The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-07-03


MEANS
One of the methods for raising money which has
been suggested anew is the placing of national
tax upon inheritances Concerning this PROPOSE
ton there has been great outcry, and yet it is
tax which would fall lightest of all upon the
people, and system which has been found to work
very we'll in Great Britain The angle of the argu-
ment which appeals most strongly is the one which
points out that this tax paid out of inheritance isa
tax which falls an actual burden upon no one The
man who has amassed fortune cannot take it
with him from his death bed. We have plenty of
testimony both legal and theological to that effect
Therefore the deceased can not feel that he has
been mulcted.
The heir cannot be deprived of that which he
does not possess. Therefore when the government
hands him his inheritance assured and safeguarded
by the law, he cannot object to the deduction of
small portion as the percentage due for it's protec
tion and safe delivery Furthermore he is far
richer after paying the inheritance tax than he
was before fate gave him the opportunity to do so
According to this line of reasoning it would ap-
pear that the inheritance tax not only brings
large and much needed revenue into the possession
of the government, but that it is derived from a
source which can not affect anyone as burden.
tangible possessor of the wealth when its old
possessor is not yet firmly fitted into his wings and
the new holder has not yet accustomed himself to
the shoes into which he has stepped. Seattle
Times.
The tariff commission having continued in session
for 'steen weeks, and being somewhat wearied by
its arduous labors, the chairman remarked:
tho ranrocaptativoc Of tho ctaol inductrv
concuded?'
They had.
And of the sugar interests?''
They had
And the WOOL cotton, lumber, iron, coke, COAL
oil and cordage interests?'
All had finished.
Are there any interests that desire to be heard?"
inquired the chairman.
IF you please, Mr.. Chairman" remarked
small man in timid tone of voice. Il represent
few interests that desire to be heard"
''Well what interests do you represent" asked
the chairman, gruffly
II represent the people who have to buy what
all these other interests make and control-the
consumer.
Immediately the commission adjourned The
Commoner.
1t is strange situation, surely, when fight to
retain the Dingey schedules can be heralded as
fight for free trade and foreign domination 1t is
strange situation when the president after
himself making the demand for reduction from
the Dingley schedules will sit back and allow the
senate committee increases to be voted by as
bloodless combination as ever pooled to steal
railroad or loot bank, without raising finger to
sustain the men who are standing by his personal
pledges and by the pledges made by him for the
administration. -Des Mones Register and Leader
Repubican).
More and better livestock will be exhibited this
year at the interstate fair, September 20 to 25,
than has ever before been gathered together in the
northwest. Besides the fuller exhibits already
assured of prize winning horses, cattle, swine and
other livestock of Idaho, Oregon and Washington,
the Inland Empire is at last to see the prize win
ners from the eastern state fairs.
The east has already sent some livestock to the
northwest, but on that occasion, the Portland fair
it was impossible to arrange for the entire exhibit
for this country, as the interstate fair date fol-
lowed the Portland fair. In September, however,
the stockmen of the Inland Empire and all who
attend the Spokane Interstate Fair will see the
livestock that won premiums at the Minnesota
state fair the greatest fair for stockmen, farmers
or producers that is held in the United States.
Two special trains will convey the livestock from
Hamline, MINI. 1t will be exhibited in Seattle,
competing for the $50, 600 in premiums offered by
the A-Y.-P exposition. The trains will arrive in
Spokane in good time for the opening of the inter-
state fair, Sept. TO- and the livestock will be ex-
hibted there until the close of the fair, Sept 25.
John L. Smith of Spokane, well known in Ste