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Soldier Bonus Must Be Paid; Sales Tax the Logical Way
fee repaid in money.
eventually will get back
Government, end interest in the mean
with the utmost exactness those who
to their country at war.
to no such thing as repaying those who offered
and their lives.
to not enough money in the world to do it.
The ^morjooii people cannot repay the debt, but
ttf don't deny it exists.
A few months ago six million of them signed the pe
the Hearst newspapers circulated, de
that Congress pass a Soldiers' Bonus bill,
to abont to pass it.
Treasury has paid bonuses to French
soldiers.
paid each of her discharged soldiers $233.58.
I's discharge payments per man ranged from
S141 for privates to $7,290 for officers.
us over $4,000,000,000. She pays no
on her loan; interest at 5 per cent would be
.000 annually.
ee not paid; she has had our money to give her
So with Trance.
cared for the soldiers of France and England,
m? abont to care for our own. It is time.
The only question is: How are we to raise the money
needed?
Republican members of the House Ways and Means
Committee Vave just shown us how NOT to raise it.
They propose additions to the present hodge-podge
of taxes on special forms of business, singled out for
persecution.
Gasoline is to be taxed 1 cent per gallon and auto
mobiles 25 cents per horse-power. These are specialised
transportation taxes levied against motor cars and
trucks.
The rail transportation taxes were so unpopular
Congress had to repeal them.
What will be the feeling against a tax that singles
out everyone who has a car for business or pleasure?
The present theater tax is to be doubled to yield
$75,000,000. A specialised tax on recreation.
Today the Government adds 5 cents to the cost of
every 50-cent ticket at the theater or movie. These
Republican Congressmen propose to add a 10-cent tax
to the 50-cent ticket.
A tax on stock and bond transfers is to raise $60,
000,000. For example, the Federal tax on the sale of
100 shares of stock will be $10.
This will discourage the purchase of stock and im
pair that "liquidity" which vitally afreets stock values.
The possibility of harm is out of all proportion to the
expected revenue.
Real estate is now staggering under as heavy a load
as it can carry. These Congressmen want a tax of $2
per $1,000 on all real estate transfers.
A new obstacle added to the present difficulty in get
ting investors to provide housing for our homeless pop
ulation.
New cigarette and tobacco taxes are to raise $25,000,
000. Their effect will be to stop the present and pros
pective reduction of tobacco prices.
Parcel post rates are to be increased to bring in an
additional revenue of $25,000,000.
Another transportation tax in its most obnoxious
form. /
v Make no mistake. These taxes were chosen because
they will be unpopular.
The same influence at Washington that has fought
the bonus legislation now proposes taxes which it hopes
will be so unpopular that the bonus will be defeated or
postponed.
Not by accident, but by design, these proposals show
HOW NOT to raise the money.
The country is tired of this hit-and-miss levying of
heavy taxation against a few selected forms of busi
ness.
It wants a broad, just taxation. That is, it wants a
general sales tax.
A tax of 3 per cent on one turnover of all goods pro
duced or imported in the United States would yield,
the Treasury experts say, between $750,000,000 and
$1,000,000,000.
The sales tax has all the advantages of good taxation.
, It is simple. Iterate is low. It is productive. It is
certain. It will cost little to collect.
It falls heaviest on those who spend, lightest on those
who save.
It is painless. Canada, with 8,500,000 people, last year
raised $72,000,000 by this tax; this year $100,000,000 is
expected. The sales tax has no enemies in Canada.
In the United States it will do more than meet the
needs of the Soldiers' Bonus demands.
It will yield a surplus to take the place of some of the
harassing taxes which now beset us.
Then repeal those taxes. Stop taxing THE PRO
CESSES of business.
The sales tax is a necessary part of our national tax I
system, at least for the next ten years.
Thl Bonus is here. Nothing can stop it.
The people and their representatives are going to see
through the ^rick in the insincere tax proposals of the
Republican members of the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Then these tax measures, like other forms of opposi
tion to the bonus, will disappear.
They will be replaced by a general sales tax.
It will meet the emergency created by the bonu# leg
islation. And it will be at the same time a great fisoal
reform.
SALES TAX
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sitk th*m attached to it. I
t that the plan will be revised."
?f the most important de
today was the plan of
~acriru)tnral bloc" to propose
t of the excess
tax to help straighten out
tax muddle which is holding
bill.
Tai Profits.
tified with the "bloc"
thai tt waa Mtlnwted t ha#
M*. or much mdte I hah
to ta*e rare of the initial
M of the soldiers' bonus,
available If the ex
tax. repealed by the
?w wer?* re-established,
of the "bloc" is cer
ts h? l4tt?rl) opposed by 8en
tok> (imoot of t'tah, who be
i tha' a aaln tax is the prac
wii t? provide the enormous
le* nMvmry to finance the
? On the other hand, the
to ?h ajcainst a sales tax,
ainst what Its mem
as the "poor man's
in the bonus
?f Kepubl.can members of
Wavs and Mean* Com
*?. to which l>pubUcans of the
ile Finance Committee have re
te a?r??
mmmt Fight* New Taxes.
Smool is prepared to wage
i|ri?rmin?l fixht against
farther tax burdens being Im
I uiw business He would op
President's Program
9:45?Congressman Mondell.
10:00?Col. Wilbur C. Brown.
10:15?Mrs. Thomas G. Win
ter and Mrs. Ellis Yost.
10:30?Alonzo M. Snyder.
10:50?Director General Davis.
11:00?Senator Poindexter.
11:10?Congressman Stephens,
Ohio.
11:20?Congressman Morgan,
Ohio.
11:40?Congressman Chalmers,
Ohio. ?
11:50 ? Congressman Steven
son, North Carolina.
12:00?Henry W. Anderson,
V.rgrtnia.
12:16?Mrs. George M. Minor,
president of the D. A. R.
12:30'?Mrs. Richard Edwards.
1.-00?William J. Hutchlna,
president of Berea College, to
present blanket made by stu
dents.
pose the re-enactment of the excess
profits tax just as he i8 opposing
the proposal of the Republican ma
jority of the Ways and Means Com
mittee for an increased tax on cap
ital stock and the undistributed
profits of corporations.
The special Joint committee of the
Senate Finance and the House Ways
and Means committees?Senators
McCumber and Sm?ot and Congress
ment Long-worth and Copley?was
In an apparent deadlock when it went
into session today.
If this committee finds that it is
uqable to agree upon the eight-point
bonus tax schedule adopted by the
Ways and Means Committee, its
members may augrgest the abandon
ment of the House tax plan and the
substitution of a bond Issue or some
other method of raising the neces
sary revenue.
Favors Sales Tax.
"The country, already overbur
dened by taxation, is certainly In no
position to bear such additional heavy
burdens aft have been proposed," Sen
i ator Smoot said today. "I will never
| consent to their adoption. We should
I face the situation courageously and
frankly, and, if Congress refuses to
accept a sales tax as a practical
means of financing the bonus, then
let us meet the bonus, as we would
any ftther Government obligation, by
the issuance of short-term Govern
ment securities."
Stage Circles Rallying to Sup
port Hearst Papers for
Sales Levy Instead.
NEW YORK. Feb. U.-Amuw
ment circles, which have been deeply
stirred by proposals to Impose a 20
per cent tax on admissions, rallied
today to the support of the Hearst |
papers' petition to pay the soldiers'
bonus by a sales tax.
II was pointed ojit that the pro
posal to double the tax on admis
sions would greatly Increase the dif
ficulties in which amusement enter
prises now find therrjsel ves.
Alfred W. Miesto, concert im
presario. proprietor of the Standard :
Booking Office, 17 East Forty-second j
street, said:
"Our soldiers and saildrs deserve j
a bonus. At a critical moment In I
their lives, our country called them
to make sacrifices. Those who re
mained at home forged ahead in
business, grabbed opportunities to
make their careers secure and en
Joyed high wages. Many of those
who served In uniform can never
regain the chances they lost.
"HyDOcrisy cannot dlsKUlse the
attempts to defeat this deserved
bonus by coupling It with oppres
sive and destructive taxes. To
double the tax on admission, as now
proposed, is a blow at the musical
culture of the country.
"I favor the sales tax instead. |
It Is aimed at no special class. It'
Is fair. It would ruin no great busi- j
ness. It would be painless In its
operation. It would be easily col- j
lected without hardship. It would j
not encourage graft, corruption and 1
deceit. It has worked successfully
wherever tried.
"The Hearst newspapers deserve
great credit for advocating the sales
tax."
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PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR
ACTION ON SOLDIERS' BONUS
WITH SALES TAX TO PAY IT
We respectfully petition Congress to pass the sol
diers' bonus act without further delay and also to levy
a sales tax to obtain the money to pay the bonus, for
the following reasons:
FIRST?Public opinion throughout the United
States is undeniably in favor of the soldiers' bonus,
as shown by the decisive majority in every State in
which a popular referendum has been taken?in
Maine by 3 to 1; New Jersey, 3*/2 to 1; New York,
nearly 2 to 1; Rhode Island, 8 to 1; Wisconsin, 3 to
1; Oregon, 2 to 1; Washington, 2l/2 to 1; and so on.
SECOND?We believe that Congress, if permitted
to vote on the soldiers' bonus, will favor it with even
greater unanimity, regardless of party, than the popu
lar majority by which the people in twenty-two states
have already approved it; we believe that the soldiers'
bonus cannot and ought not to be defeated andjiiat
the longer it is postponed the greater the injustice.
THIRD?We believe the new tax scheme proposed
by the Ways and Means Committee is only a little
less objectionable than Secretary MellonY proposal for
three-cent postage and for a new three-cents-a-gallon
tax on gasoline. Proponents of such taxes oppose
any soldiers' bonus whatever, and hope by linking it
ytrith such new, destructive, and unpopular taxes to
kill the proposition altogether.
FOURTH?If the soldiers' bonus is not only right
but inevitable, and if the United States is not to lag
behind England, France, Italy, Canada and Australia,
which have already paid liberal soldiers' bonuses, then
our payment is already long overdue, not as a debt
[for our debt to the soldiers can never be paid] but
as a just tribute to the valor and the sacrifice of the
men who won the war.
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FIFTH?The only question that remains is: By
what system of taxations shall the money be raised?
Not by bond issues, because it is against the tradi
tional policy, of the United States to increase debt in
time of peace. Not by any irritating, unreasonable, or
destructive tax on individuals, business, or industry,
because we already have too many such taxes. A
small general sales tax will raise more than enough to
pay the soldiers' bonus; it will bear heavily upon no
one. If the experience of Canada and our own Philip
pine Islands, where the sales tax is in operation, is re
peated, the system will meet with such favor that it
will become one of the approved methods of raising
necessary revenue after the soldiers' bonus has been
paid.
Sign Here:
(Name) (Address)
?jPaste additional paper here for more signatures and ad
dresses. Forward petititions when complete to PKTl
i TION EDITOR, The WashingtonrTimes.
PASTOR SUCCUMBS WHILE
AT WORK ON SERMON;
DOVER, Ohio, Feb. 13.?Instead
of hearing the Rev. F. 8. 8. Reln
klng, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church here, preach his first Eng
lish sermon Sunday, his congrega
tion is mourning his death. Heln
klng died in his study while working
on his sermon. He was born In De
catur, Ind., fifty-five years ago.
For eleven years he had preached
to his congregation In German, but
It recently was decided to have the
evening services in English. The first
was to hava btw delivered Sunday
night.
STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED
WEEK AFTER THEFT
ANNAPOLIS, Md? Feb. 13?
Stolen a week ago today while the
owner was in the Annapolis Emer
gency Hospital, the automobile of
Dr. Walton H. Hopkins, of this city,
was recovered last night. It had
been driven about 200 miles and was
little damaged.
It Is believed the thief will be ar
rested promptly.
To Cure ? Cold in On* Day
Tilt* LanUro RROMO QVININB Uhtata. Tn.
r'miln* hear* th? signature of B. W. Qr?>
(Be surs fou g?t BKOftfO.) Iftc -Ad?.
Its TAX BEST
Declares Proposed Levy It
Odious and Intended to
Arouse Opposition
By I.KSTKK D. VOIJi,
Member House of Rrprpwnlilivri,
Chairman Bonus Drive Committee.
The soldiers' bonus is an assured
act. It will shortly pass both houses
of Confess. The most dangerous
opponents of the bill are those who,
though openly outspoken against the
bonus, advocate certain methods of
rals ng the money to pay It which
they believd will prove so unpopular
as to ra;se a storm of protest against
it.
The present plan of raising reve
nue shocked the people everywhere.
The reaction over, they are now dis
approving, in no uncertain terms,
and are speak ng their minds openly
and clearly. It is difficult to accept
seriously the plan of special taxes as
proposed by the subcommittees of the
Finance Committee of the Senate and
the Ways and Means Committee of
the House.
The simplicity and acceptability
of the Hales tax must commend it
to all. It is easy to operate, sure
in results, and, once understood,
would meet with approval every
where. Of the forty-seven members
of Congress, representing twenty
eight States, who went to Canada
and studied the workings of the
sales tax at first hand, over" three
quarters came hack converted of
its adaptability and were converted
to it.
A sales tax of one-half of one
per cent will raise more money than
all the other proposed special taxes
put together.
In Canada they call It painless
taxation. The ease with which it is
collected and the absence of objec
tion on the part of the consumer
are the two features which stand
out prominently.
I do not believe that so imporant
a question should be left to a sub
committee of a few men in Con
gress. some of whom are against
the granting of a bonus to the ex
soldier and others opposed to a
sales tax. This question of the
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Ears Coming
Into Vogue
PARIS, Feb. 13.?For the
first time in ten years three
beautiful blondes have been
elected queens of the carnival
to be held in mid-Lent. The
announcement was hailed with
great joy by prominent dress
makers, who declare the elec
tion foretells a new wave of
peroxide popularity and def
initely dooms the somber colors
which have been the rule dur
ing the long reign of the bru
nettes.
Women who have proudly
flaunted expensive permanent
?waves in the face of society
have been thrown into the
depths of despair by the dic
tate of fashion which decrees
only two types of coiffure?"a
la Belle Ferroniere," with hair
parted in the center and pulled
tightly tack just bordering the
eyebrows and sweeping in a
final grand curve to the base
of the neck. There it is fixed
in a tight nob surmounted by a
tortoise shell comb.
The hair is also drawn back
so as to expose the ears with
the nob high up on the back
of the head.
means of raising the money to pay
the bonus will very likely be
brought before a caucus of the Re
publican members of the House.
FAMILY TAKES PULPIT
WHEN PASTOR IS ILL
POTTSVILLE. Pa., Feb. 13.?The
family of the Rev. W. F. Savidge,
pastor of Z.on's Evangelical Church
of this city, came to his rescue yes
terday when he was ill and no
minister could be found to take his
place.
In the morning Miss Helen Sav
idge, daughter of the minister, occu
pied the pulpit of the church and
preached a sermon. Last evening
the sermon was preached by Mrs.
Savidge, wife of the minister.
DENBY'S NAVAL
, CUT TOO SMALL
FOR CONGRESS
Figures Three Times Pre-War
Cost Objected to in
House.
By International News Sere lee.
Secretary of the Navy Denby en
countered serious objections to his
proposals for naval appropriations
when he appeared today before the
House Naval Affairs Committee
with a schedule of reducUons de
signed to reduce expenditures from
$478,000,000 to $350,000,000 during
the fiscal year 1922-2J.
"That will not do," objected Con
[gressman Thomas S. Butler of Penn
gylvania, the committee chairman
when Denby had presented his fig
ures. "Before the war. In 1916, the
cost of maintaining the navy, cx- -
elusive of construction, was $10^.
000.000. As we have taken *Ut
I most of the construction by the
limitation of armament agreement,
the people will not support a vote
by us for three times this pre-war
j cost of the navy."
"There was at first the same com
plaint over a billion-dollar Congress, '
Denby replied.
"It was U'ss probable now than be
fore the armament conference?" But
ler demanded.
"It was less probable." Denby said,
"but until all nations further reduce
their navies, it is ill-advised for the
United States to do so."
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