The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-07-19
dresses over So, hats IS, shoes 81.
and gloves 81.
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lamps and fixtures, all table linen,
cutlery and silverware, china and cut
glass. All furniture in sets for which
IS or more is paid for each piece.
On curtains over So per yard and on
tapestries, rugs and carpets over S.
per square yard.
On all purses, pocketbooks, hand.
bags, brushes, combs and toilet ar.
ticles and all mirrors over So.
Ten per cent on the collections from
the sales of vending machines.
Ten per cent on all hotel bills
amounting to more than $3.50 per day
per person. Also the present tax on
cabaret bills is made to apply to the
entire restaurant or cafe bill {the pres
ent tax is 10 per cent?.
Taxes On Manufacturer and Producer.
Ten cents gallon on all. gasoline,
to be paid by the wholesale dealer.
Ten per cent tax on wire leases.
Big Levy On Drinks.
The following taxes on soft drinks
are suggested:
Those now paying cents a gallon
to pay 20 cents; those paying 8 cents
to pay 80 cents; those paying 10 cents
to pay 40 cents; and those paying 20
cents to pay 80 cents. Mineral water
now taxes / cent gallon to pay II
cents. Chewing gum how taxed z
per cent of the selling price to pay
Gne cent on each cent package.
Motion Picture Shows And Films
Abolish the foot tax of one-fourth
and one-half cent foot and substi-
tute a tax OF per cent on the rentals
received by the producer and double
the tax rate on admissions.
Double the present taxes on alcoholic
beverages, viz: Distilled spirits, now
1920 gallon, proposed $6.4O; fer
mented So gallon, proposed Sc: wine
cents a gallon, to be 16 cents.
Tobacco and cigarette taxes are
doubled.
Automobile-A license tax on pas
senger automobiles, graduated accord
ing to horse power: % H. P. or less,
SIS; "a to 80 H. P, $25; 81 to 40
H. p, $40; over 40 H. P, $50.
Double club membership dues.
Household servants (male), rs per
cent of the wages of one servant up
to 100 per cent of the combined wages
of four or more; female servants, each
family exempted from tax on one serv-
nj. oil cd on
from 10 to 100 per cent on all over
four
Consumption Tax Opposed.
While this tax is classed as tax on
luxuries and semi-luXuries, it is in the
nature Of a consumption tax. AS soon
as Chairman Kitchin read the plan to
the Ways and Means Committee con.
siderable opposition Immediately de-
veloped on account of its character.
Many members did not like it, because
it smacked of being a consumption
tax. They declared the tax included
too many articles which are necessi-
ties in the life Of the average man,
and to lay heavy tax on them, which
is to be paid when the articles are
purchased, would cause widespread
discomfort
1t is pointed out, however, that the
plan does not reach articles needed in
the homes Of people of moderate cir
cumstances, nor does it reach the
clothes which these people buy. On
the other hand, the tax only touches
those articles which people Of plcnty
of means or Of circumstance. ~ nat can
afford to pay the levy des.Ee to h"''.
1t is declared that a man who can
afford a $40 suit of clothes can pay the
50 tax without feeling pincii@d 1t is
also declared that the woman who
wishes to pay more than $40 for hat
can easily meet the tax.
The average man, it is declared,
does not buy heavily of the articles
which come within the 20 per cent
tax scheme.