Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-27
.LUXUR|ES SOAR AS
NEW FEDERAL TAX
GOES INTO EFFECT.
PRICES ON TOBACCO WILL BE
BOOSTED TO MEET GOVERN.
MENT EXCISE - LIQUOR AND
BEERS ARE HIT HEAVY"

With the signing of the new reve-
nue. bill by President Wilson those
who win lie affected are getting busy
making reports and taking inventories
OF stock before the yint Of an internal
revenue man
The new bills 90 into effect today
on liquor ana soft drinks, including
near beer, grape juice, soda wafer and
mineral waters and on tobacco, and
on sO-called luxuries Anticipating
the imposition of new taxes, thou-
sands OF gallons of whisky had been
withdrawn from government bonded
warehouses within the last week, with
| tax paid at the old rate of $320 a gal
Ion, to escape the higher rate Of $G40
a gallon now effective.
Articles in the luxury" class on
which new taxes go into effect include
automobile and motor accessories,
| pianos, sporting goods, chewing gum.
! cameras, candy, firearms, slot ma
!
The tax is paid by the manufactures.
Excess profits and war profits. es
tates and inheritances. and excise
taxes on a number of special bust
nesses, such as brokers. bowling al
leys. insurance companies, theater
| amusement place proprietors and
liquor dealers Drastic measures to
prevent the narcotic drug traffic be
come effective at once.
On April / new taxes on railroad
and steamship tickets, pipe lines, in
aurance, theater admissions and club
dues, and variety of stamp taxes
become effective. Levies against the
excess of value of so-caled semi-luX
uries. such as articles of dress. will
be made after May J.. The soda foun-
tain tax becomes effective May l.
Taxes on products Of child labor will
be imposed in sixty days
| Whisky by the quart costs Just so
! cents more than it did Monday night,
! The new tax is an increase Of $32a
a gallon on whisky and So a barrel
| on beer. bringing the total, respective
/ Iy, to $40 gallon and $6 barrel.
Tobacco in all forms is affected in
the bill, and tobacconists predicted an
increase of cents "a package on
cigarets and possibly cent increase
on lOcent cigars.
In most cases these increased taxes
will be charged against the customers
within several days
Tobacco tax increases were from L.
cents to Is cents pound, making a
retail increase of about | cent on each
two ounces. The original tax of 500
on ! ,000 cigarets was raised to 50, ol
an increase to consumers of cents
on package of twenty
Increase of, cigar taxes were ac
cording TO the retail price and ranged
from $3.50 per ! 600 to SIS.
; Whisky will sell at % cents, but
| there won't be any tax on the aqua
e pura" washer. Sodas and ginger ale
will cost 10 cents Wine that formerly
sold at 10 cents per glass will cos
15. The nickle cigar will be increased
; ) cents or two for Is. That is the way
the financiers are doping ont the price
list now The l0-cent cigar will sci
at l. or two for quarter.
The price on SO-called luXuries
bear, whisky wine, sodas, cigars, gin
ger ale and, in fact. nearly everything
that the salGonkeeper deals in. vii
have a special tax.
Beer will probably be 10 cents ;
, glass, but he glasses or mugs may b,
little larger where it can legally b.
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