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To THE FDrroR or TEE sur-SF. How. In
| the name Of Americas decsnev. did the income
tax ever happen 10 be Incorporated In Prof.
Wilson's bill3 I am an American and am a
student Of Ame eriean politics; I am graduate
Of Cornell University and pssssd year at
the Johns Hopkins Universits. dsvotlnR the
bulE Of my time there 10 the study Of the cir
| eumstsnees and conditions under which the
Constitution OF the United States had its
| genesis. and during all that time and since
then as sequence OF my studies have been
permeatsi with the idea that the Declaration
OF Inde pendence and the Constitution OF the
United States were directed toward securing
the equality Of everV citizen OF this country
before the Law and with reference 70 every
other citizen.
The Income tax is = positive. definite. and
abhorrent contravention OF this funda m entail
idea Of American Institutions And It 10 as
abhorrent as the tea tax Of George Ill which
resulted In the historic tea party in Boston
hsrbor
tits tax ssthouRh imposed BY a king upon
his subjects. regardless OF right. justice. and
honest desling OF man among men.
do not desire to give myself over to mere
attack and recrimin alton. and iBasmuch ms
com mon sense and common experience dic-
tate that we should appeal to our fellow men
in this republic upon the basis Of reason. let
me present the arguments for my deduction
upon the iniauity. injustice. and un.Ameri-
Every citizen ~ this country pays = tax.
even u he occupies only bail bedroom Ia
Ing house had no tax to psy. his lodRer would
have Just that much less to pay proportion
Every man who hires s-let mo say-s2O q
isadlC,d coed. for the taxation Imposed
It is needless to 60 into details; every man,
from the single man who hires . hall bed.
month or more. has to contribute his pro rata
share to the taxes Imposed ON the landlord.
way or another have 10 pay our taxes. :" WV
II by the utilization OF our abilities We come
nso the an sss Of 81 rsSo az are
be taIed-not equally with. but additionally
And now let me call attention to another
feature OF this un-Amsrlcan and indecent In
Here in New York city values are higher
than in any other part OF the country The
concentration ofcivilization here has enhan n nced
tainins in the nation. And. in order to live
psy. more for. our food. for our housing h our ar
clothes. and Tor our communication even by
car than is elsewhere paid In the country
The sequence is that an income OF $1,000 .
ordinary expenses Of life that this same
$1,000 year is no better. for the average
comforts OF lie. than $1,000 rear In 1niet
retreat In the Texan bailwick OF Roger =.
Mills. and no better than $1,000 a year In the
state where the silver-tongued Villas voice ~
the Administration. finds his habitat and his
home
And 50. sir. you will readily perceive ths. TO
tax an income. whether OF SlOu0 or 81 100 Is
an operation bared wholly upon a citizens
revenue. regardless OF the attendant outlay
necessarily p paced upon him. and that there
fore an income tax has no relation. In any
sense. to the duties Of q citizen in hiA support
Of his country or his ability To meet that tax.
To place q tax, therefore. unon any mere In
come Is not only unjust. but wholly un- Ameri-
can. for Ii proceeds upon q classification alb
horrent to American institutions How in the
world that tax ever came to be en- bodied in
the Wilson bill 10 mystery to every right
thinking American. II Is q monstrosity un.
called for. and undreamed Of until the auto
crat OF the White House unloaded tho Frank
enstein product upon the Am erican people
NEW YORK. May y. RUPEEE