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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
3
Congressmen push a heavy export tax on dowries and foreign titles in international marriages. They argue U S money spent on European brides drains wealth, while noting few American men marry foreign nobles and urging constitutional, effective legislation.
The article argues constitutional groundwork to tax dowries and gifts in marriage to curb the outflow of American fortunes. It cites costly title hunting campaigns in Europe, lavish introductions to nobility, and large inheritances passing to foreign spouses, with examples of American fortunes and marriages to European nobles. It notes efforts by Lady Beeres and others to push a 25 percent tax on dowries and settlements to fund the U.S. treasury.
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