The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-07
INCOME AND EXCESS PROFITS
 DONATED $2,83s,OS3, 900
Tax on Transportation Contributed
 S70,734,ooo, while Levies on Esta.es
 of Deceased Persons Paid in S47,-- 452, 52,0o0-The Things Chased as Luxuries Paid in Smallest Amoants.

Washington. Aug. 6.-iHow the gcs- ernment war coffers were filled wita billions in taxes gathered from wile
 variety of sources ranging from
 stamps on playing cards to hugo levies on excess profits was shown
 in detail today by a report of Inteslal
 Revenue Commissioner Roper to Sce-
 retary McAdoo for the year endlns last June 30 The figures are con | siGered especially important De ause | they will be used by the house way.
 and means committee as pAr,il
 basis for higher taxes in the neH res-
 enue bill which is to raise SS, Jto,- OOOp00.
 | Total internal revenue for the year
 amounted to $3,694, ,7V3,000 of which 1 $2, ,S39, ,0S3, 900 came from income anJ
 excess profits payments in June aal | $S55,619,000 from multitudc of miscellaneous sources collected large ly in pennies, dimes and quarters added into the treasury by retailers.
 wholesalers and manufacturers 70 help meet war costs.
 Huge as these taxes seem in tle aggregate, collections for the entire year were only enough to pay the na-- tions bills for two and a half months
 of the war at the rate the govern
 ment is now spending money.
 Next to. income and excess profits
 taxes--the backbone of the revenue schedule, liquor taxes brought in the most money s443.SSS,0 900 including
 $317 ,553,O 900 from whiskey, br .niy, wine and spirits. and s126, 6,2S5,00O from
 beer and other fermented lQuc-s. Taxes on cigars, cigarettes and other
 tobacco products yielded $156,sSS. .0eD. These figures are somewhat higher than those represented soon after the
 close of the year by Commisssonr Roper and are subject to further
 qualifications.
 After income, excess profits, l.lnor and tobacco taxes the biggest yield from any other source came iroa Ievies upon transportation and utll- ities which went into effect Novem-
 Der amounting to s70,734,000, disiiea as follows:
 Freight three per cent, $30,002, ,0oj' passenger tickets, eight per cent. szi'- aO6, 900; express, five per cent, So. 45S 900: berths and staterooms tei per cent, $2,236,0 ,000; telephone. teie graph and radio messages, five zen | each, s6,299 900; oil pipe lines, .ys per cent, s1, 900.
 Leyies on estates of deceased lei- 1 sons brought in $47452.000 and 1t is proposed to increase this consider , ably in the next bill.
 Amusements, such as theatres, cay- arets. pleasure parks, and dance halls, taxed at virtually ten per cent on the ! admission price, yielded for the eight
 months s26, 6,357 ,000.
 A notable feature of the report was the item of only s12s95,000 collscse I in excise taxes on sale of articles usu- ally classed as Injuries, such as piano players. moving picture films. jewelry. perfumes, cosmetics, proprietary mad- I icines, chewing gum, cameras ana yachts.
 The administration program this year calls for raising about billion dollars from luxuries. Taxes on the value of capital stock of corporations last year amounted to $24,9s6.000. on
 manufacturers or dealers in antom'~ piles and motor cycles. $23 .eS1 '0o0; on munitions manufactures Tls.as6,-
 GOO; documentary stamp tayes inn
 posed since December 1. 1917 rro- duced SIS. S13,000. Club dues. taxed at ! 10 per cent yielded s2,259,oOo