Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-07
Income and Excess Profits Revenue Was Three
 Fourths of Total.
FIGURES GIVEN TO
 SECRETARY M'ADOO
Committees on Revenue Will Use Figures in Fixing New Budget, Which Must Bring in
 $S,0O0, ,O00,0OO.

Washington, Aug. 6.-Hcw the gov ernment war coffers were filled with billions in taxes gathered from wide variety of sources ranging from stamps on playing cards to huge lev ies on excess profits as shown in de- tail today by representative of In- ternal Revenue Commissioner Roper to Secretary McAdoo for the year ending last June 30
 The figures are considered espec-- ially important because they will be used by the House ways and means committee as a partial basis for high CT taxes in the new revenue bill which is to raise O,O0O,OO0.
 Total Was $3,694, ,7O3,O ,OOO
 Total internal revenue for the year amounted to $3,694, ,703,000 of which $2,839, ,083, ,O0O came from income and excess profits tax payments in June and $855, ,619,000 from 8 multitude of misscelleanous sources collected large ly in pennies, dimes and quarters added to the price of various articles paid by consumers and poured into the treasury by retailers, wholesalers or manufacturers to help meet war war costs. Huge as these taxes seem in the aggregate calculation for the entire year were only enough to pay the Nations bills for two and a half months of the war at the rate the gov ernment is now spending money
 Next to income and excess profit taxes, the backbone of the revenue schedule-liquor taxes brought in the most money, $443,S3s, 10000, including $317, ,553,O00 from whiskey, brandy, wine and spirits and $126,2S5, ,0O0 from beer and other fermented liquors. Taxes on cigars, cigarettes and other tobacco products yielded $156,188,000.
 These figures are somewhat higher than those reported soon after the close of the year by Commissioner Roper and are subject to further notifications.
 Utilities Next.
 After income, excess profits, liquor and tobacco taxes, the biggest yield from any other source came from lev ies on transportation and utilities which went into effect Nov. l, am- bunting to $7O, ,734,OOO divided as fol- lows: Freight three percent ESQ., 02,000; Passenger tickets, eight per cent $24,3O6,0O0; Express five $6,458,OOO; Berth and state rooms, ten percent $2,236,O00; Tele- phone, Telegraph and Radio message, five cents each, $6,299,000; oil pine lines, five per cent $1 ,433,000.
 Levies on estates of deceased per- sons brought in S47,452 ,0OO and it is proposed to increase this considerably in. the next bill.
 Amusements, such stheatres, cab arets, pleasure parks, and dance halls taxed at virtually ten per cent on the price, yielded for the eight months $26,357 ,000.
 A notable feature of the report was the item fonly $12,995 ,OOO collected in excise taxes on sale of articles usu- ally classed as luxuries, piano players, moving picture films, jewellery, per fumes, cosmetics, proprietary medl-. cines, chewing gum, cameras ana yachts.
 The administration program this year calls for raising about billion dollors from luxuries.
 Taxes on the value of capital stock of corporations last year amounted to $24,996, ,OOO; on manufacturers or dealers in automobiles and motorcy- ,les, $23,981 ,000.
 On munitions $13,296,0oo. Docu- stamp taxes imposed since Dec. 1, 1917 produced $18,S13,00O. |
 Club dues, taxed at 0per cent yielded $2,259,O00 Taxes on insurance policies amounted to s6,492,0o0; on ,leomargarine $2,336, 900; on bowling alleys, pool and biulliard tables, $1,- l86, 6,O0O: on theatre, circuis and mus ,um propietors $S65,00o and on stock brokers $333, ,000.
 The volume of taxes collected dur gin the year is shown bp comparison with those of the year proceeding when total collections were $SO9,S 9,S9S,- poo.
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