American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-25
WAR TAX WILL GET YOU
EVEN If Y0T DO WATCH Ol J
House Bill Taxes About Everything
Except Cotton Expected
TO Modify Measure.

Every man. woman and child in the
United States. says the Washington
correspondent of the Boise statesman
will he Obliged ITO do his Bit or
more properly pay his Bit when the
Kitchin war tax bin goes into effect
unless it IS radically amended 10y the
senate. and even with probable senate
amendments. the law will be one hat
few can escape entirely. If the bill
was designed 10 reach ont and tax
every inhabitaut of the United States.
rich and poor, it probably Wall accom-
pUsh It's purpose, for If anything mas
escaped taxation under the blll-oihei
.ran the sacred cotton of the south
and the prime product Of the stan
dard Oil company-it has been through
OVERSIGHT on the part of those Who
drafted the Kitchin bill.
IT has been said. and not without
truth. that a man Will bump into TINS
war tax from the time he rises in the
morning until he crawls into bed at
night. An examination of the bill
shows that to be literally so.
His First Reminder.
Following MIR. Man through an
average day. it can be seen where
and how often the tax will overlahe
him. on arising. he brushes his teeln
with tooth paste that pays per
cent tax. He shavcs. and his shaviae
SOAP PAYS tax of per cent. His
hathsoap paws the same, and if he
Induces i'm the luxury of other toilet
articles. again the per cent hits him
If. perchance he happens to be wear
ing any imported article of clothing
he pays a war tariff and when hf
dons his shoes he pays a 10 per cent
import duty on hides-and he will
nay this whether his shoes are mad.
of domestic or imported leather.
AS he breakfasts. he is reminded o
the war tax when he sips his coffee
) and If his mail is brought him AT the
table. he again sees evidence of Tho
war tax i'm the three-cent stamps on
his letters i'm place of the CUSTOMARY
tvos. and he finds twO-cent postcards
/ i'm place of ones Mayhap he wi.
/ read an -out-of-t0Wn newspaper at th
. breakfast table, If so, he pays am
other tax. for the mail rate ON news
papers is advanced, and Will be Pc
Elected i'm the price. And again h
g pays n tax when me lights his after
: breakfast cigar and starts for the OF
q hce I'm new automobile chat has pai
per cent tax.
Arriving at his office on the dr-
r of the month, Mr. Man finds a stac
r of mail. an bearing the Scent stamp,
5. He finds he is charged a 5 per cen
s. tax on his telephone bill and his elel
5. trc light bill His income tax. if Do
paid one, has been more than d0u
y bed. and if he paid none heretofor
he probably will pay one under Oh
e new law. comparatively few viii e..
cape the income tax during the r,
mainder of the war Mailing out Nh
e checks i'm payment on these bills. VI
d Man pays cents on each enveloI
u where formerly he paid . He hs
y packages to send by express. on eaC
y he pays a tax equivalent TO 10 p,
= cent of the express charges. and
he ships by freight, he pays per eel
= of the carriage charges
Tax on Messages.
Mr.. Man sends a telegram; he pa!
y a tax of cents on that, and if he r
= ceives a collect message, that cos
him cents over and above the tel
graph cOmpany's charges. All tel
grams will pay a tax of cents, Il
at person paying for the message payil