Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-21
The DEMOCRATS
PROPOSE TO DO

p It just that the men who own so
Per cent Of thS wealth Of the United
States shoaldt Shodlders but 10 per cent
20 SfNnS burdsntfyth the taxation? p
Eo7H The democratic position il that It is
s1notjust. What the democrats propose
70 do, beginning Immediately with the
eonyeningi Of the extra session Of Con
Etesessis t. hhS SOME & the tax OH Of
''iausachRkFtlOles o. &oolsns,r cottons; sugar,
NJ a7neatTihd ldmber, ,snd then placea ta1
a:"rPnfthe incomes Of the wealthy. I rs
u.:a, This 10 class legislation, the stand:
pattors and prrotectionists cay. They
!R9re never heard to Complain how.
80" sv6r, of thS e~xistinknclAssE legislation,
F;sno. which7tates5the hsts, COATS and, shirts
p ~ o6 tha masses almost II per cent while
!. not requiring men like Rockefeller and
Morgan to pay a single penny of taxa
tion'td the national government on
"'s' Their fs5w6llerff fortunes.
1ni;s THIS massesot the people produces the
n'n1" Htea1th,r and by legislative advantage q
few get possession of it, and now these
few object to the transfer to wealth Of
-! even Tie Amount OF taxation derived
'''t9'from the tariff ON 1woolenB, i~cottons,
sugar mSat andiumber, which are but
Stew Of several: Thousand items ON
~hlUai the MASSES are paying a tax.
Few persons realize the far reaching
cpc7i importance Of the fact that the United
States Will soon have an income tax ON
) 'i It's statutes. ..Ia
-" First Of Ill, itlnsansthhf fhiflionaires
will. forsthe first tinnetsinee this nation
n' " has STOOD bear q fair proportion Of the
burden OF taxation. =" Il
.E.J 1t is estimated thai one hundred mill
lion dollars will be raised ANNUALLY by
"" ' taxing incomes. Fms i.nieans that
'h' 1'Ataountd f 4akasaotsts % pbe Itaken off
- o she thingsrthAt the people must have
in order to live. w
Under the fiscal system at present in
use in this country" with the excsption
that q cothparatftts snAff 55aa1nno fs raised
shrodgd tho newicolpotasion tax, near
~ Htysovtry penny Of the money necessary
iiuto run the government; maintain the
I'm army and navy, construct; public build
in8s, etc, is raised by taxing the
things the people eat, wear and use.
mo The only shing that protection does
7.inFnot tax tsswealthI "a man with. a for.
@"T%t time OF ten milEols dollars IL not requir.
.nE ed to az Q single ptlny of tax to the
e. nation government. This seems al
most Unbelievable, btt it L. true. ePhe
+''" man working On the section for one
dollar intbafty? cents per- 1dak, b witkek
family oihVe children, is at the present
time actually contributing moro to FHh
the ma iionsl government than the mil.
honair , bachelor, 5oo proud to marry
,p' and tse q fap1ily. ,.s ,-,
|aR'o4 The United States Ct Am ,dca is DRAG.
.%s'ho tically the only che Of the great ma
- - tions y here such q condition exists
Nearl.p every hrst iclais nation on earth
+. 1evies n income tax MsT an inheritance
ses..s tax. Jncle Sam has neither. -
b, RI WhS have we meter been able to
plsoea1 income tax on the statute
books: Here is .he answer: High1br6l
tectior lists have meve nted the passage
an 'ncome ter lt%,t ebtcause the,
I'll, know Dat the ID 1re tfGopey Che govern.
nspt, collects from axation Incomes
{ {. ,tthe les .lexcuse there viii ha.fer Aikarif
: tar. efs'e take FrOsecuon SWAY from til,
? euiataRin' trnstsfs ITO fhtcSferS, with. thei
tsnislt1noneiSoiieeS AndthU1UAdidthS tariff
,Sao',s tensts;tcstiuSo 1Etrt6e1d Md Agoute con
sts,0s is&dfdtfa without 1 thh6ouoppodHel9 'rr,
q nstaf' sybtSm wxhiShs rsqhh4 Y
millionaire to pay no moro tax to tn.
fedsfRI government than the sectio,
hand oftniH worker IL fair and ;us,
SoyN tthtrS II 1t need Of fe96rfA.e1Jht IT. sue
""" Stystetdts nnjust,i tbSS spfokfanf tina
fe'denoctaticr adtnaiitstration viii b.
ginto work BIT with the converting q
'theSKtrsSessi6n d GdAgreas, is a NOV
g IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES enhedy II. :
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