Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
STICK YOUR HAND |N.YOUR POCKET
 AND PAY PAY
MIR. AND MRS. AVERAGE CITIZEN NOW KIN O w COUNTRY IS AT WAR FROM EARLY IN MORN ING UNTIL NIGHT.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)


 Hardly a move that a man can make will fail to serve as a reminder to him that we are at war with Germany, for at every turn he will be subjected to the new war tax, effective under the revenue bill, passed at the last session of congress.
 He cannot even escape the tax by dying, for such an event IS made more expensive by the imposition of extra taxes, in addition to the inheritance taxes now in force on all estates, be- ginning with per cent on all between S25,O0O and S5000O0 and SO on, up progressively until an amount of g per cent is imposed upon estates greater than Sl,000OO0.
 Life is just one war tax after an other. from the moment the tired bus mess man hops out of bed in the morning whistling, Way Down the Swanec River" key until he climbs or falls into it again at night.
 From Bed to Bed It Hits Him.
 He jumps into the tub and uses the toilet soap, which IS subject to tax of 3 per cent. On beginning to dress, he inserts in his shirt the collar but tons and studs, upon which are placed another tax of 3 per cent. He lights a cigarette, another per cent.
 Before leaving for the office he opens the mail and finds. that he has neglected to pay his club dues, and because of this oversight will be com pclled to pay an additional 10 per cent, to which they will now be sub jected
 At his office he will have time, per haps, to think over the tax on his in come-lthe rate depending upon the size of the income-bctween paying other taxes every time he reaches his hand into his pocket If he is law yer or if he patronizes lawyer dur ing the day he will have to affix tax stamps-that is, after December lst he will-to the value of five cents upon each Sl00 of bonds, debcntures or cer- tihcates of indebtedness: two cents on each Sl00 of their face value upon each promissory note: 50 cents upon each deed of conveyance Of real estate for every $500 of face value; 50 cents upon each indemnity or surety bond; five cents per SlO0 on each stock cer- ti6cate he handles during the day.
 Always On His Trail.
 If he should receive or send birth day package by freight during the day he will have to add s per cent to the freight bill to cover the tax.
 If the mounting bill should get the better of his philosophy and he hies himself out to his country club for a game of golf he will still be as a 'vil- lain pursued" All new golf sticks and balls-if he plays golf-will be taxed per cent, or if he goes in for tennis he will have to bear } per cent tax on the racquets. If he snaps any pictures along the way he will have to contribute the } per cent tax on cameras.
 But laying aside these supposItions suppose that he does his bit in his office as usual and returns to his home tired and in need of relaxation. The wife insists on taking him out to the moving pictures. Old 10 per cent tax will be at the box office window with the same inexorable demand.
 Suppose still again he chooses tc remain at home and hear his favorites on his phonograph. Every turn O, the disc will remind him of the } per cent tax put on the machine. Or to play cards. Again tax at the rate of five cents package. Or the cigar. ctte-l0 per cent of his bill.
 Truly the way of unselish warfare is sometimes Q triflc costly, no matter how periodically or willingly the burden is assumed.
 The new tax is designed to yield approximately S2,53l ,470O00 annually Every self-supporting man or woman in the United States will nave to con tribute it in some form or another Even the kiddies will not be exempt a tax of per cent having been tackled on to chewing gum. The purpose ot the measure, however, is to tax in comes and luXuries primarily. Under the new tax unmarried men and every unmarried woman with an income o more than Sl 900 during the year l9li will have to pay tax of } per cent o their wages, profits. interest, rent ol other earnings in excess of the Sl 900
 New Income Tax.
 Every married man and every mar ried woman or head Of family who earns or receives any kind of incom, amounting to more than S2,0O0 veal must pay a tax of per cent upon al the money they receive above $2,0O0 Under this ruling single man re ceiving S3.25 a day or Sl,0l4 a year will be liable to a tax of 28 cents or |; tax of ? per cent on the extra Sl4 Ar unmarried man with S2000 incom, will have to hand over SEQ or pei cent of the "extra" $l,000 to the in