The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-09-05
COLLECTION OF
INTERNAL TAXES
NEW REVENUE BILL CALLS FOR
$4,000, 600, 900.
A NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
immensely of Undertaking Translated
Into Terms of General Under.
standing-A Test of Our Pride
and Patriotism.

standihg-A Test Of Our Pride
and Patriotism.
Washington, d. c., Sept. 2.-TC
collect within a few months $4,000,
100000 is the task confronting the
Bureau of Internal Revenue. This
is the amount the new revenue bill
now being framed is expected to
yield. 1t is difficult to realize the
immensely Of this sum, and yet So,
000,OO0,000 is less than One-sixth OF
the annual income of the United
States, which has pledged it's entire
resources to the successful prosecu
ton of the war. How well this
pledge is being carried out is a mat
ter OF present day history.
In order to bring to the mind of the
American people comprehension of
the sum they will be called upon this
year to contribute by direct taxation
to the support of the war, the Bureau
of Internal Revenue has prepared a
set Of figures showing that if divided
according to population ut would
mean per capita tax of $76.76 or
more than 1886 per family The
amount of money in circulation Aug.
ust !, 1918, among a population of
l06,0l2,O00, was $52,44 per capita.
In Terms of Products.
The total value of all crops OF
American farms in 1910, the last cen
sus year, was $1,000 100000. The
total value Of all live stock on farms
January l, 1910, was slightly less
than $3,000,00O,000. In one year,
therefore, the taxpayers, according to
the proposed terms of the new bill,
are called upon to pay more than the
aggregate value of all farm crops in
the United States in 1910, plus the
value of all farm animals.
The tax amounts to practically one
third of the total value of manufac
tured products as reported to the
Census Bureau in 914,$24 ,246, 435 900
The value added to raw materials by
manufacture, which represents the
wealth produced by manufacturing,
was in 1914, $9,S7S,346,OO0, or but
23.4 per cent more than the proposed
tax levy.
Our Responsibility.
These figures are presented by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, not with
the view of preparing the American
people for heavy sacrifices, but tC
bring home to them a sense of their
responsibility in the way of neces-
sary economies. The new revenue
bill is being drawn in a manner to
impose the least burden possible.
Every man will be assessed accord
ing to his income-eaCh will be call
ed upon to do his share.
BenEfit of Experience.
The amount of Federal taxes col
lected from all sources during tn
last fiscal year was 1884 900, 900. l.
collecting more than twice that sun
this year, the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue is anticipating no unusual diff
culties, but is prepared to benefit by
past experience. The force of of
flee and field employees has been in.
creased from approximately 4,500 to
5000 and the entire administrative
machinery put in readiness for its
task.
Morale Involved.
"In normal times Federal taxes are
inconsequential and impose no bur
den on the taxpayer" said Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, Daniel
C. Roper in commenting on the work
ahead of him. "Their collection is
a simple matter, involving principally
routine work But this year we are
engaged in a war upon which de-
ponds the safety not only of the Unit
ed States but of the world. The
collection of so vast sum, so large
a part of the peoples earnings, in
wolves the morale of our civil poru
Iation, the keystone of our success
in the war.
National Patriotism.
National patriotism and solidar'