The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

are born great some achieve greatness.
and some have greatness thrust upon
them
some of our editors and statesmen
have affected such supereroga ton per
tanning to the Hawaiian cbulition As To
suDerinduce hvpoCOndria but as spring
approaches they viii prohabl recover.
The refractcriness of the AmeriCO-fIa-
wsiian Interpolation importuned itself
OPPORTUNITY during the hyperboreau
mutations Of the winters solstice. As
there should be no party politics in the
Hawaiian controversy. I for one would
think that Hawaii might we'll become
ward Of Uncle Sam. There has been
quite an attempt 10 make mountain
ont of mole hilI' during the Hawaiian
Capitalization.
BY the way. the meteorological varia-
tions during the winter have been 50
Uuprecodentedly propitious that il was
to some extent deohstrueut to the fnan-
cial stringency. for had not the most
commemorative temperature prevailed
during the usual period when congeala-
ton i'm this latitude is tho rule and not
the exception the communal tory eXorbi-
fancy OF the circumstances would have
been contumaciously eNasperating.
The bility of the late
panic and the brutal hypOcracy and OBJ
stinaCv Of the inComparahly contempt
bile minions Of the lethal region is enough
to teach al good or fair minded people
that the dominanCy of plutOcratic con-
spirators Of America and E1Cland-for
they are practically One-should not be
allowed TO exist in this country 10 such
an alarming degree any longer than 1t
takes to remove IL or remedy IL. IL now
appears that the caterpillars-the priv
legged clasS-and the national bankers
care no more for the people than the
man I'm the moon. The late panic ought
To ne sufficient testimony. and vet those
fellows have TO be patroniZed by the
people or they could make no money.
There Is wherein they arc brutally in
consistent They do not want TO take
equal chances with the people. II does
not appear that the panic was inevita BILE.
II was the duty Of the monied gang to
have done all in their power 70 prevent
the panic instead of bringing it on. hut
they are not built that way. Last sum-
mer the banks were closed for weeks and
months longer than was necessary, but
il was 4 conspiracy. obviously to pro-
long the panic. As fast as the people
can gain the vantage ground they Will
certainly make il a point TO equalize.
Glass is death 10 a country like ours.
and conversely equalization is life. The
initial step toward equalization will be
by special taxation. To this some hypo-
critics object upon the theory that if
man has made his many thousands or
millions that he is entitled to il. To that
/ would reply that he has acquired his
millions by the patronage Of many in his
particular line of business; it is a con-
fluence Of circumstances that has
brought him his millions, and only few
thousands comparatively viii be fortu-
nate enough TO enjoy such a confluence
of circumstances as will make them mill
ionaires or denli-milliOnaires. Being thus
favored by the people. are they not will
ing to pay more than the common rates
of taxes, and are they not more able?
How many thousands of other people
would be glad to take their places and
pay any extra tax that the people In
their wisdom would impose upon them?
Again, would any person with an an
nUal income of $4,000 want to go out of
business because he had to pay two or
three hundred dollars extra for govern
ment revenue? No; he would not. How
many would be glad if they were so for
tunate as TO be included within the lin
its OF a special tax law?
The income tax is one great initial
step toward equalization. and if the
present senate Of congress co-operates
with the house TO pass the income tax
feature Of the new tariff BILL within a
few years one of the most important
procedures toward equaliza ton will have
been demonstrated After that I think
a graduated income tax will be demand
ed by the people.
! was talking with friend a few DAYS
ago and. though the beginning of the
conversation was Variegated. as is usual
upon the informal or incidental meet
ings with friends. the talk soon merged
10 substantial basis. Conversation is
nearly always beneficial. If il be with
respectable people it is apt TO be edify-
ing, and If it be with the less upright
there are still some things to be learned
as current intelligence and knowledge
OF the characteristics Of the persons with
whom We may be talking. Ny friend
told me that the lawyers (some of them
at LEAST and the real estate men We're
In completely to take advantage of the
stringencies of the panic
You remember, for many weeks last
year it was impossible to get money
from the banks: that is. for people to
get il. Ny friend explained it about
thus: If man needed money badly
and happened TO mention il to one of the
sharks, the shark would ask, How much
do YOU want2" If the man would reDlv
for instance, 800, the shark would again
ask We'll. how much will you give me
TO get it for you?'' In some cases the
man would agree to give &c. and pos
sibly some gave fifteen. Then the shark
would say that he would try TO get it
for him; would draw off a note hand it
10 the man and tell him to go down and
get two good men for security. Succeed
ing In that the man would return to the
shark, who would take the note and
step out under some pretence, probably
To see IL the note was good or bankable
and soon return with the money
That way the shark divided the exac-
ton, or usury. with his colleague. the
octopus Cbanker). The payer Of the note
had TO pay not only the first amount
exacted. but the interest also. Practi-
cally that is a sample of outright steal
ing. No. il is robbery
/ owned to my friend that I had not
heard of that course Of stealing TIN no