The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, July 06, 1917, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextHOW SHALL WE PAY FORTHE WAR? A Constmctiva Criticism en (lis House Revenue Bill. to considering the a piwrt hutment M i roTriM rAnro the extraordinary burden of tixr It vve-' war tlntea certain seletitlne principles CLARK OOl, rMlihr rc definitely cstahllabed: r N.w T... Sh.-U . Ap.Mi.no4. MiHKH.n.ON KA1I", (I) The burden of la xe muni be Simile in Art- spread far aa postdhto or or In Tn- yMr whole coromuulty so as to mum each sjx jy0t,"" A tit . , , , - , , . . ...i.. . . . - - ..... w IV luuiviuuai iw ouarw in in"ii v- i....ti. ui cording to bl ability to pay and a our Mo,,u' W cording to hla share In th tioverimieot AIHT NIlflMi HA1M U laxes ou coi.auiupuoii, wmcu .r. RRUr 0. llrh wrtilMI .... 2.tC large, lengths an olieeeaed nation may lie out that padding. It l mhmhI by Confronted by the malodorous led by ita war-mad emperor's the men who trot tlt $.'.4U and who Manchus, a number of Chinese dig- dreams of conquest, havo suddenly latum; great friend nltarle r literally lotting thtdr la it impossible, thou, that of the farmer and the Constitution, heads. priest-ruled church may be seeking It is alwMipimtl by tluaw skulking ' 1160 h., r..lil.uiM Mn.l oolltl.-ul ,.,trolf f 1 lends of Cermanv who strive to Umatilla county will do Wi ll to thin groat republic? LOANS BETTER THAN TAXES aarlly borne by tb t Tratwie.it. perinea per insertion "1 iMe , should bo Imposed at far a pes- . . slhl on srtlele of quant luxury rathel ' " than on those of necessity. rmV ""nit '"""" " (34 Kxvlses should lx tiuwl aa far nw"' ",U,,T .. a ixwiltl iiihmi rvnumtltla In th l ft I. !.. 1.. II .1.1 I. I.. Witnoaa tho limit our wnr ofli, i.-iu-y l.y rwji.ii.ir Kimr" ,,B Kr"in ihtohTiuit Httitmlo of tho t'tttholica hih ritvi, oonfuMmi, iliM'ontviit n,l 'Mf. in I'vwy oily whorv thoy have at- ml, if iNtnoiliU. riot, tainotl ton ni.'aaurv of intlucmv aul INvryoiu'hoiliivilly r imlinvt- 5c ly o,,,Hm.a or .lolnya (ho .. f .,...-.. If tho(atholica rncournco or iin. tho U'Vi r hill in oh-ii to aiihitii'loii. Timi, Mnttnr.im contniim tho fol iliuio kwU lnwlit ii-la m llntt l llih HNWH'iMtioiiH,- iiiti-ivi.la iiikI uvj- ,,wiiii foiniilimoiit to Wtiii' hi. Praise lor Weston Band tiaiuls of the Dual conmmicr rather Why Eacaativa Taxaa at ., M,-..r-i further Catotit at thi pillllci l VtiUa, On , I inl (Uii malt mtlltr. Five R tha Out af War Ara Dieadvantag u Great Britain Ciiampl Werthy f Emulation Hew the Taae Sheuld Be Apportioned. By EDWIN R. A. 6ELICMAN, McVickar Vrvtrtmor of rollllcaj Kcob omy, Culunitua l'nlruy. On May 23. l!t. the House of Hep iwMilatlvcs imssoj au act "to provide iwouuo to tlrfray war exieuc and, for oilier purpose." Iu the original 1U1 aa presented by the Committee ot Waya and Xleaus, tho adUtlonal reve i.uo to be derived wis estimated at H,' MiUJO.OOO. Tho aiuendineiit to the in tome tax. which ws tacked on to the ll!l during the disoussion tu the House, iraa exevted to yield auother flOfiW, x or JWOOO.OOtt. In diwusslue the House bill, two problems arise: I. How much should be raised by taxation! II. In what manner should thia sum be raised? I. How Much Should Bo Raised by Taxation 7 How was the Ugurc of $1,SOO,000,000 arrived at ? The answer is simple. When product toil. (I) Taxes Uxhi buiiMMi should be ImiHweil as far as ihkwIMo uhw net earuiupi rather than iim sron re relpts or rapital Invested. (," Taxes upon tuconie which will necessarily l Kvei should be both differentiated and Kradtiateil. That la, there should l-e dWtlnctlcn betweeo earned and mu nnl Income and there should le higher rate iioii the larger incomes. It la eNxeutlal, however, not to make the lucouio rate so excessive as to lead to evasion, administrative difficulties, or to the more fundamental objections which have tx-cu urged aliove. !) The e-esa prrtts which are due to the war constitute tlie most obvious and reasonable source of revenue dur Iiir war time. Itut the principle Unm which these war proflt taxes are laid must bo eiinltsl'le in theory and easily calctilaWo in practice. WhIIm WhIIm thoy will hnvo only uilioos sluoilil U' eXHinincil to deter tlicniM'lvcs to hlaino if a witniii tlo. mioo whether he Is h fissl Kmnhler ffo' of cmleiitH' is Ktton tho tin- llKhtinf for liin illejiiliinHto prollt hM Hkalil timtoroiis "nnl iiiuriler. or it M cret fri til of the I'ntshiun otiNiMith in hv ret rirrtilut in which ftMtM-inry. is nttrihutetl to the Knights of ('. Itnnliiis. Ami Hell will nlto ho foiuiil in Although Imvinir hut oue-fouith llohenyollcrn ly ulphiiU ticNl on er one-fifth the Mpulntion the('th- itlysis. olicn of ulur Iminl, whono iiiciiiIhts expn-N their HiiiiH'luiion: "Tho Weston t'oneert Itdinl, un der the le(lcrxhii of A. YV. I.un ilell, hits ieveloMil into nil excel lent oi'Kiiniatiou of 'Jo ineinU'rH, well eiiuiplNtl wiUi the Very In-ht insti'uiiieulN, in it uni forum, etc. Tho IihioI lilletl hii eutrntrouteul Ml Athenn July I, nml will no dotiht perform this full nt the I'eudleton lioUtld I'll. It i Hltovethi-r likely Wlln Walla are said to ' ! - ii i. i ..r i. ; , ... . . .... control the mayor s olhco, the si. h-johiik "i mn iiiiwnT that the 4hiihI will play au iih.'hk - lii liiuii-tni,.nt tho rlnft.il..iiMi-tm,.iit Mn htvl shilw and $!'' steel we inetit this year at the 1'lotn-er I'ow lin.l the a-h.x.ls It is iLm,fi..Ui,i are aoiiiehow incliii.il I., wish that THE ROMAN PERU KcfUvlitiK tiHn tho Kuropean war and the frightfulm-aa of tier man campaiKnini;, one is preixtretl to helievo that almost nythtnjr may that no other religious ilenominat ion has sought such Hicr in Walla Walla or elsewhere. Although tho Catholic Church is known to Ik- opoed to the public school system, every memlH-r of the Walla Walla school board is said to la n Catholic, and it is also said that fifty Tovnt of the teachers the puplic carivr of Ccncral (tooth- tils had crasitl with his wonderful achievements as a omul bulider. As to '.ir, steel, the need of amendment. hH'lhut: is in Wow in Walla Walla. It deserves all the work to he given out here nhoulH, for as a band il programx are smait and up lo-ilate, and in every way it delivers the giMHls n a musical orgaiiiatioii." Yft.. D A T.. n., i ii. i i ..... . naois-n Even to attempted ipist domi- "'"'Ke " " by the House runs up to a rate of iXJ rrcei.t..T1ila lsas.minnher.lorw ation jn tK. Unite.1 States, the history of civilized society. It must t rt.meinlred that It was only aftei Omk Uio pajar callwl tho Men- the Secretary of the Treasury came to tne first yH,P f lm, war Uat Great acv was read by mont Knple with a estimate the additional war expenses BrUmin tm-reas-,! her Uicouie tax to the .i1Hm,( r,.lHM Mmll for the year KU7-lS.be calculated that mtlXlmw uf 5I ,Hr cent., ami that 0trtm ",r, U nU liior nouui amount tt some sii.tiRi. . ... 1.-. k r - hihii. 11 was c uMni w 1 1 int al 000.000. of which $3,OO0.00a00O was to le ,uivuie IBS d(K., not to Roason ,mt t,th,,r (.nttn oIvw at the hiIIs ee a..oe iu ine aioes. suu w H,r .,. nublications 000.000 was to be utilixed for the do- ,t ,.,,, tMIs!lv Xh. thowa , Ul Puomauons. inestic purposes. Thlnkins that It wltb ntes ,, IulHlerate liicomea sub i4.Bul "ow through tho smoke would be a fair proposition to divide stnlttiull.v less than In Great Britain cloud of tho Menace we may see. the mm aii! it inn irnr itimtiieHt niMiir nm 1 bleb, would yield onlr sllijhtly less thao the J.KIJ.000.1D0 orlslually estimated la At our v,'rr door-- in tho city of the House bill. Walla Walla a Catholic outrage It Is to be hoped that the Senate will was jrpt-traU-d upon public lev- reduce the total rate on the blahest In- . ... comes to 34 per cent, or nt most to 40 turvr m a a manner calculatetl to per cent, nud thnt nt the same time It arouse tho ire of all free Americans will reduce the rote on the smaller Its 0f gr faiths, comes derived from persoual or profet) , , ... , slonal earnlnps. In unlikely event things done If tho war continues w shall hsv to or said by this lecturer were un- iizrzKL?"?::,-, u i..d but this does not mean that they should now wo pro not only endannoring tho redress through the law'. If we mistake not .the aroused teniH'r of tho IVotestants, a sweep, ing change is apt to Ik- made in Walla Walla's officialdom when next they have a chance to assert them- this latter sum between loans taxes, he concluded that the amount to tie raised by taxes was 11,800,000,. tt. There are two extreme theories, each of which may be dismissed with scant eonrtcsy. The one Is that all war ex penditures should be defrayed by loans, and the other Is that all war expendi tures should be defrayed by taxes. Each theory Is untenable. It is indeed true that the burdens of llto war should be borne by tho pres ent rather than the future feneration: In what is said here the u nder iKs-s not wish to be misunderstood as attacking the Catholic religion, with which wo have no quarrel. We limit our criticism to Catholic activities along political ilnea. Of what avail to the cause of freedom to dethrone the Kaiser and elevate the Pope? "Kternal vigilance is the price of lilnrty." As far uway as IVrlin it is likely that a chilling effect is felt from the American draft. i. .. Sokiino is rtMiitcd to have a preacla-r uho is opHised to accept ing any contributions for his church unless the donor is a member of the oongr gal ion and who in also against the soliciting of merchan dise to lie used as priz.-s at church fairs. Although so .h-sonlioii, the un pleasantness in China is apt to tack juite a bit of being a civil war. (iotdialliihhiMikstivilch, what a dan dy drivcky on the ea-tern front . Dearest and Cheap! Ilokus- "t'lonclM b(i lfe l the dcurcat little noiiisn In lin norld." I'tiltUs "I iipMiu by thi'l hi means she's the chenpest." Town Topics. Church of the Brethren t Order of service for Sunday July H, I i I T : III a. m. Sunday school. II a. m. Trenching. 2.:iti p. m, Mission Study. liillOp. in. C. W. S. 7::t p. m. Ihble Study, Life of Christ. JOHN ItONKWrrZ. Kl.ler. ELIMINATE THE PADDING te borne by this year's taxation. Meeting all war expenses by taxation makes the taxpayers In one or two years bear the burden ot benefits that ought to be distributed at least over a decade within the same generation. In the second place, when expendi tures approach the gigantic sums of - present-day warfare, the tax-only pol icy would require more than the total surplus of social Income. Were thia Absolutely necessary, the ensuing hav oc In the economic life of the communi ty would have to be endured. But where the disasters are so great and at the same time so unnecessary, the tax-only, policy may be declared Im practicable. Secretary McAdoo bad the right ln ' stinct and highly commendable cour age In deciding that a substantial por tion, at least, of the revenues should be derived from taxation. Bnt when he hit upon the plan of 50-50 per cent, that Is, of raising one-half of all do mestic war expenditures by taxes, the question arises whether he did not go too far. - The relative proportion of loans to taxes is after all a purely business proiiosirion. Not to rely to a large ex tent on loans at the outset of a war Is a mistake. Disadvantage of Excessive Tax. The disadvantages of excessive taxes at the outset of the war are as follows: 1. Excessive taxes on consumption will cause popular resentment 2. Excessive taxes on industry will disarrange business, damp enthusiasm and restrict the spirit of enterprise at the very time when the opposite Is needed. Hut no; they sought redid in Talent Hour is now ipioti stamp taxes. 7) It follows an unsclcntlQc system in Its flat rate on Imports. (8) It includes a multiplicity of pet ty and uiilurratire taxes, the vexations ness of which is out. of ail proportion to the revenue they produce. The fmidameutal lines en which the House bill should be modified are sum med up herewith: (1) The amount of new taxation should be limited to $1.2,000,000 or at the outset to $100,000,000. To do more than this would he as unwise as It is unnecessary. To do even this would lie to do more than has ever been done by any civilized Govern ment In time of stress. (2) The excess-profits tax based upon a sound system ought to yield about $000,000,000. (3) The income-tax schedule ought to 3. Excessive taxes on incomes will de- ue re' w,,n a lowerlD tes plete the surplus available for Invest- " J"11 "'cmes below $10,000. and menis and Interfere with thanlaelnnf wllu Hu "'Kous lowering or ins the enormous loans which will be neces- fuiur. but ar inviting all manner of difficulties which vn Croat Britain has boon able to ascap. stead through the brutal act of a III. 10 a barrel. Itepresentativo " " 1r.""e,u!io.'v . quartet of Miliums the strong- Mcljiughiln of Michigan, iu d t- The House bill contains other funds- i l --ii nieutnl defects which may lm summed arm henchmen, 't " siu. of tl e cussing the food-control bill, said up as follows: Knightd of Columbus, inspired by that "some of these gentlemen who iJTXZSZZZ pr,nc,p" "Vr1 ,,ri,st- , . -1 are i,,tm-!'tin i1 in t,,ia O-i It selects mi unjust and unwork- "lv cuitmiI isoue of the Menace matter and who will have something able criterion for the excess pmtits tax. contains a first-page report of the tu do with it" had told the Home hSbtViiKw'uJ'taS"' bounding affair, and, there is no committee that "they had followed (I) It luiiwes unwarranted burdens roa0" to doubt its accuracy. the wheat from the producer to the upon the consumption of the commit- After being insulted on his wi y consumer through all ita stages of "S" It is calculated to throw business to-his holcl by a holic mob, the holding and production into bread, Into confusion by levying taxes on gross lecturer wus assaulted and almost and in their opinion the price of receipts Instead of upon commodities, killed in the hotel corridor by four flour could be reduced by eliminate V um.c n .r.i.-r uws VI l,r .!, lhun ,lin.,,nr.J I ........, ....m... n.,.1 He had no police protection. In unneeesaary charges and costs to fact, he was virtually forbidden to $6 a barrel." tfive the lectures by the mayor and There is $5.10,of padding in tho police chief. present price, comments tho Ore- Germany has shown to what gonian. , Food control (would cut Two hundred and lifty dead ne groes were the frightful fiuil of the race riols ui Kist St. Imis towiuir that not all the blood I "t lust in eonlined In war b in Ko- roK. ALBERT GLEAVES BUY COAL while the buying is Rood. It's scarce now, but the outlook is for greater scarcity and higher prices. P. T. HARBOUR V , . i.v sary in any event 4. Excessive taxes on wealth will cause a serious diminution of the in comes which are at present largely drawn upon for the support of educa tional and philanthropic enterprises. Moreover, these sources of support would be drie J op precisely at the time when the need would be greatest. 5. Exciv taxation at tho outset of th war will reduc th elasticity avail- able for th increasing demanda that ar soon to com. Great Britain's Policy. Take Great Ilritain as an example. During the first year of the war she Increased taxes only slightly. In order to keep Industries going (it top notch. During the second year she raised by new taxes only W iter-cenr. of her war expenditures. During the third year she levied by additional taxes (over and above the pre-war level) only slightly more than 17 per cent, of lier war expenses. If we should attempt to do as much In the first year of the w?r as Great Britain did in the third year It would suffice to raise by taxation $!,2."i0,000,. '000. If, In order to be absolutely on (he safe side.- it seemed advisable to Increase the sum to $ l,WXi,00O,O00, this rates on the higher Incomes, so as not to exceed 31 per cent. A careful cal culation shows that an Income tax of this kind would yield some $450,000, 000 additional. (4) The tax on whisky and tobacco ought to remain approximately as it Is, with a yield of about $230,00(1.000. These three tuxes, together with the stamp tax at even the low rate of the House bill, and with an improved au tomobile tax, will yield over $1,250,. 000,000, which is the amount of money thought desirable. The above program would be in har mony with an approved scientific sys tem. It will do away with almost all of the complaints that are being urged against the present It will refrain from taxing the consumption of the poor. It will throw a far heavier burden upon the rich, but will not go to the extremes of confiscation. It will ob viate Interference with business and will keep unimpaired the social pro ductivity of the community. It will establish a just balance be tween loans and taxes and will not succumb to the danger of approaching either the tax-only policy or the loan only policy. Above all, It will keep an undisturbed elastic margin, which Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon . Waitsburj, Wash. American Beauty rando Pure White Flow? should, la oiw oyiaioa, U the mail- mu8t no nd heavily drawn. upon as the war proceeds. Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. " Sold in Weston by Weston Mercantile Company Admiral Cleaves, In command of the warships which convoysd th Amerl. can transports across ths Atlsntle. FOOD BILL MAY NOT PASS FOR TWO WEEKS Washington. A formidable mid summer legislative program with food, prohibition and nwenue the major measures, still confronts congress in (is war session, which began three months ago. With business congested in the sen ate snd the house marking time In recess, senate leaders hnpo to make rapid progress on the food control bill, with its provision prohibiting the manufacture of distilled spirits and send it to conference by the end uf the week. With the bouse recess until July 9, even should tho senate dispose of the bill this week, a conference agree ment and final enactment probably will not come until near the middle of the month. Intervention of President Wilson checked the bone dry national prohibi tion movement in congress. Confine ment of prohibition legislation to dis tilled beverages without Interference with the manufacture of beer and wines, it Is generally agreed, will result. Vr- 13 co -r J-f--''''' ..1 W3 -a S saCSj i ess . WS . & j & S3 ''tJSllSlllSlSJtSfSOSSSB t. "" J jgjum,