New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1918, Page 10

- mostroft thewud e pansion has been due 8 s of war supphies; explosives, firearms, and copper together accounted for $228,000,000 «in 1917, Tmports From Ewropean-: The articles imported from pean Russia in. 1987 shhow tiops- from the -pre-war list Calf- skins, which were .(mported to the wvajue of $7,500,060 in- 1913, ‘were put on the embargo list after the war started: and failed -to-appear in the 19156 and 1916 Teturns. In 1917, however, American firms succeeded in obtaining $1,0634.000 worth by special license. Since other hides and skins, imports.of which in 1913 amounted to about $800,000, have ceased to figure.in the trade, the to- tal decrease in this class of .goods alone was whout $14,000.000. An- other item that was lost to the 1917 trade was carpetwool, of which.about $2,600,000 worth was sent to this in 1913. On the other hand, several artic showed remmarkable increases, which indicate, not neces- sarily, that larger-quantitics of these Russian goods are com into the United States but that purchases ara being made direct from Russia in- stead of through other countries. Flax, furs, bristies. and sugar-beet seed were formerly handfed through Germany and ¥ngls The direct imports into the Un States from Rus were comparatively small, amounting in 1913 to $866,000 for flax, $292,000 for fur $24,000 for bristles, and $40,000 for sugar-beet the 1917 figures were $3,058,000 70,000 for fars, $407,000 wnd $2,442,000 for Potassium Euro- fluctua- nd ed sia seed for fiax, bristle beet seed. for igar- arbonate wa an insignificant item before the war ($3,724 in 1913) and did not appear in the returns for 1915 and 1916, but in 1917 American imports of this ar- ticle from Furopean Russia amount. ed to $800,000 Manganese Drops In the trade with Russia manganese is the principal MOTHERS, DO THIS— When the Children Cough, Rut Musterole on Throats and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then’s when you're glad you have a jar of Mus terole at hand to give prompt, sure re lief. It does not blister. As first aid and a certain remedy; Musterole is excellent. Thousands of mothers know it. You should keep 2z jar in the house, ready for instant use. It is the remedy for adults, too. Rer lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head. ache, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. of Sight in Asia, pre-war Out PURE PASTEURIZED The best of sefected raw milk thor- oughly PAST SURIZED by our mod- ern process what offered you over our br; PASTEURIZED MILK The finest raw with OUR PASTE for ours is the finest ABSOLUTELY SAFE correct pasteurizing RICH—PURE SAF Order it today. is RIZED MILK— raw and PURE by -DELICIOUS milk cannot comparve | milk made | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1918, .French mitrailleuse has proved -effective in driving back the MITRAILLEUSE DRIVING GERMANS BACK German troops, and has mowed down many an advancing line. This photo- { graph shows French soldicrs | aptured trench firing at the on-coming foe. infis o a mitrailleuse 'import ¥pat has dropped out of doring the war period. Sausage cas- ing: rose from $99 in 1913 to 1917, sugar-beet seed $ 000, furs from $127,000 to $188,000, and carpets and rugs from $107,000 to $240,000; while purchases of grass seeds, which were not imported in 1913, were valued at $138,000 in 1917. The decrease ot nearly $2.000,000 tn the 1917 total for Asiatic Russia from the figures for the preceding year represented greatly diminished shipments of sugar beet seed, licorice root, seeds which were their maximum in 1916, with the following values: Sugar-beet seed, $1.058,000; licorice root, $1,475,000, and grass sceds, $334,000. In the sales to Iuropean Russia, other than war supplies, it is interest- ing to note that the value of ex of mowers and reapers alone ( 000) surpassed in 1917 the 1913 ex- ports of all agricultural implements 2,000) and exports of binder twine were almost twice the norm: figures-($946,000 in 1913 and $1,806,- 000 in 1917) and almost ninc times the 1916 figures ($212,000). Fxports to Asiatic Russiz of both these items were less than in 1916, Locomotives wortlr $11,281,000, and railway track material valued at $5,865,000 were sent to Iuropean and Asiatic Russia fogether in 1917, as 3,727,000 ond $4,407.000, ively, in the preceding year. There was a marked dechine, in exports of freight 2 which were valued in 1916 at $4,172,000 for luropean Russia, and $7,90,000 for rtic Russia, and in 1917 at only 000 for Iuropean and 64,000 for Asiatic This tr: in railway equip- originated since the wa $996,000 in grass Ru ment h started. Falls Rawcotton shipments to European Russia in 1917 were valued at § 168,000 as-against $9,217,000 in 1916, the latter surpa g the mormal di- rect shipments of 1913 ($7,52,000). The falling off was even greater in exports to ssia, which umoumted to- $12,819,991 in 1916, and $1,939.000 in 191 Even the record fizures of 1916 did not approach the actual aormat shipments of American cotton to Russia, most of which was sent by way of Germany and w credited to Germany in the statistic Gxports of sole leather to Ruropean A c Russia together in 1911 0}000) almost doubled the fig- ures for'the preceding year ($4,074,- 000). Before the war this article was sent to Russia only in insignificant guantities. In December, 1917, the value of approximately $2,000,- 000 was brought over from Russia, but as it was still in bond when taken over by the government it is not shown in the sta CHILD SUFFERED WITH ITCHING Scalp and Dandruff. Constantly Scratching, Hair Thin and Lifeless. HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT “My daughter was troubled very much with dandruff and her scalp was sore and very tender. Great BN patches of dandruff would Z#133 form on the scalp, and <ff drawing a comb through 2 A her hair would often start A the blood. The dandruft > scaled off and could be seen on her clothing. She suffered extremely from her scalp itch- ing, and sbe was constantly scratch- ing. Her hair was getting thin and lifeless. “I gent for a.free sample of Cuticura Soapand Ointment. Ipurchased more, and now she is healed.” (Signed) Mrs: Carrie:A. Bryan, 21 Centre Place, Jamaica Plain, Mass. You may rely on-Cuticura to care for your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Sample Eack Free by Mail. Address post. card “Cutioura, Degt. R, Boston.” Sold Cotton platinum te J. E. SEIBERT & SON, | 401 PARK STREET. cverywhere. Soap Z5c. Ointment 25 and 50c. |INCOME TAX HITS W. MAIN AND ARCH Rich and Not So Rich Must Help Fill Coffers Washington, D, March John M. Goldbonds—the name is tional but there are quite a M. the United States will pay an income tax of John Mi's income for 1917 000,000, John will pay 1917 was This ation of the of War 3, nd 1916, which remains The act of ic- few John this $1 was al in year 300,180, $ D. Smithkins—also $10. Smithkin’s 500. Both illustration income tix provisions Revenue Act of October the Septembey B pi and which ror normal 1917 is 2 pe income of unma cess of $1,000 of married per 000. Under tha is 2 per unmarried £3.000 persons in levy or snt. on 1500 to fictional income for married. the oper- 15 of the act of reeded 1t in e the net under on the in) ex- or tax cent ied persons on the net act the the net income in excess of net income of mar- $4,000. An from 1 000 in- im- of d income in (re e 1916 normal rate e on per wd on th of ried excess of extra surts incomes 30 of ranzing between §3 per cent. on $1,000,000 is 1917. The act addition the normal tax, surtax ranging from 1 per 1comes betw $20,000 and to per cent. on incomes in of §3,000,000. John M. will pay 2 per cent. on his income in ex- cess of $2,000, 2 per cent. on his in- come in excess of $4,000, 50 per cent. on his income in excess of $1,000,000 and 13 per cent on his income in ex- cess of 2,000,000, Smithkins will pay 2 per cent. om his income in ex- cess of $2,000. The income thus no longer a rich man's tax levy so graduated that every person issessed according to his income, L vear 500,000 persons paid an in- come tax This year the than 6,000,000, The estimated revenue to be col- lected under the War Revenue Act of 1917 is $2,500,000,000. of which $660,000,000 in individual income taxe: Svery unmarried person who mad a week or more and ecvery married person who made $40 a week or more i »ssed. Returns are re- quired of unmarried persons whose net income for the calendar year 1917 was $1,000 or more and of mar- ried persons whose net income was $2,000 or more. The Commissioner of Internal Rev- cnue, with the approval of the Sec- retary of the Treasury, has extend- ed the time for filing returns from March 1 to April 1, 1918, This af- fords the taxpayer ample opportunity bnt to delay until April 2 rerders the delinquent subject to a fine of less than $20 nor more than $1,000 and an additional assessment of 50 per cemt. of the araount of tax due. Tlark forms may be obtained from collectors of Internal revenue or from revenue officers who are visiting every county in the United States to ass taxpayers in making out their turns. The services of these experts are offered without cost. The location of their offices miay be { inquiry f eollecto i postmasters. The retura filed with the collector of internal revenue of the district in which the ives or has his place of per and come in ¢ popsed hy the t of 1916, imposes i in to x cent. on $40,000 exoess n shown, is but a number will be more ony banks or must be syment must he made on or be- fore Junoe 15, 1918. The penalty for failing to pay tax when due is an as- \ent ¢f 5 per cent. of the amount id, plus interest at the rate of 1 per cent. a month during which it remains unpaid. For making a falso or frandulent return, the penalty s a fine not exceeding $2,000 or not ex~ ceeding ome ycar’s imprisonment, or both in the discrotion of the court and, in addition, 100 per cent of the tax evaded. The :nan who thinks to evade the income tax is storing up for himself ltrml and tribulation. The Govern- not | obtiined on | [m(n)t has numerous ways of checking up delinquents. One is througzh the “information at source” provision of the act of 1917 which reylires every employer to file w Commission- er of internal Revenue a report of | payments of $800 aid to h calendar tihat will is 1 the or mot th ted filed cach employe dur i F191 7 e S number of such 20,000,000, The Bureau of Internal Re through various agonei ored to inform taxp of the requirement laws. lgnorance be uaccepted dodger” tima reports the be enue, av- where the income the law an w whe just consideraticn has en evers ot To Geliberntely ot will as s¢ e to ¢ nurden en of vade his shaure the no e Fortunately the Americin iticipating e e & ampl roof that port of the wi fully ancé willingly jority of the pecple lack of that spirit ade this an Dollars vou ar for the £ Nation, the W cases Burcau The elusive for the paid th 1 and e these taxes will by 1p- be che; ma to pa en- confess o of triotism which iuring republic Whether sSmithkins rermemb incor forever and to on has nean vie tory cioldbonds ing to crusl dominion world the f Gern conier sting of i peac CHANGES 1S NAMIL Insurance Co. Becomes Na- Germania tional iy, Yor March Fire Ins one the oldest panies in erica, cha Libe Insurance ica. The is the pany, which has state of Union, by the public misinterpretation of former name, which many Dbelieved to indicate the company wi German in i n affiliations As a matter of fact, the ompany wis founded entirely by Americans and some of the noted men rved upon its board of various times, include the latc H. Choate, €. Godfrey Gunihc mayor of New York cit Hoe, Marcus l.. Ward, former sove or of New Jersey, Iirnest Hall, mer judge of the supreme court, many more of equal prominencc The offi nd dircctors are native Americans, and the funds or the com- par re invested entirely Amer- dcan securitic 1t s interesting, the announcement, company took its “Germania”, as a result immigration to America, from until the outbreak of the Civil of Germans, who took part in revolution against autocratic rule their own coumntry, and came to the United States to secure political free- dom, among them being such men 'l Schurz It is announced by officials of the country that all policies issued prior to the change of name,, will continue in force until their expiration. The company’s last financial statement glves its capital as $1,000,000, with a reserve for lHabilities of $4, 485.60, a met surplus to policy holders of 381,100 and total assets of N the Germania w Toda wance insur: founde Company, of nee com- its name to th vang only chan he t persons ho ha directors at Joseph Richard M for and in in connection to note thut original v of the 1845 in Since 1k of the war company has been active in se recruits for the United States and marine corps, through the dium of posters distributed throuzh its agencies, and it recently | tributed $10,000 to the Americ: Cross. the u navy me- n Red Be Careful —to keep the stomach well, the liver and bowels regular, by the { timely and helpful aid of BEECHAM'S PILLS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World It is to accom; Essex “Six-55"" 7-passenger $1775; Coupe *‘Six- $2850; Town Car 'anx-i 5g" 7-pi 5 7-passenger $3230; Sedan “‘Six-55 *Six-55"" 4-passenger $1895; Linwood *Six-39"" 5. Glendale “Six-39"" Chummy Roadster $1330; Cat $1630; Dartmoor ““Six-39"" 2 or 3 5-passenger $1925. rd 779 Amemcw ON'T WASTE!™ That is the watch-word ment and people of the United States your money carefully —for the safe and sure return. Buy intelligently — to increase your own usefulness to your- self, your country and the Great Cause. 7-passenger $2850; ssenger $1330; All Prices f. 0. b. Detroi T e of the govern- today. Invest plish just this General Good—to increase personal and collective efficiency —that the intelligent and effective men and women of the country are buying the Paige Linwood “Six-39"—a car that gives the most consistent and economical service —at a time when every minute and every penny count. 55" 4-passenger assenger $3230; Limousine “‘Six-55"" Larchmont assenger $1330; briolet edan “Six-39" ix-397 5 PAIGEDETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN FRENCH INVESTED MONEY IN RUSSIA Half of Debt of Muscovite Empire Held in France The Associated The repudiation by vik government of Russia’s debt caused French (Correspondence or Jan. 30. Press.) Pari; the Bolsh entire bonded some mxiety among who at least outstanding people held empire at the beginning of the war. shteen billions of francs of Rus- sian bonds, at the price of issue, were listed on the Paris Bourse. Twelve billions according to the lowest esti mates and fifteen billions according to bought by other calculations, were (he ¥rench public. Servants in white aprons, bare- headed market women, domestics of all categories and men in the blouses of the peasant and the laborer made up the long lines of investors in front of the wickets whenever Rus- sian loans were offered for sale. 1 haven’t a sou invested in Rus- sia,” a millionaire Parisian said to | blistera Sold evervwhere. In boxes, 10¢., 25e. The Associzted Press, “but every one of my servants has one or more Rus- sian bonds. Another millionaire, said the same was true of his household. | counting “Instead of hitting the house and the salon, the Bolsheviki e hitting the servants’ hall and the backstairs” was the way he put the situation. little as apprehension in to the effect There is no socialist cireles this heavy blow tionary element in has Russia de- livered at the extreme liberal element | A peasant or workingman | in France. who may overlook or disbelieve news of Bolshevik exces or misconstrue their effeect will be unable to doubt the evidence of his own despoilment. ['ntil now the holders of Ru bonds have been reassured by payment of the January coupons which the French treasury assumed. It doesn’t appear vet, however, whether the French government will ———————————————————————— NAPOLEON ONCE SATD “A Footrore Army Is An Army Half De- fented” Men in Training Camps, in Canton- ments, in the Army and Navy suffer from blisters and sore Spots on their feet. Every “Comfort X1t” should contain ome or more boxes of Allen's Foot-Fuse, the antiseptic powder to shake into the shoes. It freshens the tired, achfng, smarting feet and heals And sore spots. The Camp Manual advises men in malke dally use of Foot-Ease where, tralning to Sold every- half of the debt of the | of | the extreme revolu- | Plattsburg | | allowed | | represented assume the burden indefinitely and the bankruptcy of the revolution to become effective :ater number of the smaller vestors who have been financing Russian empire since 1888 will ruined. i is the in- the be between that Maxi- money A contrast is drawn here the action of the Bolshevil of the French revolution. malists pretend that the loaned to Russia was used arms to keep the people in tion. This was true to a far greoter extent of the money borrowed by (he French monarchy prior to 1789, yet the convention made it point of homor to take those debts to the count of the republ nd The to subjec- The claims that money furnished France brought no benefit people of Russia is also It is possible to ce the through the official list of the floated in Paris and it is found more than three-fourths of the was employed to the money loans th to bu There would not be so much suffering in this world it people only knew where to turn for help. Chronic, Nervous and Spe- cial Diseases are more trying, are harder to endure, because they are with you from week to week, from month to month, often from year to year. You are not sick encugh to go to bed, yet you are not well enough to enjoy life and do justice to your work, And the firmer your troubletakes hold of you, the more it saps your vitality and crushes your ambition. To treet such troubles suo- cessfully requires the long, &e — buy | contested. | Hartford Medical Speciali STANDARD TIRE AND AUTO CO., New Show Rooms and Service Station Corner Elm and Seymour Streets. railroads, to build them, or to develo! industry and agriculture. s had improved only her land at the be the war and the question how the peasants to whom improved land is {urned over means of improving it if dit is forever destroyed by pudiation of her debts. about third of zinning ¢ 16 ur il fi TRussi cr the 1 of ‘Ioledo, kes oath that partner the firm of F. *0., doing business in th County and State aforg aid_firm will pay th RED DOLLARS f atarrh thd J. CHENE before me and subscribef this 6th day of Décen A. W, GILEASON, Not Public. Cure is taken interrd ugh the Blood on ti of the System. Sen| and acts ti us Surfaces painstaking studies of a spe- cialist who hus made thelr treatment and cure his life work. Dr. Hyde, determined to Investigate ways and means to help the victims of Nery- ous and Chronic Troubles, has devoted his professional life to their speedy and thor- ough alleviation. By consulting him you will therefore get the benefit of his experience and mature judgment. His thorough equipment enables him to give you every kind of treat- ment your case might quire. If there is help for you, Dr. Hyde is the man to help yom. ok re- DR. CLINTON J. HYDE 873 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD, CONN, o 8; Sundays, 10 to 1