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The Commoner.
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 21
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Letters from the People
II. S. Caso, Camden, Indiana.
Congressman Crumpacker of In
Indiana still travels tho samo old
road and excuses himself because ho
don't know. I boo The Commoner
prints tho statement of Mr. Crum
packor saying that It does not make
any difforouco if a man woars cotton
instead of wool if ho does not know
it. Mr. Crumpackor made a speech
in West Point township in White
county, Indiana, in 189G, wherein
ho charged Cleveland and the demo-
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cratic administration of squandering
tho money in tho United States
treasury and bankrupting tho gov
ernment and when ho closed his
speech he said if anybody in the
audience would like to ask any ques
tion in regard to tho matters ho had
bee"n discussing ho would be very
glad to have them do so. Thinking
this was a way he had of having
people to testify to what ho had said
by keeping silent, I said I would
like to ask a question if it was sat
isfactory and by consent I asked Mr.
Crumpackor to state how much mon
ey was in tho United States treasury
when tho republican party turned it
over to Cleveland. He said, "I don't
know." I then asked him how much
money was in tho United States
treasury when Cleveland turned it
over to Harrison. Ho said "I don't
know." I then proceeded to ask
him how much money was in the
United States treasury when Harri
son turned it back to Cleveland. He
said, "I don't know." Then I asked
him if tho obligations of this govern
ment had not enormously increased
during Harrison's administration and
that was the cause of the treasury
being bankrupt and the answer was
the same as before, "I don't know."
Then I told Mr. Crumpacker he
ought to know, for they were mat
tors he had been discussing during
the evening. He had a very distin
guished republican from Monticello
by the name of Mr. Sills who was
carrying his hand bag around and
he arose and told me to "shut up,
shut up,, shut up, Case, shut up." I
told him I did not have to, as I was
before the meeting by request of Mr.
Crumpacker. I also told him that I
see they employed the same tactics
out there in the woods as- they em
ployed in the halls of congress and I
would surrender the floor to the
gentlemen.
to collect and pay over tho tax ac
cording to its own tax law. This
would put the greater burden of
taxation on wealth and render fed
eral tax-gatherers unnecessary;
moreover tho amount needed from
this scheme would be certain, while
by any other it would bo virtually an
unknown quantity. Submitted for
courteous criticism.
Joseph F. Darling, 116 Nassau
St., New York. The criticism of
Leslie's Weekly on the income tax
is a perfectly fair one. The earnings
of no one should be taxed; but the
returns on unearned values should
be taxed to the full extent of said
values. The income tax is inquisi
torial, and undemocratic; puts a pre
mium on perjury; favors the tax
dodgers who are very successful in
this country; and successful enough
in all countries to thwart the intent
of every tax law that does not fall
on special privileges that are easily
appraisable. And all special privi
leges are easily appraisable. An in
come tax on unearned incomes is
very satisfactory, and easy to apply,
because franchise values and un
earned increment are the most easily
ascertainable yearly values imagin
able, when the tenure of them is on
a clearly defined basis. And it is
easy to define clearly the exact basis
of every tenure of land and of fran
chise values, indefinite, numerical
form, annually. But earned in
comes, i. e., purely industrial in
comes, minus the element of priv
ilege, not only never can be justly
taxed, but never can even be prop
erly appraised. And all attempts at
the appraisement of earned incomes
involves an undemocratic and revolt
ing investigation of private business.
Of course, special privilege businesses
ought to be both investigated and
taxed. But why private and' purely
industrial and non-privilege businesses?
to como out in the open and state his
beliefs in regard to government, but
ho has worked like tho worm in a
log, waiting for the day when it
might become rotten enough to bo
consumed,' or fall to pieces. This
element of our people have always
been trying to destroy our system of
government. They hit the hardest
blow when they succeeded in deceiv
ing the people of the north to make
war on the states of the south. That
is too long to discuss here, but I will
enclose an editorial from the Phila
delphia Inquirer, of December 2,
1909, to illustrate. The editorial re
ferred to is under the head of
"Budget Rejected in the House of
Lords." The thought in the mind of
the writer is that our system of gov
ernment is bad, while the British is
good because they do not elect their
lords or masters, or rulers, which
ever term the mind may choose. Wo
have thousands of people who think
just that way, and you will generally
find them in the republican party.
Had The Commoner published such
an editorial, it would have been con
strued to mean an attack upon the
supreme court of the United States.
May God bless The Commoner, and
give it the place in the hearts of the
people throughout these United
States which it deserves.
Clarence E. Cole, Hartville, Ohio.
The tariff bill as it stands at pres-
O. J. Leding, Dovils Lake, N. D.
Concerning the stand W. J. Bryan
has taken on the tariff question and
as to party pledges are all essential
facts, and shall receive my hearty
support. The fact that some demo
cratic senators and representatives
flopped over to the republicans in
favor of a protective tariff has
crippled the democratic party pos
sibly more than can be realized.
A. B. Moore, Sclo, Ohio. The
legality of an income tax is now to
bo secured through a sixteenth
amendment to the federal constitu
tion; but our humble opinion is that
it should be defeated not that tho
tax is undemocratic or unjust but
for the following reasons: 1. Be
cause the amendment seems unnec
essary; for (Art 1, Sec. 8, Par. 1)
congress has power to lay and col
lect taxes, duties, imposts, and ex
cises, but all duties, imposts
and excises shall be uniform
throughout the United States. Hence
the power to lay and collect any
other indirect tax is unrestricted. 2.
Because many officials would be re
quired to determine the amount of
income to be assessed for taxation
and collect tho taxes thereon, whoso
service would eat up much of the
tax collected. 3. Because there
seems to be a better way of raising
revenue provided by Art. 1, Sec. 9,
Par. 4 of tho constitution. It reads:
"No capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid unless in proportion to
tho census or enumeration hereinbe
fore, directed to bo taken (Art. 1,
Sec. 2, Par. 4.) Therefore the cen
sus of a state is its definite assess
ment for federal taxation, and It Is
necessary only for congress to de
termine the rate and leave the state
P. W. Bigger, York, Pa. En
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with the names and addresses of
four new subscribers, and my own
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I could h"ave secured ten yes, ten.
thousand new subscribers. The Com
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wishes. It gives me Information
about the west, which our eastern
papers do not give, and which I do
not think they would care to give If
they had It. I have been specially
interested in the law guaranting bank
deposits, but never a favorable word
do we get for it in the east. They
are quick to print any disparaging
remarks about it, but the real truth
is withheld. The tory and his off
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