Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-03
THURSDAY EVENING. MAR. 3. 1910.

The IL iuse OF Delegates will hold a
meeting ia Richmond tonight to cor
slider the income tx amendment to the
federll constitution. 1t Ia hoped the
msltsr will be seriously considered BE-
fore 6nsl action Is taken. The G'zette
has advocated an income tax for the ref =
son tlst It is the essIes: raised and falls
up)n those mtst able TO bear 1t, La the
method OF imposing and collecting tuch
tx is delicate: snd serious msIt'r.
Where the question Of sIates- rights is at
Issue the several states shlu thor
oughly safe guard such rights and be
more than careful how they delegate
them to the federal government, which
those DOW 10 control seem over anxious
TO ceulrsl'zs. Then too should The fec
trsl government be given power to levy
and collect tx on incomes OF 20, 600
and more It could easily take to Itself
the power to levy and collect such tax
on incomes of 800 or more. Sach tax
BY the government would interfere Seri'
uJ7 With the levyiug aud collection oil
taxes by the several slstes. Says the
Richmond News Lssder on The sul Jsci /;
This amendment embOdies the very
shirt of Capitalization 10 thai, II adopted,
II will give to the general government
the indirect, II is true, but zone the less
absolute and u restrained power to con-
troll The fiosnces or fnsDc!al affairs OF
the states by means of this ever available
method of tsxstion. II proposes or az
thariz-s the government TO levy and COL
lect tx 90 incOmts "ifoD whatever
sonrcs d rived" /. would under this
amendment be comPeser t for the govern
ment to do 81 IL state bonds, sr mnnlc'-
pal or ccuaiy bonds, what 1t did VII
the # ,:bank notes--tay them aosolutt-
IL tu. of existence by a pretense OF
rsising revenue. The tax on 81 'te bank
noies never yielded penny to the gene
sal gogernmenl; it simply Destroyed the
poSer OF the bank to is,us those ntt's
Glnee the foundation OF the government,
or rather since Capitalization became
sashions6lp, i,s taxing power hiss ever
been the most hu.t'ui stutce OF abuse
and the most fscile and potent weapon
with which to stack the rights OF states
and Concentrate all the powers OF gov"
eminent in the hands of the central
authority.
Another feature of the proposes
auendmeIt Is that If the government Is
empowered 10 levy and collect small
iaconle tax 1t can augment that tx st
vii and so raise sufficient money 10
crafty the every wleh Of the inereasit 6
extravaganza of each succeeding repuh-
lean administration. 10 strong ant
Gle sgsins, the measure recently wri. ten
Mr.. Raleigh o. Minor says:
The legislatures OF the states are asl =
ed to condde to that largely alien body,
Congress, the power practically to wipe
ont or cripple The borrowing power OF
their states and citles, in order to relieve
Congress Of so embarrassing deficit in-
duced by It's oWn evil policy, end which
it otu'd easily remedy in year or two,
ifi. chose u recede from that policy
There is a certain impudeut audsciiy 10
this rqu4t Of The republican leaders
that throws the only CLEAN OF honor
over tso stlatlon that this paper haa
been able to invoke.
AS stated In the beginning Of this
a,ticls the legisIs ure should be allow In
suIreudssing its insieusble right.