Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-03
Incomes, Excess Profits,
Drinks and Smokes to
Furnish Most Of It
SMALL TAX PLACED ON
NEARLY EVERYTHING
Theater Tickets, Postage,
Medicine, and MiIady's
Perfume Not Overlooked

Washington, July 3.-War wealth. in
comes, drinks and "smokess will pay
the bulk of the first great war tax.
OF the $1,67O,000,O0O to be raised
under the revenue bin drawn BY the
senate finance committee and reported
today, $l,277, 100000 viii be derived as
follows:
From income taxes incomes as low
as $1,000 for single persons and 81, 900
for married, are hit) 2,700,0O0.
From excess profits, $523, ,000,0
From distilled and rectified spirits,
|$1l1,000,000.
From fermcnted liquors and wines,
$44, 800, 900.
From soft drinks, $l0,00O,0O0.
From tobacco products, excepting the
poor man s stogie, $780, 900.
This schedule of taxes represents,
authors of the bill insist, d heavier
burden on the rich and lesser weight
upon the poor than the committee orig
inally contemplated.
However, some senators insist that
the rich and the big incomes arc tapped
too lightly and tho purse Of the poor
man and the man Of average means is
hit too heavily in proportion. These
senators hold this belief on The promise
that so long as the poor and the man Of
average means are in the great majority
when it comes to fighting, the very
wealthy should be more heavy respons-
| ible for the financial part Of the war.
La Follette Radical.
Senator La Toilette, Wisconsin, has
minority report, signed by Thomas,
1zrhsa
would raise the entire 1880 100000
asked by the administration by hitting
excess profits to the extent Of more
than ,000,000,000, swollen incomes
more than $500,000,00 and the balance
derived from internal revenue taxes.
Every class of people, however, will
be affected under the tax bill reported
by the majority-from the man who
win have to pay a one per cent tax for
owning an automobile to those who Will
have to pay five cents on every teie-
phone aud telegraph message costing
more than Is cents, five per cent on
amounts paid for Pullman seats costing
more than So cents and everybody will
have to pay one cent more to mail let
ter
It win cost more to buy sporting
goods; more 10 own yachts and tho girls
will suffer from tax ON cosmetics and
perfumes; patent medicines win cost
more and cameras, too.
But the tax that win hit the aver
age household will be that on tea, cof-
fec, cocoa and sugar. Some Of these
levies are:
Coffee, Q cents per pound.
Tea, cents per pound.
Crude cocoa, cents per pound.
Sugar half cent per pound.
Saceaharine, $3.50 per pound.
Glucose, one-fourth cent per pound
Grape sugar, molasses and cane syrup
from half to 2 cents q gallon.
Many Small Things to Pay.
The average man and his wife may
sock respite from the woes of high
prices at home by going to the theatre,
hut even there extra taxes amounting
to one cent for each 10 cents worth or
tickets pursue them, except IN the case
of movies, where there is no levy exeeus
on shows costing over 20 cents.
The already high cost Of drinking
will mount still higher owing to the
complete lack of sympathy shown by
the committee for the essence OF ira
la-la." In addition to taxes already
imposed on these beverages, the COM
'mittee decided TO put prohibitiye tax
on spirits distillation and prevent their
importation from other countries. 20
say nothing of minor taxes On .'red
liquor' now on hand.
Beer is hit 81 25 per 81 gallon baTreis