The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-10-22

disso lyed by retirement OF the senior
member
n President Wilson had done moth
log more. he has emancipated the ma
ton from lhraldom TO the behen'
Charles OF protection. and now every
citizen OF this country can walk up 10
the polls and vote AS he pieases Win
out fear Of being run out OF business
The Income Tas.
Ry, mad another surprise They made
the tarif rates lower than I expected theil
/ 10 be have been In favor OF an lneoins
tar ever since ! have been IN pouuvs
believed lea the tax We had twenty lss.'S
ngo and when I think how We why ~"
advocated u were denpunced a. uema
eosies aud dlstuTbsr % the peace. ~"
cAlod everything down 10 anafehlsm ~
cause We favored pet cent Tar On ~
comes and then when ! see a tAN "
ranging FROM ! PEI cent 10 Z per ''ns' 80 ',',
the whole country accepting ~ sln
ashamed ~ the moderation that thAfeA
teriHed our eafiivr years N,s, an ~
come tax of num J PEI cent lo 2 P.i V,u.
aud every dollar II u lct-entd 70 uN
extent the burden t0 be- horne uN w.
Struggling MASSES ~ the country ~
one man ln ten viii pas an income lah,
fnf mot une man lu ten has an income OF
5000. and those whose incomes are -.
are entirely Tree iiuiN W.. wv w :. -.
these men utt exempt why be'auts
under tn other taxes they bear more
than Their share. while under Ahe o'htf
tarcs the men nov taxed Win ths IN
come taN bear less Than th"lt sh.I,
Therefore at least. nine 0ui % ever zen
are benefited ht the Income taN. having
their own burden Nghtencd. While lhpee
Who now pas tho Income tan are onp
bearing burdens that heretofore they nave
shifted 90 the backs ~ others ! say one
~ "A. il AaHf
that Why not even one hepnnheah IN
ten viii pHA an income thk, aud the "ihet
nine Republicans ought 90 thank me
Demo rattle party for making the one
come up and bear his share Nmong me
prmoefats not one In thirty VII pai an
Income tuN pf course. the Republicans
will pas more Income tsN than the Dem.
1crats Why should they notf Thet
have the incomes on which 20 pay ana
that il A preitY good test ~ what a man
has been gettinE out " the government
These Republicans have been huldiuE the
national offices all these years and draw
ing the national salaries All these years,
and thsy hxed the salaries themselves.
and thsN have been generous 20 Them
ssigss Not ony That but having the
government they milked II dry rhsf
have been VOTING fayufs and privileges
themselves Now. having Tor a Esnss=
ton taken from the peuPle money thAi
they ought not 20 have taken. they ought
o. be- satisfied. v ~ let them Keep what
they got. 20 pas q little Income tar On II
a stery on the rsri1.
why didn't The Republican party brins
vou relief IN iaNaiionf Why didn't ne
Republican party reduce tho tafin' u
bad chance All factions ana wings %
the Republican party have had chance
Taft had a chancs hui he didni improve
the opportunity. aud Roosevelt had twice
as long 10 % nothing la ans be- didn't AZ
Nv NIUN HNaa - fHFImH
Let me ten yuu story that illustrates
why A man went into clothing store.
and when Tho merchant was not looking
he snatched coat and pat " On and ran
out A. he went out the door the mef.
chant caught sight 81 him and took after
him. crying stop tiref" hut hr didn
stop Then thu policeman Joined In the
chase and shouted stop thief" but he
didn't stop. snd then the policeman drew
his revolver and said. stop ~ viii
shoot" and the merchant became "a
cited and grabbed the policeman and said,
Mister policeman. n you DO shoot, shoot
him In me pants the coat belongs 20
me"
Republicans Couldn't sheet
The Republicans could not shoot the
protection thief. Tor hs was clothed from
head 20 foot In the things they owned.
and n they vent 20 consider the tarin
reduction. one man said Don't reduce
the tariff oa wooden goods. J make wcoi-
en- roodn 4" Aaathef aid. Don't touch
cotton goods ! am Interested In the cot
ton goods business Another said Keep
away nom boots and shoes that ts ny
business" And ~ when they vent
around they found safns prominent Re.
publican who represented every Industry
prOnted hg every schedule 70 Instead
u reducing. they raised li go around that
the ne0t campaign That IT, Why ihey
didn't reduce The inrin Hut when the
Democratic party got there " could shoot
that thief anywhere, fpf u didn't have
ANYTHING IN inst belonged 10 any Of iis
members
WHY would not the Republican party
give " an Income tnNf remember when
Ne secured The passage ~ the inroms tau
Law twenty years ago W. had the Gppa-
sition " al the Republican party and a
big part ~ the Democratic party Why
didn't they give you an Income tar We
cause The men whn control the Republic
an party we're the men with large In
come. aud they pFrfeffrd ~ pat the bur.
den - government upun the poorer mem.
beers - the Republican party that thet
InlTht enjoy The privileges and fhvuFs
without bearing their share - the ex-
uenses ~ government
50. when the taxation crop was laid BY,
President Wilson then took up the cur
rency question and here was another
question upon which the Republicans had
had every chance Why didn't the Re-
uuhlifnn party reform the currency Iliu
n not know that IL needed reforming
You can 10 back eighteen years and you
will ind the Republicans had had every
chance Why currency reform but theY
didn't dare 10 present the only Kind u
reform that they proposed
When Wall Stree, Ruled.
What difference between the two sys-
tsrrH-the old and the new We had the !
old system In 1907 and under the old sys.
tenn N a bank out West or In the south |
needed money u had To 40 down 10 Wan
street ~ get II and In order 20 get u Il |
had 20 20 down On IL knees and beg fof |
II and II u got u u got II on the terms |
that Wall street liked and the man wht |
get u had indelibly Impressed on his |
memory that 10 vas a special favor that |
must be paid back on demand. ana ihep |
they attached string 70 \ 20 that the, |
could draw u back when they wanted ID /
without regard to the welfare Of the CON, |
munity. That was she old plan
You had not only 10 60 IN New York n |
you wanted To borrow your money. but u \
you wanted 10 get your uwn money some. |
times they couldn't spare a. In 1907 they
had money from the south which thhy /
had Invested In their Watered stock when !
the water was squeezed out they couldn't /
LET you have your own money back You !
asked for n and they said no You asked
for bread and they gave you stone You .
asked Tor your money and They gave you I
clearing house certificates Aud when I
you said you had 10 have money 10 pay q
your dspositors. they said. why don't 4
you treat your deposit0rs like We treat
YOU" And then In night tho wires 4
spread the conspiracy that was formed
from ocean 10 ocean and the next morn. !