The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-10-23

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ing more, he has emancipated the ma
ton from thraldom to the bench
Charles of protection, and now every
Ieitizen of this country can walk up 10
the polls and vote as he pleases With
out fear of being run out of business.
The Income Tax.
But had another surprise. They made
the tariff rates lower than L eXpecteu .neli
to be- l have been in favor OF an moons
tax ever since have been IN atI Gears
believed in the tax we had twenty year
ago, and when l think how we VINO nao
advocated it were denounced as delna
gogues and disturbers OF the peace, anu
called everything down to anarchlsts, pc
cause we favored per cent tax on III
comes. and then when l see tax TO-DAY;
ranging from 1 per cent to per cent anu
ashamed of the moderation that charac-
terized our earlier years. yes, an IN
come tax of from l per cent to per cent,
and every dollar of it lessened to that
extent the burden to be borne by the
struggling masses of the country. NOT
One man in ten will pay an income tax:
for not one man in ten mas an income ie q.
are entirely free from this Duroen. Due
these men are exempt Why! Because
under the other taxes they pear ear ,mUer
taxes the men now taxed with the IN
come tax bear less than, their snare,
Therefore, at least. nine out OF every zen
are benefited by the income tax, having
their own burden lightened, while those
who now pay the income tax are only
bearing burdens that heretofore they nave
in ten of all the people. 1t is better than
that Why, not even one Republican IN
ten will pay an income tax, and the otner
nine Republicans ought to. thank the
come up and bear his share. Among the
Democrats not one in thirty will pay an
income tax. of course, the RepupIcans
ocrats. Why should they not? They
have the incomes on which to pay, anu
that is a pretty good test OF what man
has been getting out of the government
These Republicans have been holding the
national offices all these years and draw
ing tn rational salaries all these years:
and they fixed the salaries themselves
and they have been generous to them
selves. Not only that, but having the
government, they MIXED it dry They
themselves Now, having for genera.
ton taken from the people money that
they ought not to have taken. they ought
they got. to pay little income tax on it.
4 Story OF the Tariff.
Why didn't the Republican, party bring
you relief in taxation? Why didn't the
Republican party reduce the tariff? 1t
had a chance. All factions and wings OF
the Republican party have had chance.
Taft had chance, but he didn't improve
the opportunity, and Roosevelt had twice
as long to do nothing in and he didn't do
it,. Why didn't they reduce the tariff?
Let me tell you story that illustrates
why. A man went into clothing store,
and when the merchant was not looking
he snatched a coat and put it on and ran
out. AS he went out the door the mer-
him, crying, stop THEIR But he didn't
stop. Then the policeman joined in the
chase and shouted stop thief! but he
his revolver S9Hp ana and nea aad Stop or will will
shoot" and the merchant became ex-
cited and grabbed the policeman and said.
Mister policeman, if you do shoot, shoot
me-"
Republicans Couldn't Shoot.
The Republicans could not shoot the
protection thief, for he was clothed from
head to foot in the things they owned.
and if they went to CONSIDER the tarif1
the tariff woOsn ge ees o ate oeb
Sa GOODS s90Sa Il As sSs
away from boots and shoes; that is my
soand they A Snnd son MeeP hx T Rs
profted by every schedule. So instead
of reducing, they raised 1t all around that
they might have more to contribute to
didn't reduce the tariff. But when the
Democratic party got there it could shoot
that thief anywhere. fo,' K didn't haze
anything on that belonged T. any Of its
Wiz z:ouid not the Republican party
give us an income tax? remember when
we secured the passage of the income tax
sition of ali the Republican party and
big part of the Democratic party. Why
didn't they give you an income tax? Be
cause the men who control the republic
It large n
comes and they preferred TO put the bur-
den of government upon the poorer MEM
bers of the Republican party that they
might enjoy the privileges and favors
without hearing their share of the eX,
penSeS OF government
Curre=cy Reform.
So. 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 ans bad bad
| publican party reform the currency? Did
| it not know that it needed reforming?
You can go back eighteen years and you
will find the Republicans had had every
chance Why currency reform but they
| didn't dare to present the only kind of
reform that they proposed.
When Wall Street Ruled.
| What difference between the two sys
! tems-the old and the new. We had the
| old system in 1907 and under the old syS-
|
needed money it had TO so down to Wall
street to get it and in order TO get it it
| had to go down on its knees ard beg for
it and if it got it ii got II on the terms
| that Wall street fixed and the man who
got it had indeliby impressed on his
memory that it was special favor that
! must be paid back on demand, and then
! they attached a string 10 it SO that they
could draw it back when they wanted il
without regard to the welfare Of the Gem
n1unity That was the old plan.
You had not only 10 go to New York if
you wanted to borrow your money, but if
| you wanted to get your own money some
| times they couldn't spare il. In 1907 they
| had money from the South which they
| 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 it and they said no. You asked
! for bread and they gave you stone. You
asked for your money and they gave you
clearinghouse certificates. And when
you said you had to have money to pay
your depositors, they said, why don't
you treat your depositors IKE we treat
you?" And then in a night the wires
spread the conspiracy that was formed
from ocean to ocean, and the next morn
| ing he citizens Of