New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-04-08

vi bDlii the war.
Lessen Of the Trench Revolution
70 Illustrate further, our Syh
tenn i tahation mad ITS origin ~
he y rod t irudall,m. wucn the
DaN va, Iatd upon thoo'. and
those only. who could upp sDst
the payment Of it,
The pIsn then was earnestly
argued III hose days shat II was
proper diStrlbutlIn Ct the bur
dcuS Of goN rumcnl thai tn II !
~ should pray tor the govern
meut the mobiles rIgh for IT. and
lhc comm N people should pay Ihc
taxes. Thb FIRST faults " that
system. wcra had during that
economic and moral CONCLUSION
which shook the moral universe
from center 10 circumference
the French Revolution. IliStDr-
lanS diSput today u, to the cause
of the French Rcvo, utIun II YOU
would know the cause, You will
not find ii IN the days tr1nsplrIng
with The fall f the HastlIr; you
will moi find il III the days VIII II
Robcsplame, drunk with human
blood. aancd against the pillars
Of the assembly as he listened to
his own doom It is back of that
IT is IN those lmmcdiato years
preceding, when the burd n Of
government had become lntolcr-
able. VIII II the ipcndS paid to the
miserable satellites of royalty had
become crimina'; when burcaucta-
cv reached oHt into every part OF
the nation and bore down upon
the energies and the industries Of
the common man; and when cigA-
ty-fIve per cent of that icariul
hurd n was coIlcc ed from thr
pcasantrv Of France. which forced
them from their little homes and
farms into the sinks and dives OF
Paris. where the French Revolt
ton was born.
The history Of taxation is well
worthy Of the attention of hose
who believe that, in order to main
tain a republic, we must always
have nj thcbasc of our civilization
an intelligent, free. and. to some
extent. an unburdcncd citizenship.
No. we will not repeal all taxes;
but we will distribute the burdens;
thorah we may not DO il this ses-
sion. and do not suppose we will,
we will do it before this fight is
over.
The Income Tax Not Socialistic.
But II is SAID to be socialistic.
The great and honorcd lawyer,
Joseph Choate. the pride Of two
hemispheres. hard pressed for leg
nj arguments against the tax III
the Pollock ease. turned and de
nounccd the tax as soclallstlc---
socialistic to lay far tax upon
wealth. 10 sustain and keep ~
operation 4 great constitutional
government. When the STATE or
the government sees fit to lay a
tax which may take thirty per
.,, a.. ,,.,p,, fba Frntfc nf
the labor. of the man of ordinary
means that is the exercise of con
stitutionaI power But when you
lay tax Of two per cent upon
incomes. so slight n burden that
it would scarcely be felt, that is
socialism. Mans INF diligence
should not be 50 universally dis
credited. But h. says if you can
lay tax Of two per cent you may
lay tax Of fif y or one hundred
per cent Who will lay the tax
of fifty or one hundred per cent 7
Whose equity, sense Of fairness,
of justice. Of patriotism does he
question: Why. thc representa-
tives # the American people; not
only thai, but the intelligence. the
farm SIS. the justice Of the people
themselves. to whom their repre-
sentatives are always aswerable.
There is not constitutional pow
or but in its last analysis rests for
is fair and equitable enforcement
upon the sense # fairness and Of
justice of the people. Especial
~ is the true of he taxing power,
a power that has been used more