Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1925, Page 32

32 THE EVENING. STAR.” WASHINGTON. D. C; THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 19, 1925. Facts’ About Taxes on Cigarettes T(J the general publi lieve it will be rovern for taves. | The internal revenue stamp on a package of twenty Lucky Strike cigarettes costs you six |cents. On a 75c tin of one hun- !dred the revenue stamp costs you thirty cents. So nearly one half of what ou pay for cigarettes is speni | by you for taxes. This is certainly the heaviest tax on an article of daily and universal consumption. } ' The Tobacco Industry and Taxes The aggregate tax paid by the tobacco business is with one exception, tncome tares, the largest item of internal revenue the federal government re- ceives. Last (fiscal) year it amounted to $309,014,050.84. | Of this enormous amount of money the cigarette industry | paid $182,715,735.93, or nearly two-thirds of the total tax paid E [ by the entire tobacco business. We believe you will appreci- ate that when nearly fifty cents of every dollar paid by you for cigarettes goes to the | I8 | government, you must receive % |in cigarettes a value in return for your money that is rarely given in any commodity. That the public appreciates this great value is shown by the enormous increase in the con- sumption of cigarettes. To Win More Friends 100 Lucky Strikes We invite every smoker in this city to take advantage of this startling offer. We've told you about Lucky Strike superiority. Your friends have told you. Now know for yourself the value of the toasting process! We make this proposition to win more friends: The regular price of a tin of 100 Lucky Strikes is 75¢ You pay the dealer only 45¢ We pay the Government Tax of 30¢ Act Quickly, 3 &5, et frorms™ Get one tin [021"",:;2,:"] for home or for office. . will be in effect when the dealer’s The- regular Pr1CE€ upply on this offer is sold. Srpoke these 100 Lucky Strikes. Then 3;ou’,ll know how the 45- minute toasting process adds to the flavor and improves the taste. R Vi s © 1NCORPO! Our reasons for this tax free offer We know this offer induces k |men to try Lucky Strikes—it “Wins More Friends.” We know that a large per- centage of those who get ac- quainted with Lucky Strikes adopt them. This isn’t philanthropy nor propaganda— just good busi- ness, as you'll agree. The offer islimited. We can- not afford to keep it up. We make it generous, to attract attention. [TTDATY i [T ) | LA Super-quality Only by immense volume can ‘we produce such an aristocratic cigarette as Lucky Strike at such a democratic price. | Its quality is supreme be- cause it has that costly extra , toasting, which im- proves the flavor and adds to the taste of even the finest tobaccos that are used in Lucky Strikes. Cleanliness and Care in Manufacture Every Lucky Strike factory isamodelof sanitation. Read how Alfred W. McCann, the noted food expert, describes one of our factories: ‘“‘White M| walls and ceilings, floors as clean as freshly chiseled marble, cutting machines {and wrapping machines hat take away from the human hand all detail and i leave nothing to the human upervision but the watch- fulness of trained syes.” s s e v s We know a trial will make 1you a permanent customer of |