The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-08-27
NOME TAX
| AMENDMENT
|,oo,ed by Last Session Of
roogress for Adoption
FMOCRAT|C MEASURE
\ !. Aoo,oved by Thirty-five States to
lam, Part Of Federal Constitution
| r.. Present Prospect Of Success.

rys question has suddenly come in
J "S State of the Union direct from
.l;nston-it is the question of ap
' ';"r the Sixteenth. Amendment tC
'T Cesnstitution of the. United States,
adv the statisticians are determin'
' THAT States will accept and what
, " The amendment, but they all
i've that those States whose people
he Iseulv alive to government affairs
embrace the proposition. 1t is only
10 s Great cities that Indifference will
aoted among the masses. There the
,of the machinery and the burning
n lives in the mad race for wealth
vents the masses from giving a
nght to detail questions of govern
Il It is enough, they feel, to take
! once year to 60 to a polling
q on q two-hour leave of absence
,sst their ballots for a Democrat
Republican. The students of
1ouies and politics place the Eastern
6nercial States in the column against
uoposed constitutional amendment,
/ the great West and Middle West
conceded to be securely for it.
Forty years have gone over our heads
ke an amendment to the Constitution
I attempted. Nearly half a century.
! yet Congress has not hesitated an
|snt IN adopting by close to a unani-
b vote the following resolution:
Resolved, by the Senate and House
representatives of the United States
America in Congress Assembled
|ethirds of each house concurring
tein). That the following article is
bosed as an amendment to the Con-
btion Of the United States, which,
y ratified by the Legislatures of
tfourths of the several States,
! be valdto all intents and purposes
|part Of the Constitution:
Article XVI. That Congress shall
power to lay and collect taxes on
mes, from whatever source derived,
bout appOrtiOnment among the sew
States, and without regard to any
us or enumeration"
be provision of the Constitution
|ng the way for this amendment is
d In Article V:
he Congress, whenever twO-thirds
Pth houses shall deem it necessary,
propose amendments to this Con-
ton; or, on the application of the
Stature of two-thirds of the several
|es, shall call a convention for pro-
(g amendments, which, in either
shall be valid to all intents and
|oses as part Of this Constitu-
when ratified by the legislatures
|ree'foarths of the several States,
Py conventions in three-fOurths
foi, as the one or the other mod.
|ahcation may be proposed by the
END contemplated by the resolu-
p Congress is the enactment of an
Pc tax: The Supreme Court, in
Pcalled Pollock decision, declared
70 income tax could not be levied
put an amendment to the Consti-
no such construction of the
(lu!lon had previously been made,
paving once been set by judicial
on the possibilities of establishing
Eome tax under the terms of the
!ullon as it is now, construed is
PeFed II not remote, at least, in
e: The Democratic National
nuon adopted that view Of the
YEA; 10 fact, while the Republican
sm Is entirely silent on the quesr
ae Democratic platform contained
= favor an income tax as part Of
Fsen0e system, and we urge the
sslon OF a constitutional amend
s,'peclhcally authorizing Congress
ana collect tax upon individual
'Pora.e incomes to the end that
may bear its prOporti0nate
:. Ine burdens of the Federal
mat simple plank Is contained a
Ssslrable plan for the raising of
W 70 support the Federal Govern
sad the growing deficiency at
lyon indicates how. certain is
~ ior additional sources of fed.
venues: 1t should be q matter
|,s.s.uiatlon to the Democracy to
sasl It's National Contention ex-
! ~. ea foresight and Nd the cour-
sxte IN its platform q progress
~ ior collecting from individual
y T.ate wealth its proportionate
~. ~ tne burdens Of government.
n.y. H.. Iaft and the leaders of the
!. ssn national machine have COM
y accept in toto that declaration
s.'onal Convention. First, the
;a recommends q tax on corpor.
, "ssomes to wipe out a 500, co.,
ma. n,aent deficiency; secondly, he
enus the constitutional amend
4 provide for a tax on individual
~ oroer that the revenue pro-
- 'orporation tax may not be
NJ more repulsive tax than the
spu tax he forcod nnon him