The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-01
MANY TAX RATES IN EFFECT TODAY

Today will have a, meaning all it's own to many gentlemen who have property taxable under the new law dealing with the war revenue, for most of it's provisions go into effect today. In the section dealing with excise taxes the new law levies 3 per cent. on the sale or lease valuation of automobile trucks and wagons; 5 per cent. on other automobiles and motorcycles, tires, inner tubes, parts and accessories; pianos, organs, piano players, graphophones, music boxes, and records; 10 per cent. on tennis rackets, nets, racket covers, skates snowshoes, skis, toboggans, canoe paddles, polo mal1ets, baseball bats, gloves, masks, protectors, shoes and uniforms, football helmets, harness and goals, basketball, ball goals and uniforms, golf bags and clubs, la crosse sticks, balls of all kinds, fish roads and reels, billiard and pool tab les, chess and checker boards, games and parts of games and all similar articles commonly known as sport ing goods; per cent. on chewing gum; 10 per cent, on cameras, weigh
  graphic films and plates other than moving picture films; per cent. on candy; 10 per cent. on fire arms, shells and cartridges, hunting and bowie knives, dirk knives, daggers, sword canes, stilettoes and brass or metallic knuc!IIes; per cent. on portable electric fans; 5 per cent on thermos and thermo ostatic bottles or other thermostatic containers; 10 per cent. on cigar or cigarette holders, humidors and smoking stands; per cent on automatic slot device vend- ing machines; 10 per cent. on auto matic slot device weighing machines; 10 per cent. on liveries and livery boots and hats; 10 per cent. on hunt ing and shooting garments and riding habits; 10 per cent. on articles made of furs yachts and motor boats not designed for trade, fishing or national defense; 3 per cent. on toilet soaps and toilet soap powders.
 Taxes are operative beginning on certain transportation facilities as foIlows:-
 Freight: On amount paid for transportation within the United States by rail or water or any form of mechanical motor power, 3 per cent.
 Express: For each 20 cents or frac- ton on amount paid for transports ton by rail, water, or mechanical mo- tor power, when in competition under conditions, 1 cent.
 Persons: On amount paid for trans portation by rail. etc, from one point in the United States to another or tC any point in Canada or Mexico l where tickets are sold or issued in the 1 United States not including commit | tation or season tickets for trips less than thirty miles. nor where fare | does not exceed 42 cents, 8 per cent | (technical conditions are made). | Pullman acconmo odations: Or | amount paid for seats. berths and | staterooms in par1or or sleeping cars or on vessels used in connection witI 1 transportation on which a tax Is i'm | posed under the head persons" l per cent.
 On amount paid for transportation of oil by pipe line. 8 per cent. l On telegraph. Telephone. cable o, radio messages originating in tn l United States. where charge is owe IA and not over 30 cents, TO cents l There is but one tax without regar, | to the number of stations used. | Leased wires: On amount paid tc telegraph or telephone company fo leased wire or talking circuit speCia
 service, 10 per cent: certain immuni | ties.
 Certain technical provisions ar
 made for old mileage books and olt l tickets.
 Taxes become operative on Issua1c of insurance policies including, |
 case of those issued outside of tn
 country (with certain exceptions
 their delivery within the country b
 any agent or broker, whether actin
 for insurer or insured, to be paid b
 insurer or such agent or broker.
 Life insurance: A tax equivalent t cents on each S1OO or fractions
 part of amount for which any life
 insured under any instrument b
 whatever name called: provided o
 all policies of life insurance only b
 which life Is insured not in excess C : $500, issued on industrial or week.
 or monthly payment plan, the ta
 shall be 40 per cent. of first week. premium, or 20 per cent. of fir: : monthly premium: on group If
 insurance under specific provision
 tax is equivalent of I cents on eac s100. Provisions are made for If , health and accident insurance in or l policy not in excess of $500.
 Marine, inland and fire insuranc
 A tax equivalent to 1 cent on eac
 dollar or fractional part thereof ( 2 premium charged under each polio 5 or instrument whereby insurance
 made or renewed upon any propert
 whether against peril by sea or 1T
 land waters, or by fire, lighting (
 other peril.
 Casualty insurance: A tax equiEs