The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-10-08

WAR TAX TOLL ON
AMERICAN POCKETBOOK
Within Two Months the Buying
Public Will be Paying Tax on
Practically Everything Pur-
chased Some of the Many Ar
ticles Taxed.
Washington Special, Oct. 4, to Greens
.boro News.
The war tax toll on the American
pocketbook began today: Within two
months the buying public will be pay
ing over the counter, through ticket
windows OF various kinds, and almost
everywhere else, the levies under the
81, 535 ,00O, 900 revenue bill, now law.
Throughout the land today the high
cost of drinking mounted higher With
additional taxes on hard, soft and me-
dunn beverages effective Immediate
/ ly. Everything from champagne to
/ sarsaparilla and soda fountain sy~aps
Is I'LL ny tIlo new tax.
i Drinking costs arose about Is per
cent Smoking may also be more cost
ly within 80 days when added taxes
on tobaccos, cigars and cigarettes are
clamped down, ranging from 81 to ST
a thousand on cigars and from 80
cents to $1.20 thousand on ci ar
cites. Even snuff users will s::sscfer.
On November 1 also the tax on
freight and express packages l cent
for each 2 cents charged becomes eff
fective, together with a 10 cent levy
on the comforts Of berths, seats and
on state rooms or parlor cars. Every
telephone, telegraph or wireless mes
sage costing more than Is cents af-
ter November 1 will bear five-cent
tax, and taxes of 8 cents on each 500
of life insurance and 1 cent on each
dollar of fire insurance also begins.
With a tax on "movies and legiti-
mate theatres after November 1 Of
one cent on each 10 cents admission
charged, the cost of Hooking them
over" either on the screen or in the
PONY" row promises to mount. The
usual new year outbreak will be more
expensive with a new tax on table
reservations. 1t will cost tax equiv
alent to 10 per cent Of the dues to
join club after November l.
Stamp taxes on bonds, promisory
notes, bills of sale, and playing cards
. become effective December 1, as does
the one cent tax on parcel post pack
ages costing rs cents or more.
The additional one cent on letters
is effective November 1, but the ad-
ditional second class postage is not
effective until July 1, 1918.
Automobile owning, with tax Of 3
per cent on the sale price, becomes
more costly Immediately. Also such
. or reliefs in the form of pills, pat
ent medicines, and chewing gum are
hit also.
Sporting goods, motor boats, es-
tates, inheritance, incomes, war prof,
it's, and other Injuries of the wealthy
are taxable Immediately.
Some of the Things Taxed.
Here are some things upon which
the average citizen will pay take:
from time to time under the new wa
tax bill:
Approximately per cent increas'
on incomes of $4,000 or less.
Letter postage, except local letters
increased to cents and postcards t.
cents beginning November 8.
One cent for each 10 cents paid TO
shows and 10 cent outdoor amusemen
. parks exempted.
- Ten per cent on all club dues a
$12 year or over.
| One cent for each Is cents paid fo
parcel post.
One cent on each two cents expires
package charge.
Three per cent on all freigE
charges.
Eight per cent of passenger fare
by rail or water, except trips of les
than 80 miles.
Ten per cent Of charges for seat
berths and state rooms on parlt
cars or vessels.
Five cents on each telegraph, tel,
phone or radio message costing
cents or more.
Three per cent on jeWelry.
Three per cent on checker boart
/ and all kinds of games.
Two per cent on perfumes TOILET W;
ter, toilet soaps, etc.
Two per cent on proprietary me-
icines.
Two per cent on chewing gum.
One cent on each dollar Of prem
ium for fire and casualty insurance
Three per cent on graphaphone re
ords.
Eight cents on each 500 life i
surance.,
The tax on whiskey is increas,
from $1.10 a gallon to $500. II
tax on beer is increased from 81
barrel to $2.75.
Increased tax on cigars, cigarett
and manufactured tobacco and snu-
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