The Monticellonian., 1917-05-17
War Revenue Measure to Raise S1,800,000,00O Introduced
 in the House.
MAKES ENTIRE NATION HELP
Compromlse Reached on Army Con- scrlption Bill-Nine Regiments ot Engineers Going to Europe Soon-Desperate Fighting
 in Northern France
 and Macedonia.
By EDWARD ". PACKARD.

The house of representatives, re- ceiyed from the ways and means com mittee on "Wednesday the completed war revenue bill designed to raise ST. S0o,o00, GOO, which is additional 10 the normal revenue of S1,500.000,000. The measure is so drafted that every home, every individual, will share in the bur den. Under it's provisions the Ameri- can people will be paying direct taxes of S33 per capita for the year l9l1 The people of the British isles now pay per capita taxes of S60.
 The principal features of the levy are the increases In income and profits taxes, in internal revenue rates and in customs duties, but the householder and Indeed everyone is hit, for light heat, and telephone bills, admission tickets to amusements, fire and life in suranee, railway tickets, automobiles automobile tires and tubes. soft drinks postage rates, golf clubs and baseball bats, club dues, and host of other everyday necessities or luXuries come under the taxation. At the last min ute tiit GptlitAAltCI aNAAIQ si liehi szA aBAi placing a tax of ? cents pound on tea and cent pound on coffee, and an additional tax was placed on sugar.
 The bill proposes q normal tax of per cent on individuals having incomes between 1000 and 5000. If single, and g.. 1000 and $4ooo, if married or the head of family. An additional nor nal tax of per cent would be added in the case of larger incomes. At $5- GOO an additional surtax. graduated until at S5000O0 and over 1t reaches 33 per cent. would be imposed.
 All articles of import now on the free list will be taxed 10 per cent. and an additional 10 per cent tax is placed on all articles now on the dutiable list. The tax on excess profits Is 16 per cent on profits over s per cent and 5000. Heavy taxes are placed on beer, spirits. whisky and tobacco and Its manufactures. The first-cass mail rate goes up to cents and the second class rate Is increased according to the zone system.
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 Spurred to action by the president, the senate and house confereeS com promised the differences over the army conscription bill. The amend ment authorizing the Roosevelt expe- ditionary force of volunteers was elim- mated The age Emit for the draft was set at twenty-one te thirty years inclusive. Liquor Is barred from the training camps and immoral resorts from their vicinity. The pay of en- listed men Is raised $10 month to S25. and that of other grades proportion- ately. The machinery for draft ex- emption Is provided.
 It is estimated that under the bill more than 10,000000 men are liable for war service. From these will be taken the first 50o.000 recruits for the conscription army, the second 50a.0O0 when the president decides 10 call for them. and the men necessary to bring the regular army and National Guard up to maximum war strength if volun. teers do not come forward in sufficier. numbers.
 Reports during the week concernin. the submarine warfare were conflict ing and confusing. Germany claimet its campaign was still successful be yond it's expectations. while Grea Britain issued figures showing a con siderable decrease in the number o, U-boat victims.
 Great Britain reported the sinking