The Marshall republican., 1906-12-07

was shown IN the investigation OF the
Standard OF company and as has beer
| tobacco ana sugar r~usts) as to the initi-
! ative OF big railroads. often railroads
would like totcotnbine FOR the purpose O
Ing improper advantages at the expense
Of small shippers and Of the general pub.
nc Such z combination; instead Of oeips
other words, II should be permitted 10
railroads to make agreements, provides
these agreements were sanctioned by the
were published. With these two condi-
lions complied with II 10 impossible to
see What harm such a combination could
do to the public at large. lt Is. a public
evil to have on the statute books a law
incapable OF full enforcement because
fulI enforcement would destroy the bust
ness Of the country. for the result In TO
make decent railroad men vioiators Of
the law against their will. and 20 put a
premium o the behavior Of the wiiful
wrongdoers. Such a result In turn tends
to throw the decent man and the wilful
w%rongdoer into close association, and in
the end to drag down the former to the
latter's level for the man who becomes
a Ia wbfeaker IN one way unhappily tends
% " to break il in many ways No
more scathing condemnation could be
visited upoA = law Than rs contained In
Commission when in commenting upon
the fact that the numerous Joint trafic
associations do technically violate the
United States supreme court IN the
frame assecistion ess. has producedO i no
grsc,iS.l eject Sa, SPen 'ss e railway opera
these decisions. and with the same gen.
S Srsl fI nfosab ~ j 10 aSs e ,Sa al psr' drss,cS ws
TO see how our inter state railways could
be operated with due regard 10 the inter
est Of the shipper ~ the railway
foId,d thru these associations"
THIS means that the law as construed
by the supreme court IL such that the
business OF the country cannot be con-
Quoted without breaking H. recommend
That you give careful aud early consider
atiun TO this subject, and " you fnd the
opinion OF the Interstate IN com.
mission justified. that you amend the
law so ne to obviate the EVIL disclosed.
inheritance and Income Tax.
II was expected that the president
In the necessity for the curbing OF enor-
nous fortunes. and he has done so by
recommending legislation for both In
lleves tho government should impose n
graduated Inheritance tax. and. " possi-
bic. a graduated income tax. lie says:
as ,h i'm needs wen g tSpr ana ma, ..sn a s%S,eG,
ffA ~ '.tEfNf hNNfN ~
order that the people may become famil-
lhr with what u proposed to be done.
may clearly see the nccessity Of proceed.
ing with wisdom and self. restraint. n
make up their minds just how far
they are willing TO go In the matter:
while only trained legislators can work
the project IN necessary detail, But
! feel that In the near future our nation
Legislators should enact "a law provid-
for a graduated inheritance tas. by
which q steadily increasing rate Of duty
should I've put upou nil mOugye or other
ynlnabics coming by gift. beauest. or
doviye 10 any individual or corporation.
u may be well 20 make The tax heavy
is remot. Of Kin. In any .yant' In my
judgment the pro rata OF the tax should
very heavily with the Increase
~ the amount left To any one individual
IL ~ most desirable To encourage thrift
thrift and ambition is The desire on the
ircn we'll on. This object can be attained
making the tax very small on moder-
ate amounts OF property LETT; because
ne prime object should be TO put a COZ
lance OF those swollen fortunes which
y IN certainly Of no bcnent to this coun-
Try To perpetuate.
proprlety OF the government thu de-
icrmining the conditions upon which any
iiu or Inheritance should be received.
saae,'y how far the inherltanss Ia,
limiting the transmission by devise or
iift OF the enormou fortunes In question
! not necessary at present TO discuss,
be gradual. Al nrrt a permanent
inuonal inheritance tax, while II might
~ more ~slbgtAntial Tran any such tax
liner IN ~i IN amount Sssn' or ne IL , Re' s sRerg' " the
Increase by graduation, 60 what such a
AZ should ultimately be.