The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-25
NO. WHY THE PEOPLE ARE TOLERANT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION, BUT HATE TARIFF TAXES

This Nation derives the greater portion of its revenues from two sources tax on imports, the t&riff tax. and tax on tobacco and on spirituous and malt liquors. As we have seen the nature of both these taxes is that they are paid not ac- cording to the ability of the citizen, but according to his needs.
 They do not resemble an income tax. which falls upon each citizen ac- cording to his ability to pay as meas ured by the revenues heg1en5oys un- der the protection of the govern ment.
 Now MT. Hill, who is attempting to tell the history of the recent extra session of Congress. with the aim in view of diminishing the accomplish ments of the Democratic majority in that body, expresses surprise that the tariff tax is hated by the American people, while the internal revenue tax on tobacco and liquors has been com paratively free from assault.
 His wonder is not shared by any American statesman of whom we know, and the reasons for this phenomena are familiar to any ordi- narily well read man. Hence it must be concluded that MT. Hill is not familiar with things known to all students of taxation, or that, in the contrary, he is simply crying wolff in order to distract attention from the evils inherent in high tariff taxation. Iar
 It is a singular fact that our inter nal revenue taxation, yielding greater returns than customs, is secured without political agitation, is rarely Furnishes few contributions to the scandal mongers of our magazines
 Here MT. Hill permits us to have a peep into the recesses of his mind He thinks 1t wrong to agitate for a system under which the expenses of government will be paid by the citi- zens according to their ability to pay'' as advocated by Adam Smith, and he regards those as scandal naongers" who write in favor of the income tax and other just taxation in the magazines
 Perhaps a little of MT. HilFs atti- tude toward magazines may be due to th.s fact that in the last campaign one of the great magazines of the country, displayed MT. Hill as leg islative ally of the System, San expo sure aided by his Democratic oppon- ent in the last election, and followed by the almost complete disappear ance of Mir. HiIrs plurality.
 But Mir. Hill permits his readers further light upon his view of the ac- quiescence of the people in internal revenue taxes and their rebellion against tariff taxes. He says; of the fact, that:
 It is striking Illustration of the application of business methods to a one of those who believe that like result can be secured in the coIlec- ton of import duties.
 That Is to say, our learned advocate of maximum taxation of those least able to pay taxes, thinks that the tariff taxes are not collected in a business way, or that the tariff tax is not q fixed government policy, or both, and that if they were the peo- pie would pay import duties as gladly az they do tobacco taxes.
 If the tariff tax iE not collected ir a, business way, MT. Hill might ex- plain why 1t is not And if the tar iff tax Is not a fixed governmental policy, he might tell what in the pol Icy of this government is fixed.
 But MT. Hill doesn't really mean