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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

those .prisint at a boiler explosion. Now, be hivenG Wash'nton is as full iiy statesmen as hotel corrydor in Aiiybama. oreat leaders iv public thought can open their mouths with out tn prisidint puttin'Nhis feet into 1t. No longer is United States sini- tor afraid to do his Jooty to tn great inthrests that have sint him as their in wash'nton. No long CT. whin . message firm tn prisidint Is announced does . congressman have to arise in his seat an say: Misther Speaker. befure tn, message Is read wisht to cay thatff there is annything in it about me stealin' pair iv pants. if is a base calumy. Tn pants were given to me be a man in his sleep who frrot about 1t. No, sir, we have c prisidint now who is satisfied to be prisidint an nawthin' more-prisidint firm tn latin wurrud manin' to sit down.
 eye pick up tn pa-aper nowadays an' ye read: 'Sinitor Aldrfch shows none iy tn sthrain iv worry which tn responsibilities iv goverrmint has placed upon his shouldhers. Tn aise with which he despatches public bus- iness Is ths talk iv tn capitol. Befure permittin tn shit to convene this mornin' he passed on at taste huna, herd applications fr ofice. received tn diplomatic corps an issued a number iv Important ordhers to tn navy. Whin he entered tn shit tn sinitors arose as usual but he bade thim be seated. On his desk was a bunch iv f'rget-me- nots bearin' a card marked w, H, T. which tn sinitor said come firm an unknown admirer. Tn sinftor was In a happy frame iv mind today an per
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

well sir." said Mir. Dooley. 'tis e 1ine thing f'r this counthry to be rid iv .Tiddy Rosenfelt. Mind ye. liked him.
 But I'm no sycophant. I'm always with whoiver is in power. An now man I'm glad he's gone. Numbers iv tn wurrukin' classes like ye'ersilf. Hinnissy. don't apprecyate tn change. Hut to us commercyal leaders it's a great relief to be able to proceed with
 our interprises without bein' inther-
 fsred with be paid spies firm Wash .tugton. Why, be hivens. e few months ago I wudden't dare to put . few .dhrops fv water in a bar'l fr fear iv tn odjous tyranny iv tn governmint. lPro-gress was stopped. Enterprise twas at q standstill. Commerce was all lgummed up. Now. 'tis dirrent. Wanst
 hellum iv tn ship iy state where they belong instead iv chasin' around In cab fr bondsen. open me daily paper ,An' find hundreds iv chances to fn- vest me savings in copper mines that tn owner. are IT. givin, up % on account l,,a iv tn hhry is on tn boom. I wasn't sure iv dt till see there were sthrfkes in
 Pfnnsylvanya. I knew by that sign that prosperity was barkin' at our dure
 aAn, it's all due to Tiddy Rosenfelt .skippin' off to shoot tn wild beasts fv IRh' forest. I tell ye f.r tn last few jweeks iv his administration I was kick an tired iv him. It was Rosen- lhelt this an Rosenfelt that. Tn pa- Iapers were full iv him. Tn prisidfnt Isint fr Sinitor Aldrich to come to tn kwhit house to be insulted about tn in-
 tarnal rivnoo bill. Tn sinitor replied
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
The Federal Income Tax '1"A'''

Familiar to us. as 1t is, by these most valuable examples; sanctioned. as it is, by the leading economists of all ages and countries; adjusting. as 1t does, the burden of taxation, which, as a result of the workings of our tar iff and internal revenue laws falls so heavily upon the laboring and middle classes. an income tax law has been adopted by all the leading countries of Europe, including England. Ger many, France. Austria. Italy. Holland and Switzerland.
 For more than half a century Eng land has derived more than one-sixth of her annual revenue from this source.
 Both England and American experf- ence has proven 1t to be as MT. Glad stone so aptly styled 1t, "an engine of gigantic power, absolutely without rival"
 A Federal income tax is desirable as a part of our system of taxation not as a mere shuttle-coc to be tossed to and fro between the battledores of Con- gress to meet the varying emergencies of peace and war, but because 1t Is the fairest tax ever imposed 1t Is needed as a permanent part of our system-as a battering ram to beat down the gates and walls behind which the steel 
 dulxes and all the other chevalier din- dustrie levy toll upon the toilers In shops and factory and feid.
 The income tax. in the countries where 1t is now being successfully tried. is administered with increasing ease and Justice, and is growing unin- terruptedly in popular favor and approval.
 It is cherished for its influence In euualizing national burdens, ana the more democratic countries utilize 1t as an engine of reparation against the inequalities of taxes on consumption.
 Democratic Switzerland tried the present American System for long time, but its inadequacy and inequali- ties led to the adoption of an income tax. and it is looked upon as a means of preventing vexations taxes- and Of introducing symmetry into the whole revenue system.
 It Is urged by the opponents of the income tax that 1t is inquisitorial. It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

Presidential year held the money In the vaults and the tariff revision has also tended to hold the money tight. Now 1t is beginning to loosen, the ad- vent of the Panama Canal is drawing interest Southward. and there Is plen- ty of money available for Southern investment
 It Is the plan of the advocates of the interurban trolley system to follow the line of fertile country, and not, like tho railroads, stick to the sandy ridges and pine country, because the going Is good for railroad construction and little cheaper The idea is not to build the complete system at one time, but to extend the roads from town toward town as the growth of population and business demands. until the lines meet and the towns are connected.
 Those who are talking of the prono- sition say the rAInned line of roadway will include Montgomery. Troy, Eufau- Ia, Opelika. Union Springs, Andalusia NAbbeville, Ozark, Eiba, Dothan and the St. Andrews Bay country of Florida.
 It Is not believed by the promoters or the great improvement that the rail- roads will throw anything in the way of the project. for the territory cover ed by the electric cars will not inter- fere with the present business of the railroads, being, of course, in a dit- ferent quarter, and will therefore bring more people, and the railroads will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
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practisin' e grin. It looks . little artf- ficyal so far. Iris tn kind fv . grin wanst see on tn face iv a man in Dock O'Leary's once that had thrfed to make e meal on sthrychnine. But I'm goin' on an in tn coorse iv . year or SO if amy wan mentions tn tarir to me I may break out into . hysterical laugh.
 He's e good man just tn same," said Mir. Hennessy. "F'r a republican he's a good wan" they dc say that if he iver puts his Ivrybody will be. I will be. Only his methods is dir rent Tiddy Rosenfelt was like O'Malley. tn polisman on this beat. He was lible to arrest fir burg iary amy man he caught soin' home at night with . bundle undher his arm. He beat him over tn head an locked him up an If tn venal an cor rupt coorts wanted to let him out on tn ground that tn impiimint in tn package was not Jimmy but . jump in jack fir tn baby. let thim do 1t an dfvvle take thim. But Willum's policy is dir rent. He believes in waitin' tiil a burglary is committed befure makin' an arrest an thin givin' tn burglar two blocks start down tn sthrest wilium doesn't veto bill befure 1t is passed. Tiddy used to veto 1t while tn sinftor was thinkin' whether he ought to inthrajooce 1t or not. An there ye ar-re."
 '"Tiddy hadn't amy contagyous smile," ssaid Mir. Hennessy.
 "T'm glad he didn't" said Mir. Dooley q wud've hated to catch that smile. Me face is not roomy enough f'r t."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

mitted siv'ral speeches. indicatin' with a nod iv his head his fav-rites. Among his callers was Prisidint Taft who wore his customary contagyous smile. Tn sinitor was engaged at tn moment in an important conf'rence with tn pris- idint iv tn Glue thrust but with his customary affabtlity he come to tn dure an. afther shakin' hands pleasantly with his visitor an givin' him a ticket to tn sthrangers gallery iv tn sinit chamber. begged to be excused. Misther Taft wished to be inthrajooced to tn gintleman who as he said, with laugbr occupied tn same position in tn glue business that he did in tn governmint. But tn great man was busy at his legislative wurruk iv revisin' tn tariff on glue an cud not be disturbed. Mir. Taft. still vearin' his contiguous smile. lirered awhile collectin' tn autygrafts iv sinitors. Among tn priceless gems he eecured were specimens iv tn hand writin' iv Sinitors Bivridge. Lorimer an Depoo.
 pop'lar rulers tn republic has iver had. He is always jainyal an affable an his manner is tn same lords tn gin,ral manager iv pow'rful wood pulp comp'ny an an ordhinhy cap bnet officer. He comes to tn shit chamber in an autymobill without outriders an he has declined to use sedan chair
 presinted to him be tn Medieval Fur nfture Mannyfacthers iv Grand Rapids in thenks rr tn jooty iv 70 per clint
 with which he pro-ticts their infant industhry again tn pauper old furni-
 ture mannyfacthrers iv Europe. In tn
 Shit his manner is simple an direct
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

my watch as a shipped up chief en- gineer. Our new skipper of happy memory, was the best allround steam boatman I ever served under. On our first trip leaving St. Louis the old man gave orders when nearing Cape Girardeau to land there and cool down some He stated briefly that business ashore would cause him to delay the boat some. On landing he went in town alone and was lost to view. while tha clerk now in charge. busied him. self taking what offerings there were awaiting us on board. An hours delay thereafter caused the clerk to have the whistle bloyn to hurry the old man up a little. but 1t had no effect. However, after another long interval the skipper crossed the landing with a fellow wearing rawhide boots in tow When they reached the main deck orders were at once given to wait, and the carpenter, Chips. were called into consultation. The trio talked awhile privately, and finally the EtranRer entered some memorandum In a book. and bidding his company good day, shook hands and went ashore. Our Captain, hastenlng to the roof, told the pilot to find out when the engt- neer had steam, and on the signal called out to the mate on the lower deck: Stand by and cast lines sir
 "In a few minutes we were unoer way. south bound. again. At Cairo the Captain posted two voluminous letters addressed to the President of the line and the management of a large engine building plant both at St. Louis. On our return to home port we logged an ordinary speed voyage, and then the skipper and President had a war of words on the wharfboaG The latter oontended. as eRRre executive that his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

The first step in the great commer- cial improvement. as has been said. will be started in few weeks In Troy, the work only being held back by the city council of Troy discussing what streets the first cars of the line twill operate on within that town. The road of the electric cars out from Troy and toward Montgomery has already been decided on and work Is expected to /start on this in August.
 Of the towns that are principally interested In the matter. those that have hydro electric power, unharness- ed, but availabue, are Elba, with near lv fifteen thousand horse power, Anda- lusia' with between 5000 and 10000, Abbeville, with close on to 15.00O. Enterprise with approximately 5000, Dothan with estimated 10000. Eufaula. (the government permitting the par tiaI damming of the Chattahoochee) with 10000, and in fact all through the southeastern para of the state there are streams that can be devel- oped to furnished the driving force along the way.
 It will be possible. when the road Is finished, for the mill operative of the future in Alabama to secure land with his earnings and later join the ranks of the agriculturists. for the under stood policy of those back of the pro feet is to shun all territory that ii
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

What is considered the nucleus of me of the greatest undertakings ever started in Alabama. is soon to be start cd in Troy. It is the advent into the town of good roads and many motor ears, of . street car system which is to have a suburban line: and thereby hangs . tale. =
 Since the practical discovery" of Rhousands of horse power in unhar- messed hydro-electric power all through Southeastern Aiabams. the talk Of the many towns of that section of the State has been to secure capital to build an interurban trolley line con- meeting all the growing towns of the s'Wire Grass" country and the tracts north and east of 1t. The water power for electrical development is there: the land lying between the towns warrants fit for the soil Is as rich as that Of any other part of the great fertile State and there are enough people in that part of the State now to make the hae pay.
 cure capital( and from all indications 4hat will be easy. The late financial panic has tended to tie up all of the investible capital Of the great Eastern insurance companies and banks. the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

rights had been usurped and he you'd tolerate no such liberties on the part of a Captain. We'll the skipper fired up and replied that he had ordered oak lumber for new cylinder timbers, set of wheels and also steel jacks for the engines: that his intention was to maintain fast, successful and money- making boat, and if the President did not agree with him. then 'to get some one else to take charge--soon and he would move his dunnage on shore
 That afternoon the Board of Directors met and agreed to give the Captain. whom they all considered valuable ofacer. his own way. and his given orders for changes and materials were at once approved. In about two weeks all Alternations were effected by en- larEing wheels. banding cylinders and raising shafts. and on fair trial the boat proved about two and a half miles an hour faster. Then she was entered as a regular o-week-round"trsp packet, and the boats at g.. Louis or Kew Orleans terminals on her day of departure had to give way to her Oy orders issued from shore headQuart0re The Ruth kept this steady schedule up for twenty two months wfeb out wet ting a snar or losing day, when she went to the bank for necessary repAtEs. and tt was found she had cleared up ei07,000 in that time. Ono trip shoTSaY after the changes made to her. by coincidence. the nne VioksbuFg packet Fashion owing to delay. and the swirt Magenta too. left New orloans on the Ruth's day of departure. The Magenta backed out away ahead. then the Fash ion and, finally. the Ruth last of all. At Nine-Mile Point she latter boat overlook and passed the Fashion under way, went to Donaldsonville, seysnty-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

What could be more just and equit- able? Falling, as 1t would. upon that portion of the community which is best able to contribute to the expenses of the Government, justice demands that 1t should be levied upon income that is not essential to the existence of the payer.
 The only tax that rises with mans ability to pay and talis with ms m ability to pay. 1t stafnps itself at once upon the conception of man as the paragon of justice and equality in taxation and the gateway to freedom from our present unjust and unequal system.
 The Crowning Merit.
 But the crowning merit of an in- come tax is, it would not act upon prices like a tax upon commodity, nor would 1t affect the normal distri- button and employment of capital, nor interfere with the free action of labor, nor would 1t favor any particular class of the community at the expense Of another class, as is so unjustly accom- nlished by our tarin and internal reve- nue laws. In further proof of this. Professor Robert Ellis Thompson says that the "fairest form of taxation Is the in- come tax.
 "It seems tp make one contribute to the wants of the State In proportion | to the revenue he enjoys under its pro- lection. While falling equally on all. it occasions no change in diStribution of. capital. or in the material direction | of industry, and has no influence on | prices, No other is so cheaply as- sessed or collected. No other brings \ home t6 the people so forcibly the
 fact that it is to their interest to in- | sist upon a wise economy of the na- fional reyonue." rVSoaH I 3@d =aNi Collected i@ Athensl The income tax is by no means a new tax. On the contrary, it Is his- toricallyr old. and in many times and climes has figured conspicuously fin tine fiscal affairs of government. It formed part of the financial sys- | tenn of ancient Athens. A similar tax
 was in force during the progress of the Roman Empire, and we read of It's be- ing imposed during the Florentine Re- public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

eventually get the benefit of the in- creased population and therefore the benefit of the long freight hauls from the manufacturing sections of the country to the newly populated areas.
 In spite of the fact that New York; Chicago and Baltimore capital Is avail able for Southern development, Atlanta financiers are definitely stated as being back of the financing of the new inter town communication system.
 One especial reason for the advent Of the line into the life of commercial Alabama is the fact Shat the tendency of the manufacturing interests of the country Is all now Southward, and Ala ban1a has to offer the investor: coal. rough minerals for. developing into commercial articles. unlimited cotton. and the cotton manufactured and with in easy access of the Panama Canal. and the great trade of the lands border ing on the Pacific Ocean.
 Alabama abounds in hardwoods for furniture manufacturing. has many navigable rivers insuring low freight rates, and, in fact practically every thing in the rough material line to of fer the manufacturer that can be found in any part of the United States.
 The effect of good railroads already operating in the State has caused the birth of the trolley proposition between the steam lines. and the effect of the trolleys is expected to be an interest in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01

the same time enabling the treasury to
 quickly find relief sby filling up a de-
 felt or>1owering a surplus as occasion may require.
 4 tax income, when applied to the
 discharge of this function by the lead
 ing countries of Europe, has been at-
 tended with remarkable success. = No New Tax.
 Indeed, the United States collected
 an income tax for ten years. from 1883 to 1872. inclusive.
 In 1863, SIP ss2.ooe were raised by this means alone. which was 70 per cent more than was raised from the combined sources. under the Internal revenue laws. and nearly 26 per cent of the Governments entire receipts for
 that year.
 pr. wayland. the learned President and economist of Brown University. says in his Political Economy: Actual experience under the law tended to relieve diniculties and objections. When most efficiently carried out, con- ceaIment and dishonesty were not probably greater under this form of tax than are practiced continually un- der the attempts of the State to lay taxes on miscellaneous personal prop Eerty."
 David A. weils. Commissioner of Internal Revenue during the period when the income tax was in force, and one of the best authorities on the sub feet of taxation in this country, set forth in his report of 1870 the doctrine that through an income tax larger | proportion Is contributed to the reve- i nue by the classes best able to afford 1t than by any other method whatever The war which gave rise to the pas l sage of the income tax law having been brought at last to a dternminetipn in ? I the law was repealed by the marrow
 margin of one vote in both houses ol Congress, which would not imply that | it was specially unpopular. A Federal income tax, fraught with so many other qualities which recon mend it to us as a permanent part of Adam Smith's maxims of taxation. the t-nrst of which Is: "The subjects of
 every State ought to contribute toward l the support of Government as nearly | as possible in proportion to their res spective abilities
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In the case of Pollock vs Farmers Loan and Trust Company Mir. Justice Harlan says in his dissenting opinion there fs no tax which in its essence, is more just and equitable than an income tax. If the statute imposing 1t only allows such exemptions as are demanded by public consideration and are consistent with the recognized principles of the equality of all per- sons before the law, and~whi1e pro- viding for its collection in ways that do not necessarily irritate and annoy the tax payer. reaches thf earnings of the entire property of the com munity, and compells those whether individuals or corporations, to contrf- buts therefrom a reasonable amount for the support of the common govern- ment of all"
 Let us no longer then. by continuing our present unjust and fnequftahie system, in the words of Mir. Justice Harlan. "give to certain kinds of pros perty 0 position of favoritism and ad- vantage inconsistent with the funda- mental principles of our social organ ization, and invest them with power and influence that may be perilous to that portion of the American people upon whom rests the larger part of the burdens of government and who ought not to be at the mercy or EIAOiN1 not to be subjected to the dominion of aggregated wealth any more than the property of the country should be at the mercy of the lawless."
 The democratic national platform of 1908 contains the following plank. and similar blanks have been in the party platform of 1896. 1s0o. and 1eo4: ''We favor an income tax as part of our revenue system and we urge the submission of a constitutional amend- ment specifically authorizing congress to levy and collect tax upon indi- vidual and corporate incomes. to the and that wealth may bear its propor- tionate share of the burdens of the federal government" It is. therefore. A democratic measure. and the demo- racy of the nation is looking to Ala bama to take the initiative and to be the first state in the union to act favorably upon the Income tax amend ment now before the Legislature.