Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-12-06

was shown in the investigat1a4 g ~
Shown since by the investigation q ~
tobacco and sugar trpstD as t. - hiA-
alive Of big railroads.. Often aaf1reAAs
preventing big shippar from nasantela-
lns improper advantages at the a1poa1o
of small shippers and Of the general Duh-
ue. Such combination. instead Of bA4g
sther words. it should be permitted to
railroads to make agreements, provided
these agreements were sanctioned b. the
were published With these two sos1i-
tons compiled with it is Impossible to
zee what harm such a combination eeulas
evil to have on the statute books q law
lncapable Of full enforcement because
both judges and juries realize that its
ness Of the country; for the result 10 to
make decent railroad men violators Of
the law against their will, and to put q
wrongdoers. Such result in turn tends
to throw the decent man and the 'wilful
wrongdoer into close association. and in
iatter's level: FOR the man nal Who becomes aas
lawbreaker In one way unhappily tends
to lose all. respect for law and to be
Milling to break It IN many ways n.
the Words Of the interstate eoe eom@eres
f6e fae that TfS Se In 3nine
associations do technically violate the
law, they. say: The decision Of the
United d. !! States f, supreme court in the
Traffic association case has produced ne
practical effect upon the railway opera
tions Of the country. Such associations.
these decisions, and with the same gen
ought PTo6.bly ? to add that it p !. daicslt
be operated with due regard to the inter
est of the shipper. and the railway
without concerted action Of thu kind a.
forded thru these associations"
This means that the law as construed
by the supreme court is such that the
business Of the country cannot be con-
Quoted without breaking it. recommend
alton to this subject, and if you find the
opinion Of the interstate commerce COM
aw Sn 5u st a1 that you amend the
Inheritance and Income Tax.
1t was expected that the president
would refer in some way to his belief
IN the necessity for the curbing of enor-
recommending legislation for both in
come and an inheritance tax. He be-
leves the government should impose a
bic, graduated income tax. He says:
Il am we'll aware that such subject
as this needs Ions and careful study in
lar with t what p IS proposed pe to be done
may clearly see the necessity of proceed
ing with wisdom ana self-restraint, and
may nay make up their minds just how far
they are willing to so in the matter;
While only trained legislators can work
ont the project in necessary detail. But
feel that in the near future our nation
ing. for a graduated Inheritance tax by
Which steadily increasing rate Of duty
should be put upon all moneys or other
Gs1Ss fo s ae~ns ~ fit or
1t may be we'll to make the tax heavy
In proportion as the individual benefited
Is Is remote of kin. In any event. in my
Increase very heavily with the increase
of the amount left to any one individual
after a certain point has: been reached;
thrift and ambition is the desire on the
part of the breadwinner to leave his chill
dren we'll off: This object can be attained
by making the tax very small on moder-
the prime Object should Se to pvt = con
itance Of those swollen fortunes which
it is certainly Of no beneht to this coun-
try to perpetuate.
There can be no question Of the eth
termining the conditions upon which any
gift or inheritance should be received.
Exactly how far the inheritance tax
would, as an incident, have the effect of
limiting the transmission by devise or
gift of the enormous fortunes in question
it Ia not necessary at present to discuss.
1t Is wise that progress in this direction
should be gradual. At first q permanent
national Inheritance tax, while it might
DO more substantial than any such tax
has hitherto been need not approximate,
Increase by graduation, to what such a
tax should ultimately be.