The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
PREPARATION: FIVE BILLIONS
PER YEAR FOR 1912 YE AIRS

hegun making use u; lhc "rportun':
rf rrnrrati4,l electricity. although la
yaria uses already rlrctr"lty Instead 81
coral to operate sum" of hrr railways,
:,ud intends Ia rl.rur!fy all her railways
,IIrr ,h,. war These electrical plants
might h.. seized and others established
and nprraI",l by tn" Allies. After Il
few Years trIS Of nllli"ns ri marks
could W. cleared every Ecnr. \ not
pru5it Will b." obtained from III" outset.
lax of 20 marks au every ton OF
potash. of which l13rb.Al2 tons were
missed IN 1918. viii produce another 20
Gvu nuu marks AN amount HAT can bc III
creased by l",t million marks by "pcTht-
ing the SlHtc-ownrd mines.
I;crnany's beer production. excluding
that Of hlsarc-Lurraint. was. IN ISl"'
a. in3 quo hcctoltr"S, or ADDS barrels
'rnc revenue from beer amounted 10 IN
500, 900 marks. Ii the tax was advanced
=, 81 II hurrrl, the American tax rate.
,hc revenue would grow by 4h".hH"."""
marks. By applying thu American 'hA
rnrr IN thu. German consumption Oh
Huu,r The tax would amount tt h"".""''
: nuu marks, instead of. As IN IVA. 1884,
y9j. upu: the increase would lie 4"''"""'
ouG marks Domestic vino. Of which
Germany consumed l."0h.T%3 hrctohircs'
or .4.al5i6u gallons i'll 1919, ana VIM"
Maid un tax at all. can easily net lou'-
nnO 400 marks. Among tn" domestic
wines are many very expansive ONES
selling At 20 10 TO marks per bottle con-
tanning V.7j litrr. The import 1uIF "'
vino might he doubled ana ah"thc'
L., nun. non ma rkS rn!s"d
SIX hundred aud hfty-nnc th"uSanG
metric tons Of salt yield a:r annual rev
mn RI
10 pfcun:c nf tax on every kil"ETatn'
,.ounl iu =. EnElish pounds. and you
20, Cj1Oa nun marks more. Trn plrn-
mig equal Sc.
t;rr,nnmr derived. in 1918. revenue
of ~. uun. nau marks from consumption
of 5Gu. nuH nnu pounds nr tobacco. cigars
aud cigarettes. 49, applying the Amer,
lean tax rates the annual revenue ""HiH
huvr amounted tn l.2Gu. 1dn.0bu marks.
, an increase Of l.l6h."nH. hhn MARKS .
tina, sum can hc added h.I2:."o" MARKS
by doubling tl.c stamp taxes on dTA1'S'
checks deeds etc Ais" the sugar pro-
ductiun. which m 1913 was s,1l '''''
matric l,1n$ ni raw sugar aud aI1.ot"
metric tons of molasses. can lrhr d"uhl"
,, the present tax and yield lSI.?4"'1s4
! marks.
An inheritance tax varying according
IN amount of !nhcria-c-s and relation
ship. but averaging per ccni; Viii pro-
duc. 1S0.nnh. uru marks. Will" the Ger
mru empire received only 5"."o" hharAS
in lTlS rhr TAX On uncarnrd incrc-
men, may w"ll hr ms high az i" per
cent and produce 150.ro"."h0 marks
Tho total annual income Of the Ger
man people was cstimHi"d 10 ani"Ufi' 10
90 per cent Of tho natiunsl. wealth. "r
to more than In.hnn. h,hhh ;m:trk"'
tax Oh thu very small incomes can haT"-
~ he levied, on account If the heavy In
direct taxes that ar" imposed on rrac-
tically every person. without c"nSld"rn-
lion Of their earning capacity and M
come. As Saxnny used 10 lax. UP |"
few xCars ago annual incomes Of 40
marks tl06) and Prussia %till taxes an
uual incomes Of LIMO marks. amy income
of mere than ono marks may cnntri-
butte 10 the Allied war compensation IN
dcmnity fund. The tax may be- per
cont on incomes Of l.hhh or l.Jhh marks
and III" rate increase UP To 90 per cent
on. annual incomes al NOR" than 10000
marks Such an income 'nh can pr"-
ducc above 7.0nn. 0hn. hhn marks. -Nn-
other billion marks. cnn he obtained
through lax on all sales above five
marks.
Not as Difficult ns II Looks.
The burden thus to DC imposed is. II
must he admitted. heavy. very heavy.
But the lot of the Germans would r..
very much better than that Of the Bel
glnnS and the population of tho occupied
French DEPARTMENTS during the war.
NOT 10 IuCatiUn the Scrhinus. who have
suffered most. The Germans will have
10 lover their standard Of living. but
not 10 III" level 10 which th"y had
forced their opponents, whom they had
conquered temporarily. not even to the
level to which they haze been used dur
ing the last two years. And. while tho
Allies don't desire to crush them, The
Germans deserve punishment; they
must he made Ia repent and must be
prevented from again attacking hu-
mainly, at least during this generation.