Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-18
ration tax A senator explained thus

:
you can write 1t down as certain
that there will be no income tax, no
corporation tax, no inheritance tax.
The senate will put in the corporation
tax, and the bill will go to the house.
The democrats over there are for the
income tax, to which their party
pledged itself in the last. campaign.
They will reject the corporation tax,
and with ample assistance from the re-
publican side they will put it out. That
will be the end Of It, The income tax
drove out the inheritance tax, the cnr-
poration tax will drive out the income
tax, and then the house. where the
whole circuit started will drive out the
corporation tax, the circuit will be COM
pleted, and there will be nothing ac-
complished along the line Of these
measures"
Three Views Of Result.
what about the political effects of
such succession of legislative moves:'
was asked.
mo particular effect" replied the
senator. There's boom in the stock
market; business is going to be very
active; the public will come in and buy
all the securities that can be fixed up
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1 sky; and in the presence of an era of
activity and prosperity it will all be
forgotten"
That is one analysis. Another is
given by the house insurgents, who al
most without exception believe the
next house will be democratic. The
third is given by the supporters of. Sem
ator Aldrich. They say:
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sensible, business measure out of this
| revision. The proof will be in the re-
| turn of business and prosperity. The
bill has been misrepresented and the
motives of the men making it have
been assaulted. But prosperity will come
with it land the country will finally rec
ognize and indorse 1T. and the next
house will be republican by a larger
majority than the present one is"
| Who's to blame when the street cars
No; guess again. City government, for
failing to compel provision of ample
facilities?
No; the blame entirely attaches to
the people who, reckless of their own
or other peoples comfort, and in vio-
lation of all proprieties, get into the
cars until they are crowded. The speo-
pie alone are to blame.
This is the proposition that the
Washington street railway companies
are maintining in the cases which have
been started against them by the fed
eral authorities, under direction of the
interstate commerce commission. Be
cause it is an interstate commission
case, 1t is liable to become a case
celebre, and if the street car people
win, 1t will establish precedent for
the whole country.
The last congress vested In the COM
mission certain regulative authority
| over the washington street railways.
There has been complaint for years of
bad management and inadequate
facilities. The Oldest inhabitant claims
to have ridden down to business every
morning since the first horse car OPP
Grated, and never yet to have occupied
a seat. So the interstate commission,
, after investigation, induced the federal
attorneys for the District of Columbia
to start cases against the street car
corporations, to collect the penalties
for over crowding cars.
The government petitions have been
duly filed, and the street car people
have answered. They take the position,
with the utmost gravity, that they are
in nowise to blame. The trouble is
that, after a car gets comfortably fill
ed. more people keep on climbing in,
until it is too full and there are no
seats. If the people could be prevent
ed from doing this, the cars would not
be crowded; and the companies repre-
sent that in view Of its difficulties
dealing with so depraved and vicious
minded community, they should be
discharged with their costs.
The town of Washington is watching
the cases with great interest. If the
courts should happen to decide that the
car companies are right. the rest of the
country would be forced to take notice.