Washington sentinel., 1901-06-15

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and usefulness to then.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES.
The report of the Board oI
Trustees covered year OF activity
and usefulness for the Association.
1t took up the subject OF
WAR TAX REDUCTION
where the previous convention Lett
off and minutely detailed the work
OF ihe Committee down to the
present day. This field of labor
was entrusted to subcommittee
composed Of President Brand, Vice
President Kendall, Trustee J. w.
Brown, and Secretary Gallus Tho
mann.
The report is an exhaustive one
and deals with the work OF the
Committee. personally aud by
printed argument, before Congress
and at the White House (where
the Committee, accompanied by
Mr.. F. H. Gottlieb, also appeared
10 enlist Mr.. McKlnley's services
in their behalD, and recounts the
of repeal of the beer tax, with all
various grounds advanced in behalf
oi which our readers are familiar
through the efforts ol the SENTINEL
to keep them informed Of doings
at Washington during the past ses.
SION OF Congress. The outcome,
it will be recalled, was a reduction
OF IS cents a barrel, which goes
into effect July I.
With this concession brewers
are far from being satisfied, and
the fight, as the SENTINEL has al
really announced, will be kept up
until the last vestige OF Spanish
war taxes has been repealed. The
Trustees are plainly impressed
with the difficulty OF the undertak
ing, and in closing their report on
this subject take pains to make it
clear that the task is one in which
help is needed and desired. They
conclude as follows:
Your Trustees firmly believe that the
remainder OF the additional war tax
must be aud will be repealed in the very
near future; but theV are also firmly
convinced that in order to bring about
this much needed relief every brewer
and every organized body OF brewers
must constantly be on the alert, ever
ready to enlist 1ew friends in the inter.
ests OF our cause and never tagging in
their determination to impress upon the
minds OF his neighbors, his friends, his
bust ness conn ections and customers,
but above all the politicians OF his
immediate nelghborho cd, particularly
his Representatives in Cong ress, the
crying injustice of a system OF taxation
that overburdens one industry, to the
verge of ruin, actually destroying nearly
two hu. dred establishments out of a
total of 200; while at the same time it
leaves wholly uptaxed two-thirds of the
nation's revenue sources,
You, gentlemen OF the convention,
must keep up this work, individually
ard jointly, and you must keep il up
constantly and continuously; you must
not allow a single opportunity to pass
by unimproved; and If lin your endeavors
you are in need of advice aud guidance,
refer to our annual reports where YOU
will find all you may require. II still
more be needed, apply to your commit
tees who will gladly assist you at any
time. Right here permit me to say,
however that much, almost every thing,
depends upon yourselves and the means
you employ in your efforts. The most
effective means in this, as in every other
similar case, is also the most necessary,
and that is--harmonious cooperation.
The formation of Local Associ-
ations is urged for mutual protec
ton.