The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-03
~ tax whatever on their swollen for

any tax whatever on their swollen for
tunes.
Wealth escapes bearing it's just
share of the burden Of taxation be-
cause of the absence Of Federal in
come or Inheritance tax, such as were
long ago adopted by Great Britain,
Germany, France, Japan, Holland,
Austria, Denmark, Sv itzerland, Aus.
tralia and New Zealand.
A MAJORITY Of both Houses of Cor
gress were in favor of lacking an iE-
come tax clause to the new tariff law.
Such legislation would now be upon
the statute books had not President
Taft and Senator Aldrich defea ted
the project through the substitution
of a corporation tax. That the neces-
sary three-fOuI tbs of the State Legis
lature will not vote to amend the con-
stitu,i in, is practically certain. which
me ans that an income tax can only be
had at the hands of Democra tic adj
ministratiOp.
1t is estimated that in 1908 The cost
of living was nearly II per cent. high
er than it would have been without a
tariff. Hence, calculating that the
average family consumed s94l worth
of supplies per annum, its Increased
payment on account Of the tariff was
Sill. OF this Sill. $3.50 went to
the government in collect Ons, and
S94 80 went to the trusts in high
prices. OF this 1914 so, 1925 was or.
woOlenS, more than SIT on other
clothing, So. % On furniture, S4.25 on
beef and mutton and pork, SlO.25 on
building materials and SO on.
In 1910, tine cost Of living being Is
per cent. higher than i'm 1908, the av-
era.e fami y pays 81 .OSO, Of which 10
per &c; t g, OF sos, is tribute to the
trusts and other protected industries.
Here is little table Which speaks
for itself. 1t compares the expendi-
lures Oh the army and navy in period
of peace with amounts expended for
features Of civil establishment:
Expended since 1897.
For rural free delivery $l73 1855 3l3
For rivers and harbors 296 075, 19l
Fer public buildings and grounds
Sl2S.l72 4CS.
For the navy 81 136 olo Io3
For the army 1,044, 1OI, ISIS
The exposure of Ballinger's secret
relations with George w. Perkins. OF
J. P. Morgan & Co in Alaskan MAJ
tiers. has started reports that the use
fulneSs of the present secretary Of the
interior to even the land grabbers has
been destroyed. 1t is anticipated that
IS a compromise the investigating
nnmittee will not only whitewash
:illirger, but will enamel him as
ii.e as the lady OF SpotlesS town,
md that in Acknowledgement OF this
courtesy he vii hand in Lis resigna-
tiOD.
President Taft, in an interview
printed iii the June McCIure's, prai>es
A ldriCh 10 the skies and says "there
We're not Il few reductions in the tariff
schedule which were Introduced at
his distance, or with bis consent" In
other words, concessions in legislation
which was To affect The cost of living
DC, DOC. 600 Americans could only be had
with the consent" of a poll lical boss
and that political boss the acknowl-
edged representative Of the tariff
trusts and Wall street millionaires.
I'VE all know that Taft will be re-
nominated. That i, Inevitable" says
the Washington Post, which liz the
National Capitol is considered by
many to be an administration mouth
piece.
There is little doubt but that The
standpatterS still seriously consider
Taft the logical candidate in 1912, and
II they are in the majority in Congress
after the approaching Congressional
elections are eyer, the President will
have little or 10 dilflculty in securing
a denomination if he desires it. 1t is
III many quarters that the
promise Of a denomination was the
price paid by the powers-:hat-be for
-he Presidential Signature to The up