Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-23
NO ONE is EXEMPT
FROM TAXES UNDER
NEW REVENUE LAW
PooR. AS WELL AS THE RICH.
WILL BE HARD HIT WHEN -.
ERAL PROVISIONS co INTO
EFFECT FOR PAYING WAR
BILLS.
Revenue Bill i4ite All.

/ WdSu3 HStbI, MAY E1.~~ SIT. ana Mrs
( Ultimate Consumer are going TO be
sharply and painfully stung ~ inc
/ 1880, 900. GEO revenue bin, w,.:ch L
eSpe ted to pas the House today
The bill Is going 10 dip down into
American pockets and pull forth cash
for vital necessities in heretofore I'M.
dreamed of ways. 1t is going to make
Nj. and Mrs. Ultimate Consumer for.
get the high cost OF living and pap.
ulailze a new refrain entitled The
Hieh Cost OF Existing" From the time
they roll out Of bel in tho morning
unit. the sound OF TAPS n night they
are goins to find themselves confront.
ed with new ana surprising devices for
extracting funds from their ALREADY
cmancipated pocket hook,
Apparently taa House completely
forgot President Wilson's guiding in
juLcticn, laid down in his war al.
cross. that IF men were 10 be con.
scliptca so must wealth also ana
unless the Senate TaiiCally CHARGE
TIE bill, as il probably will. the great
burden Of the wars cost is Going to
he thrown upon The shoulders of the
average citizen already staggering
under the l0ad Of the cosi Of living.
The House bill beeins its levy up
On tie average citizen BY reaching
down and takirg two per cent of the
incomes CT married men over $4,000.
and of unmarried men over $1,000.
a horizontal tariff in no case of ten
per cent, on all imports, whether on
the outiable or free list. is provided
in the bill. This, t is estimated. will
add $2G 100000 tc the nations rev.
enneS during the war period Several
years ago, before the enactments Of
tbs Underwood law. the tariff was
blamed for he hieh cost of living.
The rC st0raiion CT tho entire free Isl
to the dutiablc list, With ten per
cent tax, will affect the Price OF many
o. the most vital necessities OF life
SGme of he close atcdents of the biz
contend that an upward jump CT ten
per cent in the cost OF living will be
The natural, or unnatural, consequent. (
OF the tariff increase
Freight rates are to be taxed 3 ne1
cent This Is expected TO yield ST..
zoe 900 annually IN revenue. 1t win
cot 10 per cent more to send articles
ny express All these charges will Re
passed on to Nh Ultimate Con umer
There VIII DO q ten per cent increase
in passenger fares, and if you ride
in q Pullman sleeper or chair car
another ten per cent viii DC tackled
tc your TRANSPORTATION bill.
Your electric light bill any yopr
sas and your telephone bill viii be
boosted five per cent. The treasury
dcpartment estimates the government
will receive 100000, 600 a year from
ms source Of revenue. If you want
% use the long distance teller hone or
send wire you will have to pay five
cents additional for each message
costing IS cents.
Inc cost OF amusement will 10 stll [
urther II you 90 to a movie YOU
viii pay an additional cent for each
EN- cents worth. If you take your
wife to bali game it win cost YOU
approximately twenty cents mere. and
| you go TO a rea. "Leeit" theater
here viii be a tax of approximately
orly cents on your Two tickets.
Along in this connection comes a
AK on tennis balls dice checkers.
aborets, fishing tackle hair r, 5torer,
'"lYo, pills, tooth PASTE tonic, jewelry.
'iub dues, drugs, hair dye, tobacco
so!f drinks, hard liquor and
'Ee"lng gum. Even exercise has not
Ieen overlooked in The Souile ; search
II the tax asscssors for sources Of
'eyenue. A ten per cent tax will be
eHied on your dues If you belong TO
gym, golf or tennis club New ligc
Insurance viii cost you Indirectly.
'ents for each SlC0
II you send q letter 10 tho govern
lent protesting against the high
axes the s,amD will cost you contg
nste2d Of 2, ana If you try to be
onomical and cn'y use post card
nat viii cost you cent more, too.
And, finally if you get into debt
ma Try to borrow money to get ou
If the hole, you'll have tG pay an.
'ther tax On your pronissory note