TAXICAB 



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TAXIDERMY 



5. At $1.75 on $100, what is the rate of tax 

 in per cent? What is the tax on property as- 

 sessed at $8000? Ans. 1%%; $140. 



6. The rate of state tax is 1 mill, of county 

 tax 3% mills, of town tax 4 mills. What is the 

 tax of a property owner in that town on prop- 

 erty assessed at $8000? 



Solution : 



Rate=.008% 



Tax =. 0081/2 X$8000 = $68 

 Problems Involving Duties. 1. What is the 

 duty on a shipment of perfumery bought in 

 Paris for $420, weighing 125 pounds, ad valorem 

 duty 50% and specific duty $.60 per pound? 



Solution : 



Invoice price = $420 

 Ad valorem duty = .50 X $420 = $210 

 Specific duty = 125x$ .60 $ 75 

 Total duty = $285 



2. The duty on canned fish is 30%. What is 

 the cost to the merchant of importing a lot of 

 sardines costing $625 in Italy? 



Invoice price= $625.00 



Ad valorem duty = .3Q X $625= 187.50 



Total cost = $812.50 



3. The ad valorem duty on a shipment of 

 gloves at 60% was $172.50. What was the in- 

 voice price of the lot? 



Ad valorem=:$172.50 



Rate = 60% 



$172.50 = .60xinvoice price 



Invoice price = $17 . 2 - 50 = $287.50 

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SUGGESTIONS AS TO TEACHING THE SUBJECT. 

 (a) Students should get a good knowledge of 

 relations of people and government, needs of the 

 government, public obligations, etc. 



(b) They should find out the many needs for 

 money in their own school district, village, city 

 and so on. 



(c) They should see how the assessor, collec- 

 tor and treasurer get office, etc. 



(d) They should discuss the rate of tax in 

 their own locality. 



(e) They should know something of the tariff 

 system historically. 



(f) They should know that the invoice price 

 of imported goods is found in the manifesto from 

 the office of the American consul at the foreign 

 city from which the imported goods are shipped 

 to this country. 



(g) In general, students should have an intel- 

 ligent grasp of the civil, social and industrial 

 conditions that give rise to tax problems. Ameri- 

 can tariff schedules can be secured by writing to 

 the Department of the Treasury at Washington. 

 Students should obtain these. A.H. 



TAXICAB, tak'sikab, a public motor ve- 

 hicle used chiefly in cities to carry passengers 

 for hire. It is an example of specialization in 

 automobile making, and is rapidly taking the 



place of the cab or coach drawn by horses. 

 High-grade taxicabs are fitted with all possible 

 comforts for the passengers, such as drop seats 

 for children, side pockets for papers and pro- 

 grams, opera glass and cigar holders and elec- 

 tric lights. These vehicles are equipped with 

 taximeters, automatic devices which register 

 the mileage covered and record the amount of 

 the fare. Rates are fixed by city ordinances, 

 and fares are collected on the basis of the dis- 

 tance covered or according to the time con- 

 sumed. There are other regulations as to 

 number of passengers, seating capacity of ve- 



AN EARLY TAXICAB 



A Chinese public conveyance, three centuries 

 old. It was provided with a mechanical register 

 in the form of a drum, which was beaten by a 

 hammer at the end of each mile. 



hide, time used in waiting for passengers, time 

 lost because of breakdowns, etc. 



Generally speaking, rates in Europe are lower 

 than in the United States. In the latter coun- 

 try the city of Chicago taxicab service offers 

 the lowest rates. One company carries one 

 passenger one-half mile for twenty cents, with 

 a further fee of five cents for each added 

 quarter mile. Only ten cents each is charged 

 for each additional passenger for the full trip. 



TAXIDERMY, tak'sidermi. The visitor in 

 a zoological museum is usually impressed by 

 the natural appearance of the mounted animals 

 exhibited. Often these are shown much as 

 they lived in their native haunts, that is, in a 

 picturesque setting of woods or water. Birds, 

 fish, squirrels and larger woodland mammals, 

 and wild beasts of the jungle, even elephants, 

 are exhibited in a most realistic manner. The 

 science by which animals are thus preserved 

 and represented is known as taxidermy, a term 

 derived from two Greek words meaning ar- 

 rangement and skin. 



As taught at the present time, taxidermy is 

 a complicated art which compels one who 

 would master it to acquire a considerable 

 knowledge of anatomy, natural history, draw- 

 ing, carving, sculpture, mechanics, tanning and 

 dyeing. As a preliminary step the student 



