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THE TIMES: AUGUST 8, 1918
fAR TAXES BRING
$3,694,703,000
r. Into treasury
Income and Excess Profit
j Payments Brought in $2,
839,083,000, Roper
. Reports.
, Washington, Aug. g. How the gov
ernment -war eoffers wore filled with
billions in taxes gathered from a wide
Variety of eouices, ranging from
Stamps on playing: cards to huge lev
ies jba excess profits, was shown In
4aail by a report of Internal Revenue
Commissioner Roper to Secretary Mc
for the year ended last June 30,
The figures are considered especially
Important because they will be Used
by ,th House Ways and -Means Oom
ksltteo aa a partial basis for higher
taxes in tho new ltcvenua. till!, which
la Do ralao 8,000,OOO.COO
i Total Internal revenue for the, year
larnounted to 3,6M,TO3,000, of Which
12,839,083,000 came from incomo and
Sexoees profits tax paymonts In Juno
Vnd 8&6,619iO00 from a multitudo of
niscellaneoua sources, collected large
ly In pennies, dimes, and quarters
added to the prices of various arti
cles paid by consumers and poured
Jntd the Treasury 'by retailers, whole
salers, or manufactturers to help meet
Kvar costs.
; Bugs as these taxes ?eern In the
Aggregate, collections for the entire
iyear were only enough to pay the
nation's bills for two and a half
'months of the war at the rate tho
government is now spending money.
' Nxt to Income and exqess profits
'taxes the backbone of the revenue
schedule liquor taxes brought in the
Imost money, $443,838,000, Including
jjT7,863,000 from whisky, brandy, wins
land spirits and 1126,285.000 from beer
land other fermented liquors. Taxes
'on cigars, cigarettes, and other to
bacco products yielded $156,188,000.
These figures are somewhat higher
than, those reported soon after, the
cJoso of the year by Commissioner
Roper, and are subject to further
Blight modifications.
After income, excess profits, liquor,
nd tobacco taxes, the biggest yield
Eom. any source came from levies on
ansportation an utilities, which
ent into effect Nov. 1, amounting to
70,734,000, divided as follows: Freight,
5 per cent, 130,002,000; passenger tick
jets, g per cent., $24,306,000; express, 5
per cent., $6,458,000; berths and etate
jrcoms, 10 per cent., $2,236,000; tele
jphone, telegraph, and radio messages,
6 cents each, $6,290,000; oil pipe lines,
fs per cent, $1,433,000.
I Levies on estates of deceased per
json8brought in $47,4S2,000. It is pro
posed to Increase this tax consider
jably in the next bill.
i . ...
Amusements, sucn as xneatres, can
ants, pleasure parks, and dance halls,
taxed at virtually 10 per cene. on ehe
admission price, yielded for the eight
months $26,357,000. ..
A notable feature of the report was
the item of only $12.MK.0OO collected in
excise taxes on sales of-articles usual-
fly classed as luxuries piano players.
moving picture films, Jewelrw, per
fumes, cosmetics, proprietary medi
cines, chewing gum, cameras, and
yachts. The administration tax pro
gram this year calls for raising about
a billion dollars from luxuries.
Taxes on the value of capital stock
of corporations last year amounted to
$24,S96,000, on ' mamifacttures of or
deaders in automobiles and motor cy
cles $28,l,fl00, and on munition man
ufactures $13,296,000. Documentary
stamp taxes Imposed elite Dec, 1,
1917, produced $18,813,000. Club dues,
taxed at tto per cent., yielded $2,259,
000 i Taxes on insurance policies
amounted to $692,000, on oleomar
garine $2,536,000, on bowling alleys,
pool and .Miliary tables $1,086,000, on
theatre, circus, and museum proprie
tors $863,000, and on stock brokers
$333,000,
The volume of taxes collected during
the year is shown by comparison with
those Of the year preceding, when to
tal collections were $809,393,000,
LET PROHIBITION
MIT TILL SOLDIER
FROM WAR
Writing in the N. Y. Times, A. F.
Robertson, of Tulsa, Okla., expresses
the thought uppermost In the minds
of all true Americans that it Is "sing
ularly malapropos" for prohibitionists
to keep up a senseless agitation at a
time when all our attention should be
given to the boys "over there." His
letter follows:
"In these days when there is a va
cant chair beside nearly every hearth
Btone in the lRnd when everybody's
mind, and soul Is 'somewhere in
Franco' does it not seem singularly
malapropos to use no stronger word,
to keep up the senseless agitation for
woman suffrage and prohibition? Are
these issues, hitherto considered rath
er secondary affairs, suddenly clothed
with such tremendous Import that the
winning of the war must be side
tracked for them? Are people whose
loss and pain, and those soon to go
through the valley of the shadow to
have no rest at all from the noxious
and pestiferous agitators to whom
nothing Is sacred but' "the cause,"
whatever it may be? Can not these
disturbers of the peace wait till the
war is over and men and women can
sit down and calmly and dispassionate
ly and logically discuss these things?
Can not they wait till the return of
the soldier boys from France and give
them a chance to vote? Are they
afraid or the soldier vote?
Hysterical Campaign.
We have been told ever since the
foundation of the Republic to go slow
in making changes in the fundamental
law of the land. We have been told
that amendments to the Constitution
ought to be weighed,, letter for letter,
syllable for syllable, word for word,
and phrase by phrase, tested by every
test of logical, expediency and ulti
mate good before adoption. In the
midst of the greatest crissi which the
country has ever known perhaps that
it ever will know, we see a hysterical
campaign for non-essential issues
BRIDGEPORT MARKET REPORT
i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF MARKETS
Furnished by the local representative of the. Bureau of Markets,
U.-B. Dept. of Agriculture, eo-operatlng with the Bridgeport Chamber
of Commerce and the Bridgeport Vegetable Growers Association.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF I The onion market Is firm with first
' AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF class onions bringing the growers
MARKETS.
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 8, 1918.
86 Main street. Tel. Noble 250.
T ABUNDANT CARROTS, SQUASH,
JBEETS, TOMATOES.
i NORMAL, CORN, WATERMEL
fONS, PEPPERS.
SCARCE -APPLES, PEAS,' RASP
kBERRIES, ORANGES, LEMONS,
KBH5ANS.
I Trading .Dull on I'anii Miirltct -Trading
on tho Farmers Market
iwasvery dull this morning there ba
ting .practically as many producers as
rhuyars. Receipts were fairly heavy
ut the demand was weak so that
sales on most' produce dragged. Hot
weather has oaused a depression in
ales on all produce requiring any
tfooklnrax all. A let' up in the pres.
nt hot-spell wul probably relieve this
depression to a large extent and con.
ditlons will return to normal.
Retailers were paying f2-$2,25 a
undred for" yellow and white sweet
oora equivalent to 24-27o a dozen or
f 3 l-4c an car.
111
fitter
Made From the White Meat
of Tropic Coconuts
' HILE European countries have long used butter made from cocoa-
nuts, American has perfected the de luxe product. The flavor of
TVnnn is nnlv rivaled bv the finest dairy product. The more critical
you are the better you will appreciate the quality of Troco.
Your enjoyment of this new delicacy is increased by the thought of its appetizing
ingredients. The fat from the same dainty white cocoanut meat you use shredded on
cake and pure pasteurized milk is an .appealing combination.
The fastidious care used in every process of making is another recommendation.
The makers of Troco specialize in this ope product. w- v
High Nutritive Value
Troco,' like butter, is invaluable energy
food of the highest nutritive value. It is
equally digestible and easily assimilated.
It is not a substitute for butter, but really
butter's successor,-solving the butter prob
lem for millions.
Old laws, made before this great discov
ery, compel us to label it as an oleomarga
rine, but Troco contains no animal oils !
and no preservatives it is made only from
vegetable fats and fcnfflc wholesome, nat
ural ingredients. A capsule of the same
vegetable coloring used by butter makers
supplied with every carton by your grocer.
Judge It for Quality Alone
Troco wins users on quality alone. You
should judge it from this standpoint only.
Compare it to the finest creamery butter you
have ever used. Serve it without explana
tion. The unanimous verdict will be "Please
pass the Troco."
TROCO NUT BUTTER COMPANY MawaukeeT Wis.
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Product
Z.75-3 a bushel or 8 1-2 9 l-2c
a quart. Scallions are equal to de
mand and are gelling at 20e a dozen
bunches or 1. 2-3o bunch.
Beans are in fair supply, green
beans selling from $1.25 J1.75 ac
cording to quality; the first picking of
the second crop bringing the ton
price. Wax beans are costing the
retailer J1.50 a bushel or about Be a
quart. Some beans are bringing the
grower (3 a bUBhel or 9 l-2c a quart.
Some very excellent red astrachana.
reu Yviina.ms ana Gravesterns are
offered at 11.76 a half bushel or 11c
.a quart.- Poorer grades can be pur
chased at $1.7B-2 a bushel with
wide range in quality.
Peaches are higher with Georgia
Eibertas now bringing $4.60 a crate
and the same price per bushel basket.
This makes the price equivalent to
19o a quart, Jersey Carmans can be
oougnt at J3.25 a crate or 14 1.2e a
quart.
Cantaloupes are firmer with Cali
fornia Turlock's bringing $7,60.$g a
crate or 17-lsc eaeh, Mayiand can
taloupes are costing the retailer $3,
$3.85 for standard or 7 7 l--2e eaeh,
Paid by retail,
ers reduced ta
consumers' unit
Wholesale price
actually paid by
retailers
'"Miffin" $3.60-3.06 hamper
irnM xa Baskets
r r r t 1 1 tr t $2.50-3,50 nine 'hands
Apples .southern ,
local
Bananas South America
Beans-green $1.25-1.75 bushel
Wax ft,Mr,Tirrrtrfrttrf rf $1.50 bushel
lima , , , , 1 1 F, , , , , , , , , , , , ., $3.00 bushel
Beats bunch J4-30 bunches $1.08
Cabbage ,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,, $1.25-1.75 barrel
Cantaloupes Southern $3.00-3.86 standards
Western Cal. standards $7,50r$8
' -Ariaona flats $2.25,
Carrots bunch , S0-35e dozen
(Cora local ,....,.,.....,.,,,,,, tSra.5B -ner 168 .
. .fckoa oer 100
Cuciunoers soumern
local
JJ9. 3 .......... $1,06 crate
liBttaoo.- ..head ,.,.,,,,,,,...,, 60.-7.5o box
r f . r r r ? .v B085c dozen
!-!mriiri $2.7r$8 bushel
..,,........,$2.50-3.00 bushel
( ' t ; r r t r ?0c dozen bunches
...... $8,50-9.00 box -
i., ,$7,50-8.50 box
f.'?ivli,7s nampep
r in t i;uu-,j5 crate
romaine , , , ,
OnJons Jersey . . .
, local
. rareripes ; :
Oranges CaC Val.
Lemons Cal.
Parsley r, 40e dozen
Peaches r--rT-?T?,-Tr.f. $3. 56-$4.50 crate
peppers local .. ..jiioo-l.iS bushel-
Potatoes -new, tT,yr-f. t ? r r?:r r:$4-25-6.25 barrel
local rrrfwrffrt?T ttiftt', 5iO0-5.5O barrel
Radishes .. j.-. ...5o dozen-bunches
Squash . , . ,-r. ; 35r,30c dozen .
(Swiss Chard , . . r. ...... ...... Jj.OQ doz. bunches
Tomatoe, local ............... Tr... $2.00 crate
$1.25 basket
These prices represent approximate?
ly the poot to the retailer when buy
ing in the. original package. Pn acr
count of pie variable cost of , retail
ing due to rentals, delivery service,
shrinkage, etc., the consumer should
expect to pay from 15 to 35 per cent.
7-8 a quart
8 -Be quart
25-SOc dos,
5 l-2a quart
Bo quart
9 12e quart
S 1-3-48 pej,,
lH-2e pound
7-7 He eaeh
14-15e each
18-19e each
88a bunch
24r2c ear
lMc eap
Be each
. 4 1H-2HC each
1KC each,
B-3c head
84r4c head
8 1-2 8 l-8c quart
8-9cquar
1 2-3c bunch
40r75c des.
8 -8e each
8 lr3e bunch
14 1-3 19c quart
3-4c quart
89-57C peck
43-62c peck
2c bund)
8-2 Ho each
8 l-3o buncji
10 11 lr?c fluart
10-lic quart
or more above the prices quoted la
theso columns.
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
H. S.. SCHWKNK,
In Charge Local Market Reporting
Service.
which at best can but distract our at
tention from the supreme duty of the
hour and by such diversion serve the
causo of the German Emperor much
better than if the agitators and propa
gandists were known as alien enemies
or servants of the Kaiser.
It will be time enough to talk about
prohibition, about woman suffrage,
about the procession of the seasons, or
abstract propositions in calculus
when the American army returns from
Berlin and instead of loneliness and
sorrow sitting around the fireside, the
walls will ring with the echoes of the
eheers of victory. One big thing at a
time is enough for any nation. We
Slave tackled the biggest thing since
)the world began, and for God's sake let
us finish It before we start anytnlng
else.
And don't rob those boys over yon
der of their right to a voice in what
is going to ' be done. Perhaps and
the thought has oeeurred to me many
times 11 this sound and fury about
the suffrage and prohibition amend
ment is due to the faet that their spen
sors.and their spokesmen are afraid to
trust it to the soldier vote for the rea
son that the returning soldiers have a
wider vision than these who have re
mained and the longer the beys re
main in JPrajiee er England or Italy,
for tha tmattep, the broader and more
cosmopolitan they will become, The
suffragists and the prohibitionists may
have seme method in theif madness
after ail: But be that as it may there
ought to be seme relief from theip im
pertinent and inquisitorial visitations
in ti?pes like the present. ' Can't the
New Torji Tifnes let them knew how
"us'.felks in the country" think about
these things?
OPEltS ffEW ISTAHOIf
. A temporary baby statien was
opened this morning at the Elias
Howe school, for the aGGBmmedatien
of the mothers in the West End, who
ferraerjy were pbligad tq jo the
higi school for the weighing of their
babies. This arrangement was made
by Dr. Walter H. Brown, who is do
ing the work this week wMe De.
Wilkes is on his vacation :
.. Felix Frankfurter, chairman f? th
War Labor Policies. Board, was added'
to tne murines committee of the War
Industries Board.
CELERY PLANTS
' S1.50 perIoo.
?9S?r REfK ft SQjf.
ECRUITS
N CONNCETICUT
STATE GUARD
Capt. H. C. Stevenson Issues
Appeal to Men to Do Their
Bit for the State.
Not everyone can enlist. for over
seas. Only one out of ten is within
the draft agt. Many of us are tied
by bonds that even war cannot break.
And yet a large number of Bridge
porters patriots, warm-blooded, reg
ular fellows, elub men, college men,
business men, shopinen. artisans, re
tired citizens and professional men
are unaware tlioy can enjoy the
sweets of military service, learn its
most interesting features, perfect
themselves in rille practice and maa
ter army taeties without desertlns
their shop, business or profession.
The Connecticut National Guard is
now Federalized and at the front do
ing glorious work. It's splendid
armories have descended to its sue
cesser, the Connecticut State Guard.
The state of Connecticut has perfect
ed its new army of the common
wealth that fakes pride in protect,
ing the reputatien of the pld Con
necticut National Guard while theje
famous troops are winning laurels in
Franee,
If yen are abeve If or below 60
years' of age- even if you are within
the draft age and belong to 4A, or
any deferred class- and if yep . are
heaithy and 66, tit and 46, sound and
1?-, you have no right to live through
this war and say that you could not
'd) yeur bit" in a military sense.
Tlie Fourth Infantry of ihe Con
necticut State Guard peeupies the
State Armery en Main .street. It is
eom-enient for. yau. The state fur
nishes uniform ' afld equipment, rifle
shooting en the. armory range often,
Battalion drills twice a month in, fall
and. winter. Tou - will prefer the
company to any club. If you are
ambitious, bear in mind that our
Fourth Infantry companies of Bridge
port have - furnished ever thirty ef
ficers and over 260 non-eomniissianed
officers and privates to the Federal
service since it was organized last
year. And you will find some of the
leading men of Bridgeport serving as
privates in our ranks.
The drill vacation . will end this
month. September 1 will see the
drills resumed. Cos. A, B, C, D, E,
F, G, H I and K, will then drill un
der competent officers and non-commissioned
officers once a week, each,
on various regular nights, from Mon
days to Fridays inclusive. Captainj
Beers, Buell, Lounsbury, Hrdina.
Minard, Kelly, Dunning, Fairchild,
Eames and Williamson have in their
commands most of them, a few va
cancies. It should be borne in mind that
when men graduate from the State
Guard to the Federal service they al
most invariably make non-commissioned
officers at once. The military
training received in the State Guara
irt almost. Invaluable to a future U. S.
National Army man. A word to thj
wise is sufficient. The draft ages ar.
to be extended in both directions to
take in those of 18 to 45 years In
c IubIvs
HENRY C. STEVENSON,
Capt. and Adjt., 4th Infantry.
OBITUARY i
: MARY E. MOREHOUSE,
The funeral of Mary E. Morehouse,
21 High street was held today from
the mortuary ehapel of RourUe &
Beue'her, ' Interment was made In
Long Hill eemetery,
GEORGE CLEVELAND.
Qerge Cleveland, ef 59 West ava.
nue, died yesterday at the Bridgeport
Hospital in his 74th year, Mr, Cleve
land is survived by a widow and sev
eral ehildren, The funeral arrange-,
ments are net yet eempiete.
jeH?f OB ROSA,
The funeral of Jehn De Resa wps
held this- morning from the heme of
his, parer.tgj 8 DeForest street at
8; 86 and. a SJessed gperaraent
ehureh at 9 'elaefe, whe the Rev,
Edward Shaughnessy said the high
mass of requiem, At the offertory the
organist sang ''Ave Maria" and after
the mass the- church ehoir- sang
"Nearer, Mf 6o4 f a Thee," Tfter-e
Were geegatjang ' present fram, the
Lakseg lub and,, the BouF -Mafeerg'
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NOTICE
'Please return for credit all ice cou
pon books of the companies signed be
low to company that gave them out.
These may be returned by mail or in
person to proper office. . No ice coupon
book of the companies below will be re
ceived for ice after Saturday, June
22nd.
(Signed)
NAUGATUCK VALLEY ICE CO.
SPRAGUE ICE & COAL CO.
CITY ICE AND COAL CO.
D 20 tf.
and Helpers' Union. The bearers
were; Joseph Vitrano, William Thomp
son, Harry Tickey, George Ryan,
Leonard H. Smith, and Charles O.
Frye. Interment was made in Bt
Michael's cemetery.
JOHN S. KING.
The body of the man taken from
Berkshire pond yesterday afternoon
shortly before two o'clock by Ward
Denton, has been identified as that of
John a. Sing, Mr, King was about
46 yeara of age. and has, been em
ployed by Frank Daniels on Madison
avenue, Bis family live in New Ca
naan, Dr, Gallagher is investigating
the facts of the accident, and the body
is "la the rooms of Cullinan, Mullins,
Buckley & Co,, 303 Golden Hill street.
Aulomobllo -production, will- -nt
Sfklje? gent-, this, year,
PALANZA CASE POSTPONED.
The ease of Daniel Palanza of Dan
bury, oharged with a violation of -the
Motor Vehicle law will not come up
for action before September. Palanza
floured in an accident at Washington
Bridge June 12 and two women were
injured. As they are still in the hos
pital and cannot give their version of
the aoeldent, Deputy Commissioner J.
J, ilacdonald decided to. postpone the
case for a month.
CORPORATION PAPERS.
A eertlflcate of Incorporation of the
Bridgeport Auto Trucking Co., was
filed with the state secretary yester
day. The authorized capital stock
of the new company Is (5,000, and the
Incorporators are Lucius tf. Tomlin
son, Joseph Waver an4 Jean O, Por-,
tap uall of. Bridgeport. -, ,. ,
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