facilities furnished by public utilities, and in surance."
 To To business U. ss 1 men n perhaps its most cent. tax on freight carried by rail- road or steamer. More individuals, however, have occasion to send pack ages by express than by freight and for each 20 cents of charge, or frac- ton thereof. If hitherto a parcel was 20 cents, the cost is now 21 cents If the rate was 25 cents, 1t Is now 27. if 30, 53. and so on.
 Still more are concerned in the tax of per cent on all railroad or steam boat passenger tickets of 36 cents or more. Individual tickets costing 35 cents or less are not affected and at the prevailing rate of ? 1-2 cents a mile that exemption covers most rail- road journeys of IA miles.
 Extra For Theatre Seats ..
 So far as single rilroad or boat tickets are concerned, a ticket costing from S6 to 40 cents will be taxed cents with 4 cents tax on A to 56 cents, cents on 57 to 6S cents, 6 cents on s9 to s1 cents, cents on s2 to 93 cents, 8 cents on 94 to $1.06 and so on.
 On long railroad or boat journeys theer will be second burden in the hsrtbs nat 10 sPeTsrea Per cent: tax on costs of seats.
 An application of Title VII the war tax on admission and dues is going to be a complex problem to set tie in many of it's details. So far as the general public is concerned how ever, the tax imposes 1 cent on each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the cost of seats for theatres. moving pie lures or other money making enter tainment
 The Transportation Tax.
 A peculiar situation which arises through the tax law on transportation is set forth editorially by the New London Day as follows:
 A regrettable situat tion arises with reference to sub division c of section 800, in Title V, of the war revenue act CT 1917. The section purports to tax t: :ansportation.>
 To begin with. this tax idea is a | mean one. American transportation ! e sts are high enough already without | the addition of a. heavy tax item. The | general movement is toward higher | costs even without the tax. To meet l the demands of high costs and in | creased equipment the transportation | IT, rterests need all the revenue which | the public can asord to pay in the way | of rates. Many of the transportation | rates are already as high as the traf- | fic. will bear, that is, if the cost of a l ride or of shipment is increased any | further the transportation company | will lose revenue. This war tax will | iB such cases directly cut the revenue | or the transporta tion company, a thing | which the franers of the law did not | contemplate or desire. In any event, l the tax is a grievous one. Three per | cent. on freight and per cent. on passen1ers, and 10 per cent. for seats.