Ten Per Cent Increase Added to
All Existing Duties and Articles
the new war revenue bill:
$100
each $100 face value
«2 CONS
1 per cent of premium charge
Casualty policy premiums
Freight bills
Passenger tickets
50 cents
8 cents on each $100
1 per cent
1 per cent
3 per cent
10 per cent
ceeding $60, $5.
Express rates
Automobiles and motorcycles
Light, heat and telephone bills
Telephone (long distance).....
Mucical instruments
Talking machines .
Jewelry
Cosmetics and proprietary medicines
Amusement tickets (charity excepted)
5 per cent
5 per cent
5 cents on each toll message over 15¢
5 per cent on those costing over $10
5 per cent on those costing over $10
wide ..5 per cent
5 per cent on wholesale price
| cents for each 10 cents of ad-
The
bill
the hou
and rej
is esthx
Wasl
war
agreed
on
the
produce
ington. -
revenue
upon by
and means orted
ways
house Wednesday, nated to
S1.800.000 (XX) a year.
tan-
ible
ers overlook i any
» upon which it is
tax. it
POSS
was not because of
any
% f
Incomes,
business profi
auto
}
sel
heritances,
1oLACCO,
ha
games, medicines, letter posiage,
portati : g some
of the things v i vill feel the
den of taxation.
Tariff Will Yield $200,000,000.
The comm
go to the
something
done by an agreement
per cent upon all articles now
free list 10 per cent
upon all articles now upon the dutiable
list,
Income-tax increases as made public
by Chalrman Kitchin follow:
its, amusements, liquors,
n
mobiles, moving au
trans
ittee found it necessary to
ff to make up a deficit of
like $200.000,000,
to a 10
tax of
on the
31,
one-third.
June,
Exemption limits have been reduced
to $1,000 for single men and $2,000 for
married men,
The normal
incomes to be taxed,
1916, have been
These taxes are due
tax on new classes of
men, has been fixed at 2 per cent,
Increases in All Surtaxes.
The
lows:
$ 5000tc$ 7,500
7,500 to 10,000...
10,000 to 12,500
12,500 to 15,000
15,000 to 20,000
20000t0 40,000...
40,000 to 60,000
60,000 to 80,000. .
80,000 to 100,000
100,000 to 150,000
150,000 to 200,000
200,000 to 250,000. .
250,000 tee 300,000. .
300,000 to
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
per
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
cent
The Inheritance tax starts with
one-half of 1 per cent as the basic
tax on all estates of $50,000 or less,
The remainder of the schedule is ap-
plied to the various excesses in grad-
uation as follows:
Inheritance Tax Scale.
On excess of more than $50,000, but
not excealing $150,000, 1 per cent.
On excess of more than $150,000,
but not exceeding $250,000, 13% per
cent,
On excess of more than $250,000,
but not exceeding $450,000, 2 per cent.
On excess of more than $450,000, but
not exceedimg $1,000,000, 214 per cent.
On excess of more than $1,000,000,
but not exceeding $2,000,000, 3 per
cent.
On excess of more than $2,000,000,
but not exceeding $3,000,000, 3% per
cent.
On excess of more than $3,000,000,
but not exceeding $4,000,000, 4 per
cent,
On excess of more than $4,000,000,
but pot exceeding $5,000,000, 4% per
Lodging-House Geometry.
Learning is one thing and wit Is an-
other, but that does not prevent them
from meeting at times In the same
brain. One of the most amusing of
those Jests, which It takes a certain
amount of scholarship to make or en-
Joy, was the collection of Euclidean
axioms that Prof. Stephen Leacock of
McGill university wrote some years
ago for Truth. Here is one of the
cleverest of them: If there be two
boarders on the same flat and the
amount of side of the one be equal to
{mn
but
excess of more
not «
than £5.000 000
xceeding $5.000000, 5 per
cent.
Un excess of more than SR 000.000
but not exceeding $11.000000 7 per
cent,
Un excess of more
than $£11.000.000.
$15,000,000, 10 per
Un excess of more t
i 15 per cent
| The incor
changed e
15,000,000,
| to place an
I intelis
HOGS
thelr incor
December Ive
another o: their taxes agair
nd t}
1G LA
se y have not paid will h
to pay one! 1
| pay.
The tax on
more
when the)
EXC profits was not
changed and ited previ
at 16 per cent on profits over 8
| per cent and £5,000
stands as pri:
| ously
Liquor Touched Up.
The tax on spirits,
llar bev
| $2.20 per gallon.
Si
to
whisky and
erages hus been increased
The tax on beer is $2.75 per barrel.
The tax on rectifiers is 15 «
gallon,
| The
bled.
The
| vanced
from 50
retail I
The bill
shall pay
| amusement,
ents per
tax on tobacco has been dou-
taxes on cigars have been ad
to a schedule
$10 per
new
ranging
cents to thousand
that
per
specifies purchasers
fax on
theater, and baseball tick-
the 10 cent
els,
new tax.of 0 per cent on heat,
ight, and telephone bills was inserted
n the bill. Under this section
the householder goes to pay his month-
when
{ ly bills for these articles he will have
to pay an additional 5 per cent of the
amount of the bills for the support of
| the govermmnent,
The tax telephone and
telegraph messages fixed at §
| cents on each message the toll of which
stamp on
wns
than 15 cents,
tichets exempt
from thie passenger ticket tax of 10 per
cent tax the way fare is
less than 25 cents,
Mail Rate Increases
The second-class mail rate increase
was decided on according to the zone
system. On motion of Representative
Dixon of Indiana, this was reduced to
the following:
Two cents a pound on second-class
mail in first and second zones,
Three cents a pound on second-class
mail in the third and fourth zones,
Five cents a pound on second-class
mail in the fifth and sixth zones.
Six cents a pound on second-class
mail in the seventh and eighth zones,
Religious, fraternal, labor and agri-
cultural papers not operated for profit
more
Commuters’ were
where one
half-cent-a-pound basis.
The old regulations concerning the
in the county were unchanged.
A tax of § per cent was Inserted in
the bill on pleasure boats.
Musical Instruments costing
than $10 each, were exempted from
the provisions of the 5 per cent tax on
these articles.
A motion was made In committee to
reduce the automobile tax to 8 per
cent, but failed by a large margin.
the amount of side of the other, each
to each, and the wrangle between one
boarder and the landlady be equal to
the wrangle between the landlady and
the other boarder, then shall the week-
ly bills of the two boarders be equal,
each to each. For, If not, let one bill
be the greater. Then the other bill 1s
less than it might have been, which is
absurd.--Youth's Companion.
On the Job.
The Sphinx knew how to keep her
mouth shut and is still io business.
of Noted Men.
ROUTE TO BE KEPT SECRET
Chairman To Have Powers Of Spe-
cial Ambassador Associates
Chosen With Special Regard
To Conditions.
Official announcement
the Ame
Russi: 1 wd a
Wilson's
intrigues
Washington.
of the
on
personnel of rican Com
forward
effort
{0
mis
step in President to
for a sep
thwart Germany’ 1
arate wee with the new democracy
and t ho the ‘rovisional Govern-
ment fast to the \ { the world
Men On Comn
taff, United 8
Rear-Admir
S:N
Bliss Temporary Chief Of Staff,
General
and wi
tailed to ti
to General i
Scott's absence
formal
BOS 8
Fd
people of
Secret Baker, in gtate.
Ary
clared General Scott to
ment, de
Russia “in
Russia may re
he full
order that the
ylize from
4
moliment 2
compliment and
he dignits
the qdignit
ignity
cordi-
at mis them
Eres
Three Officers As Aides.
Three
1
sion as aides to General Scott
t E. 1. Michie,
Lieut. Col. T
retired, former military
American Embasay at Petro-
grad. and Lieut. Col. William V. Jud
son, of Engineer military
observer with the Russian Army dur
ing Russo-Japan war.
Colonel Judson previously had been
assigned to organize and command one
of the nine army engineer regiments
to be sent to France for work on mil
itary communication lines
ion to
mis-
They
the
officers will go with the
of
Bentley
are Col. Rober
General Staff;
Mott,
to the
attache
{ the Corps
the
WAR ON U-BOATS MORE TELLING.
Fact Shown In Secretary Of Navy's
Speech To Reichstag.
The
Washington increasing effec.
OfMeial
accounts of the speech reaching here
report the German Secretary as say-
had achieved far greater results than
marines had been lost as the result
of improved means of destruction de.
vised by the Allies.
MERGENTHALER IN BRONZE.
Printers.
Chicago.—A bronze bust of Otimar
Mergenthaler, inventor of the linotype
third saniversary of the birth of the
inventor, The presentation and un.
veiling were under the auspices of the
Old-Time Printers’ Association.
” =
FR Ri
you wi
ing
up to y
ever pos
are not
ounEtLr
prod
ightied w
pins
ir £2
Second Hand
Bargains
We have a large stock
od hand and » ght
pianos of a
ira fier
ple bargain
Steinway. . $175.00
Knabe.... 165.00
Emerson .. 100.00
Kimball... 70.00
. 195.00
list
i our
i catalog of fre
t kn
are to
11 stan
ef ale &
fow sais
r for our latest
i bargains a
lustrats
You are not asked to
tis up your money in soy way, All you do is to
us ship you the plano for 30 days free trial in ¥
Lome where you test it and try
e end of 30 days you decide
t. If it in.»
ents to suit you
whether the plano is §
1 keep it. paying our low facior
If for any
way
r expectations in ev end the fncet
for the &
you may send it beck and in tha
The Sweet Toned Starck
nt in & good piano is tone quali Fe
separate |
i. pwe
srt of the plane performs its
ness, purity and power
a Lote Quality of the Blark
a ion f marve
© Nall
The Celebrated Starck Player-Piano
who are not mous r the Starck Plas
to suit you
1 & reas ®
5 .
dare snd $
Lis BO KES PU Wil Dot miss Lhe Sey
3 RIBOG ‘3
Saves
s we do, direct fre
$150.00
m our factory to your }
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and sen
IlArs oo ring our iactorylo-om
tied to re
ne of Lhe
hems
ould
yor of 8 Rtarck plano fs ent
free uve irghone 12 a
wi schools In (hiosg 1 tooame
iG your own hotse si your
own »
y
st the one
ne prioss
ve to be
Lt event we
ArcK pia
own work ia
er-plano any
The Pret
Piano
srw besy
Book Fre
FreeCata
ome. We P.A§
ard 1967 B+
i
i to-Cay
mn
n
Man
ob New
14
¢
i
1.74 ¢ i { New
andard, 77@78¢c
highe r than
Oats
Butter Creamer
41% G42c;: creams
41: frets, 30@ 40%;
Spot easy’
extras ry extras (82
score), seconds,
3T@oR%
FEggs—F
fresh
resh gathered extras, 36%¢
storage packed, firats
gathered firsts, 346
: Pennsylvania and nearb)
Western hennery whites Bue i to
fancy, 36@136%; 8 Ivania
and nearby hennery browns, 36@36%
Cheese freeh. specials,
D
a am
@2%¢;
gathered,
35% @36; fresh
30: Stats
tate, Penns)
State,
11
do, average ru
Live Poultry Fowles
keys, 15@ 17. Dresse
31; fowls, 20% @27.: turkeys,
Wheat — No. 2
No 2 Southern
steamer, No. 2 red,
red, $2.51@2.96; re
rejected B, $2.83
PHILADEILFHIA
red, spot, $2.85@°2
red, $2.93@ 2.98;
$291G2.96; No. 3,
jected A, $28792.92;
@ 2.88.
Ryve-—No. 2 Western, in export ele
vator, $2@2.05 per bushel; small lots
of nearby rve in bags, quoted at $1.60
@1.70, as to quality,
Corn—Western, No. 3 yellow, $1.69
@1.70: do, No. 4 yellow, 31.67@168;
do do, No. § yellow, $1.65@ 1.66; South-
ern, No. 3 vellow, $1.85@ 1.67.
Oate~No. 2 white, 7T8G580¢;
ard white, 78@79; No. 3 white,
78; No. 4 white, 16@77.
00
stand
77@
creamery, fancy, specials, 44c; extras,
426043; do, extra firsts, 41; firsts 40;
seconds, 39%. nearby
45: do, average extra, 43@44; do,
firsts, 41@42; do, seconds, 40@40%;
special fancy brands of prints were
jobbing at 48@51.
Eggs — Nearby, firsta, $10.50 per
standard case; nearby current re
ceipts, $10.20 per case; Western extra
firsts, $10.85 per case; do firsts, $10.20
per case; fancy selected carefully
Cheese — New York, full
new, 2TY@27%ec;
cream,
specials,
27¢c; part skims, 1422. ’
Live Poultry-—Fowls, as to quality,
plump,
white Leghorns, weighing 3, @1% 1bs
apiece, 37@40; ducks, Peking, 20022;
, Western
No. 4,
0 quality
1A
$2.15
ROG 1.95
timothy, $20
185019; No. 3 do, $316@18
$I1IS@1850; No. 1 do
do, $13@ 15
0
Gg
No. 24d
No. 1
. a
1
clover, mixed,
$17.50G18;: No. 2 do
1 clover, $16.50@17.56;
16: No. 3 do, $8@
Straw--Nao, 1
16; No. 2
tangled rye
$10 50@ 11.50
No. 2 do, $R@ (0; No. 1 oat
No. 2
Butter
10
$15.50@
No. 1
straight
$14 50@15;
rye,
f£10@11
do. choice, 3R@G29: do, good, IEG 37
do, prints, 40@ 413%; do, blocks, 40@
41: Marviand and Pennsylvania rolls
2820: Ohio rolls, West Vir
ginia 28@30;: storepacked, 28@
30; Marvland, Virginia and
vania dairy prints, 209@3L
Cheese—Dairy, 28¢; flats,
horn, 28
Eggs
nearby,
ginia, 32;
2R@ 30;
rolls,
Pennsyl
28; long
Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Western, 32; West Vir |
Southern, 21 !
Live Poultry—Chickens, old hens, 4!
Ihe and over, 23¢; do, small to me
dium, 23: do, white leghorns, 22; do,
old roosters, 12@13; do, spring, 1 1b |
and over, 40@42; do, winter, 2 Ibs and |
under 32@33; do, young, large, |
smooth, fat, 26@28; do, poor, rough |
and stagey, 22@23 Ducks—Young!
Pekings, 3 Ibs and over, 19¢; do, pud- |
dle, do, 18; do, Muscovy, do, 18; do,
| amaller, 17. Pigeons-—-Young, per pr,
| 30c; do, old, do, 30. Guinea fowls, as
to size, each, 35@46c.
Live Stock
Aon «
32¢:
| 13.25.
Hogn—Prime heavies, $1605@16.10;
mediums, $15.90@16;: heavy Yorkers
{$15.50@16; light Yorkers, $14@14.75
| ples, $13@13.50; roughs, $14G15.
G69
$9¢
’
Sheet Shent
I
ks
¥ -
do, old bur
The report of the Liverpool Tram-
Ways past is especially
interesting. The striking features are
that 13.500,000.000 more passengers
were carried in 1916 than in the pre
vious record year, which was the vear
before the war, and that, even with
the enormous traffic handled, not one
serious accident occurred.
for the year
Messina is the market of Eastern
Sicily for essential oils, of which five,
on request of the consulate, have been
quoted dally for the past 10 months.
These are the essences of lemon,
orange (sweet), orange (bitter), ber
gamot (38 per cent) and mandarin
The million-dollar. insurance fad
didn’t last long among Gotham’s gold
kings. It's the two-million-dollar habit
now. J. P. Morgan took out $2,500,000
Lachnite, mounted and cut in the
approved fashion, can searcely be dis
tinguished from the real diamond.
| stand every diamond test—fire, acid
| The Chilean Congress has authorized
| the sale of certain nitrate lands be
longing to the government of Chile
The exact method of sale, whether by
| public auction or in private, has not
| yet been announced.
{15.95; light, $14.80@15.85;
| $15.30@ 15.50; pigs, $10G13.90.
Cattle~~Native beef cattle, $8900
A blow on the jaw by his cousin,
| match at Newcastle, Pa, brought Mike
| Liskas’ volee back to him after he had