Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-06-04
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Ger
Whrn BE- vas attorney general BE- at
@ued Hiany cases before the suiatet
collr,-argI,ed them weil-So wei H.:
ne. earned fian5 deserving compliment
tF.t'A to u .':.d bar aiA"H% tt'''ds
.iiis! ,,', ,:,;,,> i.,- uioSt noted. WuS t;lhf
- .ir ::i:eH :~la:,> ;i-ains! tile lF'ti~
missouri f'l.s'i@n; association. 1t WI
tlt. first las; lis 10 the efficiency Of th+
.lhrrl:lHti anTi-trt:>! law when aprl'ec
Ia prevent an liit.gaI continuation OF
railroads. Mir Harmon won. and the
continuation Went ny TIE boards.
o. Il siliiar character were the SUITS
against the Freight Traffic association
and the Addyston Pipe company. Hdr
VIZ established the law as it stands
today
There is ali odd series Of colnfl.
dt,nces III the careers Of Governor Har
mon and President Taft. Always Har-
mon has followed Taft or Taft has
fo..owea Harmon. Harmon resigned
as judge in Ohio. and Taft took his
place Then Mr.. Taft became solicitor
general OF the United States. Harmon
followed him to washington rs Il rs1hi-
net mea.i,-r Will he follow Taft to
Washington again:
Governor Harmon was horn in New
town. Hamilton county. o.. he'1- ..
1916. and he therefore is in his sixty
fifth year One not acquainted with
this faft wt=uld tHl:e hiSI to be no more
than fifty-tve He Is just as vigorous
as Il man of n.tny years under flfty
five and as fonG OF sports ami OF the
out Of doors as Il schuolboy. He rides
with the grace OF Il regular army cav
;.irynan, plays golf. coiiiprteS With TIE
crack rife shots of the o ". q. annual
ly ana makes good scores. goes rs
Michigan every summer forshiS vaca
ton and fishes unc. f@hrs. ana ne Is y
baseball fan OF the >i,.,t.tes hat records
each play made daring Il sr:.tiir III Il
score card
He WAS .or years pitcher IL a E!!e
composed of business; Mie.l W." Gat
evryt saturday AFTERNOON ru III he
S&!l}ir.)s, of the Queen il - Tr. ia
mend conclusions viii f':.:.~ Fi.A.fe
uih+r !ocalitipS hudson ii:utri' ""y
er illiSs Il :. sci,E.1. &'tiir IT, ~ 1t
town He Wali(i Go 10 tie -" ff-shs
sheN his <"5:tt ana s.oiiai asa " .4r -
and pitch tlnr stral@bt .a:i.u:.' 60
all The vignt OF Il Tag f.t@ue'
A.r. Harmon : fattee w;!. :: Ia tis:i
minister ana tri,n AIM hr r"t:'s'eG i.'~
early education. lii 1861 III graduated
from the BAPTIST college 1t i'en.son
Licking County. ANA III lSj2 he >eita.ai
hnnnrec. him with the de.srt" Ut LII. q
and graduated ID lStHi.
Mr.. Harmon idea ct what D@,:is'e
rary s!la,,,a Go can fe suntied III II
til" cosln" words OF ii; interview
which II" save. us follows:
Il take 1t that tha true platform OF
the utmost Of the rights OF the com
,lu: nl:,n-the man who mas not might
o. Wnit.th 10 twist the current ot
events TO silii himself. To observe to
~ stricrest possible degree the limits
Vi Authority Imposed by the constitu
ton. TO administer the government eco
nnnically and in doing that 10 levy
only he aniount OF taxes. direct or
through a tariff. which will meet tile
EXPENSES of thp government
Am 4 believer in the income tax"
slid fine governor in response to Il lueS-
ton Most :.ssuredly." he continued.
"Nii hoilt such Il tax the expenses of
he federal government. which now
;,l.!o;.ut to IL billion dollars per year.
cai,.ot he fairly distributed. They are
HUW collected by tariff and other taxes
or consumption. ana the enormous
vested wealth of the country escapes.
a few StateS have undertaken to tax
incomes. bnt. as am advised With lit
tie success Changes OF legal residence
are too easy to make. The efficiency
OF Il federal income tax has been
proved The levying of one would help
secure the lowering of tariff taxes. SO
greatly and generally desired. While
the people will watch more closely
what is done with their money when
they know they are paying taxes and
row much"