Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-05-18
War Revenue Measure to Raise
S1,8OO,OOO,OOO introduced
in the House.
MAKES entire NATION HELP
Compromise Reached on Army Con-
seription SiII-Nine Regiments Of
Engineers Going to Europe
Soon-Desperate Fighting
In Northern France
and Macedonia.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARO.

BY EDWARD w. PickARO.
The house of representatives re-
ceived from the ways and means com
mittee on Wednesday the completed
war revenue bill designed 10 raise ST.,
S0O.0Oo.000. which is additional TO the
normal revenue of 81 500 ,OOoO1. The
measure is So drafted that every home,
every individual. will share in the bur
den. Under Its provisions the Amcri-
chn people will be paying direct taxes
Of S33 per capita for the year 1911.
The people of the British isles now
pay per capita taxes of $50.
The principal features Of the levy
are the increases in Income and profits
taxes, in internal revenue rates and in
customs duties. but the householder
and indeed everyone Is hit, for light,
heat, and telephone bills, admission
tickets TO nmusements, fire and life in
suranCe. railway tickets, automobiles,
automobile tires and tubes, soft drinks,
postage rates. golf clubs and baseball
bats, club dues. and n host OF other
everyday necessities or luxuries come
under the taxation. At the last min
ute the committee added paragraph
placing tax Of > cents a pound on tea
and l cent a pound on coffee. and an
additional tax was placed on sugar.
The bill proposes normal tax nf .
per cent on individuals having incomes
between $1,000 aud s3.OO3, II single.
and 5000 and $1,000, II married or the
head Of family. An additional nor
NAL tax nf = per cent would be added
in the cnae nf larger incomes. Al So
oOO an additional Surtax. graduated
until at S:no.Oo0 and over ii reaches
20 per cent. would br imposed.
All articles Of import now on the
free list Will he taxed IL per cent. and
an additional 10 per cent tax Is placed
on all articles now an the dutiable
list The tax on excess profits Is Ii
per cent on profits over per cent and
$1,000. Heavy taxes are placed on
beer. spirits. whisky and tobacco and
its manufactures. The first class mail
rate goes up To 2 cents and the second
class rate is increased according To the
zone system.
Army Bill Compromise.
Spurrcd 10 action by rhe president,
the senate and house confcreeS com
promised the differences over the
army CONSUMPTION bill The amend
ment authorizing the Roosevelt expe
dictionary force of volunteers was elm
mated. The age limit for the draft
was set at twenty-oUc 10 thirty years
inclusive. Liquor Is barred from the
training camps and immoral resorts
from their vicinity. The pay of en-
listed men is raised SO month to ST., |
and that Of other grades proportion |
Hteiy. The machinery for draft ex-
emptlon Is provided.
II is estimated that under the h,I |
more than l0.OoOyOOO men are liable
for war service. From these will he
taken the first 100000 recruits for the
conScriPrion army. the second 800 OO0 |
when the president decides to call for
them. and the men necessary IN hrin, /
the regular army and National Gu,rd
up to maximum war strength If volun- |
te"rs do not come forward In sufficIen,
numbers.
Reports during the week cnnceruin.
the submarine warfare We're conflict
Ing and confusing. Germany claimed
its campaiCn WAS still successful no
yona it, expectations. willie Gre,,
Britain issued figures showing. q 60,
sid"rthl" decrease in the number -,
C-bnat victims.
Great Britain reported the sinking
Of two moro hospital ships by the Ger
mans. The news also came Of the tor.
ped"in- of the British steamship CIV
Of Paris In the Mediterranean early
in April. The vessel carried 2GG pas
seng"rs and large crew and only -:
were saved.
American inventors by the thousanG
are seeking means Of combating IN.
submarine, und Chairman saunders Of
the naval consulting board mad" q
statement which. though deprecated b.,
navy officials. gave assuraac. tina:
some Of the devices submitted would
solve the problem in tn" near future
The war department announced on
Monday that nine regiments Of cnri
neers. made up largely Of railroad
men, would be sent ia France rs soon
rs possible. These men and doctors
and nurses will be the first to reacf
the war iona