Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-03
"SMOKES" HIT HARD;
S34O,OOO,0OO TAX
Cigarettes Taxed Up to One Cent
And Cigars 20 Three Cents
Each; Tobacco 30 Cents
q Pound

Washington Aug ? II s es' 'irnatcd
bv experts that tho additional tazes laid
Yesterday on tobacco, cigars and cigarettes
viii Aggregate IA revenue SI72 900 900
The higher evioe carried IN existing law
brought m for a twclvcmonth pcripd
sfGs 600 900
ndcr the advanced rntfs Gyed uy
tho Ways and Means tpTnmitten, the
tobacco schedule 7 expected - aid
the Treasury 70 the extent n $40 0OO. 900
Tho entrc day was devoted ~ to-
bacco H. was realized AZ he outset
that r,thleszneez must charachrize the
now figures Many hard knockg mngt be
gwen in framing a bill intended ~ bring
IN ss .0O0 .0O0 OOO Eo itcrn of luxury and
few n ncocssity can ~ ignored
Although tobacco ls near KIN n the
poor man breakfast table. NJ favorit-
ISM vas shown in boosting the ewes
Tho taxable theory was that tobacco is 2
non-oesentlai and mugt stand the obloquy
Of being not far removed from the uulry
list
LgNTF~r WITH CHEAP cTGA RS.
The favorito increase today was two
and half times the present rate ~ taxa
tIon The rate IN one grade N clgare4t tcs
was qliadrupicd 4 considerable degree
~ lenency WAS shown those cigars that DO
not weigh more than three pounds a
Thousand The rate merely was doubled
being advanced from 81 To 81 thousand
The most favprtism was manifested
toward cigars weighing more than three
pounds a thousand and retailing at not
more than cents each Tho tax on this
grade was moved up from s. 10 s.
thousand
II u supposed that these two grades
cover All the cheaper form of cigars,
and will neet the requirements Of those
unable 10 pay more for their smokes.
Cigars retailing 81 more than 4 cents,
and not exceeding 7 cents each, hereafter
will be taxed $40 thousand, instead Of 81.
as AZ present
such cigars as hrlng from 70 5 cents
each at retail must pay q levy of Sij a
thousand IN the future nder existing
law, the rate is So . thousand.
The grades 0f cigars selling at from
Is to 20 cents each will be taxed SO
q thousand, instead Of S. under the
AT more than 20 cents each must pay
a tax Of $50 thousand. This IS treble
the present rate.
CIGARETTES HARDEST HIT
Cigarettes were gwen the hardest
bump Of all hose selling at cents or
more each we're advanced in taxable rate
from SOS 10 s. a thousand. The rate
on such cigarettes As weigh not more
than pounds thousand, and retail now
at less than cents each, vas increased
from sos 70 s. per thousand All cigar
cites weighing more than ) pounds to the
thousand must hereafter pay a tax Of
$40, instead Of $3.50, a thousand
The smoker who rolls his cigarette
must pay exactly double the tax Tor
his accessories No time was wasted
IN figuring out this feature Of the sched-
Jle. The matter was Just Jumped, and
the rate on cigarette makings doubled al
along the line In future the tax VII be
ON each package, book or set con
tanning more than 25 but not more than
50 papers. cent; containing more than
10 but not more than 100 papers, , cents; /
more than 100 papers, , cents /
or each 100 papers or fractional part I
thereof, and upon tubes, cents for each /
100 tubes or fractional part thereof.
The rates on tobacco were increased /,
rom 13 TO 80 cents per pound. No figures I
have been prepared by the experts indic4t-
ng what sum viii be realized from the .
.pecial taxes imposed on manufacturers Of /