Evening journal., 1918-06-25
MAY PAY Taxes
while YOU SLEEP
Harvard Banking Expert
Proposes Pajamas as
Revenue Source
DRINK FROM SPIGOT
WOULD NOT ESCAPE

WASHINGTON, June 25-Everything
that a man eats, drinks, wears or uses
in any way, either as a necessity or as
a luxury, will be taxed next year, if
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House, which is framing the new S.
00O,000,000 war revenue bill, follows all
of the suggestions that have been made
at the public hearings on the bill.
Experts who have apeared before the
committee during the three weeks Of
hearings have not even overlooked GER
tain occupations Of men and women as
possible subjects for taxstlon.
Chauffeurs, buffers, ladies' maids and
other household servants have been
suggested as sources Of revenue. Some
Of the men who have talked TO the
committee have urged that the chauf-
fcurs alone be taxed, while other per-
sons, including Representative Rankins
of Montana, have advocated tax on all
servants, with the exception OF one
maid-of-all-work. The tax would not
be paid by the servants, but by their
employers. In the case of chauneurs
Of pleasure cars, IL would range be-
tween $40 and $50 a month.
A tax on all gross sales, which has
been suggested by dozen Of those
who have appeared before the commit
tee, VOID indirectly tax every article
In daily use, but many Of them would
be reached directly n the suggestions
made TO the committee are followed.
When a man got up in the morning
he would pay an indirect tax on the
D,
bottled or prepared water, or even II
Just drawn from the spigot, as the sug-
gestlons made to the committee include
a heavy tax on public utilities.
In addition TO the Indirect tax he
would pay on all Of his clothes, through /
the lax on gross sales, he would pay |
an additional direct tax on his shoes, !
If they cost more than s. or Sc and on |
his shirt II il cost more than $3.50. |
A woman would have TO pay direct
tax on the cosmetics she used and on
the silk garments or iewelry with
which she adorned herself. Everything
That the husband and wife used in the
morning toilet would be taxed Indirect
".
The coffee the husband would drink
n breakfast would be taxed ten cents a
pound, the cocoa his wife might prefer
would be taxed the same amount, or II
she used tea It would be taxed fifteen
cents. The sugar they use would also
be taxed by the pound.
The bread they alto II IL contained
any wheat, would be taxed at the rate
used.
The tobacco the husband would
smoke would be taxed thirty-six cents
a pound directly. II he took a glass
of beer with his luncn downtown II
world be taxed at the rate Of $3.50
barrel instead Of the 50 that 1t ls now
taxed. II he preferred near-beer or
any substitute for beer II would be
taxed s375. II his lunch cost more
than 81 he would pay tax Of 20 per
cent.
should his wife so shopping In an
automobile, in addition TO the tax on
the chauffeur, the car in which she
rode would be taxed and the gasoline
used on the trip would yield a revenue
10 the government Of twenty or TWEEN
ty-nye cents a gallon.
II she stopped az a soda fountain TO
buy ice cream or a soft drink IL would
be taxed. She would pay 70 per cent.
additional In taxes on her ticket to the
movies or to the matinee, instead Of
the 10 per cent. now charged.
The athletic goods the husband might
use late in the day would be taxed
and the photograph that he would
play IN the evening would be a source
of revenue for the government.
II she should go out OF town for the
.4..ht HE bofai hfr Nyotfld he taxed % |
per cent. II It amounted TO more than