MEDFORD MATE TRTBTTNTE TfEDPOT?D, OTCTCOOX, lUOXDAY, .TUNE 11. 1f)17 PAGE TITREK WAR TAX PUT ON SILENT POOR AID NOISY RICH Senate Throwing the Hooks Into the Plain People to Make Them Pay for the War When Rich Are Taxed They Howl, While When Poor Are Soaked, They Keep Still About It. (By Clllson" Gardner, Washington Corre spondent.) WASHINGTON, June 11. Here for the first time arc the big facts on how tlie senate finance committee is throwing t ho hooks into the plain people to make them pay for the war. If this committee is let alono two weeks more it will slam the whole har den onto the poor and let the rich ut almost cot free. Why the finance committee is nin nini: the ;r-mic thU way is simple; liYi-s.iii No. 1 - When special inter. cts arc taxed they howl: when the poor am soaked they keep still. Reason No. 2 These nine have a nt;.;ic i!y of votes in r!ie committee: Stit!Kio:.s. Penrose, T.odee. Gall'mrer, Rii-.oot, Townscnd. Williams, Hiil.c S:;i'lh. Stum-. Their records are si. well known they require no Who's Whooim:' here. Picking Pockets of Poor. Tlie'1 lcLi-!atie hnccaneers Iiae .11 far ill th'fvi.'ces of rata loiin; the (jonuv into the poor they Imw nv- ! v.. !'..( in tax tlie water that tlie .'. in ynr ice cream soda and that l:t to tnximr the air vou hreathe. A complete list of what this senate committee has done to pick the pock ets of the poor would fill a newspa per paf;c, but here are a few choice samples : knnci ed out 2- per cent i r;n-'- on iiicoines ov,r :''j'ted hy the hone. ThU lii.de I'm- relc ori int-oiii".. niillirm dollars !.") per rem. Killed iii!'i'ea-i' in inh"rit inciease !,Pon increase ner a ece tax v.hirh lir .I p'l-c.d (he house without between tho two peoples in carrying protest. 'tlie present struggle for the freedom Struck out retroactive income tax I f tl'l peoples to a successful consum which woiild have collected additional ' mation, it seems opportune and ap taxes on basis of this year's returns'. I propriate that I should state again, in Killed tax on automobile maniitac-1 tlie light of this new nartnership, the furors and transferred it to auto. hjects the United States has hr. mohi'e owners.- - - Helps Monition Barons, I. '-.eind'-il tax on munif ions factuivrs whiidi has been in more tlnin a year and pruduce inunu-; c'Tectl Onn,n;u) revenue. Vow ?.oc wlri! ha- been done i.i ihe llii'd ard inorfep-ic coe-'ilin'r : Hi- uir i- I" pay :, u.x r li.df a I'Mit a pound when it leaves tlie manufacturer. Experience show; hy the lime the tax is transferred to vou the price will be raised at least a cent a pound. This will yield the iTovernn-cnt .4.-,nno,non and will cost eoiiiiMcr ,to.nno,ctin. oifer i- to pay one cent a ml; i-'x v Meh Ail! !. .louhled or ir..l,le.) ! by i':e tine the con-uiiifr pai- i:. i '1 ea i . to pay I wo ecal- a pound j tax. v.hirh v.'i!! likewise iucrea c in . i ji it i . , jj l.'iii nn, f ,od for the oiek and fi jichildrcn, is to pay three cents i pound, and the price increase will ihe not less than .six. Tax l"pon (Tandy, fiuidy is to pay a heavy lax. All soft drinks nnd soda fountain syri ps are to he taxed. K' cry suhslitute for John Barley corn except water is to be taxed, nnd it is suspected that was merely over looked. The only substantial thintr tlu fi nance committee has done in the con sumer's interest hns been to strike out the 10 per cent increase in tariff duties cai'iied by the house hill. Just ns serious as the transfer of the burden of war-cost from the rich ' l!"" can -inner- i complete ,,!,. t'-iv.'.inr, by the finance c roiiiitt.e of li e .:, v-a--v. co pooev ur,.'( d hv the How far they have curried this al . ii'lonnient i- -hovn hv the follow ing figures; Secretary McAdoo, sjicnkim; nre sinnahlv for tlie president, 'irtred l.-.i'Ofi.nnn be raised this ve-r hi tavali-n. TV 1,.,-i-c bill wo -.!, I I,,.,',. prod)cn f ,s-7.oiin,nnn. erl,tr Sniocon- ,lv 1.1 1 "i. Ill(i. (inn will be rai-ed hv taxation more than a billion dollars le-s than the presi dent urged. Against all this business few let ters of protest hnve come from the plain people, but bales have rome from rish manufacturers bowline nsruin-t ntiv tax on them. SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS DECLARED A NECESSITY WATKHI.no, Iowa, June 77. Sun day newspapers are a necc-sity, it was held in court today when a com plaint arntnft the Times-Tribune for violatimr the Iowa "blue laws" was WILSON TELLS RUSSIA OBJECT OF U.S.CIN WAR America Seeks No Material Profit or Aggrandizement No Territory to Change Hands Except to Benefit Inhabitants No Indemnities Ex cept Payment for Manifest Wrongs. WASHINGTON, June 11. Presi dent Wilson, In a communication to the new government of Russia, has made plain the war aims of the Unit ed States and its position on "no an nexations, no Indemnities." "No territory must change hands except for the purpose of securing those who inhabit it a fair chance of life and llhorty," says the communica tion. "No indemnities must be insist ed upon except the payment for mani fest wrong done. No re-adjustments 4of power must be made, except such as will tend to secure the future peace of the world and the future welfare and happiness of its people." Against Ktutits Quo In unmistakable terms, President Wilson declares against Germany's proposal to restore the status quo be fore tho war. "It was the stat'ls quo ante put of which tho hideous war issued fort', he says, "tho power of tho imperial German government within the e- plre and Its widespread domination and influence outride of that empire. '.'That status must bo altered la such fashion as to prevent any such thing from ever happening again." Asks Co-oerutioii The president's communication was delivered to tho Russian government by Ambassador Francis. In full, it is j as follows: "In view of the approaching visit ; of the American delegation to Russia i to express the deep friendship of Ur ' American people for the people of ! Russia and to discuss the best and (most practical means of co-operation ) entering'the war. Those objects have been very much beclouded during the past few weeks by mistaken and mis leading statements in regard to issues ! at stake. "The war hns begun to go against Germany and in their desperate de sire to escapo the Inevitable ultimate defeat, those who are in authority In Germany are using every possihlo in strumentnllty, are making use even of the lnf1"eie- of groups and parties among their own subjects to whom they have never been just or fair or even tolerant, to promote a propa ganda on both sides of the sea which win prererve their Influence at home cud power abroad to the undoing of rhn very men they are using. American losition Clear "The position of America is so "elearly avowed that no man can be excused for mistaking it. She seeks ,r no material profit or aggrandizement n!of any kind. She is fighting for no advantage or selfish object of her own, but for tho liberation of peoples everywhere from the aggressions of autocratic force. The ruling classes in Germany have begun of late to pro fess a like liberality and justice of purpose, but only to preserve the power they havo Bet up in Germany and the selfish advantages which they have wrongly gained for themselves nnd their private projects of power all tho way from Berlin to Bagdad and beyond. Government after govern ment has by their influence, without open conquest of Its territory, been linked together hy a link of Intrigue directed by nothing less than the pence nnd lihnrty of .the world. The ni 'i-liep of thai. Intrig'ip m.ift he bro ken, but cannot bo broken unless wrongs already done are undone; and adequate measures must be taken to prevent It from ever again being re woven or repaired. Germany Itulnlng FHends "Of course the Imperial German I government and thope whom It in us 1 lug for their own undoing are seeking to obtain pledges that the war wl!' ' nn'l 'n tho restoration of the status quo ante It was the status quo ante out of which this Iniquitous war Is sued forth, tho power of the Imperial German government within tho em pire and Its widespread domination and Influence outside of that empire. That stati'B quo must ho curtailed or readjusted In such fashion as to pre vent any such hideous thing from ever happening again. We are fight ing for tho liberty, the self-government and the undletated development of all peoples and every feature of the settlement that concludes this war muFt he conceived and executed for that purport. Wrongs must first be righted and then adequate safeguard niUit be created ts provent their be ing committed again. We ought not 1 to consider remedies merely because they have a pleasing and sonorous sound. Practical questions can be settled only by practical means. Phrnses will not achieve the result. Effective readjustments will and whatever readjustments are neces sary must be made. "But they must follow a principle and that principle is plain. No people must be forced under unwelcome rule. Indemnities for Wrong "No Indemnities must be Insisted; in the great cause of human liberty, upon except those for the manifest I The day has come to conquer or sub wrongs done. No readjustment of mit. If the forces of autocracy can power must be made except as will tend to secure the future peace of the world and the wolfare and happiness of Its people. "And then the free peoples of the world must draw together in some common covenant, some genuine and practical co-operation that will in ef fect combine their best efforts for peace and justice. ' The brotherhood of mankind must no longer be a fair but empty phrase; it must be given a CHICLE ffppiMf . lifrn-ri" - ill nJfn n m M f 'r" ''L' ' ," 'f 1 f 1 ''i ' 'f Hi 1 n ) "if j fnw,', ym structure of force nnd reality. Tho nations must realize their common life and effect a workable partnership to secure that life against tho aggres sions of autocratic and self-pleasing power. Die for These Things "For these things we can afford to pour out blood and treasure. For these are tho things wo have always professed to desire and unless wo pour out Wood nnd treasure now and succeed, wo may never bo nblo to unite or show conquering force again divide us, they will overcome us; If we stand together, victory is certain and tho liberty which victory will secure. Wo con afford then to be generous, but we cannot afford then or now to be weak or omit nny single guarantee of justice nnd security." Carter Brandon, who has spent the last year at the University of Oregon, returned home this morning after a short Portland visit. THE BIG BUSINESS-MANS GUM Dr. H. M. ROWE. 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