Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-06-12


Association At the Jamestown Ex-
position No2d2y, He gave our dear
brethren Of the gail enough raw
material 70 WORK up % keep their
6i52erie pSsss fan % ovs<aowSas
for many Eoo1s 10 come And every
thing he said vas sod. he took
then into his Confidence fully and
c2lksd 70 them Ike they were his
OH dear Congress and he was carr
ss1ly recommending matters Of vital
interest for them 70 enact into legiS-
l2Cioa- After telling them about how
they should sssan the wrong-5osr
both II hish and low places. and
avoid hyS1eri2 and sxasse-acioa and
stick 70 cold facts. ne entered Upon
the really important part OF his sd
dress, which BE put into two div
Sc1S. ore in certain Ways re-sAap-
ing Cur system Of taxation 50 IS 70
make II bear most heavily On those
most capable o. supporting the
strain. and the other the question
OF Utilizing the natural resources Of
The nation IN the way that viii be OF
most benefit 20 the nation IS
whole Under re latter head he
said that unless Ee maintain an
adequate material basis for our civil
EzuO1 IN which Ne take 50 great and
50 IESg q pride and 10 waste and 6es-
Troy our natural resources means 20
undermine this material basis He
referred 70 what Is left OF our pub
lie lands the waterways. the coal
measures and he forests. and what
Re said 70 The editors On these CueS-
tons they may vel store away II
heir heads as wise words dtly
spoken and when they ger hack 10
their sz1eIums open up q great cam
paiga OF e6aeaCioa 10 arouse and
eryStSlize public sentiment 70 help
cut The purely nOn-parJiSaa reforms
urged By the President But II was
what NJ. Roosevelt said On the vital
AID urgent issue OF 50 distributing
taxation that those Who are most able
stall bear the most strain. that has
The keeneSI interest for the country
He committed himself uareseryediy
70 both tie income and inheritance
TAX. and vas especially IN favor OF
the latter He thinks, as DO most o:
his felloS-eiCizeR. that the bloated
plutOcrats Who have wealth beyond
the dreams OF avarice'' accumulated
Al the expense OF the American peo-
pie and upon which they pay little
Or no tax. should Be made 10 shell +
nut and If Al income TAX Is uneon-
sutuuonal, As the Supreme Court has
declared al least their monsrrouS
piles OF pelf can be lawfully reached
and made 70 pay 10 Just tribute b.
means OF an Inheritance tax when i
Is transmitted 20 the heirs. Who viii .
dispute Nj Roosevelt when he saws
i DO not believe that any advant-
age comes either 10 the country as a
whole o. 20 individuals inheriting the
money b. permitting the transmits
sion in their entirety OF such enor-
nous fortunes as have been accumu-
lated in America The tax could be
made 20 bear more heavily upon per
sons residing out OF tie country than
upon those residing within il. Such
2 heavy progressive TAX is of course
in no shape OF way q TAX on thrift
Or industry, for thrift and industry
have ceased 10 possess am measur-
able importance in the acquisition Of
tie swollen fortunes OF which I speak
long before tie tax would in any xay
seriously affect them Such q Cax
would De one Of the methods By
which We should Try 10 preserve 2
measurable equality OF opportunity
for the people OF the generation
growing 20 manhood. As Lincoln
pointed out, there are some respects
IN which men are obviously not
equal; but there is no reason xhv
there should not be an equality OF
and OF mutual respect.
Al equality OF rights before the law.
and al least an approximate equality
n the conditions under which each