New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-10

escapes taxation. and that II can pes, 10 e. doe,
t nseces s r@.uire Federal income tax et
those states where %eath IS Win through state
income taxes or any other methods wnGa ie n,ase
genuity can suggest. ana no one o"''U' "
States viii be heard to obJec"
WHAT STATES WILL PAY THE TAN
Iron, ,ss, f. 1913 the former income tax extor''a
from, the neoplc an aggregate sum OF %f--o'o'' o.
or This sum the Eastern states PAID ~ per 'v'''
the Middle States 50 per cent anu toSe'"e' 90,
mid Il per cent New-York alone pild % per - ~,
u has net boen claimed that those percentages VIII
~. materially changed II this bill becomes a 'aw
These figures speak louder than wordS hhui rbe
si~nidcaTt Of The se.fsh purposes Of this Dill the
real motives bchna 1t. and the source OF '
from which the votes necessary lot lis P''H''- "a
eI nrtbtr 70 comment becomes unnecessary: VII
only add that am not asAlm'i oi ~, N 'SSew-York
conih@ ya, ,S a PsGte in our non but protest
that this circumstance should no. h man ubirb dis
zens the target Of every vicious scne.~ ina,
eliminates against her interests ana
the blow should not BE- s,ru cod - 70 her in vain
friends who have never app,it -. bcr frIendslin
when they have needed evidences OF her ,,Ien .o
10 American statesman Of rank except MI, - ~,
land has deemed 1t eligible Sn. a,igrst hat here
Renee of income tax made ranl,,Sr liz olIou,
IL is novelty IN American politics 10 hiNs +,
clusions and procedures deliberately ,,r rc.sv
is Ike making religion immoral and urbanl'E hp'SS'
in order commend and proposals ,h '9 rls,ent or
The neS%s Cd IN P9 9BS House b or any
sort Of Federal income tax. Is nnsuitsoe tTr no 70
portionment among the several states acgJt,'rS re
he census Of their populations and neither pr pr
lends TO I've uniform. applied to all the net income
| ZION hv definition making argument superfuous, u
| taxation not shifted distributed ana uiVloed ny
\ single tax land has enghtened adV ,,,.3eG
the ground that would be % brefarr With
equity; that being advanced by the 9ecnPct ,b p
the inhd ib ,NnJ which use is variable while uni
versal-hus resembling in THIS point ,ha Tm nrrtr
| would be distributed according to consumption
another form OF use variable while uh,'er hh cha
| Direct taxation. on the other hand. OF "hch tne
cou tax and the tax on all incomes al percentake
are perfect illustrations. IS Ike an acid ""o" ''
Cd" Argumenis Tor an income assert moreover
| that Congress is empowered t. apply rule "t IN,
distribute the rewards OF industry anu 'nrn' "
wise than they distributed among men c acT"S
with Individual freedom under equal Jaw, SuJ ,,ei
grant Of power to Congress has not yot PHI Wi,,on
were found there after the long process OF con
siltutonal amendment were put tn,fe, met Inc
| loss the test first to be applied Just no" W u I
search for sources OF revenue would preclude III
'' II Is not the most immediate AMI most ade1na,e,
remedy for the existing lack OF revenues anI Wo"ii
ot az me hest pivot Of tarn reform 1t jeopards
| genuine tariff reform for another decade.
AZ rNwIsE COURSE.
| To double the deficit Of S7So"ool by way 81 emu
ing II: TO discard S76.coor II annual revenue III
| ,rlor n collec, twice as much in other ways 10
...rho,y tariff reform ns the President imagined
himself IN be doing in his scheme to substitute
direct taxes for the tariff taxes which were to hG
reformed. % reconstruct an 'n- inv ne
Of amending or discariing one ktpup a, ,.'' t lie
worst nrst and each upon It's own dener"-' 10 III
tur5 and distress a. many pu H ,i,rc /.
be and all at once. instead ul l,H a. ',i,t -
not m programme perfectly matHr'l anu ",'' -, w.
c1nnuct IN ,brongh a period u general business
prostraton public deficit ana Yr''3'e hanh,u}.,S.
taxation and tariff reform 'blyc GiIrc. IN.s , nnI
tariff extinction. prefer ttNins i9','En p'2 III,
| ,-5tn.r th1u ta.ing bone products inl'" J"i'l-
SON I'm regarding even IN" species oi indf-ci tnNa'
Ion an honc products by internal revcnu" war take.
as NJ. good to- be- extended and the first to be ia 81
IL me- language - the Democratic National plat
form Of 1871 From the found ZION ~ TN, COY m
mcnt COLLECTED Al ti' ,s., IN! H g, ~, ,,,.,
the chief source 81 Federal r"'o"" SUI" '''' '''''
C.mm.fce January i. is9l Tho Chamber Of con-
! ,,.rr, believes without distinction ~ party
iincs ,hat in addition 10 an interna! -reVcnur tnr
n1w I'm fore Ia" necessary expenses ~ ~" Govern
ment should Doe collected hronen ~, custom hoH'e
our Federal taxation runs prec~cy counter 20 ihr
principle anl ne p[,uS rrs ofer every alteration
the apostles Of democracy have lei III" return 5u.
and forernos' consider how 20 aha sufficient revenue
| / would remember the captains Of Industry
would remember ~, brealwinn"rs And u oar
Federal revenues bo'iomei h'tctcferc np9n custom
duties foreign products wcre h'I"Ali'r /" y. "n
! toned upon taxes on home product ana " lew IN
| comes / could never counsel President 'r Con
grcss 10 sound The to'n ~ that revolution IN me
black midnight following general siaushier-diy or
| all private Incomes.
ORR EUROPEAN ADVISERS
The non.mlgrating European feels parental sr-
reriorl,y and duty toward us. European professors
announc, 10 American professors who publish ana
he.v. IT, the birth ~ branI new political eronomS
for universal application. From the midst ~ th'r
armed oamps between The Danube AMI The Rhine.
h.lr scD.rnr4 th~ Anarchists with thcr bombs. ar
an insructng the people ~ the United states In the
and the principles Of taxation. Little squads - An
archlsts Communists and .ci1.! is cross 20" ocean
their preaching hnd ears In the WHIT" Hous-
an 'li'9r r'S'dnE III I.u ~ -, In 49,, an '''
Ia his N"w, OK h"W't.Ip.. i'i' ~, M, g
tax designed ultimately T. put upon nm states be
upon Newly ,rk alone 20 per cent Of the cNlrns"-
Of the Federal G.vcrahent
would BE- sectional. end cnss rNation IS precisely
why It comments lts'.r To some men ~ the Eu-
| ropcan tradition Their advocacy - sincere ana has
one small cXcu-e-ihai through our own stuuiip
amt ncgliFencc s2ne pnrtS OF tnf @,,m sGheIrs
texts for sermons on trigGnh9nt democracy and me
the benefit Of the rich. and income taxing J. social
ism FOR the benefit ~ IN" poor. no tru. American
Democrat VIII look to the hair - the log % cur,
his bite American Democrats VIII reject socialism
OF both kinds
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
The House bill created II deficiency In the rev
enues necessary for the Government II then be-
came the duty o; the Senate Finance Committee 10
suDpiy that deficiency. which they proceeded To dis
charge. What were the questions which presented
themselves to that committee at the outset of thei.
endeavors and which now confront this Senate IN
|
Imported articles II fairfield. Will best and soonest
; end the growing Treasury deficit and so remove a
chief hlndrance to the relcnsc OF capital and en-
plO labor can more be found from
which revenue will be- immediate. continuous. suf
Gent Of unquestioned legality 30 as not 10 be de
layed by years OF strife In the courts. Of an
distribution universal. If possible. that the bur
den may be least felt? Can the revenue th"rcfrOu
, be collected in the lump at the seaooard. and nn'
payment made by GGVf.0O consumers at the mos
convenient time and way, namely. Just before con
sumption in small addition to its price;
can the whole addition 10 the price Of the TARIFF,
article beyond IL price II not fairfield being all III,
. tax 20 TO the Federal Treasury without aba:"
ment stop the growing deficit and release the dead
[ lock of OF Industrial energies? would hazard Il
steps in the revision of taxation except aecur