The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-05-09
WEALTH TAX OPINIONS
How congressman Regard Pres
ident's Fortune Limiting Plan.
OUT-HERODs HEROD, SAYS A TEXAN

UUl-dnhUDD AA40SOt NH l. ~ -
May BE Solution of Problem of the
Overrich, Asserts Republican
John ID. Rockefeller In Mind, sena-
tor TiIlman Urges Haste, Declaring
Inheritance Tax Too Tardy~
Following are the comments of sena-
tors and representatives of President
,RooseYelts declaration in favor or "a
progressive tax on all fortunes beyond
a given amount, either given in life or
devised or bequeathed upon death to
any Individual" says a Washington
special to the New York Times:
Republicans.
Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin,; 1t
has not been worked out sufficiently
for me to express an opinion. 1t Is
matter which must be carefully devel-
oped"
Senator Deliver of Iowa: 81 touched
on that subject the other day when l
said the time was coming when it
would be necessary for the people to
look into the origin of these mOnstrOus
fortunes"
Senator Fulton Of Oregon: Broadly,
I am in favor of the presidents view,
though l have not considered the mat
ter sufficiently to speak In detail"
Senator Dillingham; of Vermont: 81
am not at all in sympathy with the
proposition"
Representative GrOsvenOr of Ohio:
1.-The president is on solid ground. The
time is coming when it will be neces-
gary to adopt some such plan to control
large fortunes. l favored the income
tax, but this is better than the law we
passed then"
Representative Loud of Michigan: ut
is logical and reasonable, and unless
the plan ultimately adopted is too rad,
ical it ought to be widely favored.
have had this in mind for several
years"
Representative Crumpacker Of Indi-
ana: 81 indorse every word he said.
have been talking that way myself in
my district for some time"
Representative Currier of New Hamp-
shire: my state has just recently
adopted a constitutional amendment
providing for a graduated inheritance
tax. l am heartily In favor of it."
Representative Kinkaid Of Nebraska
cit was a great speech. l am in favor
of the proposition of graduated in
heritance tax"
Representative Townsend of Michi-
gan: "The proposition seems to be quite
constitutional, and 1t may be the solu-
ton of the problem of the Overrich."
Representative Gardner of New Jer.
sey: "It is the most dangerous, covert
coniscatory proposition that has been
thrown before restless people in the
last quarter of century. If all the
people during the next three centuries
could be taught to differentlate as
clearly as the president did that would
be another thing. The remedy for
large fortunes should be some measure
of restrictive legislation and not con
fiscatOry"
Representative Calderhead of Kan
sas: 81 am against it."
Representative Huff Of Pennsylvania
L
do not see why a man, when he has
q the energy and the ingenuity to amass
a fortune, should not be protected IN
his right to enjoy it."
Representative Deemer Of Pennsyl.
vania: "The presidents suggestion Is
certainly unique and broad. 1 rather
feel that man possessed of fortune
honestly made should have the right to
dispose of it according to his own Judg-
ment The reference, Of course, is to
vast accumulations of wealth. There
are only a few fortunes in America
which answer the description, and be
lieve that in most cases these will be
scattered by natural processes In two
generations. The difficulty would be
in fixing the limit to be left to an IN
dividual. Where would 1t stop"
Senator Warner of Missouri: "Presi-