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ways, the., Jews, would destroy him.
It was a pitiable moment in the life
of the man who was afterward to re
pent of his folly in the consecration
and sacrifice of his Jife to a just
cause.
That Richard L. Metcalfe, who has
battled so' nobly- in the past for th.
great principles of democracy, should
de&ert tb!e flag' at a time when he is
most needed, must be a matter of sor
row that' will find an echo in the
hearts of thousarids of Nebraska dem
ocrats. That he would allow his gaze
for a moment to turn to me flesh pots
of Egypti while his former chief is
fighting the greatest battle of his
long and eventful career against the
hosts of Mammon's groi.d, is beyond
comprehension. But that he would
add more perfidy to such action by
joining these forces seems incred
ible. As he hypocritically lauds our
great president and condemns Mr.
Bryan he ignobly bears his soul to
tho light in the following words:
"Reverting to the Nebraska situa
tion, I expect Senator Hitchcock to
become a stalwart administration
man. So far as principles are con
cerned there is little difference be
tween tho president and the senator.
I expect the Nebraska federal offices
to soon be filled by faithful Hitch
cock men, or at least by men to whom
he is willing to give his' endorse
ment." If 'other indictments were needed
to condemn 'Mr. 'Metcalfe's inconsist
ency this is the last straw. Senator
Hitchcock has been the most persist
ent enemy the administration has
had, professing to be its friend he
has fought the president on nearly all
the progressive principles he stood
for. On the other hand Mr. Bryan is
today and has been throughout a
consistent friend and co-laborer with
the president, ' notwithstanding the
misrepresentations of the Wall street
controlled nfewsiapers of'the-eas't and
those who are influenced by such
glaring falsehoods as are given pub
licity through these mediums of news
distribution. "
It is a democratic prerogative that
men may differ in methods of pro
cedure on fundamntal principles of
democracy. It is his right and he
should be respected in that' right.
But when he deliberately deserts the
standard, when he weakly turns and
flees because of the fear of popular
feeling 6r other selfish reason, there
can be no excuse, and Richard L.
Mecalfe stands convicted of a most
unnatural violation of the very prin
ciples for which he has so long been
a guiding star in the democratic firm
ament. Fred C. Ayres, in Holbrook
(Neb.) Observer.
GOV. WALSH OF MASSACHUSETTS
From the San Francisco Star,
July 24, 1915.
Governor Walsh's address at the
Massachusetts Day exercises at the
exposition, last Monday, was far more
than a "good speech" as good
speeches go. He spoke for his state
and to California, and in praise of
both states; and that was well.' But
at times he spoke for America and
for humanity. For example:
"The real purpose of this exposi
tion must not be lost sight off It is
to let the various governments of the
world know what is being done by
other people and other governments
for ana by mankind.
I want to think of this exposition
not merely as a display of wealth, of
the artistic greatness, of the intel
lectual advancement, of nations and
people, but rather as an indication of
the friendly rivalry between the gov
ernments of the world to indicate the
progress of their people.
-r"For what purpose, after all, do
governments exist? Certainly not
merely to add to the wealth of the
lew , or,, the. advancement of another
Jew, or "even the' establishment and
The Commoner
25
BRITISH INCOME TAXPAYERS
(Commercial Attache A. H. Bald
win, London, May 5.)
It is probable that tho total num
ber of income taxpayers in Great
Britain is somewhat under 1,000,000,
many workingmen escaping payment
of the tax because of the difficulty of
obtaining an accurate record of in
dividual earnings. Last year there
were 709,35 G assessments on indi
viduals with incomes between 160
and 10,000 (780 and $48,GC5) and
390 whose incomes exceeded the lat
ter figure, the gross income of the
709,746 individuals being $1,228,
226,600. Classified by incomes these
taxpayers numbered:
1914 says: "Earned income, where
me totaL income did not exceed
2,000 ($9,735), was taxed in 1908-9
groat enterprise, hereafter become
rivals, not in our numbers or our
wealth, or our arts and crafts, but
at 9d. In the pound sterling (18 cents ' In tho extent and valim of our effort.
in each $4,8665 of income, or 3.7 per Jour sacrifices and our services, to
cent; in other cases rfhe tax was 12d, keep strong and united tho United
in the pound sterling (24 cents, or 5 States of America, and to preserve
per cent). From 1909-10 earned in-' and perpetuate the liberties anrlhe
come, if the total docs not exceed I blessings here guaranteed to the lib-
2,000, is taxed at the rate of 9d..
and between 2,000 and 3,000
($9,735 and $14,600) at 12d., and
unearned income at 14d. (28 cents,
or 5.86 per cent) in the pound ster
ling. A supertax is levied on incomes
crty loving pcoplo of tho world."
BY
Income.
$780
$975
$1,460
$1,945
$2,435
$2,920
$3,405
$3,895
$4,380
$4,865
$9,735
$14,600
$19,465
$24,331
$48,665
to $975..,
to $1,460
to $1,945.,
to $2,435.
to $2,920.
to $3,405.
$3,895.
$4,380.
$4,865.,
$9,735.
$14,600
$19,465
$24,330
to $48,665
and ovej.
to
to
to
to
to
to
to
The foregoing schedule does not
indicata the returns made by 55,949
firms nor the returns on incomes of
public companies and local author
ities. Great Britain's Rate of Taxation
For the coming year the tax on
unearned incomes stands at 2s. 6d. in
the pound sterling (0.60 in each
$4.8665, or 12.3 per cent) and on
earned incomes at Is. 6d. ($0.36, or
7.4 per cent) . , ,
With- reference to the levying of
the income tax- in the United King
dom, the Statesman's Yearbook for
ONE CLASS BENEFITED
SALOONS
I have a friend who lectures on
tcmnerance. He Is more dramatic
over 5,000 ($24,330) a year of Gd. than some of us. At one point in his
in the pound (12 cents, or 2.5 per lectures he takes out his gold watch,
cent) on amounts by which incomes ' and holding it toward his audience,
says, "1 will give this watch to anyone
present who will arlso and tell mo
one class of people in this world that
has ever been benefited by tho sa
loon." He made that offer all over this
country, and no one ever took it up,
until one day out In Iowa, a gentle
man stood and said, "I think I can
tell you one class."
"What's that?"
"The undertaker."
My friend was about to unchain
his watch and hand It over, when an
old nan arose, and said: Hold on!
Before you give away that watch,
allow me to say that I have been the
I undertaker n this community for
thirty-five years, and I have burled a
exceed 3,000. An abatement of the ' gfff nZ Ttha n f PCP,?;
tax on 10 ($48.65) of income for ! onJV0 1 1 am'callctl unon . t0
each child living and under 16 years. Lafywaf ! ?1(1T T r I"7 me,?!ber
of age is allowed in the case of in-1 fin5 ?vfa, " WT nortw It8
comes under 500 ($2,435.)" "LJJ if m k" ?iCiT JF0t
The bureau of foreign and domes-1 X SniiLfX-lif hlTS
tic commerce, Washington, will loan ZTJor ml fn ,rv n lh
to those interested a newspaper clip-, L'-n0' ?$ bU1T n UCh
Number Gross
of amount of
assessments income
257,499 $230,059,500
237,434 280,987,400
85,557 147,357,500
46,063 102,762,600
23,411 63,537, 800
13,383 42,772,100
10,250 37,844,200
5,779 23,988,100
7,445 35,199,100
16,363 110,137,900
3,381 40,748,000
1,231 20,916,800
678 15,155,100
882 30,320,100
390 40,440,400
ping, based on a memorandum of the
British secretary of the inland rev
enue, in which the deductions to be
made for income taxes from certain
classes of dividends and interest pay
ments are set forth with some de
tail. Washington Post.
case.'
'Dry or Die.'
It's often tho odd persons who try
to get even. Milwaukee Sentinel.
perpetuation of an educated or ruling
class.
"The really great purpose for
which a government exists we must
rioiror lnco iTif nf it ia tn reduce
to a minimum the misery and pov
erty, Sufferings and distress mankind
is heir to, and that government is the
greatest which contributes most to
the happiness, the welfare and the
prosperity of all its people."
It is worth while to say such things
on Massachusetts Day and on every
other day; to say tnem anu weieu
the words and the ideas. And then
Governor Walsh spoke with pardon
able pride ofthe Massachusetts edu
cational and public health exhibit,
saying:
"As I looked upon it I could not
help but feel that here was positive
evidence of a great state government
manifesting its concern about the
special thought and attention and
t,-iAt;Ti n Tumuli. Rtrp.ncth and
vitality, and to the intellectual ad
vancement and progress of its peo-
pie.
"What more, tell me, than health,
.,i mflifirn nr education makes
for the happiness, the well-being and
the prosperity of the human race?
TCvidentlv. Governor Walsh has a
democratic head and a democratic
heart. And of the Bay state he said
that "if Massachusetts represents any
thing, it represents the mother of all
our commonwealths, the birthplace
of free government. Who dares com
pare the arts and crafts and handi
work of man with the blessings and
privileges of free government?" He
?SSred with pride to the fact that
a son of Massachusetts, John Han
cock, was the first to sign the Dec
laration of Indepedence, and contin
ued in these eloquent words:
"Oh, the bravery of those signers,
for they knew full well that theyj
were signing their own death war-1
rant if they failed in their purpose !
of establishing a government of the j
people, for the people, by the peo-1
pie!
"But we must go back of Liberty
Bell indeed of the signing of the i
Declaration of Independence to
Massachusetts once more, to know
thn 'hnrrirvninrr i thn ofnrv wVifnh tho (
O O i
Liberty Bell rings out.
"It was in Massachusetts, at Con
cord and Lexington, that tho little
flame was started that kindled the
flame that finally set the whole world
burning. The Middlesex farmers of
Massachusetts, as Emerson has wise
ly and aptly said, fired a shot heard
around the world and the echoes of I
it arc still ringing in South America,
in the wastes of Asia, in Europe and
all over tho world. I
"That tremendous fact must never
be lost sight of, for, from the wrath
and resistance, the bravery and the
courage of those Middlesex farmers
of Massachusetts on that memorable
19th of April in 1775, sprang all
those changes and revolutions that
have altered the aspirations and di
rected the energies of mankind.
"I shall 'take back to Massachusetts
and her people this message: 'That
they have not "t-" their lives until
they see this great exposition. I
shall tell them, with pride, of your
hospitality, of your industry, and of
your patriotism, and I feel confident
that, just as the opening of this great
Panama canal has brought Massachu
settsBay nearer to the waters of the
Golden Gate, so this day has brought
the hearts of the people of Massa
chusetts and California closer and
nearer than ever before.
"May I hdpe that we may both, as
a result of our co-operation in this
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