Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-17
War Revenue Measure to Raise
s1,sOo,00o,0 600 introduced
in The House.
MAKES Entire NATION help
Compromise Reached on Army Con.
scription 5ilI-Nine Regiments OF
Engineers Going to Europe
soon-Desperate Fish+'rg
in Northern France
and Macedonia.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD.

The house OF representatives re,
ceived from the ways and means com
mittee on Wednesday tMe ainpleted
war revenue bill designed ty raise ST.
SoJ0J0,0DG, which is additional TO the
normal revenue of 81, ,o00,0 ,000,UUG. The
measure is SO drafted that every home,
every individual will share in the bur
den. Under its provisions The Aneri-
can people will be paying direct taxes
of $33 per capita for the year 1917.
The people of the British Isles now
pay pel>capita taxes of $50.
The principal features of the levy
are the increases in income ana profits
customs duties, but the householder
and indeed everyone is hit, for light,
heat. and telephone bills, admission
tickets to amuSements, fire and life in
surance, railway tickets, automobiles,
automobile tires and tubes, soft drinks,
postage rates, golf clubs and baseball
bats, club dues, and a host of other
everyday necessities oraluXuries come
under the taxation. At the last min
ute the committee added a paragraph
placing IL tax Of 2 cents Il pound on tea
and ! cent a pound on coffee, and an
additional tax was placed on sugar.
The bill proposes Il normal tax of 2
per cent ON individuals having incomes
between 81 900 and $1,000, if single,
and $1,000 and $4,000, If married or the
head of family. An additional nor
NAL tax of 2 per cent would be added
in the case. of larger incomes. At So
900 an additional surtax, graduated
until at 100000 and over it reaches
30 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 lax is placed
: on all articles now on the dutiable
LIST. The tax ON excess profits Is 1G
per cent on profits over 8 per cent and
81 500. Heavy taxes are placed on
beer spirits, whisky and tobacco and
it's manufactures. The first-class mail
rate goes up to 3 cents and the second
class r,..a IS increased according to the
zone system.
Army Bill Compromise.
Spurred to action by the president,
the senate and house conferees com
promised the differences over the
army conscription bill. The amend
inent authorizing the Roosevelt eXpe-
dictionary force of volunteers WAS elm
mated. The age limit for the draft
,f-,--o fn n,.s.
inclusive. Liquor is barred from the
training camps and immoral resorts
from their vicinity. The pay of en-
listed men is raised $40 a month to $50,
and that of other grades proportion
ately. The machinery for draft eN-
emption is provided.
1t is estimated that under the bill
more than 100000 men are liable
for war service. From these will be
taken the first 100000 recruits for the
conscription army, the second 100000
when the president decides to call far
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 sufficient
numbers.
Reports during the week concerning
the submarine warfare were conflict
ing and confusing. Germany claimed
its campaign was still successful be-
yond its expectations, while Great
Britain issued figures showing CON
siderable decrease in the number of
U-boat victims.
Great Britain reported the sinking