AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, 14 March 1918, Page 5

AMERICA.

ANOTHER LOAN TO BmTAIN.

Received 9. 10

WASHINGTON, March 13..

The Treasury has announced that an additional credit of 200,000,000 'dollars has been lent to Britain. This makes a total loan to Britain of 2,500,000,000 dollars.

COUNT LUXBURG POPS UP.

Received 9.10,

SANTIAGO, March 13. Count Luxburg, the notorious Swedish Ambassador, has arrived in Chile by train from Argentine. INCOME TAX AND EXCESS PROFITS. HITTING MULTI-MILLIONAIRES.

Received 11.55. NEW YORK, March 13

Income taxes and excess profit taxes of American multi-millionaires amount to more than half their incomes. Twenty-nine of the wealthiest are estimated to pay taxes amounting to 8G million dollars, including Rockfeller, whose income is sixty millions, tax 3S million; Carnegie, income ten millon, tax 6i; Ford, income five million, tax three million; J. P. Morgan, income 3| million, tax 2\ millions*