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TAXES AND MELONS.
The first concern of the multi­
millionaire secretary of the treas
ury in making his annual l'eport is
the reduction of the maximum in-
I
come surtax rate from the present,
50 per cent to not more than 25 p^r
cent. Secretary Meilon's argument
for reducing the tax on multi-mil­
lionaires is that men of wealth evade
taxation because of the high rates
and they would not take advantage
of the government if the rates were
reduced.
Consider tho, implication of this
reoommendation: that multi-million
ftlre! and their wealth are above the
law and that they will only contri­
bute to the expense of government
on their own t.rms! Such argument
iu in line with a contention that tar­
iff duties should be decreased to
eliminate smuggling. Yet we know
that as long as there is a tariff there
will be smuggling and as long as
there are taxes there will be people
who evade them. Secretary Meilon's
vision is apparently clouded by his.
own money bags.
Secretary Mellon tells of four
means used to reduce the amounts of
income subject to taxation:
1. Deductions of losses on sales
•of capital assets, with the failure to
realize on capital gains.
2. Exchanges of property and se­
curities so as to avoid taxable gains.
3. Tax-exempt securities.
4. Other avenues of escape, such
as the division of property, the cre­
ation of trusts, and the like.
"While the secretary of the treas
ury recommends certain steps to
stop these leaks, he fails to mention
the greatest leak of all, the stock
dividend craze which has swept the
country during the last month and
which he, himself, inaugurated, ac­
cording, to the statements of finan­
cial journals. Billions of dollars of
profits dre going into the pockets'of
-«ecrrity holders of the United States
'Without being subject- to taxation by
•means of the stock dividend trick.
In the last few weeks the Standard
Oil companies alone have declared
a billion dollars worth of stock divi­
dends. Every day increases the total.
Industrial companies and financial
institutions are rushing to join the
procession. Inste&d of declaring cash
dividends, Jhe money remains in the
coffers of the big corporations and
nothing is available for investment
in new enterprises.
Under the law fifty per cent of
these profits going to multi-million­
aires would be payable to the United
States in income taxes. This in itself
i? sufficient to account for the de­
crease of $1,141,000,000 in income
and profit taxes received-^by the
United States during the past year.
And still Secretary Mellon talks of
reducing the surtax. Must the people
of the United States admit that they
are helpless in the hands of our mul
ti-millionaires?
II
If anything is obviou3, it is the fact
thjat congress must consider earnest
ly every possible means of recover
ing some of the taxes that have been
,i evaded durjns the past year. It can
not longer permit the wool to be
pulled oveV Its eyes. Mellon helped
t6 repeal the excess profits tax with
a loss to the treasury annually when
added to surtax reductions of ap
proximately a half billion dollars. He
opposed any tax on undistributed
profits intended to reach the enor­
mous surpluses that have been ac­
cumulating in the treasuries of the
companies that have been engaged
in stock dividend orgies during the
last few months. He opposed any in­
heritance tax or gift tax that w:ould
reach gigantic mushroom estates. He
Is the greatest exponent in the ad­
ministration of the principle that to
thos6 who have shall be given—even
Unto ship subsidies—and nothing
shall be taken away. Fram those who
have nothing shall be taken away
even, the wages they receive. Con
gress vwill be justified in considering
ahy of his financial recommendations
With suspicion.
j40 It has come to pass, as Justices
J, Brandeis and Clark of the U. S. Su
preme Court said in a dissenting
opinion in the stock dividend case,
that "if stock dividends representing
a profits are held exempt from tax
ty'.V
ation under the 16th amendment, the
owner of the most successful busi
tV nesses in .America will be able to
escape^ taxation'^ on a large part of
what is actually their Income
That such a result wad intended by
the people of the United States, when
adopting the 16th amendment is in­
conceivable."
But what-is the intent' of the peo­
ple among multi-millionaires as long
as they retain control Of the govern­
ment and its administration.
BOYCOTT AMERICAN VESSELS.
Publicly, the ship subsidy advo­
cate weeps salty tears for America's'
merchant marine.
Privately, there is no weeping
among these h^rd-boiled.'Their tears
are for public notice, to incite emo­
tion and sentiment of the-populace,
who are expected to cheer every
mention of "the Starry Banner on
the seven seas."
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There is no weeping or sentiment
when these ship subsidy advocates
figure how to grab government
owned vessels without cost or when
steamship companies figure how the
immigration clause of the bill will
aid them.
Another brand of these patriots
shout for "a merchant marine" while
they themselves have agreements
with foreign ship companies to carry
their export freight.
Thousands of honest-minded citi­
zens have been tricked by the two
faced policy of these ship subsidy
advocates.
These citizens are not aware that
this country's largest railroad sys­
tems have been boycotting American
ships and pledging foreign ship com­
panies to aid them in securing car­
goes.
These charges, backed by docu­
mentary evidence,, were made in the
United' States senate last year, by
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana and
Senator Jones of Washington.
The agreements link up great
American railroad systems and their
subsidiaries with foreign ship com­
panies while American vessels rust
and rot waiting for carg^ps.
Among the railroad systems in­
volved are the Pennsylvania, Great
Northern, Boston & Albany (New
York Central), Norfolk & Western,
Chesapeake & Ohio, Southern, Bal­
timore & Ohio, Missouri Pacific,
Boston & Maine, and Chicago, Mil­
waukee & St. Paul. The latter road,
together with the Great Northern,
had their agreements with Jalfc.nos3
steamship companies.
Features of these agreements .in­
clude:
Free wharfage and use of ware­
houses for the foreign ships.
Special piers set aside by railroads
for foreign, lines.,
Exclusive^nnd free use of facili­
ties.
Reduced rateSrOf freight.
Railroads pledge .to make every
rea?onabi$? effort to secure the
.amount -of freight -required by fbr
eign ships. (This provision means
that the railroads will use their eco­
nomic and banking power and influ­
ence to secure freight cargoes for
foreign vessels as against vessel^ of
their own country.)
Pledges of. railroads to use their
influence to secure lower taxes for
foreign ships and to supply thom
coal below jnarket price.
It should be fcorne in mindt that
while these railroads were aiding
foreign ship owners to destroy the
American merchant marine, the rail­
roads were receiving vast sums from
the government because of govern­
ment operation of the railroads dur­
ing the war.
During all this time the railroads
themselves have stood with hat in
hand before congress and pleaded
for aid.
How can a subsidy offset such ad­
vantages these railroads give for­
eign ships—*-free (lockage, free
wharfs, free use of facilities and re­
duced freight rates?
If railroad financiers of any other
nation on earth werer caught in *such
transactions they would be held 4p.
to public scorn or banished from'
their country.
What sincerity can be, placed on*
the word of men who ha\e hushed
up this matter while they plead
for government aid to a few priv­
ileged ship owners?
.What can be said of the United
StEttes shipping board when it so
gingerly handles such outrageous
cenduct by America's leading finan
ciei's?."
What can be said of politicians
and newspaper editors who make no
mention of this situation and whis­
per their slanders that foreign in-,
fluences are behind those who op­
pose looting the treasury?
EVANGELIST OF LABOR.
Perhaps the most powerful appeal
that can be made to the human mind
is the plea-of idealism—the appeal
to the nobler side of human nature
to exert itself, to commit itself, to
be a part of a movement for the
common good.
Appeals for material sain reach
the material side of human nature.
But. the human machine goes for­
ward in answer to this appeal with
only a dull respohse.
The apReal of Idealism touches the
fire the human brain, awakens
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the soul, enthuses the mind, re
leases the tremendous energy of!
whatever it is that'is at the center
o? life.
Nothing^ is more powerful than
thought. An idea may be a match
that will toufch into fire the souls,
of armies. The loftier the idea, the
nobler the concept, the surer the re­
sponse, the mightier the force re­
leased.
No movement" offers a higher ideal
than the !a a\ movement. The labor"
movement rings with the call to
service. What .is finer than the ideal
of enriching human lives, of releas­
ing human lives from suffering and
injustice, of bringing to humanity
more of freedom, more of knowl­
edge, more of happiness, less of
drudgery and enslavement?
Too many ii* the labor movement
lay aside the idealism of the move­
ment and forget its magnetic appeal
and its magnificent' mission. Too
•many envision only the immediate
material side—"ours i£ a business or­
ganization,'* we hear -it' said*
Throw to the .wide winds of the
world the spiritual appeal of labor
Send over the hills the call to serv­
ice.
"We stand at Armageddon battling
for the Lord," was Theodore Roose­
velt's challenge.
And we, we are battling for His
children.
We are battling for every good
thing arid against every bad thing.
We are battling against everything
that demeans hunmnity, against
everything that warps human bodies
and binds the human brain and that
tortures the human soil.
We re battling for all the good of
the future, against all the bad of the
past for all of the richness of life
that the human mind can dream of,
against all things that hurt and ham­
per and blight ,for the ultimate of
love and happiness and life, against
selfishness" and greed and debase-:'
ment.
envision an ideal of magnifi­
cent proportions, of infinite possi
biMles.
We must advance to that, end by
slow and painfui steps, taking ac­
count always of practical things,
counftng facts carefully, one by one.
But always let our flag fly high
let our ideal stand above all else let
our great message be crie"cl out to
the multitudes,
Let the evangelist of Labor be not
replaced too much by the trader arid
the merchant. Let there be always
among us a man with message, a
man with a dream, a man with flam­
ing words ot- emancipation, point­
ing toward the far goal.
STOCK DIVIDEND APOLOGIES.
Stock dividend disbursements for
1922 are expected to toNtal $1,500,
000j000, of which total the Standard
Oil and affiliated companies have
issued about $750,000,0007
The wide publicity, given this un­
usual financial,development and the
fact that its purposed to enable men
of wealth to evade their income
taxes is resulting in a serious effprt
on the part of financial journal* To
excuse this distribution of corpora­
tion surpluses. On the whole their
apology is wobbly. It is like the ef­
fort of a person telling a white lie,
but in this case the effort is a -little
belated.
Whatever may be said in exten­
uation, it'lis quite apparent thjit Con-
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"LAME DOCKS" WOOLS PUT SUBSIDY OVER
In a smashing attack on the ship
subsidy bill, Senator Follette
showed that this bill was passed in
the house solely through the aid of
representatives who have, been re-
Under these circumstances, the
executive has brought forward the
pending bill and ari effort is now be­
ing made to obtain its passage, by
a congress the .administration ma­
jority in which,, has been repudiated
by the American people.
"This bill has already passed the
lower house by a majority of 24
votes. I count.it as a significant cir­
cumstance that at least 70 of the
votes cast for this bill in the house
were cast by members who were de­
feated in the primaries and the elec­
tions.
"No one will deny that without
the support of these defeated '''repre­
sentatives of the people this meas­
ure would have met the same fate
that has been met by every previous
subsidy bill. Moreover, no one will
deny that we re this bill offered to
the new congress elected in Novem­
ber it would be defeated by a sub­
stantial majority.
"What warrant can be found fm*
bringing up this bill at this time? It
involves an expenditure of hundreds
gress is likely to taffe .steps' in the
future against such procedure, even
though it mayr become a case of
locking^ the- stable? door after the
horse is stolen.y
READ THEM AMD WEEP
OH, MR. MELLON!
Representative Lineberger: Charles
M. Scriwab -. multimillionaire steel
manufacturer,\ is quoteid as sajung
he cguld withdraw from active in­
dustry, invest his capital in tax
exempt securities, and net four times
as much as he now reieivas.
If you will investigate the stat­
istics available, you can not escape
the conclusion that the men' with
large fortunes: are doing just what
you and I would do—investing their
money wfcere it yields ihemlilhe
greatest return, and" they set? the
greatest return, by withdrawing it
from industry and investing it in
tax-exempt securities.—C ongression
al Record.
BACK OF THE SCRE$]V.
Senator Borah: Consider the last
argument presented by the able cen
atoje^from Louisiana (Mr. Ransdell)
that the ship subsidy proposition is,
in fact, another* phase ot prepared­
ness and that the necessity for great­
er preparedness is an unanswerable'
argument fgr the building up of a
merchant'marine at the expnnsei of
the American taxpayer. It -wouli
seem that the strongest argument
they have to present is that we pre­
pare-at once and hastily for war.—
Congressional Record.
WO SICK. CHILD, PLEASE.^
Senator McKellar: Mr. President,
I am for a real .merchant marines a
mercli^nt marine that prospeftr ye*
cause It has business to "carry, -hot
a weak, sickly, liothouse merchant
marine, dependent Uport/*the govern­
ment'to Iceep its head' above water.
Thete .to little provision'.In Jjjh
bill for setting huslness for our^ mer­
chant marine, This bill is aimed^at
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of millions of public moneyv£nd the
delegation of broad and unprece­
dented* powers to a small body of
men, -at least a majority of v/hom
have forfeited the confidence of
».'thinking,-'- conservative-minded
pudiated by their constituents.
The administration majority of People,
YLcre is the authority, upon
which the congress can rely in en-
169 in the house of representative:
has been reduced to less thW 20, aul
the majority in the sehate has been
reduced from 24 to 10," he said.'
"No one will question the assertion
that in the new congress, elected by
the people on Nov. .7, members .of
the senate and the house of both
parties who are opposed to the more
important policies of this adminis­
tration, will be in a majority in both
houses.
acting this bill into law in the name
of the American people?
"The attempt to foist a ship sub­
sidy plan upon the people is no new
scheme. It^.has been tried by far
more powerful and able^ financiers
and politicians, than those support­
ing the present adriiinistration. The
scheme has always failed, as it will
fail now, because the people are
opposed to it.
"Very frankly Chairman Lasker
admits that the shipping beard has
not tried to build up the shipping
business of the country during his
administration,
"I remind the senate again' of the
quotation just made from Mr. Las
leer's testimony, in which he said
that the shipping board 'was not
trying to establish trade,* and yet
the point that is driven in here by
the president's message by argu­
ments which have. been presented
by supporters of the bill, by all the
propaganda that' has flooded the
country, is that the terrible expense,
the outlay for handling these goverh
menjt-owned ships, is so great that
it is the duty of congress immediate­
ly to rescue the government from
the expenditure.
"The fact is that losses on govern
ment-owned ships, if losses have
been sustained, have occurred oil
those ships not operated by the gov
eunment-, but .operated largely under
contracts adroitly devised to make
the government lose money^' A
pure and simple. Its main purpose,
•apparently is ..to get tho government
to tax all the people, for the bene­
fit of a few shipowners.
My judgment is that we ought to
pas3 a %bill which would result in
our getting business for our mer­
chant marine,* and after wo get tlie
business for it,\then it will prosper,
whether it is in the government's
hands or whether it 'is in private
hands or whether it is in both.—
Congressional Record.
For many years, in good weather
or bad, day .afte'r-day, he had fol­
lowed his chosen-job faithfully and
well. He had carried many, many
Christmas presents in his dayr too.
This year one of the" families he had
served so regularly" prepared a
Christmas box for hiffi and for his
wife and for his children.
"It Is the first Christmas box I
ever received from one of my fam­
ilies," he said. "Wasn't it thoughtful
of them to have remembered, their
mail carrier?".
But the people were saying, "To
think that we •haven't done some­
thing of this sort every year.. The
mail cax*rier does so much for us and
we, at times, almost seem to forget
he's even human!''
HAPPY KEWYEAR, FOR
By J. M. BAER,
Ex-Congressman Cartoonist.
The fact is that this looks much
more like a happy New Year for the
ordinary every-day folks who do the
work of the world than they have
had in a long. time.
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We can be h^ippy because, ft. looks
very much as though the government
of the United States would in 1923
be transferred from the control of
the department of justice back to
the people's representatives in coir
gress at the Capitol. In congress is
where Washington and other foun­
ders! intended the legislative branch
of the government should be an^ hot
in the courts and in a departtnent of
justice.
The Scientific American announces
the' invention of a new bumper for
automobiles. It states that a pressure
of 15 pounds on this new device,
throws out the clutch, applies the
brakes?' cuts off -'the ignition and
blows the horn. It seems to do about
everything but take care of the body.
This new bumper can well be com­
pared to the department of justice
under Palmer and Daugherty. If, a
progressive citizen of our country
applied the'slightest pressure on the
department against a profiteer, a
war grafter or other privileg:ed crqolc
—'the Burns blood hounds were
turned loose to find a clue, the de­
partment applied the brakes, cut
off the' investigation and the kept
press blew their horns. Neither jus­
tice nor liberty were sjived. On the
contrary they were crushed to pro­
tect the privileged crew.
Palmer was whitewashed. Daugh­
erty is being white-washed. Da ugh
erty's impeachment was justified,
but by liberal applications of the old
knicomine he will probably be en­
abled to stay in office.
It looks as though "28** in 1923
would apply to. the predatory gang
that has dictated the cour.se of
events in America since early in the
Worlcl war. The fact.in the matter
is that we have built up in this sup­
posedly free country a gigantic me­
dium of oppression, through the rea­
diness of he department of justice
better called the departure from jus­
tice—to houjjd^ labor, and the sub­
serviency of the courts in support­
ing this policy. The time for a
change is at hand.
The courts never have actually
had any liower to declare a?ts of
congress unconstitutional. They have
merely assumed the- power. Con­
gress, if it' had a little backbone,
would speedily remedy that "situation.
Now it looks as' though these 12
progressive senators and the 100 or
more progressive representatives
would supply the much-needed vi
tamine to keep the spine of con­
gress erect.-If so, the usurpation of
power by the courts under control
of the department of justice will
soon be a thitfg of :he pist.
Lei's hope so. Happy New Yeir,
everybody!
SGKG OF THE DYING YEAR
'Tis a dull sight
To see the year dying,"
When winter Winds
Set the yellow, wood sighing
Sighing, O sighing!
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When such a time cometh
I do retire
Into an old room
Beside a bright fire
O, pile a bright fire!
And there I sic
Reading old things,
Of knights and lorn damsels,
While the wind sirigS
O, drearily sings!
I never look out
Nor attend toHhe ''blast
For all .to be seen
Is the leaves falling fast
Falling, falling!
But close at the hearth,
Lik a cricket, sit I,
Reading of summer
And chivalry—
Gallant chivalry!
Then with an old irieu-l
I talk of our youth
How 'twas gladsome, but often
Foolish forsooth
But. gladsome, gladsome!
Or, to get merry,
We sing some old rhyme
That made the wood ring ajjain
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THE MAIL CARRIER
In summer time—
By
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Sweet slimmer time!
Thien we go smoking
.' Silent and snug
Naught passes between us
Save a brown jug—
Sometimes!.
And. ere to bed
Go we, go we,
Down on.the ash^s
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LET'S BURY THIS FELLOW*
The applicant was very much in/
terested in what the medical exam­
iner called the Expectancy
Of life.''
"Do you think'!* will live to be -90,
doctor?" ho asked.
•'How old are you now?'1! asked
the doctor
"Forty-five,",
^'What is your mode bf living?"^
"1 am single, don't smqke, drink,
chew, swear, play cards, or anything
like ".that.
The medical examiner looked l^im
aver carefully, then asked:*
"What the dickens d©r you want to
li\'e forty-five years longer for?"
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We khjeel! on the knee,
Praying together!
Thus, then, live I, ...
Till, 'mid all the glooiii*'
By heaven! the bold su:i
Is with me in the room, ?v
Shining, shining!'
Then the clouds part,
Swallow soaring bctwciiiiT
The spring is alive,
And the meadows are green!
I Jump up like mad/
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Break the*oldv pipe in twain
And away to the meadows, 34^1
The meadows again.
—Edward Fitzgerald.,.
hard/on thu EprGiu*£' 'i
Out in Wyoming strain rati.: over
the cow of a farmeriiamed. Ole Ole
son. The cla|m adjuster went out to
the home of Ole to ^just the claim
'ltkely to -bto* made by Ole for the logs
hiS COW.
"Wellj MrV Olesort," sa^d the
adjuster, "I came out to' see ydu
about your cow beittg hit and killed
by an engine on tur track, ^.What ate:
you expecting to do about1 it?"
"yfell?' sAid Ole stolidly, "I ban
poor man, an*-I'cannot do much be-
(SAMUEL
pressed i^s great satisfaction and its
great hopefulness because of the
result of the. recent election in which
the progre^gjve spirit, was so gen­
erously and generally registered in
the' results. The 'more the result to
contemplated, and the more we hear
of the continued indications of the
fidelity of^ those newly/'elected pro­
gressive senators and representatives,
the more are we impressed with the
great, victory that has been won for
the common welfare.
But tftere is one major point cor*
cerning which there is yet no ap­
parent victory, so far as official ac­
tions are concerned and so far as
the\pronouncements of newly elected
officials are concerned. The progres­
sive spirit has been made manifest in
relation to domestic affairs,, but' it
still slumbers where the affairs of.
the world are concerned.
Progressivism can ntiver rise to its
full stature. until it" shakes off nar­
row prejudices and provincialism.
There is no desire to belittle in
any sense the profound measure of
satisfaction that arises from. the
knowledge that in our ^domse,tic af­
fairs the forward-looking group has
become large and "strong.
Those who were elected owe their
election to the fact that they were
the best in' the field they most
•closely -approximated that which the
people wanted.
There can be no claim on the part
of anyone that there is today a living
mandate'from the people to play the
part of "splendid isolatibn," which
would be better called the par of
blind hermitage.
The progressive group in congress,
as it is called, perhaps for want of a
more truly descriptive term, leaves
little' to be desired' in its attitude
toward' domestic affairs, but it re­
nounces its. own progressivism when
international affairs are undOr con­
sideration.
When the present administration
was avalanched into office in a. wave
of mixed hatreds and emotions which
was like nothing so much as the
frantic fury of a man lost in a for­
est, it was claimed' that tlie Ameri­
can people had. declared for isola­
tion. If that claim was true then,
now that those who claimed this re­
pudiation as the reason for their vic­
tory nave been themselves repudiat­
ed, the policy of Isolation has been
repudiated and the door, is open to
intelligent and constructive partici­
pation in the affairs of the world.
It is not necessary to sav that any
particular path should be followed. It
is not necessary to say that our gov­
ernment^ should commit itself to any
definite thing1. But it would be a sign
of approaching national spiritual re­
demption if we could have an ac­
knowledgment of Qur duty to the
world and an Indication that we in­
tend somehowFto play our, part and:
assuipe iour just obligation^ to civil-1
ization.
The American Feder'ationist, as
the official publication of the labqr
movement, interests itself primarily
in strictly labor affairs, but labor is
not inclined to make for itself that
narrow alibi to excuse unwillingness
to look facts in the face and to as­
sume obligations that belong to every
person who shares the benefits of
civilization and looks to the develop­
ment of an even better and nobler^
civilization.
The truth is that international af­
fairs, as they exist today, involve the
life of civilization, and no man can
draw himself^aloof with safety.
We can continue to exist, even
though we continue to be .self-con­
tained and complacent. We can
know that millions are suffering and
dying, that fear and despair are
striking terrOr to. the hearts of'whole
nations, that the fabric of that evan­
escent thing called civilization is be­
ing rent and torn by the great,,, ugly
teetlx of barbaric desperation we
can look, on: and draw our skirts
about us and live along somehow and
perhaps even in material prosperity.
But this we know: Eventually we
must have to suffer the penalty of
our neglect arid failure. Our contin^
gen* clings fb the same globe to
which Europe and Asia- hold fast.
In a thousand ways .our fate is
bound by the same lines that inter­
weave through their structure. These
others can not suffer alone, even if
we want them to, nor evert if they
themselves want to. The contagion
of their misery must some day. send
its blight into our veins the patsy
of their fear musV'grip our hearts
in time. ,N 'fzy
At the close of the war America,
was great in soul, great in hope and
aspiration. Because ofi this it was
cleaner in its domestic conduct and
its moral standards were becoming
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PROGRESSIVES CAR BE WORLD LEAVERS
GOMPERS
President American Federation of
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more and more lofty. ^?here w^s
warmth of .feeling *or all humanity
and all humanity responded with its
confidence and *«th its respect. Then 'j
came the night with its violent re-1)??
action a,nd unreason. We are a peo­
ple naturally inclined toward, ideal­
ism. The depression 'could ndt bind
us for long. Today w6 are ascendingi
We are cleaning our' own ho^fse. Our
spirits are rising. But our souls can
never feel the full breath: of inspir­
ation nor experience the full sense:
of rightness and rightMusness until
we stand forth to the world as a na-1
tion of people unafraid-' to go to
"the
lielp' of those who are afflicted.
In taking our place in world af-1
fairs there is a measure of self pro
tection. We shall be assisting in .the
protection of civilization against the
forces of decay and. superstition and
destruction. But the supreme, com-!
pensafton will be in the spiritual sat- I
isfaction of doing right.
Those who,. Have so loudly clam
ored for isolation have been clever
in their arguments. They Have been
clever with the cleverness of those'
who play to win. They- have- buried
their heads in old documents from
which they have quoted what seemed
to suit their needs^ On that' score
it needs only to be said that the pol
iciek held to be wise by the Found-j
ers of the Republic amply-justify
what the heart of America now de­
sires to do but which her politicians
refuse to do. Pious wor-d^ have
cloaked many a detestable cause, but
they were never used to less credit-^
than in holding America back from
her manifest duty.
Before- the newly strengthened
group of Progressive legislators there
opens a magnificent opportunity.
Before them there is a clear duty.
Upon them is a great and solema
obligation.
The fidelity to the .cause of hu­
man welfare that has given these
men their progressive stamp is that
which in its full application should
lead them to pronounce to the world
America's determination to help the
world to right itself and save itself
America must play her part she
must be helpful everywhere* and in
every way. Wherever the issue is
between right and wrong, between
life and destruction between prog­
ress and reaction, there our country
belongs and there it must concern
itself!
In the great service rendered by
that superman, Clemenceau, in his
recent ^mission throughout the Unit­
ed States, his last words on the eve
of his departure' for his native land
framed this significant declaration:
"A nation can not be great one day
and small the other."
U6HT QN THE SUBSIDY
Senator Bprafi: Let me call your j,
attention to the fact that. this, year,
according to the Budget, presented,
we are to. spend about $300,000,000
on thb n^vy/'i ls it necessary to. go
beyond that, in view of the fact, ae
the president tells us, that there is
no threatening cloud anywhere?
In 1914 we /expended less than
$170,000,000" upon the navy. Now,
four years after the- Woi-id' war, at
a time when the Whole world is In j,
distress and overburdened with tax
-es, when the real disturbance is ,not
that of iyai between nations but
war between peoples apd govern
a re on
fearful burdens of debt, we are ex
pending $300,000,000 upon the havy.
We are told, in addition. to that,
ihat the just argument for a depart
r# from our national policjr|n grant
ing subsidies to ships is to increase
our preparedness. While: we are ex.
pending $300{000,000 this year for
the navy we are -expending $24,S7G,v
000 for agriculture.
How long, Mr. President, can wW
continue that kind of program? I
advise my friends, in all seriousness,
that if this subsidy proposition can
not be sustained .upon the theory
that it is to aid American business,
American agriculture, to aid in the
restoration of those activities which
are absolutely essential to the eco­
nomic life of the nation, it had bet­
ter be abandoned.
We shall expend this- year Mr.
President, for war: purposes, $2,650,^
000, for th%e publicvhealtli. $15,8»7,
000, for promotion of education $10,
151,000, for" labor interests $4,71$,
000, to study the causes of arid'the
remedy for war, not one cent.-—Con­
gressional Record.'
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brings liability iiigCase of debts, I
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incurring financial liability for him.
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