The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-06

1dlIOu - III i'pSNu OlI an III lttl per
fumes containing distilled spirits.
Even near beer. soft drinks, soda |
fountain syrups mad table waters are
to pay their pittancc to the grim war
god. Where one-half per cent or more |
Of alcohol is present an additional tax |
is axacted of Sl50 for every thirty J
one gallons. Where the percentage i I
less than one half per cent the tax (not /
an additional, but a flat tax ranges |
from ) cents on gallon selling for less /
than $50 to 90 on gallon selling for
more than g.
All bottled soft drinks, including un-
femeuted grape juice, and Artificial
mineral water not carbOnated, and all
natural mineral or table waters selling
for more than 10 cents a gallon will pay
a tax of one cent on the gallon. All
carbonic acid gas intended for the man
ufacturc of charged water is taxed at
the rate Of cents a pound.
And now to delight the heart Of DR..
Pease and his epistolary collaboration,
Miss Annette Hazelton, the act SAYS
ION cigars OF all descriptions made
Of tobacco, or any substitute therefore.
and weighing not more than three
pounds thousand, 23 cents d thousand
additional. -
If weighing more than three pounds
thousand and manufactured or imported
to retail at from t to cents, cigars will
paw tax of + a thousand additional.
This additional tax runs as high as S.
thousand on cigars retailing for 20 cents
or more. Cigarettes pay an additional tax
ranging from so cents To Sl.20 q thou
IL 4 =,
papers. too. carry their part of the war
burden at the rate of 3 cent on each
twenty-five papers.
Nor is there much comfort for the
Stacker or shadow Hun who would avoid
Ipaying his share by going away from
here, for the bill places a tax on travel.
After November ] the traveller will pay
5 per cent additional ON transportation
purchased to points III the United Sites,
! Canada or Mexico and 10 per cent on all
! berths, seats or staterooms if the high
cost Of warning and living has left him
| the price of a berth.
| Nor will the forehanded evade by
purchasing mileage before the law be-
comes operative. In that ease the con
ductor will collect the difference for
! Uncle Sam-unless the mileage book has
/ been used in Part. The same is true of
those who attempt to evade by paying
cash fares. Exceptions are made in the
case of mileage partly used, fares less
than 35 cents and Communication or sea
son tickets to points less than thirty
miles
After November any telegraph, teIe-
phone or radio message will cost the
sender an extra nickel where the rate is
more than Is cents.
All forms of insurance are to be taxed
life insurance at the rate of cents
on each 500, except in the case of in.
dustrial insurance for less than $500 pre-
miums paid weekly. In that ease 40 pen
cent of the first weekly premium is ex
acted. Marine, inland, fire and casualty
insurance are to pay at the rate Of
cent for each dollar of premium
Automobiles, automobile trucks, auto
mobile wagons and motorcycles will eos
the purchaser per cent more than they
did if the manufacturer makes the pur
chaser foot the tax bill, and yachts ano
motor boats are to b. taxed by the foot
Mechanical musical devices and rec
ords, including piano players and phono
graphs, viii carry tax of , per cent @
cost, and motion picture films viii pa,
+ from "A to Il cent a linear foot d.
pending on whether they have been un
. exposed or bear pictures ready for pro
, lection.
. 4 tax Of per cent on icwelrv, rca
or imitation, is included in the bill
which shows its regard for personag
:, and gender by sandwichiug it betwee
= movie films and chewing gum 1T pr,
, eedes by a few pages the stamp tax O
4 bonds of indebtedness. indemnity an
a.. surety bonds, the tax of | cent on eac
g. p cents charged on the transportatio
= ct parcel post packages and the tax @
NJ the issue, sale or transfer of capt.;
~. stock.
~ To make sure that no one will e
" cape, the bill provides tax of 10 2,
-. cent ON admissions to theatres, etc. il
Guiding season tickets and Subscription
and not excepting the dcadheads vi
-. usually get in free. Hereafter, whcth,
., he has pass or not, the posse
~ sor will have to turn over 10 per cen
~ of the regular price of admission f,
the war use of Uncle Sam. And to tl
II il off:
NJ 3" A tax of ] cent shall be levied f,
,r each 10 cents or fraction thereof pa
- for admission to any public performan
- for profit at any cabaret or other sin
,f liar entertainment to which the char,
~ for admission is wholly or in part /
cluded in the price paid for refres
,o ment, service or merchandise
IN In this day Of war and HoovcriS
or and supcr-thrift Uncle Sam is gettil
- his 10 per cent as well as the waiter
or