The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-17
WARTAx$33EACH
INCOMES FROM $1,000 UP AND IN
HERITANcEs TO HELP PAY
WAR COST.
Ten PER CENT INCREASE
BEER, LIQUOR AND TOBACCO TO
BEAR HEAVY PART OF WAR
EXPENSES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The war tax bill e1
every American home, was formally
presented to the House Wednesday by
the ways and means committee with
plans for quick passage.
Doubling of normal income tax
rates. with reduction of exemptions
and increases of surtaxes on great
incomes; absolute elimination OF all
articles on the tariff free list with
the imposition of a minimum duty Of
1OSS and horizontal increase of 1919
on all now-taxable articles, together
with increases of taxes on internal
revenue, and new taxes which reach
to the remote departments OF business
and household life, are proposed to
make up yearly income of $780,
100000, averaging $33 per capita.
Increased on postage rates include
newspapers. which it is proposed to
charge ON the parcel post zone 'sys-
TEN.
The new taxes include levies on life
and fire Insurance. on household elec-
trio light bills, telephone bills, rail
road tickets. admissions to amuse-
ments, club dues, automobiles, pleas
ure boats. jewelrv. and practically ev-
erything that enters into the life of a
family.
Material increase in the income tax
rates SO that the lowest taxable in
ccme is now 81 900 for single men and
$4,000 for married men. taxed go,
while the surtaxes on big incomes are
advanced SO incomes of 100000 are
taxed S7T5.
Advances In Inheritance taxes virtu-
ally double the revenue at present re-
ceived from estates.
Advance in the present imposts (the
tariff by 1879 ad valorem horizon
tally and creating a tariff of 1870 ad
valorem on all articles now on the
free list
The postage rates will be advanced
as follows: The first class letter rate
will be Sc per ounce or fraction there
of: the postal card rate will be &c.
The End class mail rates will be ad-
vanced to &c per pound for the LIST
and End zones of the present parcel
post system; Sc for the 3rd and 4th;
&c for the 5th and 9th; &c for the 7th
and &c for the eighth zone.
The basic rate of income tax has
been fixed at 40 on incomes Of $4,000
per annum. The surtaxes grade from
that point upward. The increased
f111
from $4,000 to $500. 80; from $500
to 10000. go: from $4,000 to $13.-
500. go: from $12.50O to $4,000. 40:
from $4,000 to $4,000. SO; from $780,
900 to $4,000. GO; from $4,000 to
$50. 900. go: from 100000 to 100000.
49, from $4,000 to 100000, 14go:
from 100000 to $15O.OO0. 17To; from
$15O,OO0 to 100000. 2OFo; from $780,
900 to $3.50. 900, 24%; from $3.50, 900 to
100000. 27fs; from 100000 to $780,
900. 800: from $5OO.OOO and up. 1870.
The excess profits tax. which the
trainers reduced from their original
tentative figures Of 16To of the excess
of SO of the profits of firms or cor
porations to 14qo of the same has been
restored to the original 16To.
The tax on spirits. whiskey and
similar beverages has been increased
to $220 per gallon.
The tax on beer is $2.75 per barrel.
The tax on rectifiers is 15c per gal
lon
The tax on tobacco has been doub-
bled
The taxes on cigars have been ad-
vanced to new schedule. running
from soc to $40 per 1000, according
to retail value.
Admission tickets to all forms Of
theatrical. circus or hippodrome enter
tainments. including moving picture
shows, will be taxed 1919 of their cost.
Passenger tickets will be taxed 1919
of their cost on all railway lines, ex-
cept Communication tickets, which will
be- taxed soc each.
Freight will be taxed go of the
freight rates.
Heat, light and telephone bills will
be taxed SO.
Automobiles will be taxed SO at the
calculated on the manufacturers
price.
Telegraph messages and long-dis-
tance telephone messages where the
the charge exceeds 15c per message
will be taxed sc each.
Cosmetics, perfumeries and all pro-
prietary medicines will be taxed SO.
Pipe lines will pay a tax of so of
their valuation.
The documentary stamp tax in
vogue during the Spanish-American
war will be re-enacted
Musical instruments of value ex-
ceeding SO viii! be taxed SO.
Jewelry will he taxed So ad val.