The billboard (Sept 1918)

GOVERNMENT'S NEW WAR TAX REVENUE BILL IS COMPLETE ot the Vmtad MatM ^nty Bramfli of AirniMiinnf ii i World Oontribntca fflin Toward the SS.OOO.OOOi.OOO Which Must be Bdsed Waahlnrtan. Aag. 31.—The naw « ravanue tax bill which Is eimetad jWd It.oe 0.00 D,000 13 now complete. ■WhU* It wUI attecl ever}- citizen o[ ' Uattad Blatta, young and old. it -Mm tkt atm «r the Haase Ways and M m m OMUniltM in framlnB the te po< tbe bvlk or the levy upon tl tuie.ponlMi ottbe iwwum wUl d nermal weelth. The provMone of the bill pertEUnlnff to the amucement arid entertainment world are KabetuiUally hb rotlows: "ProprlelorB at 'lhe4t^r«. mum xnd concert halls, where b. char^ ■dmiBlan la made, having a seating "paciiy of not more than SGD ehall pay ISO. more than SGD and not e ctediDS BOO shall i>ay lion. oxcaedli EfO^and not exceedlnE 800 Hh;' ' "The pniprleior or proprleiuis tl™*** rtwtl pay fsoo. "Proiirlettm or asents ol all oth pnblic exhUiIUoDB or Hhons for mon< VU t2t. ThJi paraeraph ehall no ■Wr to chauttuanaB. lecture lyco airlciillural or Induatrla) fairs, oi felbltlona held under the auspice Tellsloui or charltaMe asnKiationii. An ■Rr«Baiion of eiilertBlnineiitE, known V a itreet fair, ihait not pay »larcer Ux than (20* tn any Slate, Territory or In the District ot Columbta. -"^Proprietors of ahootlns aanarlw t. the IM to be or tha "A tax of I cents for'aaoh 10 osnta or IraeUpn tharwaf at th« amount ■Or MtmlnlMi to any plane, tneludbi* ■dmlMoB mawon tleket or autncrip- lion. to be paid by th« pefMn paying (or such Bdml^on. "In the cBHo of pertona (axcnt J^na-nde^ employees, municipal ofTtcwe llarj. or naval form™?'the Vt Stales when In iin:rdrmMnd chlMrm under la years of ase) adml" " ' NO REDUCTIONJN RATES Shows In Railroad Patseneor Service Very Unlikely To Obtain Relief This Season GERRIT FORT DEPLORES THE FACT Biit Points put CiMrly That tb« Oovorn- Cars nr Lass :cli. has been supplementing the efforts of V. H. P. A. ■ad C O. M. A. in the endCBvors Of theaa Drganiiailona to.aeenre a reduc- tion In railroad rates tor ehowa tn paasKigar aervlce. on September 1 re. bMved the (allowing letter from Gerrit Fort, FU*t fWant-to Dlreetor Qen- er«I McAdoo, OrvjgiON OP TRAFFIC Sdward Chambers, Director sa^ SMS. H. BanaldsoQ. Billboard, ClnclnnaU, O. ar Sir—ThlB wlil acKnawIedga fee«lpt at yonr IMter* of Angnst the resulattons applying to private car movements trb h effec land that ; I number of farea. e necesdty teaulred the advance in the i .. e was no 'tnteottim ot discriminating against anles. on the other hand discrimination c " ci>miwle» Itt order nser equipment It was i to carry not lesa tliait ■ aelecled represents the average aengera occupying a ehartared or privately owned car. When occu^aa tlM,ear Um tatlreads are properly compenaatodi what a larger iber -^tea t p U m the eal>:.the raiii " _ ' 'I. ' ' '.' iponding advantage to the on:upants of the car Ib that tlleyavidd the . 1.. ^ ^ _, "'- -■Itlananiwaij lliiii BMrl^'ita-piieaible chartered k ill motive Wh raallMd and regrstML Wt Mir and tbara b M Oerfra tn catnate' yJa 'Ao^-Htf'. m t i mii- W tt UM caantrr.. Ob im omt^rr^tli* gi^ellB ' w Mtim tf nmouia ttf~tlt» Oo wiMwM .. thrn qw war lax Ik fun* —— —--= — — - a In the handling ' batman, lii wtelal Tjitga' eata. and the time that Is nveS In that way. I think Irin gardleaa of that. I wish to call rour attention to Uia in carload lots as compared with ii'iniiil inliiaiid ____ dllTerence olfsets the handling of the baggage,!^ tha lallroiM' '.lie present emergency tbere ls - '^"'rnr if ^alK^g^•— TTlIlp- , thta might bs htf ped In a few Itistancea tQ: (Mg BkWRIW Of pitnta beaag«.aan,;m__d^tiQttaB can pe.naOa'batwaen.prtvataJcM* aMS'ehu^ia^ a baa:in POLACK BROS/ ATTRACTIONS PLAYING TWO GREAT FAIRS Day and Date at Toronto. Can., and Detroit, Mich. Million Attendance Expected at Canadian Exhibition The Wonder Show of the Americaa Continent a every promise of going d o Canada. Is repre- rcprescntatlon. On Monday. Ang. ie opening day. apealcers paid eki- t and ineplring tributes to the Allied Natlona. and the Slara and stripes, French, Belgian and Italian B the afth exhibition : wondertnUy- gives ererylndlcation of capping the iriimax and of standing out In eiblbt- tion annals aa marking a new epoch In the sen^ ot falra to the country. E^very bnm^i ot war ellort and war In the amusement line ime ot the outstanding features la tlw HMwaif inted by Polack BroUiarat cnK*" lunctlon with James T. Ctrd*. 'Micre tax the akUI. ot any groap at abowmen in the door field, as they are piling day date with their augmented The Edliiin«l This Ino^ tkffi^^ Is 33,200 Copies