The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-04-24
4 MO BILLION
||IINE FROM TAXES
i, INCREASED INCOME
.crcS PROFIT RATES
!, NOW PROPOSED.
NITH ADVOCATES
INCREASE OF TAXATION

NCNEAOL Vi if-'A''
r,i,,, Now Exempt, includ.
s,.no., Automobiles and
Freight and Passenger Re-
u,vine Pictures and Mu-
,..,uments, May Have to
ar,. to Federal Revenue
,,trstion suggestions as to
,sv sources of taxation
which to raise approximate
N Of the estimated cost OF
rsor Of the war, or 1907
we're submitted by Secretary
tO.night to the Senate IL
N the House ways and
sOnmittee'
ssftsr half of the cost is to be
BY s2,OOO,OOO,0OO of the
|ptborized by the war revenue
NJ Saturday by the House
expected to pass the Senate
/.
snding in the suggestions are
! increased income and excess
X rates, taxing of many i'm
4 articles now admitted free,
mo, liquor, amusement, sugar,
tobacco, soft drink, freight
senger transportation recelpts
tomobile taxes. All of the data
to congress for its informa-
ID without recommendation.
Far Reaching Proposal.
ably the most far reaching
/ concerns income taxes. The
y estimates that a so per
crease on both individual and
lions for 1916, collectible
be- would yield S165, 100000
al For 1917 he points out,
Bower tax emption from 49,
1880 for unmarried per-
n $4,000 to $4,000 for mar
sons; to leave the normal
b per cent. but to raise the
rs materially would make
poduce $340,000,00G addi-
lime, 1918, without chang
Hporation tax. The highest
aper-taXes under the plan
would be 40 per cent. of
pes over $1,0OO,OOO.
ase in the excess profit tax,
making the present law ap.
to the calendar year of 1916
lying new increases next year
ks, would raise $226,OO0,OOO
I and $2OO,OOO,OOO addition
year,
y New Taxes Suggested.
sources the Secretary be-
ould be made to yield addi-
: lcomeS as follows: Taxes on
now admitted free, $2O6,-
freight transportation re-
~ iVo OOO, 900; excise tax on
w oa 'O0O' goo; refined petrole-
vVO,OOOi stamp taxes on
baseball and other amuse-
s s96 $75,OO0,OOO; distilled
sI5 100000; stamp taxes
.eous' SOL, 100000; trans
,. receipts s passenger, $685.
, iernented liquors, $50, 900
SS6lng and chewing tobacco,
gov' automobiles, trucks,
Sl W a., $19,6OO,OOO; s of,
l' ,a.l!s 600; cigarettes, $17,-
i, ' e,. lquor, S12,500,-
~ Sll,6OO, 900; excise ia,
! s'l o. instruments, graphic
M. $4,000, 900; wines. etc.
w excise tax on glucose Sa,'
I, ,,+o Gsenatured alcohol, S5,-
s lt,a'l . dealers in cigars, ci-
" e@? }S4,8OO,OOO; Wholesale
aoj Jo ,5..a in tobacco, ST.
Crisp Is Silent.
, , ns.,e Charles R. Crisp of
,ne member of the WAYS and nd
I. , jfi,.nIe Of the House. de-
r issa's the measure, saving
'r sS;s was waiting on $ some me
no ou'' a the Treasury depart
N ~ 5.s engaged in preparing.
srb qeilre of the administra5.
', ,aia stated by President
n ' az a large sum for the
4 W =, the war by additional
fJEgey and food are the
' a. contributions which
i S'ates can make at anv
Nm =" w support of her allies.
n tb "llSon appeals to the
n VIE n. country to do their
,6ss meeting the demand for
II roli Ior people of this
h we'll Oin,,a as for the other ma
Man. %'%i N and increasing
Ap oru vi, IN every way possible,
\ f, VIII MI perform a labor Of
Il a WI. Which he will be rec
h t5 SoIq II of the commits |
~e President.
p u., Smiths Views. |
6 p'f P,.S Smith thoroughly |
gnsi3e,apee$$ ldent's plan to !
cur %ole part of the war I
Ne I wba1t taxation, rather !
\ tb GnIle burden upon the |
H. 1' ~;f at least $1,000 r1le |
aerea@@a1,dI De produced next
\ Il GlCh feels that +bo