The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-30

who create the wealth with which
the interest on the bonds is paid,
and which pays the rent for the real
estate. A number Of these men make
- much Is a 900 . year. The Court
left the law 20 that these men could
Be eoeed. Four Of the eight Judges who
heard the case said they could b
taxed and four said not. This tie
left the law in force - to the mon
who worked. Judge Jackson, the
ninth Judge, was not on the bench
when this decision Was made.
Do you sect The blosted bond
holder, the land grabbsr must be let
alone. The worker must step up
and pay taxes for the privilege of
paying the bondholders their inter-
est and the land grabbers their rents.
The storm Of indignation which that
decision evoked led to a rehearing
of the case when al of the nine
judges we're present. The old pluto
cratic and monopoly papers had
much to say about how Judge Jack
son would decide. They went SO far
a. to announce that he would decide
the whole law unconstitutional, and
that this decision would wipe the
whole law of tho books. The bond
holders, &c., were delighted At this
announcement. They knew that the
people would not quietly submit to a
decision which would tax the incomes
Of one class of citizens and not tax
another class. If he would decide
against the tax on workers, the entire
law must 60, and that would settle
the matter.
But look! Listen! The case comes
before the full bench Of nine judges.
Justice jackson decides that the law
10 constitutional, and that taxes on
incomes can be collected. Now, what
comesi Justice Shiras was ore of
the justices who said on the first
hearing that the incomes of workers
could b tozed. If he still says $50,
the law will stand like the first decis-
ion made it-that is tax the workers
and not tax the bondholders &c. This
kind Of law is too plain q fraud to
insist upon; but the bondholders, &c.,
must not be tazed under any sort of
conditions. But if they are not taxed,
there will be trouble over taxing the
workers. What can be denei JUS
tics Shiras changes his opinion. He
comes and says the whole law n I'M
constitutional. In other words, his
last decision meant if the workers
could not be taxed without taxing
tho bondholders, then nobody should
be taxed.
These are the facts in the two cases.
Can any intelligent man read them
and study them without thinking
there is trickery or corruption some
wheref
There was great rejoicing among
the shylocks, bondholders, &C., when
the decision was announced. An
illustration of it is given by the New
York World of May Oath, which says
editorially:
4, AS soon as the income tax decision of
the Supreme court exempting wealth from
taxation became known in this CITY. rich
brokers. the presidents Of banks and the
heads OF big moneyed corporations fiocked
out OF their offices into Wall street and
made the street lively with their antics.
slapping each other on the back, chuckling
md almost dancing ION the sidewalk, while
The cry went up, We've got them! We've
At Washington yesterday Justice Harlan,
pm ms way down town. was stopped on
every block by dozens Of men, evidently
toiles, few of whom he knew, but all Of
whom grasped him by the hand and thanked
him TOR the firm stand for justice and equal
'axation he took in his dissenting opinion
The judges who protected wealth from
bearing its just share Of the burden of taxa
'ion have the friendship of the millionaires.
The justices who stood up for honest and
equal taxation have the respect and graft
Jude of the millions" e"'