The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-03
BORAI7l OF
IDAHO IS
HEARD
He Speaks in Favor of
Income Tax and for
Economy

Washington, May 3.-Declaring that
extravaganza has become almost a ma
tional disease. Senator Borah today
argued for an income tax as a means
for wiping ont the deficit In the treas
ury rs well as awakening public inter
est In national expenditures. He said
the tax, which he proposed, should be
used TO build up a great navy and 4
ing the nations OF the earth, but that
the burden of taxation should b. tax
en- from those who dig the earth and
put upon the purses Of those who
would never miss 1t.
Il believe in an income tax" said
Mr.. Borah, mot that we may impose
the whole burden of government upon
the rich or upon wealth, but that
wealth may bear It's just proportion of
that burden which II does not do un-
der a system Of taxation resting en-
tirely upon consumption. Every system
OF taxation resting upon consumption
should be supplemented with IN in
come tax, not alone for the purpose OF
raising extra revenue, but for dis
tributing the burden of whatever rev.
tEluG Is utGtSodlN duu
more IN accordance with the ability
10 pay
Contending that the income tax was
equitable and fair, not class legis!a-
ton, and not an attack upon wealth.
but simply reasonable demand that
the burdens OF government should be
met in due proportion by the great
property interests and accumulated
wealth. Mr. Borah asserted that it
WAS tax which gauges itself ac-
cording TO a mans success or failure.
He said II reaches the income OF the
professional man. who may now es-
cape almost entirely Declaring that
II was no more an incentive to per
jury or fraud than the personal lax
laws in the various states. Mr. Borah
claimed that the income tax was no
more inquisitorial than the system Of
national taxation of today He refer
red to the recent smuggling cases in
New York.
Il believe in It." continued Mr.. Bor-
ah. strange as it may seem 10 some.
as an educator In economy in public
expenditures. For a hundred years
we have been making speeches in fa-
vor OF cutting down expenditures, and
voting the other way. The congress
in which the voice of retreuchment
was loudest has been followed almost
Invariably by the congress carrying
the largest appropriations.
Referring TO the statement which
was made by Mr Aldrich that con-
gress. In the last session, appropT1at-
ed $4,000 900 unnecessarily, Mr.. Bor-
ah said:
IF that be true. and I believe the
figures TO be modest, what an awful
indictment OF this congress, and how
yane and futile seems all prophecy as
to the future in the matter OF re-
trenchment. | do not want TO be mis-
understood. | have no kind of doubt
! that THE senator from Rhode Island is
entirely sincere and wholly is earnest
/ when he says that We must curtail
| expenditures. Neither do | under
rate his ability or his power II he
| succeeds. he will have performed a
greater service 10 his country than
has been performed by any man in
| forty years
Nr Borah, asserting that eXtraya-
gance has become almost a national
{ disease. said. 1T permeatcs the home.
! 1t pcnetrates college and church. 1t
I pcrvadcs society and II Is rife in ey-
: cry department of government that f.
! has reached almost the point Of Grim
J inality is proven by the words Of the
senator from Rhode Island 1t is a dis
case of tho blood and you cannot cure