The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-07-17
PAYS BILLION DOLLARS
| YEAR FOR LuEUR|Es
New York Is Indulging In An
Orgy OF SpenoI1g ana
Uncle Sam Re@ps
Benefit
ecps-rmsn; Gets ssa.saa 200 a Msr.s
as Result of itsls
crornbiins o. tire Lurgry lrposs--
coliscso- % f1se-rzI Seorrvr Sc
ltrvss Serios ~ Ss.vnchrnert Is as
f-zrn.


lu-U-y huy'lnc n New York Is nau
gong On q; the rate cf 81 roo a,a. .(saa
year, judged ~ the amount nf Tux.
ury fhxes-hcsregA5 <I0.5o1i,so /.
uurth--v'Aich are being c0glecrea Nv
William Il Edwards. Cnited States
collector %. internal revenue for Man
hsrtnr IN FeSrus-v, according G the
COLLECTOR, the government received
from lis Office s. sta a1a more IN lur-
urF taxes thsn WIS naid in any pre-
viaus month n ire history o. iht ae-
fariment The raanth 0f Aprn prob.
AAlr WlN srceed them 81. The re.
csnrs be SAYS. have been mounting
higher and higher for SIX months,
"Nhai s8me g,eoaif call the sorgv ~
spending hrs pat exhausted irselt"
said Mr. Edwards, .'huf nv men. in
Fheir talk with merchants and others
who pay the great hElf n the taxes
lsrs been tala ths; fAe peak of ex-
trava raa4cs seems 70 have heer reached
sn5 thtf q period q reirenchmert Is
clase Ak hand
Ll-is Gru~hllrr or Tax.
We henr 6 l0r ahouf the income 1ra
excess profits tax which eans aus "a
She spring q eve-y wear. md Hf,ouf TIRE
hardship q meeting il. but the fsr;
= tia, the siehdiesi Tax md one uhioh
g leHst fe1i hy the public and ~
which VIZ hear very little. rs The lux
rs.v s-r~.ns-. rres,s r.-...s.~ 49, -.
tiuvs bis Elri Hn 3ce cream saaA
eaesn'r Crurntie n1 fhe penny ~ rwn
tHT EuT more fhHr does ne '1ch youth
who presents hss f6tS'ee wiih q dla-
mund tiara ur touring car Neither
misses a. IS the Stern Is 50 sEsl as |
compared Win the expenditure
a kings rAnsam was spent fa-
rHnAT last December, hut the biggest
revenue came from denlHrs ln 5Hwairy.
fUrs EnI automobiles THE ihenters
showed INST Ia 1aauarr they dl6 an un-
nsunliE prosperous business When
persons sthrT 70 ecanumlne they usu-
hly cut ont hmusemerfs hui On IAN
UhfT iu thf harnuch ~ Manhattan
f1ona, S-Ss sal IS was pala in tAxeS 4
Inurlr rhnt hy ten md vuu WITH rel
.a1ne liea q bow Father KrickerherE- :
y and his guests Brt paving 70 ne en-
efTniDes q, tust The rhehfers There
IRE no inaicEuurs q any panic in these
irures The man who said 'AlWnys
,s q huu nn the {. S a. seems TO he
-lndicare6
Small Taxes S~ea fetal.
Al Interesting tling Ahuul the Ink
i-z TAI i fl.nt more revenue Is he-
ns derived from ice cream soaHs nn6 :
ithar Small sales which carry & penny =
p two tax Than there is from the Il
Hls a mo,nrcRrs. diamonds and ether
uxuries Drucr SIS paid 8 large sun \
n expensive perfumes and c1suletics,
sverT manufacture, rradurer or tu-
.Df-tr IS required to make surh re- 4
arns rs WILL cleu,9v slinw eReh rawA-
le transaction n The sale ~ certain i
poas. and these are verihea hv rcV- q
rus officers Seeriar a94 ~ ,he rev 3
nue acr ~ 1915 provides thnt 'an and
Ter MAY T. 1914 the fnx q ten psr !.
anl shan be levied and cnJecled on
including many kinds uf ex- +
ausivf art eles iu dhiiv usH In fhe 4
lie az these Erricles the 1elier arts Y
. calerrinn agent far the rovern- 2
.eIit Other rsxes are g1Id iu The u.
rm at szimT,S' III