Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-19
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Treasury Proposals Call fer &
SIS to $50 Import Upon
All Automobiles.
LEVY ON SERVANTS WAGES.
Automobile Tax Graduated From Sls
to $50 According to Horsepower
Ratlng-CIothing, Hats and lto-
tel Bills Included in List.

Washington.-The treasury depart
ment sent to the Ways and Means
Committee a list Of ''luXuries" upon
which it is recommended that heaVy
taxes be levied in the new revenue Dill.
Included in the list are automobiles,
clothing, household servants, JeWelry,
hotel bills, gasoline motion pictures,
musical instruments, neckwear, canes
and furs.
One striking recommendation speci-
fees:
Household servants, 2G per cent. OF
the wages of one servant to l00 per
cent. OF the combined wages of four or
more, female servants, each family 10
have exemption from tax for one serN-
ant, all additional female servants
from 10 per cent. to 100 per cent. on
all over four.
The taxes upon most Of the articles
named in the list would be collected on
retail sales The tax on gasoline would
be paid by the wholesale dealer. 1t Is
fixed at 10 cents a gallon, While the
automobile tax is graduated from Sla
to $50, according 20 horsepower rating.
Following is the complete list sub
mitted by the department, to be col
lected on retail sales:
Fifty per cent on the retail price Of
tewelry, including watches and clocks,
except those sc:d to army officers.
Twenty per cent. on automobile trail
ers and truck units, motorcycles, BIZ
cycles, automobiles, motorcycle and b.
cycle tires, and musical Instruments
A tax on all mems suits selling for
more than $50, hats over 81, shirts
over 50, pajamas over 50, hosiery over
50 cents, shoes over S., gloves over s.,
underwear over So, and all neckwear
and canes.
On women's suits over $40, coats
over 500, ready made corsets over 50,
dress goods-silk over $3.50 a yard,
cotton over 80 cents square yard, and
wool over 50 a square yard. All furs,
boas and fans.
On children's clothing. suits over SIS,
cotton dresses over So, linen dresses
over So, silk and wool dresses over S.,
hats over So, shoes over 81, and gloves
over 50.
On house furnishings, all ornamental
lamps and fixtures; all table linen.
cutlery and silverWare; china and cut
glass; all furniture in sets for which
So or more Is paid for piece; on cur
tains over 50 per yard and on tapes
tries, rugs and carpets over S. per
square yard.
On all purses, pocketbooks, hand
bags, brushes, combs and toilet arti-
cles and all mirrors costing over 81.
Ten per cent. on all hotel bills
amounting to more than $3.50 per per-
son per day; also the present tax on
cabaret bills to be made to apply to the
entire restaurant or cafe bill, the pres
ent tax being 10 per cent.
The following taxes to be collected
from the manufacturer or producer:
Ten cents a gallon on all gasoline to
be paid by the wholesale dealer.
Motion picture shows and films:
Abolish the foot tax of one-quarter and
onerhalf cent a foot, double the tax
rate on admissions and collect 9 per
cent. on the rentals received by the
producer.
Double the present tax on alcoholic
beverages, wise: Distilled spirits, now
1920 per gallon, increase to S6.4O; fer
mented liquors increase from So per
gallon to Sc; wine from s cents per
gallon to 16 cents.
Automobiles: A license tax on pas
senger automobiles graduated accord
ing to horsepower as follows: Twenty
three horsepower or less, SIS; "a to 30
horsepower, $25; 81 to 40 horsepower,
$40; over 40 horsepower, $50.