Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-02-12

elected Auditor. Well, he has become
great man since then. He made Nc
KinIey--or at least he thought he did
President of tho United states. He
fought valiantly In the war with Spain,
when he was not sent on important
errands. He came home after the war,
was elected to Congress, and then
made General of Militia for the State
OF Ohio. His latest achievement is
that Of being selected as Chairman of
some committee in Congress-I think,
Military affairs. He was President
Of the Court Of Inquiry on "Hazing''
at West Point. 1t Is said Of him that
with a suave method--I think that
is what they called 1.-THE conquered
three boys, about '16 years old, and
he 30 withered them with his sarcasm
that they went out Of the room sweat
ing. With such a record, and such
q distinction, what may we not expect
Of so valient and brilliant a general.
Yet 1t is such men that make our tax
laws. 1t was he who stood up at
meeting called to consider the Morgan.
thaler law by the representative of
Summit county in the State legislature,
and by long written argument. so
long in fact, that nobody else had a
chance to reply to the argument, con-
vinced the legislature that he was right,
and perhaps some of those who
listened to him, that the Morgentbaler
law was just and honest measure,
in-ns-much as 1t enriched him and
other Auditors of the State, at the
expense Of the public
1 say again that if such men make
your tax laws, what more can YOU ex-
pect on tax matters than the perfect
harmony that now exists on the ques-
tion, and sincerely hope, gentlemen,
that nothing will be done to disturb
these happy conditions, and as for
General Dick, and the many good
things he has done for the country,
among which can be enumerated his
Willingness to take every office that
the State can offer him of magnitude
there being nothing small about his
proportions and presume he has am.
bitions to be President-with such men
in charge who are willing to take all
and contribute nothing, we can always
expect harmonious conditions existing
on the tax question.
The results OF wealth are certainly
bringing men closer together as broth
ers, and cooperation is as certainly
an exponent of wealth as nature will
permit. There can never be perfect
cooperation until that day when ma
ture will change its methods, and one
vegetable no longer feeds ON its de.
caying neighbor or one animal
kills it's weaker neighbor for food, or
man ceases to oppress his fellow-man
by unjust laws OF unjust taxation.
The law of the survival of the fit
test will still be n law when man
shall have attained a much higher
civilization than he now has.
Restrictive legislation, how much
can be said on this subject. 1t seems
to me a man could write book on the
! topic. To restrict man from acquiring
wealth by over-taxing 1t, is the one
thought of an income tax, or else 1t
would fall dead flat because Of the
inquisitorial nature of such tax.
To fight wealth is to fight your best
| friend. You are to a large extent
| living off from the wealth accumu-
lated by past generations. Wealth
, is not money. Please separate the
two in your mind for the sake of this
argument. You will then see how
vastly superior wealth is to money.
Wealth is land. Henry George was
right in making it the basis of all
human comfort and wealth. Wealth
is the product of land. Wealth is the
mineral taken from the earth and
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