The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
TOWNER ON SUGAR AND IN
COMES.

Judge TOWner is now candidate
for reelection and his record in con
gress is a legitimate subject for dis
cussion. There are two measures
which Judge Towner voted agains
that ought to defeat him for re-elec
ton. These two votes of themselve
show that our congressman's sym
pathies are on the side of the trusts
and the aristocracy and against tn
common people.
One of these was his vote agains
| the excise on incomes. The bill wa
a very short and explicit one and an,
one capable of understanding thu
English language can understand
this bill. We republish it herewith
so as to prevent any misrepresenta
ton of it's provisions:
A bill Oh. R. 21214) to extend
the special excise tax now
| levied with respect to doing
business by corporations, to
persons, and to provide reve-
| nue. for the government by
levying special excise tax
with respect to doing bust
ness by individuals and CO.
| partnerships.
| Be it enacted, etc., That
every person, firm or co-part-
nership residing in the United
States, any territory thereof, or
in Alaska or the District of COL
umbus, shall be subject to pay
annually special excise tax
with respect to the carrying on
or doing business by such per-
son equivalent to l per cent up
on the entire net income over
and above $4,000 received by
such person from all resources
during each year; or If non
resident, such nonresident per-
son shall likewise be subject to
pay annually special excise
tax with respect to the carrying
on or doing business by such
person equivalent to l per cent
upon the amount of net income
over and above $4,000 received
by such person from business
transacted and capital invested
within the United States and
it's territories, etc.
We already have an excise tax on
the income of corporations in excess
of $4,000. This bill extended this
law to private individuals. For in
stance, the Standard Oil Company
pays tax on it's income in excess of
$4,000, but in reality this is charg
ed up against the product and paid
by the consumer. John D. Rookie
Teller who receives millions of dol
lars annually as dividends on his oil
stock, don't pay cent of income
tax. This law was for the purpose
of compelling millionaires like
to help pay the expenses
of running the government.
Judge Towner offered an amend
ment to exempt Federal judges
whose salaries were in excess of $5,-
900 from the operation of this BILL
His amendment was very properly
voted down. On the final passage of
the bill Towner voted no, and was,
we believe, the only member of con-
gress from this state to vote no.
The companion bill to this excise
bill was that to admit sugar free.
The people of the United States
pay cents per pound as tax on
sugar, and the larger the family the
more that family pays to the govern
ment. The ordinary family pays just
as much to support this government
as John D. Rockefeller does. Sugar
costs the American family cents
more per pound than it costs the
family because of this duty
The committee having this bill in
charge estimated that it would save
the American families 100000
This is now added to- the
cost of living and the sugar trust
reaps the profit The democratic
house proposes to take the tax on
of sugar and to raise by an income
tax the amount the government
would lose on sugar. Good, Kendall
and Woods, all republican members
of congress from this state, voted to
take the tax off sugar, but Judge
Towner thought the families living
in Iowa homes could better afford to
pay the tax than Rockefeller, Nor
gan, Frick and other millionaires
that make their millions annually
through illegal trusts and combines.
American.
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