The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-05

rnt.a xIFn n
- 80 i:l snd,ntd,ar avoaa,,or
l,sh, u, ,ha oasa ~ oartai
,.tnlh a,,niar ,ov was oool
; $50, u H. aot :, MI 1895.
.,.t,,,,, I'M, nc ana tho,sand do
"a i, a.onnoI n-onarty haIng i,
, o,od ,,o,, tavation tho tov tho
Y honon,iro nrogreesive according T.
: ,ha ,apntereee ~ ,Ip Thu wor.rey,
, r,,a aot of p,ne "a 1898 provjded fo
jon ,rharitance tax an any sum OK
, noading mo vain. n, ten thousap,
Idouara ma RAID ~ me fax mcreasin.
HON n accordance WIN The amount!
! loft ana in accordance with the lega
tao,s yan,ota neso ~ Win The sunrem,
+ court has held that the succession ia,
limposed at The time of the Civil wal
Iva not a direct tax but an impost on
leycise which was botn constitutional
and valid More recently the court
| in AN opinion delivered by Mr.. Justice
White. which contained an exceed
ingly able and elaborate discussion
of the powers of the congress to i'm
pose death duties, sustained the con
stitutlonality the inheritance.tax
feature of the war revenue act of
1898
In its incidents. and apart from the
main purpose of raising revenue. an
income tax stands on an entirely diff
ferent footing from an inheritance
tax; because il involves noqgestion
of The perpetion of fortunes swollen
10 an unhealthy size. The aestion is
in It's essence question of the proper
adjustment of burdens to benefits. AS
the law now stands ii is undoubtedly
difficult 10 devise n national income
tax which shall be constitutional. But
whether ii Is absolutely impossible
is another question; and If possible il
is most certainly desirable. The first
purely income tax law was mast by
The congress in 1861 but the most i'm
portnt law dealing with the subject
was that Of 1894 This the court held
ia be unconstitutional.
The question is undoubtedly very
Intricate delicate. and troublesome.
The decision of the court was only
reached hy one majority 1t is the
law OF the land, and of course is ac-
cented as such and LOYALTY ohevad bv
all good citizens. Nevertheless. the
hesitation evidently felt bv the cour.
as awhole in coming to a conclusion.
when considered together with the
decisions on the subiect.
nav perbaps indicate the nossihility
If deytsing a constitutional income
AK law which shall substantially ac
,omplish the results aimed at. The
iifficulty of amending the constitution |
s SO great that only real Necessity
IAN iusiify resort thereto. Every |
fort should he made In dealing with
his subject. as with the sahiect of |
he proper control nv the National
;oyernmenf over The use Of cornorato
,ealth in interstate business. 10 de-
Use legislation. which without sueh
ction shall attain tho desired end
nj IL this fails there win ultimately
e no alternative 10 a constitutional
mendmens.
Msrriaoe and Divorce.
am well aware or how difficult n
, ia mass n constitutional amend.
nent Neyertha less in my Indictment
he whole ouestion Of marriage and
ivorce should he RELOCATED ia The
ntbority Of the National congress
( present the Wild difference in The
Avs ~ The different states on tbls
INFECT resplt in scandals and
mpses. and surely tbera ie nothing
O vitality essential 10 the welfare Of
ha nation nothino around which the
alton shonlJ So bend itself n throw
very eafaopard ne tho homo iifo NJ
ha av..raoa ci,fyap INC charqa
,ml1 no gaod from ovarv etandno,nt
i nartfcnlar II worla ha oo,d ~.
ause II oonid confa, IN mo copora.s
no noye, M orca ia de,l radioatt,,
nd efficiently with nnlvoar,,-. and
tie ehonld ho done ,,botbar ar r,,
,arriaoo ana divorce ora AIR ,,,l,
: ia neither cafe MOI. nroco- ~. tooya
bo onos7ton ,g ,olvcar,, 70 no daa,t
va, he ms so,,arai sratas po,,or ~
.ol Win Il gao,1d ho fo,.roJ a.,
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