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War Taxes Paying War Costs from 1898 Listing
A list of special taxes approved during the Spanish American War by 1898 measures includes duties on beer, tobacco, cigars, stamps, bonds, bank checks, express bills, telegraph and telephone messages, customs entries, warehouse withdrawals, various mortgages and leases, steamship tickets, manifest and freight charges, insurances, and legacies with specified per cent or per hundred rates and tiered amounts for large holdings. The compilation reflects supports for war financing via current taxation under McKinley era policy.
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