Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-03
THE INCOME TAX AND DISCRIMINATION.

vt is REALLY remarkable how quickly those are subject
proposed law
the discriminatory They point that
that the burden Of the tax unequal 1t astonishing that they have
discovery evenly the
remarkable that they should mention the fact For these
whom the will affect have remained silent the
concerning effects tariff laws They submitted in 81
ence and without protest the unequal burden laid the by the
tariff
They raising
to have the burden ed The fact that they class
Disseminated for rather than against have had something to do with
this. god they put up
with exemplary and becoming Christian fortud Let take glimpse
at the af law as now 49, and see where the dissemination came IN II at
Bearing that tho weOdo that affected the
proposed income here what this class had suffer under the tar
if laws
cheapest blankets paid per cent finest
anns which buys paid tariff per cent
dearest such these folks who shed tears the discrimination of
paid Cheap carpets afd
at 1875 the better at so WOmens paid
the cheap qualities ~ per cent while the better grades paid a. watch move
for cheaper grades paid SO cent while the higher and
se kinds lot off with "a cent These examples taken
dom from the list but the whole list shows the conditions Everywhere,
and time the cheaper goods such people of moderate such
win be affected would purchase paid
100 per cent more tariff than the articles of the same kind but of higher
class taxed Did these people with kick the unjust
discrimination their favor the tariff aws they did
heard of it,
any objecos pro-
posing the from the of the a the
children they support' they
the income Did them attempt distinction
the between those who their incomes those did Well
hardly They generously great Of people,
producing bear the burden of the tariff
single complaint,
This brings up another phase of the tariff situation that has never been
sufficiently exploited past
rich articles paid all tariff the received while
the the turned the American manufacturer
punder The ch bought the imported goods hence the tariff
for their especial benefit the expense the people generally poor
bought the goods the tariff
shut out tho foreign product the
American manufacturer In other words the got little
from the cheaper
made high enough be practically prohbve At
tariff kept the manufacturer able to charge what pleased
must be remembered that the imports such food us the
consumed much therefore paid his wealthy
Dor The that capita The
life paid the portion of the the contributed
CT carrying the much the rich All the duties
paid silks and wey combined amounted less than half of
paid the important products,
and in universal paid nex of all the import duties Cotton bs,
half of duty
year
We firmly believe that arranging tho scheme
deliberately framed the burden the
to relieve the wealthy from their just share the burden supporting
government We believe this deliberately wlfuy
job and that those charge the tariff bills
at the beht the money kings IT, the tariff
isaon but the beiane for it patiently
of carrying the government 1t should be kept in mind too that
this incomes largely the that the
permitted the of fhmg
American people.