Evening journal., 1918-07-10
EVEN MEMS SOCKS
MAY Be taxed NOW
House Would Double Pres
emf Rates in Non.EsSen.
tial Commodities
RESTAURANT AND
HOTEL BILLS LISTED

WASHINGTON, July t0.1Taxes ex-
tending from luxuries into the house
hold and including everything from au-
tomoblles and jewelry to nearly all
articles Of clothing were suggested by
the Treasury Department to the House
Ways and Means Committee. which is
drafting the new ss,OoO,OOOOOO war rev.
enue bill.
The department submitted to the
committee a long list OF articles which
1t suggested as source OF war reve-
nue.. For some OF them a specific
tax was suggested, while the amount
OF the tax suggested for the remain
der was left for the committee to de-
termine.
The list includes jewelry, automo-
biles, gasoline, household servants,
nearly all articles OF clothing for
men, women and children, household
furniture and furnishings. hotel and
restaurant billsA double taxes on
liquors, beers and wines, double tax
es on motion pictures and soft drinks
and double the present tax on club
dues.
The departments list is divided into
two parts, one including the sugges-
tion for a tax on retail sales, which
would be levied directly against the
purchaser and the other on articles
that would be paid by the manufactur-
er, producer or wholesaler.
The Treasury Department believes,
II said In a statement accompanying
the list that the proposed taxes would
not only greatly increase the war
revenues Of the nation by taxing lux
urles and doubling present taxes on
non-essential commodities, but would
also tend to keep down the oOnsump-
ton OF many necessary articles, such as
clothing
The departments suggestions in full
follow:
Fifty per cent. on the retail price OF
jewelry. including watches and CLOCKS,
except those sold 10 army Officers.
Twenty per cent. on automobiles,
trailers and truck units, motorcycles,
bicycles, automobile, motorcycle and
bicycle tires and musical instruments.
A tax on all mems suits selling for
more than $50, hats more than Si. shirts
hosiery more than thirty-flve cents,
shoes more than s., gloves more than
81. underwear more than 50, and neck
wear and canes.
On wOmen's suits more than $40,
coats more than $50, ready-made dress
es more than S3j, skirts more than SO
hats more than $40, shoes more than
Sc, lingerie more than s5, corsets more
/ than s.. Dress goods-silk more than
81 90 a square yard, cotton more than
nifty cents a square yard and wool
more than g a square yard. All furs
boas and fans.
On chIIirenIs clothing-suits more
than si5, cotton dresses more than -,
linen dresses more than So, silk and
wool dresses more than SS. Hats 80
shoes 81, and gloves 81.
On household furnishings, all orna-
mental lamps and fixtures, all table
linen, cutlery and silverware, china ana
cut glass. All furniture In sets Tor
which 50 or more Is paid for eacn
piece. On curtains more than s2 ysrd
and on tapestries, rugs and carpets
more than IS a square yard.
On all purses, pocketbooks, handbags,
I
all mirrors more than 81.
Ten per cent. on the collections from
the sales Of vending machines.
Ten per cent. on all hotel bills
amounting 10 more than $3.50 person
day.
Also the present tax on cabaret bills
is made TO apply to the entire restau-
rant or cafe bill (the present tax Is
10 per cent?
Taxes on manufacturer or producer.
Ten cents a gallon on all gasoline to
be paid by the wholesale dealer.
Ten per cent. tax on wire leases.
The following taxes on soft drinks
are suggested:
Those now paying 1--WE cents a gal
lon 10 pay twenty cents, those pay
ing eight cents to pay thirty cents,
those paying ten cents TO pay forty
cents and those paying twenty cents
TO pay eighty cents.
Mineral water now taxed one cent
gallon to pay sixteen cents. Chew
ing gum now taxed 2 per cent. OF the
selling price 10 pay one cent on each
fve-cent package.
Motion picture shows and films.
Abolish the foot tax OF one-quarter
and one-half cents a foot and double
the tax rate on admissions and sub
stitute 5 per cent. on the rentals re-
celved by the producer.
Double the present taxes on alco-
holio beverages viz: Distilled spirits
now $500 a gallon, proposed s6i0
Wine, eight cents a gallon, to be six
teen cents. Tobacco and cigarette
taxes all doubled.
Automobiles, a license on passen-
ger automobiles graduated according
TO horsepower.
Twenty-three horsepower or less, Sio.
Twenty-four TO thirty horsepower, SO.
Thirty-one to forty horsepower, $40.
More than forty horsepower. $50.
Double club membership dues.
Household servants, male, % per
cent. Of the wages OF one servant up
10 100 per cent. Of the combination
wages Of four or more.
Female servants: Each family ex-
empted from tax on one servant. All
additional servants (femsle) nom 10
TO 100 per cent. on all over four.
The House Ways and Means Com
mlttee members favor the sugges'
| and the department llst VIII De uSeu
as a basis for schedule OF taxes along
these lines. The list was returned TO
the department todsy with a request
for an estimate OF the taxes 1t would
yield
The committee has abandoned the
suggestions for a breakfast table" tax
on the consumption OF sugar, coffee
tea and similar commodities. II also
has decided not 10 tax oil. with the
exception Of gasoline for pleasure cars