Licking Valley courier., 1917-11-08

buHk, anu lldL the UeTuhu ciuiiuS az
.; tonnage sunk by submarines are
grossly exaggerated. In the course Of
his address he said he could eee no
signs Of an early peace. t.s ~
No news of importance came from
the s....;or sVhere General Pershing's
men are oa the front line The first
member of the expedition to be wound
I ed In che trenches was ,ieutenant Of
the signal corps. His int4-fes were
not serious. e
American War Taxes In Effect
November l brought to the Ameri-
can people a sharper realization OF the
financial burdens Of the war. for on
that day the following war taxes be-
came effective:
On : admissions to all places Of
amusement except religious and chart
table entertainments and shows whose
maximum charge is 8 cents and out
door shows in amusement parks charg-
ing 10 cents or less, cent for each 10
cents or fraction thereof. Children un-
der twelve charged fiat tax Of cent
On dues Of all clubs with dues Of
sl2 per year or more, except fraternal
orders on the lodge syst 10 per
cent Of amount o. diies.
On all freight, 8 per cent.
One cent for every 20 cents or frae-
ton thereof for express packages.
Railroad and boat fares, except sea-
son and commutatlon tickets for d
miles or less or Individual fares Of 81
cents or less, s per cent of amount.
On seats, berths and stat ,rooms on
cars or boats, 10 per cent.
On oil delivered by pipe line, pei
cent Of charge.
On telephone, telegraph or radio
message costing 10 cents or more,
cents per message.
On all the insurance, 8 cents for
each 800 of new insurance, except in
dustrial insurance for $500 or less
which bears 40 per cent of the first
weekly premium. For each dollar oil
fraction thereof of fire, marine, INLAND
or casualty insurance, cent.
On cigars, 25 cents to 81 per thou
sand; on cigarettes, so cents to $1.2t
per thousand; on tobacco and snuff,
cents per pound; on cigarette papers
One-half to l cent per hundred.
The increased postal rates went Int
, effect on November 2.
, Food Prices unde; Control.
On the other hand, Thursday wa
welcomed by the consumer for thel
, II was that the licensing OF wholesal
grocers and other food producers wen
, into effect. This is supposed to brln
about a considerable reduction In tn
prices OF the nations food, for MI
Hoover and his aids fix the wholesal
: prices, and then control the retailer
!. by not permitting wholesalers to SCI
to those who seek to obtain extortior
ate prices from the consumers. TIL
=, whole thing is very complicated an
vii require several weeks to get int
smooth running order, but II promise
to be effective. All citizens are n
u, Qucsted to report any instances {
:, "profiteerlng," and these will be a
!. tended to promptly.
q The licensing system was apple
. also to the live stock and packing II
dustrles, the government thus assun
; Ing control OF the nations meat bus
;, ness with the intention of reducln
q prices and conserving supplies,
The nation has entered heartily I'M
the spirit OF meatless and wheatle,
days, only prO-Germans and the almo
70 equally culpable selfish ones refuslr
- to deny themselves to that extent I,
the benefit Of the common cause Of cl
- illzatlon.
n Another good step taken by NJ
70 Hoover was the closing Of the Elg
= board OF trade, which for half a ce
fury has been arbitrarily fixing butt
prices for the country.
Another Luxbura Expose.
At Secretary Lansing last week pu
IN llshed two additional kilograms 90
N by Count Luxburg to the German II
ID eign Office, revealing plainly @,
I'd m0ny's aims to overthrow the Monr
he doctrine and obtain foothold
r. South America, especially South Bi
ht I'll, as the frst step In subjugating {
g entire continent, Luxburg alluded
al the people of South America as IN
v ans under u thin veneer" Both Arg,
ne tina and Chile may now be forced
ed declare their attitude.
OF The federal trade commission has
sued regulations under which enen
he owned patents and copyrights will
n licensed for manufacture by cltlzC
N Of the United States. The ordr
an fects some 10000 articles lncludI
u salvarsun and other drugs, dyest
no formulas and important nlechani