The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-29
Reforms Come Slowly

Ideas start Ill II LII ms brain, He
Tells IL To others. A iaW mtep i'll con-
NentlOn ana pass d resolution dIIlouuc-
lng GuelI IDEAS DIS Il pOullcdl principle 10
Ut en- tcted lnlo law. IL Is denounced
aS laulcai Oh extravaganza ana utLefll
wrong because IL Is against The eXlslllg
q OF things. Gradually II grow
untli many people believe In il. Then
others Who opposed and denounced il
accept IL as a matter Ol policy and not
OF pIlnclple, because IL boosts them IN
10 public favor, office OF retains them IN
Uf1lce. IlIen lie original, rldIculed che
lnan idea becomes popular and Is ac-
copied DIS d puOllc JIuth and is enacted
inJO law.
III 1883, the Union Labor patty met
Ill convention ana Il small humber Ie-
solved "A graduated Income tax Is The
most equitable system OF taXatlon."
IN 1882, The PopulIsLs party demanded
d graduated tax on Incomes.
10y lie election Of 1892 The ridIcuIed
IoPullStS heId Tie balauce OF power III
Congress Ii all Income law was ell
acteu with HE Wilson taIIh iaa. lie
oupleue Count decided The H!cOine LAX
law unconstitutional, Notwithstanding
SUCH d law Was Constitutional for neaI-
~ a hunartd leaiS and an income tax
was collected ouIIng the ClVlt War.
NAel the DenlOCI5ts put ali Income
Tax Clause III Lhelr pldttUIm Ill 1896,
IAey were denounced aS anarchists Who
haU no night 10 cIltiClse The Supreme
Count decision.
How great the change! President
TAFT has declared thai an INCOME lax
could lie enacted despite the ormer de-
clslOn u the court ny 3 To 4. The
House OF Representatives, last week
passed all Income lax hi by a vote vi
200 10 Only A Republican, against il.
More Republicans, -, vOled Ior IL
Lilau asdlnoi IL.
How great tAe change! We will soon
DC Uach tOaucA Il Jaw tAdy Was consul
lutIonal d hundIeu years ago.
But son say The IiCh neA Vii axe
their wealth Out Vi Inc Uhteu STATES
u such & law. SUCH nneu 10 10
England. England has al INCOME Tax
law tAdt makes d man pay tax OF his
Income Hon Investments IA The Uuiled
States. Nulther VIII we ty?
MI. Roosevelt, d convert TO Populism
Ill spUts, Is making d enuUu
campaign tor denomination Oh the
llghC Oh lAe people ~ IuIe. He quotes
G on tlaU ana WIele lie SAYS:
"1hdI HunIan iIShls are prIor To ana
mole sacred Than properly rights.'
Ven, Wei. Pucn ron ornator Bon
IIiinIan naue Lne same quotations ia
his speech al Washing ION Palh In 1880,
anu ne Was alI anarchist tLeI. MI.
bryan made II Campaign III 1913 Oh
"lhe PeopIe Shall 1tule." MI. kouse
welt uoeu all Ills powers 10 defeat ann.
MI. RoOseyelL's dde changes, are foI
pUllcy onIy, ii ne has been such d
weatner yane OIL late In words LiIaL
many dUuDL his trusGworthIness When
compdIeu 10 ms past acLlonS.
But lie Is getting DdCk 10 LInc0ln and
quoting What Llnco Ii oaId. 81 uIa
bryan, Illil1an ana Allae4u 10 tue
SAME Ia 1896, ana they WeIe denounced
IDS anaIeillsts.
Iiucoln said: "Aii l know Of poliII-
Cal sell L Learned ION The ute
ANT writings VI lllonlds Je1erson."
Thomas Jefferson proclaimed those
ptlnclpies III Tile DecIaIaLiOn of lnde.
penuence. ihe meh VINO drafted Tie
CONSTITUTION OF he State UI New JeISey
Ill 1914 put therein An polItlcal power
10 lnlleient III tie people and they have
the right 10 alter Oh reform the Same
When Tie pubic good may IequIle IT,"
All Oh winch SHOWS Jne need OF fol
loving Out The principles promulgated
W ouI lore fathers, Who seem 10 have
been Wiser than many of This genera
tlOlI.